CC RESOLUTION 365RESOLUTION NO. 365.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING TO
REPUBLIC PETROLEUM COMPANY PERMITS FOR THOSE
CERTAIN OIL WELLS IN SAID CITY DESIGNATED AND
KNOWN AS "REPUBLIC NO. 7" AND "REPUBLIC NO. 8 ".
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo, California, by REPUBLIC PETROLEUM COMPANY,
a California Corporation, for permits for those two certain
oil wells 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
E1 Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
SECTION 1. That the Republic Petroleum Company,
is hereby licensed and permitted to erect one derrick for
the purpose of drilling for oil, gas and /or other hydro-
carbon substances, and also to install and operate the
necessary drilling equipment therein for the purpose of
drilling a well for oil, gas or other hydrocarbon sub-
stances, and also to install 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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"PERMIT
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the REPUBLIC PETROLEUM
COMPANY, under date of March 24, 1937, by the legislative
body of the City of E1 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 install and
operate the necessary drilling equipment therein for the
purpose of drilling a well for oil, gas or other hydro-
carbon 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 appli-
cable) 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
property located in the City of E1 Segundo, County of Los
Angeles, State of California, to -wit:
1650 feet South and 990 feet West from the
North quarter corner of Section 18, which
point is situated one half mile due East
-of the intersection of Sepulveda and E1
Segundo Boulevards,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "Republic No. 7 ".
Second: Said licensee shall pay to the City of
E1 Segundo, California, the full amount of any license fee
which may now or hereafter be reasonably required under the
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ordinances or laws of said City, or regulations of the
legislative body thereof, and which applies to or has
reference to any such derrick or well, and which said
license fee, if and when provided for, must continue to
be paid as long as drilling operations, drilling, mining,
pumping or other operations in and about said derrick or
well continue, including the production therefrom of oil,
gas or other hydrocarbon substance from a flowing well
and as long as such derrick remains standing, and the same
shall be promptly paid as the same becomes due and payable
to said City. No fee or license fee paid, or any part
thereof, shall be refunded.
Third: Said derrick and /or any appurtenant
structure shall not be erected nearer than ten feet to
the nearest property line of any public street, avenue
or highway, or nearer than twenty -five feet to any exist-
ing dwelling, except upon the written permission of the
owner of such dwelling duly signed and filed with the
building inspector of said City.
Fourth: Licensee agrees to furnish as drilling
progresses, a full, true and correct copy of the log of
said well for the use of said City in ascertaining the
possibilities for a municipal water supply within the
district, to a depth of not to exceed one thousand feet,
and thereafter said licensee shall, if requested, notify
said City of any water strata encountered and recorded
by it, and the depth thereof.
Fifth: The said licensee shall, on request of
the legislative body of said City, route all heavy mater-
ials 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
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appropriately posted, at the expense of said 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
drilled 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 granting of this permit.
Eighth: That the said licensee shall not will-
fully permit any water, oil or other hydrocarbon substances
to escape from said well or premises and flow in or upon
any of the public streets, lanes, ways, avenues or high-
ways of the said City of E1 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 damage 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 El 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 transporta-
tion 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 E1 Segundo in the appre-
hension 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 permit
the Chief of Police of said City and his officers, the City
Engineer of said City and /or his authorized deputy, and the
Chief of the Fire Department of said City and his duly author-
ized assistants, to enter upon the said premises and into the
said derrick at their own risk, so far as licensee is con-
cerned, and the said Chief of Police and his officers, the
City Engineer and his deputy and the Chief of the Fire De-
partment and his assistants, 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
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of ascertaining whether or not all of the terms and condi-
tions of this permit are being observed and kept by said
licensee.
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 E1 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 El Segundo, California, first had and obtained; or ex-
cept 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.
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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 which may be
granted by said legislative body within said City.
Seventeenth: Any notice to be given under the
provisions of this permit will be deemed sufficient if de-
posited in the United States post office at either Los
Angeles, California, or E1 Segundo, California, postage
prepaid, addressed to the licensee or the City of E1 Segundo,
California, as the case may be, as follows:
City of E1 Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
-City Hall,
E1 Segundo, California;
and as to the licensee: -
Republic Petroleum Company,
811 West Seventh 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
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necessary appurtenances, boilers, engine, pipes, etc., re-
quired to efficiently operate same, within sixty days from
date hereof acid 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this 25th day of March, A. D.,
1937, upon orders of the legislative body of said City, ex-
pressed by resolution of said body, heretofore adopted.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
(SEAL)
Building Inspector of the City of
E1 Segundo, California.
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E1 Segundo, California
, 1937.
REPUBLIC PETROLEUM COMPANY, 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 sane and does hereby 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 here-
by positively state mid declare that this consent and agree-
ment is supported by an adequate and valuable consideration
passing to it, receipt of which is hereby expressly
acknowledged.
REPUBLIC PETROLEUM COMPANY
By:
Its
And By
Its
LICENSEE
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
Mayor of the City of El Seguncb ,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to form.
City Attorney of the City of
E1 Segundo, California. "'
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SECTION 3. That the said Republic Petroleum
Company is hereby also licensed and permitted to erect a
second derrick for the purpose of drilling for oil, gas
and /or other hydrocarbon substances, and also to install
and operate the necessary drilling equipment therein for
the purpose of drilling a well for oil, gas or other hydro-
carbon substances, and also to install and operate the
necessary machinery and equipment for operating the said
well. That the said license or permit shall be subject
to the same terms, conditions, requirements and regulations,
set forth in the form of permit hereinabove set forth in
Section 2 of this resolution, and shall be in the same
form as said form of permit hereinabove set forth in said
Section 2, save and except that subdivision "First" of the
terms and conditions, as set forth in said above mentioned
form of permit, shall read as follows:
"First: Said derrick and its appurtenant struc-
tures shall be erected on the following described real
property located in the City of E1 Segundo, County of
Los Angeles, State of California, to -wit:
990 feet South and 990 feet West from
the North quarter corner of Section 18,
which point is situated one half mile
due East of the intersection of Sepulveda
and E1 Segundo Boulevards,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as *REPUBLIC NO. 81. "
SECTION 4. That the Building Inspector of the
City of E1 Segundo, California, is hereby authorized and
instructed to issue the said permits 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 City thereto, upon receipt
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of duplicate copies of said forms of permits duly executed
on the part of said City and accepted in writing by the
Republic Petroleum Company, the form of acceptance herein -
above set forth and which constitutes a part of the con-
sideration for the issuance of said permits.
SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall certify to
the passage 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
proceedings 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 24th day of
March, A. D., 1937.
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Mayor or` hCi�i�El Segundo,
California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I. Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of the said City is
five; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 365, was duly passed and adopted by 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 24th day of March.,
A. D., 1937, and that the same was so passed and adopted by
the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love and Mayor Binder;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilman Selby.
City Clerk of t e City of
E1 Segundo, California.
(SEAL)
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