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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-10477J-88-699 7/20/88 TE ORDINANCE NO. IL0477 AN ORDINANCE ACKNOWLEDGING AND CONSENTING TO MERGER OF CITY GAS COMPANY OF FLORIDA AND N.U.I. CORPORATION AND TO ASSUMPTION OF FRANCHISE OBLIGATIONS TO THE CITY BY ELIZABETHTOWN GAS COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, A WHOLLY -OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF N.U.I. CORPORATION PURSUANT TO NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI; SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AS SET FORTH HEREIN; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. WHEREAS, the City of Miami, by Ordinance No. 8309 granted a natural gas franchise (the "franchise") to City Gas Company of Florida (the "Company") a Florida Corporation, for a term of thirty (30) years commencing on November 5, 1974; and WHEREAS, the City of Miami is aware of no default on the part of City Gas Company of Florida with respect to the franchise and desires to grant its consent to the merger of the Company with N.U.I. Corporation, a public utility holding company of the State of New Jersey, whose wholly -owned subsidiary, Elizabethtown Gas Company will assume the obligations under said franchise; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the preamble to this Ordinance are hereby approved, confirmed and adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as is fully set forth in this section. Section 2. The City Commission hereby consents to and approves the merger of City Gas Company of Florida with N.U.I. Corporation, a public utility holding company based in New Jersey, whereby Elizabethtown Gas Company a wholly -owned subsidiary of N.U.I. Corporation will assume all of the duties and obligations under the franchise effective as of the date of merger. Section 3. The City Commission hereby confirms that the term of the franchise commenced on the 5th day of November, 1974 for a period of 30 years. Section 4. The City Commission hereby acknowledges that as of this date, the franchise is in full force and effect and is held and owned by City Gas Company of Florida and the rights and privileges granted thereunder inure to the benefit of City Gas Company of Florida and its herein designated successor and that City Gas Company of Florida is in full compliance with the franchise. Section 5. The herein acknowledgment and consent is predicated (a) upon the current franchise being in compliance with all applicable provisions of county, state, and federal laws; (b) upon the receipt by the City Attorney of a report from the City Manager that payments due the City under the franchise have been paid and are not delinquent; and .(c) upon the City Attorney's receipt of proof that all insurance requirements under the franchise have been met. When the provisions of (a), (b), and (c) above have been satisfied, the City Attorney shall file a written certification to that effect with the City Clerk. Section 6. It is agreed that in the event said merger is not effected for any reason, the terms and conditions of the franchise shall remain in full force and effect as to the City Gas Company of Florida. PASSED ON FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY this 21st day of July , 1988. PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING BY TITLE ONLY this 8th day of September , 1988. 1--'- AT S MAT Y HIRAI City Clerk XAVIER L. SUAREZ,, AYOR _ 2_ 1U4'7'7 PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: LINDA KELLY KEARSO. Assistant City Attorney APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: '�r J RR E FER ANDEZ Cit Attorn LKK/pb/M350 w 1, Matty Hirai, Clerk of the City of Miami F loridn, hereby certify that on the.2- _d7y of— A. r} - A. ll. 113 l Za full, true .md r.-.;rrcc.t copy of the above and f :•rz"Oin po:>t;d at the &-mch Door of the '?adc Count-,; Gwrt 1-i-ane :-st t1i,! ph,-c provided for a :tices and p.ihli ,ttions by atmchiug said copy to the; place provid-,el therefor. WITNESS my list:►:1 a 1y1 the/official seal of said City tllis-/�7— day of_ L, II7��,, D. 19...f d ify Clerk - 3- IL0477-1 A \f 314 CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: Aurelio Perez-Lugones Legislative Ad;kinistraror FROM: Jorgle L.