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RESOLUTION NO. 343
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO H -P CORPORATION A PERMIT FOR THAT
CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID CITY DESIGNATED
AND KNOWN AS "TERMINAL NO. lrr
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of El Segundo, California, by H -P. CORPORATION, a California
Corporation, for a permit for that certain oil well within
said City, hereinafter referred to;
AND, WHEREAS, after consideration of the said
application, the City Council of said City, is disposed to
grant same, subject to the terms and conditions, regulations
and requirements hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
El Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
SECTION 1. That the H -P. Corporation is hereby
licensed and permitted to erect one derrick for the purpose
of drilling for oil, gas and /or other hydrocarbon substances,
and also to install and operate the necessary drilling equip-
ment therein for the purpose of drilling a well for oil, gas
or other hydrocarbon substances, and also to Inst-all and
operate the necessary machinery and equipment for operating
the said well.
SECTION 2. That said license or permit shall be
subject to all-of the terms and conditions, requirements and
regulations set forth in the following form of permit issued
to the said licensee. The said form of permit is as follows:
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"P E R M I T
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that H -P. CORPORATION, a
California Corporation, under date of August 19, 19360 by
the legislative body of the City of El Segundo, County of
Los Angeles, State of California, was granted permission
to erect one derrick for the purpose of drilling for oil,
gas and /or other hydrocarbon substances, and also to in-
stall! and operate the necessary drilling equipment therein
for the purpose of drilling a well for oil, gas or other
hydrocarbon substances, and also to install and operate the
necessary machinery and equipment for operating the said well
upon the following express terms and conditions, each and
every one of which must be observed and performed promptly
by the licensee (whenever the same become applicable) in
order to keep this permit in full and continuing force and
effect.
Said terms and conditions are as follows:
First: Said derrick and its appurtenant struc-
tures shall be erected on the following described real pro-
perty located in the City of E1 Segundo, County of Los
Angeles, State of California, to -wit:
24751 East and 9901 South from the
North west corner of Section 18, Township
3 South, Range 14 West, which is 24751
East of Sepulveda Boulevard and 9901 South
of El Segundo Avenue, City of E1 Segundo,
County of Los Angeles, State of California,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "Terminal No. 1 ".
Second: Said Licensee shall pay to said City at
the time of the issuance of this permit, the sum of $250.00,
which shall constitute the permit fee for the first year of
the life of this permit, and within ten days after the
expiration of said first year shall likewise pay to said
City the sum of `gp250.00 which shall constitute the permit
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Fifth: The said licensee shall, on request of
the legislative body of said City, 'route all heavy materials
and heavy loads of materials brought to or from said well,
over such streets as the said legislative body may direct;
provided, however, that such streets shall be appropriately
posted, at the expense of such City.
Sixth: That no abandoned oil derrick or derricks
used in connection with such well will be allowed to remain
upon the premises where same is located for a longer period
than ninety days after such abandonment.
Seventh: That upon abandonment of any well drill-
ed under this permit, the same shall be filled or plugged
according to good mining practice, the derrick removed and
the premises cleaned up and restored as nearly as possible
to their condition as they existed at the time of the grant-
ing of this permit.
Eighth: That the said licensee shall not willfully
permit any water, oil or other hydrocarbon substance to
escape from said well or premises and flow in or upon any
of the public streets, lanes, ways, avenues or highways of
the said City of El Segundo, California, unless by further
permit in writing from the legislative body of said City
first had and obtained; provided, however, that the licensee
will pay to said City, immediately upon demand therefor, the
full amount of any and all damaLe which may be occasioned to
any of such streets, lanes, ways, avenues or highways, by
reason of a violation of the provisions of this section
whether such violation was willful, negligent or otherwise.
Ninth: The licensee does hereby further agree
to erect at its own cost and expense such embankments, sump
holes and protection works, as may be required in order to
safeguard as far as reasonably possible, the lives and property
of persons in the vicinity.
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Tenth: Said licensee further agrees to observe
and abide by all the laws of the State of California, re-
lating to the subject of mining for oil, gas or other
hydrocarbon substances within said state, and also all
valid ordinances of the City of E1 Segundo, California,
relating thereto.
Eleventh: That the said licensee shall imme-
diately at its own cost and expense, cause to be completely
repaired to the satisfaction of the Street Superintendent
of the City of E1 Segundo, California, any and all damage
to any public street, avenue, lane, way, alley or place
within the said City which may be occasioned by it or by
any of its agents or employees, in or by reason of the trans-
portation of materials or supplies, or equipment, or production,
either to or from the said derrick or well, or by reason of
any overflow therefrom. Said licensee shall also cooperate
with the authorities of said City of El Segundo, in the
apprehension of any other persons damaging public property,
when delivering materials, equipment, supplies or production,
either to or from the said well.
Twelfth: That the said licensee shall at all times
during the construction and operation of the said well per-
mit the Chief of Police of said City and his officers, and
the City Engineer of said City and /or his authorized deputy,
to enter upon the said premises and into the said derrick at
their own risk, so far as licensee is concerned, and the
said Chief of Police and his officers, and the said City
Engineer and his deputy shall have free and unmolested right
to so enter upon the said premises and into the said derrick
and structures appurtenant thereto, for the purpose of ascer-
taining whether or not all of the terms and conditions of
this permit are being observed and kept by said licensee.
