Avalon’s involvement in Avalon Freight Service’s application before the California Public Utilities Commission will continue.
The City Council voted in favor of retaining its concerned party status in the matter this week.
What the city keeping its party status means is “(Avalon would) like to be apprised of what’s going on and in the future potentially make some comments on the application,” said City Attorney Scott Campbell.
Avalon’s involvement in Avalon Freight Service’s application before the California Public Utilities Commission will continue.
The City Council voted in favor of retaining its concerned party status in the matter this week.
What the city keeping its party status means is “(Avalon would) like to be apprised of what’s going on and in the future potentially make some comments on the application,” said City Attorney Scott Campbell.
The issue was on the council agenda this week following a discussion of the freight service application at City Council meeting on April 28.
“The priority for me was to have a public discussion,” said Councilmember Cinde MacGugan-Cassidy.
“At the last meeting. I felt that it was unfair,” she said.
At the April 28 meeting residents and other freight services alike voiced that AFS’ application would monopolize the freight industry.
Many councilmembers did not believe supporting AFS would do that, but City Manager Ben Harvey said, “You are supporting an application as AFS to be a sole provider.”
AFS will take over freighting to the Island on April 1, 2016 as Catalina Freight Services’ lease expires on March 31, 2016.
