HomeMy WebLinkAbout72-105 - Supporting City of Torrance in Protest of 100-foot Steel Transmission TowersRESOLUTION NO. 72-105
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE CITY OF TORRANCE IN THEIR PROTEST
OF THE ERECTION OF MASSIVE 100 -FOOT STEEL TRANSMISSION
TOWERS ON THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS OF TORRANCE BY THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY AND OBJECTING TO THE DECISION OF
THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION THAT SUCH RESIDENTIAL STREETS
ARE APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS THEREFOR.
WHEREAS, the Southern California Edison Company has erected massive
one hundred -foot steel towers along certain narrow residential streets in
the City of Torrance; and
WHEREAS, said towers will be utilized to transmit 220,000 volts of
electricity thirteen miles distant and will not serve the City of Torrance;
and
WHEREAS, such towers and wires are high, massive, unsightly, and
aesthetically incompatible with their surroundings so as to be repulsive
to the sensibilities and senses of proportions of reasonable men; and
WHEREAS, the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles has
previously issued a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction
barring Edison from further construction of said poles and wires in the
City of Torrance, which action has been prosecuted by the City of Torrance
and the Attorney General of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, despite said decision of the Superior Court, the State Public
Utilities Commission has found that residential areas are appropriate
locations for such massive and unsightly facilities; and
,�- WHEREAS, such finding is contrary to the recommendations of its own
staff and to the opinion of every environmental expert who testified before
the Public Utilities Commission on this matter; and
WHEREAS, if the Public Utilities Commission decision is allowed to
stand, there is nothing to prevent any utility from erecting similar massive
and unsightly towers upon any street in any other city in the State of
California; and
WHEREAS, it is in the advised opinion of this Council that the Public
Utilities Commission has ignored its statutory duty to regulate the utilities
and protect the citizens of the State in this matter;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
1. That the lack of concern for the public, evidenced by the
Public Utilities Commission in its hearing and findings
on Edison's construction of said one hundred -foot steel
towers and attendant 220,000 volt transmission lines along
residential streets in the City of Torrance, is hereby
formally and vigorously protested;
2. That copies of this resolution be sent to the following:
The Honorable Ronald Reagan, Governor of the State of
L-- California; Vernon L. Sturgeon, President of Public
Utilities Commission.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of October, 1972.
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of C to Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
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CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and
foregoing Resolution No. 72-105 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day
of October, 1972.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa, this 17th day of October, 1972.
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City Clerk and ex -officio Cle of the
City Council of the City of Cbsta Mesa