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Thirteenth: All of the terms and conditions
herein stated, in the opinion of the legislative body of
said City, are required for the purpose of protecting the
public peace, health, safety and welfare of the said City
of El Segundo, and particularly that portion of the public
residing in the vicinity of the proposed well herein referred
to, and the licensee above named by accepting this permit
and electing to operate under the same, hereby acquiesces
in the findings of the said legislative body in such regard,
and further agrees to each, all and every one of the terms
and conditions set forth in this permit and promises and
agrees to perform each and all of them on its part to be
kept and performed.
Fourteenth: This permit is not assignable except
by written consent of the legislative body of the said City
of E1 Segundo, California, first had and obtained; or
except to a subsidiary or parent corporation of the licensee,
but no such assignment shall operate to relieve the licensee
herein from any obligations imposed or created herein with-
out the consent of such legislative body first had and
obtained, nor shall any such assignment be operative for any
purpose unless and until such assignee shall have filed its
written acceptance of the terms and conditions hereof.
Fifteenth: This permit lapses and becomes auto-
matically void unless the derrick to be erected hereunder
is so erected and completed within sixty days from date
hereof, unless a further extension of time within which to
complete the same is granted in writing by the legislative
body of said City.
Sixteenth: Nothing in this permit contained
shall be construed as limiting or abridging the power or
rights of the legislative body of said City to prescribe
more or less stringent provisions in any future permit
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which may be granted by said legislative
City.
Seventeenth: Any notice to be
provisions of this permit will be deemed
posited in the United States post office
California, or E1 Segundo, California, p
addressed to the licensee or the City of
nia, as the case may be, as follows:
body within said
given under the
sufficient if Be-
at either Los Angeles,
)stage prepaid,
El Segundo, Califor-
City of E1 Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
E1 Segundo, California ;
and as to the licensee: -
H-P. Corporation,
708 Beaux Arts Building,
1709 )Wiest Eighth Street,
Los Angeles, California.
The day of actual service as contemplated herein shall be
construed to be the day following that upon which such notice
is actually deposited in the post office.
Eighteenth: The City Council reserves the right,
upon ten days notice to licensee of the breach of any of the
terms and /or conditions herein set forth, and the failure of
licensee to remedy any such breach within said period, to
cancel and revoke this permit, forthwith and without any
liability therefor on the part of said City, or any of its
officers or agents.
Nineteenth: It is further agreed and made a par-
ticular condition hereof that the said derrick will be
actually located and constructed, fully rigged and with
necessary appurtenances, boilers, engine, pipes, etc., re-
quired to efficiently operate same, within sixty days from
date hereof and that said well will be actually spudded in
within ninety days from date hereof, and that same will be
diligently and continuously operated thereafter, with full
crews, until same is completed or finally abandoned.
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IN WITNESS WFEREOF, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this day of August,
A. D., 1936, upon orders of the legislative body of said
City, expressed bg resolution of said body, heretofore
adopted.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
-3uilding Inspector of the City
of E1 Segundo, California.
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El Segundo, California.
, 1936
H -P. CORPORATION, Licensee above named, does
hereby consent to all of the conditions, agreements, terms
and requirements set forth in the foregoing permit, does
hereby agree to same and does hereb,, further promise and
agree to observe and abide by the same and each and all
of them on its part to be kept and performed, and does
hereby positively state and declare that this consent and
agreement is supported by an adequate and valuable considera-
tion passing to it, receipt of which is hereby expressly
acknowledged.
H -P. CORPORATION, a
California Corporation.
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Its
LICENSEE
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
Mayor of the City of E1 Segundo,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to form.
City Attorney of the City of
El Segundo, California."
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SECTION 3. That the Building Inspector of the
City of El Segundo, California, is hereby authorized and
instructed to issue the said permit hereinabove referred
to to said licensee, and the City Clerk of said City is
hereby authorized and instructed to attest the same and to
affix the official seal of said "ity thereto, upon receipt
of a duplicate copy of the said form of permit duly executed
on the part of said City and accepted in writing by the
H -P. Corporation, the form of acceptance hereinabove set forth
and which constitutes a part of the consideration for the
issuance of said permit.
SECT-LOU 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to
the passaSe and adoption of this resolution; shall cause
the original of the same to be entered in the book of re-
solutions of said city, and shall make a minute of the
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceed-
ings of the City Council of said City in the minutes of the
meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
Passed, approved and adopted this 19th day of
August, A. D., 1936.
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Mavor of t e City of El Segundo,
California.
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STATE Otis' CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I. Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City
of El Segundo, California, do hereb7 certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of the said City is
five; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 343,
was duly passed and adopted bl the said City Council, approved
and signed by the Mayor of said City and attested by the City
Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said
Council held on the 19th day of August, A. ')., 1936, and that
the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilmen G erow and Selby.
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City Clerk of th t
E1 Segundo, California.
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