CC RESOLUTION 402.a•
RESOLUTION NO. 402
A RESOLUTION OF TIP, CITY COUNCIL OF TIE
CITY OF EL S ,GUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO TIE GOVERMENT REFINING AND GASOLINE
CORPORATION, LTD., A P_`RMIT FOR THE
DRILLING OF THAT CERTAI11 OIL TELL IN
SAID CITY DESIGNATED ADD INO'!N AS
"EL P3IMO NO. 2 ".
WBEREAS, application has been made to the City
of El Segundo, California, by GOVE -t WENT REFINING AND
GASOLINE CORPORATION, IIPD. , for a permit for that certain
oil well within said City, hereinafter referred to;
AND, 'IIIISREA3, after consideration of the said
application, the City Council of said City is disposed to
grant same, subject to the terms and conditions, regula-
tions and requirements hereinafter set forth;
NO17, THERHORE, the City Council of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
Sti,CTION 1. That Government Refining and Gasoline
Corporation, Ltd., 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.
S",CTION 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 f orm of permit is as
follows:
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"PERMIT
"THIS Ia TO CERTIFY that GOVERML N REFINING
AND GASOLIYE CORPaikTION, LTD. , under date of September
15, 1937, 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 drill-
ing 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 con-
ditions, 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-
332.72 feet North of the center line of
Grand Avenue, and 56 feet East of the
center line of Oregon Street, being in
a portion of Lot 121, of Block 123,
E1 Segundo Sheet No. 8, as per map re-
corded in Book 22, Pages 106 and 107,
on file in t he office of t he County
Recorder, Los Angeles County, California,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "13L PRIMO NO. 211.
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
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legislative body thereof, and which applies to or has
reference to my 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 same
shall be promptly paid as the same becomes due and payable
to said Dity. No fee or license fee paid, or any part
thereof, shall be refunded.
Third; Said derrick and /or any appurtenant strue-
ture 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 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 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;
provided, however, that such streets shall be appropriately
posted, at the expense of said City.
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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 re-
moved 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 substance
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.
Plinth: 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-
l.ting 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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ileventh: That the said licensee shall imme-
diately at its own cost and expense, cause to be completely
repaired to the satisfaction of the atreet Superintendent
of the City of hl Segundo, California, any and all damage
to any public street, avenue, lane, way, alley or place with-
in 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 Ifl
Segundo, in the apprehension 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
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 term:, and conditions
herein stated, in the opinion of thy, le,p slative body of
said City, are required for the purpose os protectin,- the
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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 El 'Segundo, California, first had and
obtained, or except to a subsidiary or parent corpora-
tion of the licensee, but no such assignment shall operate
to relieve the licensee herein from any obliations im-
posed 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
automatically 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 o-' 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 cos
Angeles, California, or L1 Segundo, California, postage
prepaid, addressed to the licensee or the City of sl
Segundo, California, as the case may be, as follows:
The City of E1 Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
Ll Segundo, California;
and as to the licensee:-
Government Refining and Gasoline Corporation, Ltd.,
1105 James Oviatt Building,
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 fort h, and the
failure of licensee to remedy any such breach , rithin said
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period to cancel and revoke this permit fortli and without
any liability therefor on the part of said City, or any
of its officers or a7ents.
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
stating the name of suchwell and the name of the
permittee of such well.
IN WITNESS dHER.Or', this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this day of September,
A. D., 1937, upon orders of the legislative body of said
City, expressed by resolution of said body, heretofore
adopt ed.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
(SEAL)
Building Inspector of the City
of —,l Segundo, California.
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El Segundo, California.
September , 1937.
GOVERNNEW REFINING AND GASOLIlE CO'UORATIO11,
LTD., Licensee above named, does hereby consent to all
of the conditions, agreew nts, 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 consideration passing to it,
receipt of which is hereby expressly acknowledged.
GOVERIUIU RT REFINING AND GASOLIN
CORPORATION, LTD.
L-SIN
LI CENSER
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
f orm.
Mayor of e City of Segundo,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
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City Attorney of e -City of
L1 Segundo, California. it
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SECTIOi�i 3. The issuance of the permit herein
granted shall be conditioned upon the said Government
Refining and Gasoline Corporation, Ltd., filing with the
City Clerk in writing prior to the issuance of such
permit, a letter stating that the owners of Lot 100,
Block 123, 'L1 Segundo Sheet No. 8, as per map recorded
in Book 22, Pages 106 and 107, on file in the o fice of
the County Recorder, Los Angeles County, California, -
shall have the right at any time prior to discovery of
oil in said well, to join in the lease under which the
said well is being drilled, under the same terms and
conditions as the present lessors, and which shall
further state the actual location of the well site.
SECTION 4. 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 Government Refining and Gasoline Corporation,
Ltd., 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 passa -e 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.
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Passed, approved and adopted this 15th day of
September, A. L., 1937.
Mayor Of e �Vi y o E�d o,
Calif orni a.
(SEAL)
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32A2E 01_' CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOa ARGEISJ , % SS.
CITY CFT EL SPGUNDO. )
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City
of El 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 ho. 402, 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
13th day of September, A. L., 1937, and that the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Love, Selby and 1,1ayor Binder;
NOES: Councilmen None;
AB3riPi'.Councilmen Gerow and Hesser.
--city Cl-er o i
El Segundo, California.
(SEAL)
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