DATE: December 3, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Second Reading and Adoption of Proposed Ordinance Granting a Non-exclusive Franchise to Toro Energy of California AA, LLC
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Conduct second reading of a proposed ordinance granting a franchise, up to 25 years, on a non-exclusive basis (the "non-exclusive franchise"), to Toro Energy of California AA, LLC (also referred to as "Toro Energy") upon annual payment of a franchise fee to the County, to construct, maintain and use pipes and appurtenances for transmitting derived gas from Toro Energy's landfill-gas-to-energy project ("LFGTE Project") at the County's American Avenue Disposal Site ("AADS") for any and all purposes, as allowed by a County-approved conditional use permit and/or road permit condition, from the LFGTE Project at the AADS at 18950 W. American Avenue, Kerman, in, along, across, upon, and under the following public streets and highways within the unincorporated area of Fresno County: from the County's AADS, eastward on W. American Avenue for approximately 4 miles, and then southward on S. Madera Avenue for approximately 4 miles, to a PG&E connection location approximately a half of a mile north of W. Manning Avenue, just east of S. Madera Avenue/SR 145, Kerman.
2. Waive reading of the ordinance in its entirety and adopt the proposed ordinance.
REPORT
This items is a result of your Board's adoption of a resolution of intention, on September 25, 2024, to set the public protest hearing, which was held on October 22, 2024, to initiate the process discussed in this item. That hearing did not result in any written protests, including any written objections, made by any interested person against your Board granting the non-exclusive franchise, by ordinance, to Toro Energy. On that same date, your Board then conducted the first reading of the ordinance and set today's date as the date ...
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