CC RESOLUTION 373RESOLUTION NO. 373
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION A PERMIT FOR
THAT CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID CITY
DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS "ELSIE NO. 1 ".
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City of
E1 Segundo, California, by RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION, for
a permit for that certain oil well within said City, here-
inafter 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 Richfield Oil 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 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.
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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"THIS IS TO CERTIFY that RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION,
under date of May 52 1937, by the legislative body of the
City of E1 Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of Cali-
fornia, 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 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 structures
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:
Lots 404 and 405, Block 123, of E1 Segundo,
the center line of said derrick to be located
290 feet West of the East line of Section 12,
Township 3 South, Range 14 West, S. B. B. & M.,
and 253 feet North of the Center line of El
Segundo Avenue, which is also the same as the
South line of said Section 12,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "ELSIE NO. 1 ".
Second; Said licensee shall pay to the City of
El Segundo, California, the full amount of any license fee
which may now or hereafter be reasonably required under the
ordinances or laws of said City, or regulations of the
legislative body thereof, and which applies to or has
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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 substances from a flowing well, and as long
as such derrick remains standing, and the sane 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 struc-
ture 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 existing dwelling, except
upon the written permission of the owner of such dwelling
duly signed a nd 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 possi-
bilities 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 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 said City.
Sixth: That no abandoned oil derrick or derricks
used in connection with such well will be allowed to remain
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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 cleen ed 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 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 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.
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 El Segundo, California,
relating thereto.
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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 transportation
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, upon
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, the Chief
of the Fire Department of said City and his duly authorized
assistants, 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, the City
Engineer and his deputy and the Chief of the Fire Department
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 of ascertain-
ing whether or not all of the terms and conditions 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 end welfare of the said City
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of E1 Segundo, and particularly that portion of the public
residing in the vicinity of the proposed well herein re-
ferred 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
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 without
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 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
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deposited 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:
The City of E1 Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
E1 Segundo, California;
and as to the licensee: -
Richfield Oil Corporation,
555 South Flower 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
particular 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOR, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this day of May, A. D.,
1937, upon orders of the legislative body of said City,
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expressed by resolution of said body, heretofore adopted.
ATTEST:
City Clark
(SEAL)
Building Inspector of the City
of E1 Segundo, California.
E1 Segundo, California.
, 1937
RICHFIELD OIL 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 hereby further promise
and agree to observe amd abide by the same and each and
all of them on its part to be kept and performed, a-nd does
hereby positively state and declare that this consent and
agreement is supported by an adequate and valuable con-
sideration passing to it, receipt of which is hereby
expressly acknowledged.
RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION
By:
Its
LICENSEE
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
Mayor of e City of f Segun o,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to form.
City Attorney of the C ty of
E1 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 City 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 Richfield Oil Corporation, in the form of
acceptance hereinabove set forth and which constitutes a
part of the consideration for the issuance of said permit.
SECTION 4. 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 resolutions 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 5th day of
May, A. D., 1937.
ATT ST:
City Clerk
(SEAL)
Mayor of the City of E1 Segundo,
California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
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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. 373, 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
5th day of May, A. D., 1937, and that the same was so
passed and adopted by the fol ;owing vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilmen None.
(SEAL)
City Clerk of the ity o
E1 Segundo, California.
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