CC RESOLUTION 687RESOLUTION NO. 689.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO JOHN SHIRLEY WARD AND EDWIN W. PAULEY,
A PERMIT FOR THAT CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID
CITY DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS "LOFTUS NO. l."
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of El Segundo, California, by JOHN SHIRLEY WARD and EDWIN
W. PAULEY, 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, 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 John Shirley Ward and Edwin W.
Pauley are 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
and regulations set forth in the following form of permit
Issued to the said licensees. The said form of permit is
as follows:
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"THIS IS TO CERTIFY that JOHN SHIRLEY WARD and
EDWIN W. PAULEY, under date of November 3, 1943, by the
legislative body of the City of E1 Segundo, County of Los
Angeles, State of California, were 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 operat-
ing the said well upon the following express terms and
conditions, each and every one of which must be observed
and performed promptly by the licensees (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
structures shall be erected on the following described
real property situated in the County of Los Angeles,
State of California, to -wit:
On the real property westerly of and
Immediately adjoining Lot 9, Block 12,
Tract 1685, as per map recorded in Book
21, at page 98 of the Official Records
of Los Angeles County, California. The
particular location of said well on said
property is to be at a point 100 feet
westerly and 135 feet northerly of the
Southeast corner of said Lot 9.
It is provided, however, that in the event the
said particular location proves, upon investigation to be
made by the City Council, to be in or too closely adjacent
to any existing or proposed public street, road or highway,
that the City Council may require the said location to be
changed a reasonable distance so as not to interfere with
such public street, road or highway, such requirement,
however, to be communicated to the permittees not later
than fifteen days after the date of this permit.
Second: Said well shall be known and is hereby
designated as "Loftus No. 10.
Third: Said licensees 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
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.
Fourth: 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.
Fifth: Licensees agree 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 licensees shall, if requested, notify said
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city of any water strata encountered and recorded by
them, and the depth thereof.
Sixth: The said licensees 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.
Seventh: 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.
Eighth: 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 granting of this permit.
Ninth: That the said licensees shall not
willfully 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 E1 Segundo, California,
unless by further permit in writing from the legislative
body of said city first had and obtained; provided, how-
ever, that the licensees 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.
Tenth: The licensees do hereby further agree
to erect at their own cost and expense such embankments,
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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.
Eleventh: Said licensees further agree to
observe and abide by all the laws of the State of California,
relating to the subject of mining for oil, gas or other
hydrocarbon substances within said State, and also all
valid ordinances of the City of E1 Segundo, California,
relating thereto.
Twelfth: That the said licensees shall imme-
diately at their own cost and expense, cause to be completely
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 them or
by any of their 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 licensees
shall also cooperate with the authorities of said City of
E1 Segundo in the apprehension of any other persons
damaging public property, upon delivering materials, equip-
ment, supplies or production, either to or from the said
well.
Thirteenth: That the said licensees 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 licensees are concerned, and the said
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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 licensees.
Fourteenth: 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 licensees above named by
accepting this permit and electing to operate under the
same, hereby acquiesce in the findings of the said legis-
lative body in such regard, and further agree to each,
all and every one of the terms and conditions set forth
In this permit and promise and agree to perform each
and all of them on their part to be kept and performed.
Fifteenth: 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; and no assignment which may be so consented
to shall operate to relieve the licensees herein from
any obligations imposed or created herein unless the
consent of such legislative body expressly so states,
nor shall any assignment which may be so consented to
be operative for any purpose unless and until the assignee
shall have filed its written acceptance of the terms and
conditions hereof.
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Sixteenth: 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.
Seventeenth: 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.
Eighteenth: 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 licensees or the City
of E1 Segundo, California, as the case may be, as follows:
The City of E1 Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
City Hall,
E1 Segundo, California;
and as to the licensees:
John Shirley Ward and
Edwin W. Pauley,
Room 928, I.N.Van Nuys Bldg.,
210 W. 7th 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.
Nineteenth: The City Council reserves the right
upon ten days notice to licensees of the breach of any of
the terms and /or conditions herein set forth, and the
failure of licensees 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,
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or any of its officers or agents.
Twentieth: 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, eto.,
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 orews, until same is completed or
finally abandoned.
Twenty- First: The derrick of the said well
shall have at all times conspicuously displayed thereon
In letters not less than two inches in height, visible
from two different sides of such derrick, appropriate
signs stating the name of such well and the names of the
permittees of such well.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this permit has been issued
to said licensees above named this 4th day of November,
A• D., 1843, 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.
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, California
November _, 1943.
JOAN SHIRLEY WARD and EDWIN W. PAULEY, Licensees
above named, do hereby consent to all of the conditions,
agreements, terms and requirements set forth in the fore.
going permit, do hereby agree to same and do hereby
further promise and agree to observe and abide by the
same and each and all of them on their part to be kept
and performed, and do hereby positively state and declare
that this consent and agreement is supported by an adequate
and valuable consideration passing to them, receipt of
which is hereby expressly acknowledged.
John Shirley Ward
win W. Pauley
LICENSEES
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
form.
Mayor pro tem of the City of
E1 Segundo, California.
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
City Attorney of the City of
E1 Segundo, California. "
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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 licensees, 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 said form of permit duly
executed on the part of said city and accepted in writing
by John Shirley Ward and Edwin W. Pauley, in the form of
acceptance hereinabove set forth and which constitutes a
part of the consideration for the issuance of said permit.
SECTION 4. Nothing in this resolution contained
shall be construed as constituting a precedent with re-
ferenoe to the granting of oil well permits in the City
of E1 Segundo, as the City Council in adopting this
resolution has taken into consideration existing war -time
conditions and the particular facts and circumstances
which relate to the particular well hereinabove referred
to, and the further fact that it is a proposed test well
to test certain properties for possible oil developments.
The City Council hereby reserves the right to consider
each and every application for an oil well permit hereafter
made to this Council with reference to the permit herein
granted, or any previous permit, and to grant or refuse
to grant the same as the Council at the time may deem
proper or advisable, and upon such terms and conditions,
whether the same or different from those hereinabove set
forth.
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 passage and adoption thereof in the records of the
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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 3rd day of
November, A. D., 1943.
Mayor pro tam of the City of
E1 Segundo, California.
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.
687, was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council,
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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 3rd day of November, A. D.,
1943, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Hesser, Selby, Skelley and Mayor pro
tam Peterson ;
NOES: Councilmen None ;
ABSENT: Councilmen
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