HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 91-397 - Approve of and authorize the COR, through M-R-S to partiicipate in the Mead-Phoenix, Mead-Adelanto, and Adelanto-Lugo transmission Projects ti
RESOLUTION NO. 9 ,
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
APPROVING OF AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF REDDING,
THROUGH M-R-S, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEAD-PHOENIX,
MEAD-ADELANTO, AND ADELANTO-LUGO TRANSMISSION PROJECTS.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Redding has
established a Resource Plan, with a goal of having the City of
Redding become energy independent; and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding is a member of the Modesto-
Santa Clara-Redding Public Power Agency (M-S-R) ; and
WHEREAS, in 1982 M-S-R acquired a share of San Juan Unit
No. 4. a coal-fired power plant located near Farmington, New
Mexico; and
WHEREAS, the need for transmission of electric power was
established with the acquisition of the San Juan Plant; and
WHEREAS, the Mead-Phoenix, Mead-Adelanto, and Adelanto-Lugo
Transmission Projects (Projects) have been recognized in the 1986
and 1988 Resource Plans of the City of Redding; and
WHEREAS, said Projects are part of the transmission path for
the power produced by the San Juan Power Plant; and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding has been paying its
proportionate share of the funding of studies of these Projects
since their inception; and
WHEREAS, the Electric Department and the Electric Utility
Commission have concluded that it is beneficial for the City of
Redding to participate in the Projects;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Redding as follows:
1 . That the City Council of the City of Redding hereby
approves the City of Redding participating, through M-S-R, in the
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Mead-Phoenix, Mead-Adelanto, and Adelanto-Lugo Transmission
Projects.
2. Subject to the City Attorney' s prior approval as to
form of the necessary documentation, the City Manager of the City
of Redding is hereby authorized and directed to sign all
necessary documents on behalf of the City of Redding in
connection with said participation, and that the City Clerk is
hereby authorized and directed to attest the signature of the
City Manager and to impress the official seal of the City of
Redding thereto.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was
introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Redding on the 17th day of September , 1991, and was
duly adopted at said meeting by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Arness, Buffm, Fulton, Noss & Dahl
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
MIKE DAHL, Mayor
City of Redding
ATTEST: /;
ETHEL A. NICHOLS, City Clerk
FORM APPROVED:
RA6DALL A. RAYS-4,' City Attorney
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