CC RESOLUTION 403RESOLUTION NO. 403
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING TO GOVERN-
MENT REFINING AND GASOLINE CORPORATION, LTD.
A PERMIT FOR THE DRILLING OF THAT CERTAIN OIL
WELL IN SAID CITY DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS
"GOVERNMENT REFINING AND GASOLINE CORPORATION,
GUARANTY LIQUIDATING CORPORATION NO. 211.
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo, California, by GOVERNMENT REFINING AND
GASOLINE CORPORATION, LTD., 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, regula-
tions 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 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 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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"PERM IT
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that GOVERNMENT REFINING AND
GASOLINE CORPORATION, LTD., under date of September 22, 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 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 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:
250 feet North of the Center line of Holly
Avenue, 82.12 feet East of the Center line
of Washington Street, being a portion of
Lot 279, Block 123, map recorded in Book
220 Pages 106 -107,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "GOVERNMENT REFINING AND GASOLINE CORPORATION, GUARANTY
LIQUIDATING CORPORATION NO. 2 ".
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
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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 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 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 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 drill-
ad 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 highways,
of the said City of El Segundo, California, unless by fur-
ther 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
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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 completely
repaired to the satisfaction of the Street Superintendent
of the City of E1 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 El 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 terms and conditions
herein stated, in the opinion of the legislative body of
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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 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 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.
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,
El 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 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 thereafter, 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 six inches in height, visible from two different
sides of such derrick, appropriate signs stating the name
of such well and the name of the permittee of such well.
IN WITNESS vVHEREOF, 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
adopted.
(ATTEST:
City Clerk
(SEAL)
Building Inspector of the City
of E1 Segundo, California.
E1 Segundo, California.
September _, 1937.
GOVERNMENT REFINING, AND GASOLINE CORPORATION,
LTD., 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 erhich
is hereby expressly acknowledged.
GOVERNMENT REFINING AND GASOLINE
CORPORATION, LTD.
By:
Its
LICENSEE
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
Mayor of the City of E1 Segundo,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to form.
City A torney of the City 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 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 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 22nd day of
September, A. D., 1937.
!��! OJSi
ayor of the y of El Segundo,
California.
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City Cler
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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. 403, 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 Gerow, Hesser, Selby and Mayor Binder;
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilman Love.
(SEAL)
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