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. e RESOLUTION NO. 2000-~ A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LITIGATION INVOLVING UTILITY FRANCHISE FEES; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. WHEREAS, the Cities of Wharton, Galveston, and Pasadena have prevailed in a verdict in the class action suit styled Cities of Wharton, et aI, v. Houston Lighting & Power Company, et al; and WHEREAS, the City of La Porte has remained an unnamed class member in the above referenced class action suit and has kept itself informed about this class action suit; and WHEREAS, the City of La Porte continues to support and is interested in the adjudication of its similar claims against the defendants in the above referenced suit in the exercise of its duty as a good steward over the public'treasury; and WHEREAS, the City of La Porte's individual damage claims still remain open for resolution in the above referenced litigation, and the City of La Porte wishes to obtain a determination of the amounts that are due and owing to the City of La Porte; and WHEREAS, the City of La Porte continues to support the efforts to recover the amounts owed to the City, if any, and desires its claims to be resolved in this case; and WHEREAS, the city of La Porte has been informed that there are efforts being undertaken to attempt to decertify and/or prevent the resolution of the claims of the City of La Porte in the above referenced litigation which efforts the city of La Porte opposes. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. That the City council of the City of La Porte supports the above referenced litigation and its efforts to recover amounts that may be due and owing to the City of La Porte by the defendants. We hereby authorize the attorneys representing the Cities in the above reference case to file all necessary and appropriate pleadings and motions on behalf of the City of La Porte to insure the reasonable resolution of the damage claims of the City of La Porte against the defendants, including, but not limited to, the filing of petitions in intervention in the case to protect the interests of the City of La Porte.