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RES-2017-123 RESOLUTION NO. 2017- 12 3 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM (1) AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF ANAHEIM TO CONVEY ITS OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THE SAN JUAN GENERATING STATION AND ACCEPT EASEMENT AND RIGHT OF ENTRY INTERESTS IN THE SAN JUAN GENERATING STATION, AND (2) APPROVING ACTIONS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. WHEREAS, the San Juan Generating Station ("SJGS" or the "Project") is a four- unit, coal-fired electric generation plant located near the City of Farmington in San Juan County, New Mexico; and WHEREAS, in 1991, the City of Anaheim ("Anaheim") acquired a 10.04% share of Unit 4 of the SJGS, including the associated facilities needed to operate the plant, which equates to approximately 50 Megawatts (MW) of Unit 4 capacity; and WHEREAS, the owners of the Project, in addition to Anaheim, are Public Service Company of New Mexico, a New Mexico corporation ("PNM"); Tucson Electric Power Company, an Arizona corporation ("TEP"); The City Of Farmington, New Mexico, an incorporated municipality and a body politic and corporate, existing as a political subdivision under the constitution and laws of the State of New Mexico ("Farmington"); M-S-R Public Power Agency, a joint exercise of powers agency organized under the laws of the State of California ("M-S-R"); The Incorporated County Of Los Alamos, New Mexico, a body politic and corporate, existing as a political subdivision under the constitution and laws of the State of New Mexico ("Los Alamos"); Southern California Public Power Authority, a joint exercise of powers agency organized under the laws of the State of California ("SCPPA");; Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, a political subdivision of the State of Utah ("UAMPS"); and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., a Colorado cooperative corporation ("Tri-State") (collectively"San Juan Parties"); and WHEREAS, on July 21, 2015, the Anaheim City Council authorized, approved, and directed that Anaheim divest its "Ownership Interest" in SJGS, as that term is defined in the San Juan Project Restructuring Agreement ("Restructuring Agreement"), on or about December 31, 2017 ("Exit Date"); and WHEREAS, to accomplish Anaheim's divesture and restructure the ownership interests of the Project, the San Juan Parties and PNMR Development and Management Corporation, a New Mexico corporation ("PNMR-D"), entered into a series of agreements dated July 31, 2015 referred to collectively herein as the "Restructuring-related Agreements" and composed of the following: (i) the Restructuring Agreement; (ii) the San Juan Decommissioning and Trust Funds Agreement; (iii) the Amended and Restated Mine Reclamation and Trust Funds Agreement; (iv) the Restructuring Amendment Amending and Restating the Amended and Restated San Juan Project Participation Agreement; and (v) the Exit Date Amendment Amending and Restating the Amended and Restated San Juan Project Participation Agreement; and WHEREAS, an Instrument of Sale and Conveyance was recorded at Book 1167, Page 442 of the Records of the County Clerk of San Juan County, New Mexico ("NM County Recorder") on August 12, 1993 ("Original Instrument") that conveyed to Anaheim the "Conveyed Assets", as that term is defined in the Original Instrument, and upon the Exit Date, as authorized and directed by the Restructuring Agreement, Anaheim desires to execute and deliver a new Instrument of Sale and Conveyance ("Instrument of Sale") that conveys to PNM all of Anaheim's rights, titles and interests in and to all fixtures which are part of or related to the Conveyed Assets, but without conveying title to the underlying real property; and WHEREAS, an Easement and License in favor of Anaheim was recorded on August 12, 1993, at Book 1167, page 443, record number R076179 of the records of the NM County Recorder, and upon the Exit Date, as authorized and directed by the Restructuring Agreement, Anaheim desires to terminate, release, and relinquish the interests conveyed by such Easement and License by executing and delivering the Termination and Relinquishment ("Termination and Relinquishment") referenced herein,; and WHEREAS, to accomplish the purposes set forth in the Restructuring-related Agreements, and as authorized and directed by the Restructuring Agreement, upon the Exit Date, PNM and TEP will grant and convey to Anaheim a non-exclusive easement and right of entry to the SJGS plant site and to all buildings and personal property located thereon by execution and delivery of the Easement and Right of Entry ("Easement and Right of Entry") referenced herein; and WHEREAS, the (i) Instrument of Sale, (ii) Termination and Relinquishment, and (iii) Easement and Right of Entry (collectively, "Conveyance Instruments"), the proposed forms of which have been presented to this City Council, are necessary and required in order for Anaheim to divest and restructure the ownership interests of the Project as set forth in the Restructuring-related Agreements and as authorized and directed by the Restructuring Agreement; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby finds and determines that the best interests of the City of Anaheim are served by authorizing and approving the transactions contemplated herein and directing the execution, delivery, and acceptance of the Conveyance Instruments. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Anaheim as follows: 1. The above recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein. 2. The City Council hereby approves the (i) Instrument of Sale and Conveyance; (ii) Termination and Relinquishment; and (iii) Easement and Right of Entry in the forms on file with the Acting City Clerk, as presented to City Council, together with such 2 additions and changes thereto as are approved by the Public Utilities General Manager, the Public Utilities Assistant General Manager — Power Supply, and the Acting City Attorney, and their respective designees (each, "Authorized Officers"), such approvals to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery thereof 3. The Authorized Officers are each hereby authorized and directed to execute, and the Acting City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest and to affix the seal of the City of Anaheim to, the final form of the (i) Instrument of Sale and Conveyance; (ii) Termination and Relinquishment; and (iii) Easement and Right of Entry on behalf of the City of Anaheim. 4. The (i) Instrument of Sale and Conveyance; (ii) Termination and Relinquishment; and (iii) Easement and Right of Entry and all rights and interests contained therein shall be, and hereby are, accepted, provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to be an acceptance of any parcel or property into the City of Anaheim street system (Streets and Highways Code, Section 1806). 5. The Acting City Clerk shall be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to cause the Conveyance Instruments to be recorded, following the Exit Date. 6. To achieve the goals of divesting Anaheim's interests and restructuring SJGS ownership interests efficiently and economically, the Authorized Officers are hereby authorized and directed, jointly and severally, for and in the name of the City of Anaheim, to take all actions required to conform to the purposes set forth in the Restructuring-related Agreements which they, or any of them individually, may deem necessary, appropriate, or advisable in order to divest the City of Anaheim of its ownership interests in the San Juan Generating Station, restructure the ownership interests of the Project, participate in activities and undertakings in the furtherance of divestiture, restructuring, and decommissioning activities, and/or consummate the actions or transactions contemplated by this Resolution, and such actions previously taken by the Authorized Officers are hereby ratified and confirmed. 7. This Resolution shall take effect from and after its date of adoption. 3 THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 1 5th day of August , 2017,by the following roll call vote: AYES: Mayor Tait and Council Members Vanderbilt, Murray, Barnes, Moreno, Kring and Faessel NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None CITY OF ANAHEIM \X- MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ATTEST: ACTING CITY CLE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM 123707 4 CLERK'S CERTIFICATE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM ) I, THERESA BASS, Acting City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original Resolution No. 2017-123 adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the Anaheim City Council held on the 15th day of August, 2017 by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: Mayor Tait and Council Members Vanderbilt, Murray, Barnes, Moreno, Kring, and Faessel NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of August, 2017. ACTING CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM (SEAL)