HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 56731!
OL i:. ItOzi 507
Colorado Power Corona:1y has offered to
deliver to the Cit,-; of Lodi a deed conveying to said cit;
certain riparian nrope_ty o, said ;orpo.a`_ion situated on
the :o>elusrne ?i*-er 11] , ador and Cal areras Counties, in
the :State of California, whioh, in the jud_men t of the re-
presentatives of the said company an1 of t -.is 'Council, is
economically adapted and necessary as ,; site for the develop-
ment o a :nunicipall;; owned and onerate:d 'hydro -electric power
plant, to be constructed and operated as a project svor:ta by
the City of Lodi in connection with, solid to be rna.de a part of,
the present existiro; municipal electric distribution system.
of the City oI' Lodi; and
:7_?.i1i.l, the conditions attaOs ed to the tender of •
the said deed are th.t the Cit;; of Loui accept the deed,
cconveyina the property of the Colorado ?ower Company as here-
inafter descrihea and such title to the. said property as the
Colorado ?ower •Co-noany now has sub,- ct to certain conditions
subsequent expreesei in said deed, and td. vt^ settlement
or dismissal of anylititation now pending, or which may fol-
low the acquisition of title to the said property by the City
of Lodi, affectiroz the riparian ri r ;res to the flo•.v o f the
:'otieiuT.:ne diver throuzr the said property, which ri r is are
part and oaroel of the said property, shall 'be satisfactory
in terms to :he Colorado r Company and approved by it; and
:,•::;?.LAS, t"e City Council of the City of Lodi be-
lieves that the conditions attached to said offer of conveyance
are reasonable, do not in7olre any present hea'ry commitment to
expenditure by the Ci;;; of Lodi, and should be .accepted;
T :3is.:F03?., be it, and it is hereby
RES0L'i�1), that said conditions attached to said ten-
der be and they are hereby accectei, and that the Clerk of
this 3ohri is hereby authorized and directed to notify said
Colorado _Power Co -many, in '.7ritiro. of suoi= acoertanoe and to
transmit to said company a cop;; of this resolution; ,and be it
that the said property, so convey-
ed to the Ci ty o: Lodi in sal d deed is 'hereby appropriated and
dedioate•d to public Use, to -wit: as o. site for the c onstra Otion
o' a reservoir, power house, bus -yard, operators' quarters and
other appurtenant structures to be desired, constructed and
used. in the ?ene=ation of electric eneroor for the use of the
City of Lodi and its inhabitants; and be it
SCL'i:J, that the pit;; er and the
Superin•tendert Jf Public Utilities be and..h .ey ure hereby au-
thorized and direoted to take such steps asin their iud:nnent
are nacessaro to determine exoeditiousl;: dnd Finally t e en -
?sine erin- _'lases of the proposed project works, c_nd to initiate
and press sup:: other investitations and explorations as may be
necessary, and report t e it 'irdinoss to this Council at the
earliest oossibl: date; and be it
?L3:':O. ?:SCL'i..;, that th e City .attorney be and he is
hereby autrorizei and directed to prepare and•subnit to this
Council a report settin? forth in detail the 1ezal procedure
necessary for the presentation to the electorate of the City
of Lodi of a plan for the financin3, construction, and opera-
tion of the said proposed orojeot works as herein set forth;
and be it
2soy'i::0, that the City A ttorney be and he is
hereby authorized and directed to nezotiate with the proper
?eleral and State authorities in the obtair.in:s of in formation,
permits, and licenses necessary and useful for the expedient
determination of procedure and oonstructi on of the said project
works as reran set forth; and 'oe it
320
PLT 32.:3OL7 , that the City Attorney be and he
is hereby authorized and directed to take such steps and to corn-
mence, prosecute or defend an:; which may be neces-
sary for the protection of the rizhts of the City of Lodi in
and to the riparian flow o the _.',0reluinxa ?Aver w,on the Prem-
ises s0 ConYe yei and to aseooi ate said Colorado ?owe r Company
as a Prtj to said liti?ation whereYer ant whenever he shall
deem it necessary for the protection of the interests of the
City of Lodi and the contin?ent interest of the Colorado Power
Company; and be it
"J321i OL lED, that none of the said 1iti.3ation,
if and :vhen brouP.;ht or defended, shall be settled or dismissed
during the period of the retention of the said reversionary
interest by the Colorado Power Company, except upon such terms
and conditions as are satisfactory to the Colorado ?ower Com-
pany and to the City of Lodi; and be. it
3r. IT 17317;:..:3OLv27, that .re City of Lodi
covenants and axrees that, if the said property should re-
turn to the Colorado ?o,ier Company by reason of the breach
of any condition subsequent in the deed, the Cit;; o Lodi
will transfer to Colorado Power Company at -the time the said
oondition subsequent becomes operative any claim for damages
to the property, then existin. in favor of the City of Lodi
a ainst any oerson, firm, corporation, municipal corporation,
or body, on account of any diversion of waters, or invasion
of riparian r L h_ts, zsn3 that the Colorado ?ower Company' shall
be entitled to such transfer of any claim for dama?es at
that time; and that the City recoRr.izes that the continued
existence of the Property with the water ri1^ts intact is the
sole security to. the Colorado Power Co^cnany for performance of
the conditions subsequent ir said ?rant, and that therefore
until the ?rantee shall have fully complied with said conditions
subsequent the Colorado Power Company is entitled to any amount
of damages awarded by ud ment, or as the result of settlement,
for the tasin� of any water from the Property, or invasion of
the .ate_ ri tcts connected therewith; and
33 Ii 7.5R7IIER �3OL'T.b, that _:e Clerk of this
3oard be and he is hereby authorized and directed to trans-
mit a certified copy of this resolution to the Colorado
Power Company, as evidence of the acceptance of its offer,
and to cause the deed accepted by the terms hereof to be
forthwith recorded in the o:fices of the •.:ounty _tecorders
of smador and Calaveras Counties, .;tate of California.
IT TIE ? ?23OL 7r,L , that the City of Lodi covenants
and agrees that it will not voluntarily s=_11 or convey the pro-
perty conveyed and deeded to the City by the Colorado Power
Company, or any part thereof, or any interest therein, unless
it be to such municipal or public utility district as may here-
after be organized which_ shall include the City of Lodi and
which shall serve the Cit.; of Lodi and its environs with elec-
tric ener,;, and then only upon acceptance by said district of
the same_ conditions as are herein accepted; hut if, however,
the title he r rorthereof, t said r ore ty, any part `::2r of, or any
interest therein, should be involuntarily transferred by ad-
verse procecdin?s, to any other person, firm, corporation or
public body than the one hereinabove last mentioned, whereby
the revestii z of the title in the Colorado Power Company by
reason of fa.ilure of the grantee in said deed to comply with
the conditions subsequent therein inserted, should oe rendered
impossible, then, out of any compensation or denrates which may
be awarded by a court or jury or in settlement of lititation
for the takint or damatin.r of said premises, there shall be
paid to the City of Lodi the total cost of tmnrorenents placed
on said property, (but in no event more than the portion of
said award specifically caCerin? improvements), and twenty -
fire percent of any balance over and above said amounts, and
there shall be paid directly to the Colorado Power Company
seventy-five per cent of the entire balance over and above
said cost as so limited.