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RESOLUTION NO. 430
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO THE TERMO COMPANY A PERMIT FOR THAT
CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID CITY DESIGNATED
AS "TERMO -ELSIE #2 ".
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo, California, by THE TERMO COMPANY, for a
permit for that certain oil well within said City,
hereinafter referred to;
AN'J, WIEREAS, after consideration of the said
application, the City Council of said ^.ity 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 The Termo Company 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 the 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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"P E R M I T
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that THE TERMO COMPANY, under
date of November 24, 1937, by the legislative body of the
City of E1 Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of Cali-
fornia, 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 be-
come 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 structures
shall be erected on the following described real property
located in the City of El Segundo, County of Los Angeles,
State of ",alifornia, to -wit:
A PORTION OF Lot 163, in Block 123,
El Segundo Sheet No. 8, in the ^,ity of
E1 Segundo, as per map recorded in Book
22, Pages 106 and 107 of Maps, Records
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said well to be located at a point
94.25 feet westerly of the center line
of California Street and 162.60 feet south-
erly of the center line of Pine Avenue,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "Termo -Elsie #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 re-
ference to any such derrick or well, and which said license
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fee, if and when provided for, must continue to be paid as
long as drilling operations, drilling, 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 hi hway, 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 Buildint; 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 possibi-
lities 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.
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
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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 removed and
the premises cleaned up and restored as nearly as possible
to their condition as they existed at the time of the grant -
in,; of this permit.
Eighth: That the said licenses --hall 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 furt -er
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 nay 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, relating
to the subject of mininE for oil, gas or other hydrocarbon
substances within said State, and also all valid ordinances
of the lity of E1 Segundo, California, relating thereto.
Eleventh: That the said licensee shall t=ediately
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, amp and all damage to any public
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stre.et, avenue, lane, way, alley or place within the said
City which may be occasioned b- 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 well, or by reason of any overflow therefrom.
Said licensee shall also cooperate with the authorities of
said City of F1 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 derri ^.k 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 bein.- 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,
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
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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 accept-
ance 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 ^ity.
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 Oity.
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 Long
Beach, 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;
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and as to the licensee:
The Termo Company,
3275 Cherry Avenue,
Long Beach, 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 abandoneu.
Twentieth: The derrick of the said well shall have
at all times conspicuously displayed thereon in letters not
less than two inrhes 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 vitITNESS VV RaO , this permit has been issued to
said licensee above named this day of November, A. :;.,
1937, upon orders of the legislative body of said City, ex-
pressed by resolution of said body, heretofore adopted.
ATTEST:
City clerk
(SEAL)
Building Inspector of he City
of E1 Segundo, California.
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E1 Segundo, California.
November , 1937.
THE TERMO COMPANY, Licensee above named, does
hereby consent to all of the conditions, agreements, t erns
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 agree-
ment is supported by an adequate and valuable consideration
passing to it, receipt of which is hereby expressly
acknowledged.
THE TERMO COMPANY
By:
Its
licensee
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
Mayor of the "ity of E1 Segundo,
California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to form.
City Attorney of the City of
El Segundo, California. It
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SECTION 3. That the "uilding 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 The Termo Company, in the form of acceptance
hereinabove set forth and which constitutes a part of the
consideration for the issuance of said permit.
SEOTIOT7 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 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 24th day of
November, A. D., 1937.
Mayor of the city of El Segundo,
AT`E "T: California.
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City C erl
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANA =EL3S, ) SS.
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CITY OF EL SZGUNDO. )
I, `fictor D. PicCarthy, City Clerk of the City
of El Segundo, California, de hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the ^ity Council of the said "ity is
five; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No.
430, 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 24th day of November, 1937,
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Gerow, Resser, Love, Selby and Mayor Binder;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Councilmen None.
(SEAL)
City Clerk of the City bf
E1 Segundo, California.
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