CC RESOLUTION 398RESOLUTION NO. 398
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING TO
RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION A PERMIT FOR THE
DRILLING OF THAT CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID
CITY, DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS "ELSIE NO. 3 ".
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of El Segundo, California, by RICHFIELD OIL 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
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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"PERM IT
"THIS IS TO CERTIFY that RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION,
under date of September 8, 19370 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 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 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
property located in the City of E1 Segundo, County of Los
Angeles, State of California, to -wit:
Lots 189 and 198, Block 123, E1 Segundo,
the center of said derrick to be located
1483.25 feet West of the East line, and
280 feet North of the South line of Section
12, Township 3 South, Range 14 W., S.B.E. & 145.9
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "Elsie No. 3 ".
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 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
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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 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 high-
way, or nearer than twenty -five feet to any existing dwell-
ing, 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 dis-
trict, 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; pro-
vided, 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 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 tine of the grant-
ing 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 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.
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.
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Eleventh: That the said licensee shall immediately
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 denage 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
apprehension of any other persons damaging public property,
upon delivering materials, equipment, supplies or produc-
tion, 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 ascertaining 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 and welfare of the said City of E1 Segundo,
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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 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 legis-
lative 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.
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Seventeenth: Any notice to be given under
the provisions of this permit will be deemed sufficient
if 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
El 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.,
required 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 there-
after, with full crews, until same is completed or
finally abandoned.
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Twentieth: The derrick of the said well shall
have at all times conspicuously displayed thereon in
letters not less than 6 inches in height, visible from
two different sides of such derrick, appropriate signs stat-
ing the name of such well and the name of the permittee
of such well.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this th day of September,
A. D., 1937, upon orders of the legislative body of said
City, expressed 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.
September , 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 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 con-
sideration passing to it, receipt of which is hereby
expressly aclmowledged.
RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION
By:
Its
LICENSEE
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
Mayor�o `
the-City of h Segundo,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to form.
City Attorney of he City of
E1 Segundo, California. n
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SECTION 3. That the issuance of the permit
herein granted shall be conditioned upon the said Richfield
Oil Corporation filing with the City Clerk in writing, prior
to the issuance of such permit, a letter stating that the
map accompanying the application of said permittee, for
the derrick and well above referred to, correctly sets
forth the boundaries of the lease under which the said
well is to be drilled.
SECTION 4. That the Building Inspector of the
City of E1 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 re-
ceipt 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 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
resolutions of said City, and shall make a minute of the
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the pro-
ceedings 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 8th day of
September, A. n., 1937.
ror of he city o SegU o,
Lifornia.
(SEAL)
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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. 398, 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 8th day of September, A. D., 1937, and that the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Love, Selby and Mayor
Binder;
Noes: Councilmen None,
Absent: Councilmen None.
(SEAL)
E1 Segundo, California.
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