CC RESOLUTION 404RESOLUTION E0. 404
A RESOLUTION OF THL CITY COUNCIL OF THS,
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRAIR ING TO
STAIMARD OIL COI PANY OF CALIFORNIA, A PERMIT
FOR THT DRILLING OF THAT CERTAIR OIL "d::LL IN
SAID CITY DESIGITATED AND Y_NOIN AS "R ^7FIIZ'1RY
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7dHE: AS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo, California, by STANDARD OIL C011PANY OF
CALIFORNIA, for a permit for that certain oil well within
said City, hereinafter referred to;
AND, 7K'R°'1A3, 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;
110'1, TIv'R= FOR =., the City Council of the City of
'l Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
SECTION 1. That Standard Oil Company of California,
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 equip-
ment Tor operating the said well.
j;,,CTIOIi 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.
as follows:
The said fozm of permit is
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"THIS IS `i'0 GE32IPY that SIANDA ,Ij OIL C011PAIv'Y OF
CAlIFORITIA, under date of September 22, 1937, by the legis-
lative body of the City of , 1 Segundo, County of Los Angeles,
State of California, was granted permission to erect one
derrick for the purpose of drilling for oil, bras 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 efc'ect.
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 Ice
Angeles, State of California, to -wit:
Northeast Quarter (1E;.) of Section Thirteen
(13), Township Three (3) South, Range ?ifteen
(lE ) lest, S. 3. B. F I... , the center of said
derrick to be located approximately seventeen
hundred thirty eight (1738) feet South along
the east line of said Section Thirteen (13)
Irom the northeast corner thereof and thence
taco hundred forty (240) feet west at right
angles to said e4st line of Section Thirteen
(13) as shown on map attached,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "R YITu7RY 10. 411.
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Second: Said licensee shall pay to the City of
L1 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 re-
ference 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 con-
tinue, including the production therefrom of oil, gas or
other hydrocarbon substance 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 refurA ed.
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 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
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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
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 time of the grant-
ing 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 1.1 Segundo, California, unless by fur-
ther permit in writing from the legislative body of said City
f irsu 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, avenuea 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 hereb;, 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,
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Tenth: maid licensee further agrees to observe
and abide by all the laws of the State of California,
relating to the subleet of mining for oil, gas or other
hydrocarbon substances within said atate, and also all
valid ordinances of the City of ''l Segundo, California,
relating thereto.
Lleventh: That the said licensee shall irmne-
diately at its own cost and expense, cause to be completely
repaired to the satisfaction of the Street Superintendent
of the City of ?1 Segundo, California, any and all damage
to any public street, avenue, lane, way, alley or place
v✓ithin 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 derricz or well, or
by reason of any overflow therefrom. Said licensee shall
also cooperate vAth the authorities of said City of !'1
Segundo, in the apprehension of any other persons damagin€
public property, upon delivering materials, equipment,
su plies or production, either to or from the saiu 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 o; ricers,
the City ,:ngineer oT 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 aun risk, so far as
licensee is concerned, and the said Chief of Police and
his officers, the City �ngineer 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,
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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 -.1 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 Isl 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 obli'eations 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 ,ithin which to
co,nplete the same is granted in writing by the legislative
body of said, City.
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Sixteenth: Nothing in this permit contained shall
be construed _s 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
deposited in the United States post office at either Los
Angeles, California, or it Segundo, California, postaFe
prepaid, addressed to the licensee or the C )-ty of ,�l
Segundo, California, as the case may be, as follows.
City of 1111 Segundo,
-Care of City Clery ,
City Hall,
El Segundo, California;
and as to the licensee:-
Standard Oil Company of California,
605 !. Tenth 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.
Lighteenth: 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 bre,-ch 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
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spudded in -.within ninety days from date hereof, and
that same .+ill be diligently and continuously operated
thereafter, with full crews, until same is completed or
finally abandoned.
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.
IId 71ITIESS ^7HrRr:OP, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this day of September,
A. L., 1937, upon orders of the legislative body of said
City, expre sed by resolution of said body, heretofore
adopted.
ATT3 3T :
City Clerk
(SEAL)
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of L;l Segundo, California.
El Segundo, California.
September _, 1937.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Licensee
above named, does hereby consent to all of the conditions,
agreements, terms and requirements set forth in the fore-
going 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 per-
former:, 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.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA
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Its
LICENSEE
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
Mayor of the City of El Segundo,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to form.
City Attorney of the City of
El Segundo, California. n
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SECTION 3. 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
receipt of a duplicate copy of the said form of permit
duly executed on the part of said City and accepted in
writing by Standard Oil Company of California, in the
form of acceptance hereinabove set forth and which consti-
tutes a part of the consideration for the iasuance 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 or said City, a nd 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.
Mayor of the`�fty of El Segundo,
California.
(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. 404, 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. ,)., 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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City Clerk o the o
El Segundo, California.
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