CC RESOLUTION 402ARESOLUTION NO. 402 -A.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF TILE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO GOVERNMENT Rh;FINING AND GASOLIN,`, COR-
PORATION, LTD. A PERMIT FOR THE DRILLING
OF THAT CERTAIN OIL AEIL IN SAID CITY
DESIGNATED AND EN07N AS "GOVERNMENT REFIN-
ING AND GASOLINE CORPORATION, GUARANTY
LIQUIDATING CORPORATION NO. 1".
NNHER:.AS, application has been made to the City of
E1 Segundo, California, by GOVERNMENT REFINING AND GASOLIN_
CORPORATION, LTD., for a permit for that certain oil well
within said City, hereinafter referred to;
AND, "IHEREAS, 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;
DOW, TIEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
SECTION 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 hydro-
carbon 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
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and regulations set forth in the following form of permit
issued to the said licensee. The said form of permit is
as follows:-
"PERIviI T
THIS IS TO CERTIFY That G09i:RN11 WIT 3 7+IIIING _.N)
GASOMY", CORPORATION, LTD., under date of September 22,
1937, by the legislative body of the City of 11 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 hell 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.
The 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 1 Segundo, County of Los
Angeles, .hate of California, to -twit:
283.50 feet South of the Center line
of Grand Avenue, 176.17 feet Easterly
of the Center line of Center Street,
being a portion of Lot 40, Block. 123,
L-ap recorded in Book 22, Ilvges 106 -107,
and the said well sh,.11 be known and is hereby designated
as "GOVEK12NT RBI +'IPINu AIM GASOLIIS' CORPORIiTIOI , GUARANTY
LI,UIDA2ING CORPORATION 110. 1 ".
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Second: jaid licensee shall pay to the City
of 'El Segundo, California, the full amount of any license
Tee w1hich 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
license fee, if and ,,,hen provided for, must continue to
be paid as long as drilling operations, drillznc�, minim=,
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
highway, or nearer than t,,jenty -five feet to any existing
dwelling, except upon the written permission of the o�rmer
of such dwelling duly signed and filed with the Building
Inspector of said City.
-i+'ourth: Licensee agrees to furnish as drilling
progresses, a full, true and correct co,:y 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 vwell,
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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
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 fille or
plugged according to good mining practice, the der ick re-
moved and the premises cleaned up and restored as early
as possible to their condition as they existed at the time
of the granting of this permit.
ii hth: That the said licensee shall not will-
fully permit any water, oil or other hydrocarbon su stance
to escape from said well or premises and flow in or upon any
of the public streets, lanes, wags, avenues or highways, of
the said City of 'l Segundo, California, unless by urther
permit in writing from the legislative body of said City
first had and obtained; provided, however, that th licensee
will pa to said City, immediately upon demand t her for, the
full amount of any and all damage which may be occa Toned to
any of such streets, lanes, ways, avenues or highw s, by
reason of a violation of the provisions of this sec ion
whether such violation was willful, negligent or of erwise.
ilintb: The licensee does hereby further gree
to erect at its own cost and expense such embankments, sump
holes and protection works, as may be required in or er to
safeguard as far as reasonably possible, the lives a d
property of persons in the vicinity.
Tenth: Said licensee further agrees to ob erve
and abide by all the laws of the Mate of California
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relating to the subject of mining f or oil, gas or other
hydrocarbon substances within said State, and also all
valid ordinances of the City of El Segundo, California,
relating thereto.
Eleventh: That the said licensee shall imme-
diately at its own cost and expense, cause to be coiapletely
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 bvell,
or by reason of any overflow therefrom. Said licensee shall
also cooperate with the authorities of said City of 131
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,
and 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 hire 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.
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Thirteenth: All of the terms and conditions
herein stated, in t_:e 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 re-
ferred to, and the licensee above named by accepting this
permit and electing to operate under the same, hereby ac-
quiesces 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 ,,l aegundo, 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
such 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 El Segundo, California, postage
prepaid, addressed to the licensee or the City of il
Segundo, California, as the case may be, as follows:
The City of L'1 Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
-El Segundo, California,
and as to the licensee: -
Government Refining and Gasoline Corporation, Ltd.,
110E 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,
ighteenth: 2 he 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 fail-
ure 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.
Ninet cent h: 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 .,ill be
diligently and continuously operated thereafter, with full
cre s, until same is completed or finally abandoned,
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Twentieth: he derrick of the said well shall
have at all times conspicuously displayed thereon in letters
not less than six inches in height, visible from two dzfCer-
ent sides of such derrick, appropriate si =n: stating the
name of such well and the name of the permittee of such .dell.
this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this day of September,
A. 1:.. 1937, upon orders of the le;,islative body oC said
City, expressed by resolution of said body, heretofore
adopted.
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City Clerk
(SEAL)
Bu- 3laing nspee or o67- Tie —Ui
of --1 Segundo, California,
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„�l Segundo, California.
September , 1937.
GOVERIME172 REINING AIM GA30LIN CORIPO� ATIC,,,
LPD., 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 consideration passing to it,
receipt of which is hereby expressly acknowledged.
GOViJ3Td1rI 1VT R 'INIidG AID
GAaOLIIv' COREORATI01j, LTD.
By:
Its
LI CENa :,,.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
Mayor of e i y o Segundo,
Calif ornia.
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. 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, s letter
stating that the owners of Lot 15, Block 123, "ap recorded in
Book 22, Pages 106 -107, on file in the office of the County
Recorder, Los Angeles County, California,shall have the right
at any tiv,e r, cr to dlscov -'ry 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 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 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 Gaso-
line 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
the original of the same to
solutions of said City, and
passage and adoption thereo
of the City Council of said
at which the same is passed
this resolution; shal
be entered in the book
shall make a minute of
C in the records of the
City in the minutes of
and adopted.
L cause
of re-
the
proceedings
the meeting
Passed, approved and adopted this 22nd day of
September, A. D., 1937.
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yor of the ty of E1 Segundo,
California.
3TA_-= 01' CALIlrORNIA, )
COUNTY Or LOS ANGEUES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL 3EGUIQi 0. )
I, Victor D. I,icCarthy, City Clerk of the City
of nl 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 ido. 402 -A, 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
22nd day of September, A. D. , 1937, and that the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Gerowt Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder:
NOES : Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilman Love.
(REAL)
iy er o e 1 o
1 Segundo, California.
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