CC RESOLUTION 771RESOLUTION NO. 771
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO QUINCY CASS ASSOCIATION, A PhRMIT FOR
TtiAT CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID CITY DESIG-
NATED ANll KNOWN AS "COPINGER -CASS
ASSOCIATES #1".
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of El Segundo, California, by QUINCY CASS ASSOCIATES, for
a permit to erect and use a portable drilling outfit in-
cluding a 65 foot steel mast, for that certain oil well
within said city, hereinafter referred to;
AND, WHEREAS, after consideration of the said
applioaLlon, 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 Quincy Cass Associates is hereby
licensed and permitted to erect and use a portable drilling
outfit, including a 65 foot steel mast, for the purpose of
reworking and /or or drilling a well for oil, gas and /or
other hydrocarbon 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 licensee.
as follows:
The said form of permit is
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"P E R M I T
"THIS IS TO CERTIFY that QUINCY CASS ASSOCIATES,
under date of August 23, 1945, was, by the legislative body
of the City of E1 Segundo, State of California, granted
permission to erect and use a portable drilling outfit,
including a 65 foot steel mast, for the purpose of reworking
and /or of drilling a well for oil, gas and /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 portable equipment and its appurte-
nances shall be used on the following described real property
located in the City of E1 Segundo, County of Los Angeles,
State of California, tomit:
170 feet northerly of the north line of East
Franklin Avenue, and 70 feet Easterly of the
East line of Washington Street, as said streets
are shown on that certain map of the City of
E1 Segundo, being on Lots Nos. 289, 290, 291
and 292, Block 123 of E1 Segundo, California,
and the said well shall be known and is hereby designated
as "Copinger -Casa Associates #1" Well.
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 drilling equipment, mast, 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, reworking or other operations in
and about said derrick or well oontinue, including the
production therefrom of oil, gas or other hydrocarbon sub-
stances from a flowing well, and until said well shall
hereafter have been properly and lawfully abandoned (or re-
abandoned), and the premises cleaned up and restored to the
same condition as same were in at the time this permit was
Issued, as nearly as reasonably possible, 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: The mast, derrick, reworking apparatus and /or
any appurtenant structures 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.
Fourtri: Licensee agrees, in the event of the deep-
ening or slant drilling of said well, to furnish as drilling
progresses, a full, true and correct copy of the log of said
well for the deepened or slanted area 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
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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 or re- 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.
Eighth: That the said licensee shall not will-
fully permit any water, oil or other hydrocarbon substance
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 further
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, relating
to the subject of mining for oil, gas or other hydrocarbon
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substances within said State, and also all valid ordinances
of the City of E1 Segundo, California, relating thereto.
Eleventh: That the said licensee shall immediately
at its 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 damages 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 mater-
ials 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 E1 Segundo, in the apprehension
of any other persons damaging public property, when 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 author-
ized 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 Depart-
ment 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 said city,
are required for the purpose of protecting the public peace,
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healtn, 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 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
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 excelpt
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 crested 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 reworking apparatus and mast or
derrick to be erected hereunder are so erected and placed
in use within sixty days from date hereof, unless a further
extension of time within which to so do 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 witnin said city.
Seventeenth: Any notice to be given under the pro-
visions of this permit will be deemed sufficient if deposited
in the United States post office at either Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia, or E1 Segundo, California, postage prepaid, addressed
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to the licensee or the City of El Segundo, California, as
the case may be, as follows:
City of E1 Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
P. 0. Box 67,
E1 Segundo, California;
and as to the licensee:
Quincy Cass Associates,
212 Pacific Mutual Bldg.,
Los Angeles 14, California.
the day of actual service as contemplated herein shall be
construed to be the day following that upon which seen 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 fortnwith 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 par-
ticular condition hereof that the said reworking apparatus,
mast or derrick and appurtenances will be actually located
and constructed, fully rigged and with necessary appurtenances,
motors, boilers (if any), or engines, pipes, etc., required
to efficiently operate same, wiLnin sixty days from date
hereof, and that same will be diligently and continuously
operated thereafter with full crews, until same is completed
or finally abandoned or re- abandoned.
Explanatory: This well was originally drilled
under a permit issued to Ruehti Petroleum Company, Inc.,
and formerly known as "Ruohti Petroleum Company Inc.'s No. i"
Nell. This present permit is issued for the purpose of per-
mitting the reworking of the said well under the terms and
conditions hereinabove expressed.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named this day of August, A. D.,
1945, 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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E1 Segundo, California.
August , 1945
QUINCX CASS ASSOCIATES, 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,
QUINCY CASS ASSOCIATES
By: _
Its
And By:
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
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 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 reoeipt
of a duplicate copy of the said form of permit duly executed
on the part of said city and accepted in writing by Quincy
Cass Associates, 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 passa -e 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 23rd day of
August, A. A., 1945.
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Mayo of the City of El Segundo,
California.
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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.
771, was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council,
pro tem
approved and signed by the Mayor( of said city, and attested
by the City Clerk of said city, all at an adjourned regular
meeting of the said Council held on the 23rd day of August,
A. D.) 1945, and that the same was so passed and adopted by
the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen Hesser, Skelley, Thompson and Mayor
pro tem Peterson;
Noes: Councilmen None;
Absent: Mayor Selby.
( SEAL)
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