- Fern ndPz City Attorney DATE: July 6, 1988 FILE: SUBJECT: 7/21/88 City Commission REFERENCES: Consent to Merger ENCLOSURES: Transmitted herewith for inclusion on the Julv 21, 1988 City Commission Agenda is: AN ORDINANCE ACKNOWLEDGING AND CONSENTING TO MERGER OF CITY GAS COMPANY OF FLORIDA AND N.U.I. CORPORATION AND ASSUMPTION OF FRANCHISE OBLIGATIONS TO THE CITY BY ELIZABETHTOWN GAS COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, A WHOLLY -OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF N.U.I. CORPORATION PURSUANT TO NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI. The City Manager has received a copy of this memorandum and ordinance to determine if the subject franchise is in good standing. If additional information is needed regarding this item, please contact Assistant City Attorney Linda Kelly Kearson at 6700. Thank you for your assistance. JLF/LKK/pb/P011 cc: Cesar H. Odio City Manager 10477 33-/ im =ROM 31TY OF %AIAMI. FLORID. t,Y� INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission r 4Joe L.jFerndez City At_t _4TE JBJECT cz-FERENCES FILE : July 21, 1988 City Commission Meetings: 7/14/88-Agenda Item: #C39 7/21/88-Agenda Items: #2, #4, ENCLOSURES . fig, ":+Ik1g`y #33 and Non -Agenda The following information and material should be considered by you in your deliberations at today's Meeting. The City Clerk has informed our office that the continued items from the July 14th Meeting Agenda will be designated with the letter "C" preceding numbered items from that Agenda: Agenda Item #C39 (J-88-696) [Resolution rescinding portion of previously adopted Resolution, allocating funds, approving guidelines for pilot program and authorizing contracts] We have been informed by the City Clerk that on July 14th in your consideration of this item (City-wide Business Development Pilot Program/Guidelines/Loan Committee) no roll call vote was taken on either the enlargement of the Loan Committee to include Assistant City Manager Herbert J. Bailey or on the agenda item itself. Accordingly, we have added the name of Herbert J. Bailey in the Resolution and request that you formally adopt this item which essentially formalizes your previous action at the June 23, 1988 City Commission Meeting. Aoenda Item 2 (J-88-714) [Resolution accepting donation of vehicle] We have added language to this Resolution that will condition your approval of the donation of a vehicle from the Integrity Insurance Company "upon compliance with all applicable state and/or federal laws"; also added to the Resolution is the serial number'of the subject vehicle. 1- Honorable Mayc ",and Members of the City Co....dission July 21, 1988 Page 2 Agenda Item #4 (J-88-718) [Resolution allocating funds and authorizing an agreement to establish a homeless shelter] The terms and conditions of the agreement in regard to the homeless shelter grant implementation were not reflected in the Packet Material and a copy of the Agreement is attached for your consideration. Agenda stem #8 (J-88-718) [Resolution approving professional services agreement for drug screening services] At the time of Agenda Packet distribution, the subject agreement of this proposed resolution was not available. For your ref erenoe, we are attaching the agreement which has been approved by our office. MOTS: At the time the Consent Agenda is voted upon, if Item #2 is not removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately, there should be an announcement made by the Mayor that Item #2 is being voted upon 'as modified°. Agenda Item 415 (J-88-699) [Ordinance acknowledging and 'consenting to merger of City Franchisee with H.U.I. Corporation] To fully protect the interest of the City and pending receipt of necessary documentation, we have added the following language to the Ordinance as distributed and inserted language in the title to reflect the conditional nature of your approval: "The herein acknowledgment and consent is predicated (a) upon the current Franchise being in compliance with all applicable provisions of county, state and federal law; (b) upon the receipt by the City Attorney of a report from the City Manager that payments due the City under the Franchise have been paid and are not delinquent; and (o) upon the City Attorney's receipt of proof that all insurance requirements under the Franchise have been met. When the provisions of (a), (b) and (o) above have been satisfied, the City Attorney shall file a written certification to that effect with the City Clerk." 1047`7. Honorable Ma,jr and Members July 21, 1988 of the City Commission Page 3 We have just been informed by counsel for the City Franchisee that the existing Franchisee (City Gas Company of Florida) is being absorbed by merger into Elizabethtown Gas Company of New Jersey instead of N.U.I. Corporation. Accordingly, a new ordinance reflecting this relationship is being prepared and will be distributed to you prior to your consideration of this item; all of the conditions noted above appear in the modified ordinance. Agenda Stem #33 (J-88-736) [Discussion of requirement that any future leases of City -owned property to private olubs contain an affirmative action plan] As a frame- of reference in the consideration of this item you will find attached a copy of the City's Minority Procurement Program Ordinance. Suggestive counterpart - language in connection