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RESOLUTION NO. ~j7~~
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO REQUESTING THAT
FUNDS BE INCLUDED IN THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES' ANNUAL
BUDGET TO ASSURE PUBLIC UTILITY RATE INCREASES ARE JUSTIFIED.
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WHEREAS, the providing of public utility services to
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residents and other property owners is performed under monopo-
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listic franchises and the recipients of said services have no
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choice or option with respect to selecting another service
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agency; and
WHEREAS, local government, in awarding franchises for
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these non-competitive services, together with the State Public
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utilities Commission, share the responsibility for assuring that
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reasonable standards of performance are met and that the rates
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charged are in keeping with the costs necessarily incurred by
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the public utility; and
WHEREAS, during the past several years, public utility
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charges have increased at an alarming rate, and there is serious
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question as to the depth and accuracy of the studies made by
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Public Utilities Commission rate engineers, and
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WHEREAS, a private sector organization, "Toward Utility
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Rate Normalization" (TURN) has made independent investigations
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and has developed statistical data which, when presented to the
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iCommission, has resulted in a holding of the line on specific rate
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lincreases and a reduction of requested increases on others; and
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WHEREAS, only a few cities have given financial support to
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the activities of TURN during the past few years, even though
the results of its studies and presentations has resulted in
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benefits which are general in nature and applied to the residents
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and property owners in all communities; and
1 WHEREAS, it is the purpose of the League of California
2 Cities to undertake, on a collective basis, those programs and
3 projects which mutually benefit all cities; and it has been
4 demonstrated that TURN has performed a valuable service for all
5 cities, a service which merits funding by the League of California
, Cities as a whole, rather than by just a few cities,
7 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and Common
8 Council of the City of San Bernardino do hereby request the Board
9 of Directors of the League of California Cities to include in the
10 League's annual budget an appropriate sum to assist TURN, on
11 behalf of all cities, in its activities dedicated toward maintain-
12 ing rational and reasonable utility rates in California; and
13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and Common Council
14 of the City of San Bernardino herewith direct the City Clerk to
15 transmit by the most expeditious means a copy of this Resolution
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17 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
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adopted by the Mayor and
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on the c:<f? d day 'f' i:
vote, to wit:
Common Council of the City of San
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meeting thereof, held
1977, by the following
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