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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS WITH REGARD TO FERC DOCKET NO. RP75-106 WHEREAS, since 1975 the City has been an active participant in a rate proceeding of Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, FERC Docket No. RP75-106 (Consolidated Taxes), before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in which the City has challenged the computation of the:federal_'income'tax'coniponent of Columbia'.s cost of service and resulting 'rates for natural gas purchased by the City; and WHEREAS, on July 2,. 1979 the FERC iss'ued:,Oninion No. 47 in which, by a 3 to 2 vote, it reversed its own earlier announced decision and the previous decision of its nresidinq administrative law judge that had adopted the City°s;;position in Docket No., RP75-106; and WHEREAS, on December 20, 1979,.the FERC issued Opinion No. 47A denying the City's petition.for rehearing and affirming Opinion No. 47; with two commissioners aq_ain dissenting; and .WHEREAS, with the denial of rehearing the City has now exhaust- ed its administrative remedies with regard to the'issues presented in Docket No. RP75-106; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds it to be in the best interest of the City and customers of its natural gas distribution system to seek a judicial reversal of the FERC decision; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that the City Attorney, and the special counsel retained for this proceeding are hereby authorized and directed to take the necessary,measures to obtain review of the FERC action by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, pursuant to Section 19 of the Natural Gas Act. The Council hereby authorizes the expenditure of funds appropriated in the Gas Fund, as.may be needed for such purposes.