with this subject is reflected in the attached proposed ordinance that incorporates language that has been i luded is some past lease agreements where private c have leased City -owned property. NON-SCHEDJTI� ITEMS In addition to a previously forwarded Non -Agenda Item (J-88-732); namely, an emergency ordinance adopting recent revisions to the South Florida Building Code, our office has prepared a resolution (J-88-735) at the suggestion of Commissioner Plummer and upon request of the City Clerk: Nog Agenda Item (J-88-735) [Resolution establishing a Committee to assist canvassing of election results on the night of an election] As evidenced by the attached memorandum of November 6, 1985, the City Clerk is empowered by the City Code to perform all duties and functions in connection with municipal elections. Ms. Hirai requested that we prepare the attached resolution which provides for the appointment of an Elections Committee composed of one member of the City Commission and the City Attorney, or his designee, to assist the City Clerk in the canvassing of election results on the night of the election. JLF:RFC:bss:P586 L I Honorable Mai,') and Members July 21, 1988 of the City Commission Page 4 oo: Cesar H. Odio, City Manager Natty Hirai, City Clerk Herb Bailey, Assistant City Manager Angela Bellamy, Assistant City Manager Chief Perry Anderson, Police Department Carlos E. Garcia, Director, Department of Finance Frank Casteneda, Director, Department of Community Development Ron E. Williams, Director General Services Administration Al Armada, Property and Lease Manager Linda H. 8earson, Assistant City Attorney Rafael Suarez -Rivas, Assistant City Attorney Adrienne L. Friesner, Assistant City Attorney IL04'7'7', I- MIAMI REVIEW Published Daily except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays Miami, Dade County, Florida. STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF DADE: Before the undersigned authority personally appeared Octelma V. Ferbeyre, who on oath says that she Is the Supervisor of Legal Advertising of the Miami Review, a daily (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays) newspaper, published at Miami In Dade County, Florida; that the attached COPY of advertisement, being a Legal Advertisement of Notice In the matter of # 5 0 2 6 CITY OF MIAMI ORDINANCE NO. 10477 In the X X X .................................... Court, was published In said newspaper in the Issues of September 14, 1988 Affiant further says that the said Miami Review Is a newspaper published at Miami In said Dade County, Florida, ppand that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously Sa ulyday, Sundad In y and Legal Holidays) arndahasach been enteredeas second class mail matter at the post office In Miami in said Dade County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that she has neith aid nor promised any person, firm or corporation an oun rebate, commission or refund for the pu�oso o wring t is advertisement for pub atinra In fhn .nt __ (SEAL) My Con MR 116 s*n expires June 211.14 00 • • .. • • ' '� '11fOID IR tr`P`� A MIAMI REVIEW Published Daily except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays L Ky Miami, Dade County, Florida. r ` STATE OF FLORIDA w COUNTY OF DADE: Before the undersigned authority personally appeared Octelma V. Ferbeyre, who on oath says that she Is the Supervisor of Legal Advertising of the Miami Review, a daily (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays) newspaper, published at Miami In Dade County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being a Legal Advertisement of Notice In the matter of P O # 5 0 0 0 CITY OF MIAMI NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE RE: •CONSENTING TO MERGER OF CITY GAS COMPANY OF FL AND N.U.I. CORPORATION In the , , ........X...X.. X ...................... Court, was published in sold newspaper In the Issues of August 26, 1988 Afflant further says that the said Miami Review is a newspaper published at Miami in sold Dade County, Florida, and that the sold newspaper has heretofore been continuously published In said Dade County, Florida each day (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays) and etas been entered as second class mall matter at the post office in Miami in said Dade County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and afllant further says that she has neithe aId nor promised any person, firm or corporation any dl unt, rebate, commission or rel for the purpose of s ring t s advertisement for pub tl/p��l in �the/g�ald ne sp e . ,/ //_ _ �9�...-., .-....... �vYro_rtn to'aYi�sabscriKed before me this 26 btu�,g ust 88 dwVl ...... Vivo 0 ••tom'. A.D. 19...... . ........... T� is 1 $anche ;� • Notary Publ� t tetibf Flo ld at Large (SEAL) 'i�. 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