HomeMy WebLinkAbout141602DINANCE NO. /L //f
AN ODINANCE authorizing the transfer of electric
power line running from Morse Creek Jam to the
distribution line of Public Utility District
No. 1 of 7.lallem County.
';WHEREAS, the power line now carrying electric energy
:purchased by the City of Port Angeles for the operation of the
'facilities at Morse Creek Dam and one tenant house located at
said damsite; and,
WHE.9EAS, said power line is outside the City of Port
Angeles and is technically a part of the Public Utility District
distribution system; and,
?''HER ^AS, the City of Port Angeles is purchasing said
power from said Public Utility District and pays for such electric
energy and service the regular rate charged by said Public
Utility District; and,
WHEREAS, under present system of distribution said power
line should be maintained and operated by said Public. Utility
District and the cost and maintenance thereto should be borne
by said Public Utility District and said power line is of no
economic benefit or use to the City cf Port Angeles, and under
present laws is a burden to and an expense to said City and the
ownership of said line is of no economic benefit to the City of
Port Angeles and the City wishes to abandon sat d line and transfer
the same to said Public Utility District in order that the cost
and expense of the maintenance and operation of said line be
borne by the proper authority; and,
WHEREAS, the Public Utility District has agreed to accept
said power line and thereafter to maintain and operate the sane
and supply electric energy to the City of Port Angeles without
cost to the City excepting only the regular service charge for
.service rendered in furnishin.' electric energy as provided for
by the rate schedule of the district and as is at present applied
to and paid by the City for the purchase of such energy.
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:TOW, "iiEREYO?7, BE IT CfDAII:ED by the City Council of
the City of port Angeles, ;;ashington as follows:
Section 1: That that certain distribution line connecting
the Morse Creek Dam to the facilities of the Public Utility Dis-
trict, which line runs along the City's private road to Iicrse
Creek Dam, is hereby declared to be of no value to the City, and
the City Council does hereby by this ordinance abandon said power
line to Public Utility District No. 1 of Clallam County.
Section 2: 'that in accordance with this ordinance the
t'ayor and City Manager are hereby authorized and directed to
execute such documents as may be necessary to convey said power
line and abandon the same to Public Utility District No. 1 of
Clallam County upon the acceptance thereof and agreement on behalf
of said Public Utility District to maintain and operate the same
for the benefit of said City without cost to said City other than
the payment of the regular service charges as is now charged
therefor by such Public Utility District.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington and approved by its Mayor at a regular meeting of
I said Council held this 0/64 day of June, 1958.
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ATTtST :
City Clerk
Approved as to form:
"City Attorney
'u-.b1 j sh ed /758"