CC RESOLUTION 820RESOLUTION NO. 820
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING
TO STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA A
PERMIT FOR THAT CERTAIN OIL WELL IN SAID
CITY DESIGNATED ANv KNOWN AS " STANDARD
OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA GOUGH ¢#17 ".
WHEREAS, application has been made to the City
of E1 Segundo, California, by STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, for a permit for that certain oil well within
said city, hereinafter referred to;
AND, WHI.'REAS, 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, THE.'REFOHE, the City Council of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, does resolve, declare and determine
as follows:
SECTION 1. That the Standard 011 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,
end 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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"P E R M I T
"THIS IS TO CERTIFY that STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, under date of April 17, 1946, by the legislative
body of the City of E1 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, eaon 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 structures
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:
From the S.W. Cor. of Sec. 71 T. 3S, R.14W,
19601 East along Sec. line; thence 15001
North at right angles, in the city limits of
E1 Segundo,
snd the said well shall be known and is hereby designated as
"STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA GOUGH ##17 ".
Second: Said licensee shall pay to the City of El
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 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,
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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 struct-
ure 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.
Fift : 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
than ninety days after such abandonment.
Seven h: That upon abandonment of any well drilled
under this permit the same shall be filled or plugged according
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to good mining practice, the derrick removed and the premises
cleaned up and restored as nearly as possible to their con-
dition as they existed at the time of the granting of this
permit.
Eight h: That the said licensee 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 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
pnd 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 sub-
stances within said State, and also all valid ordinances of the
City of El Segundo, California, relating thereto.
Eleventh: That the said licensee shall immediately
at its own cost and expens
to the satisfaction of the
of El Segundo, California,
street, avenue, lane, way,
which mey be occasioned by
employees, in or by reason
or supplies, or equipment,
R, cause to be completely repaired
Street Superintendent of the City
any and all damage to any public
alley or place within the said city
it or by any of its agents or
of the transportation of materials
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, 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 author-
ized 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 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
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 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.
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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 opera-
tive 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.
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 La Habra,
California, or E1 Segundo, California, postage prepaid,
addressed to the licensee or the City of E1 Segundo, Cali-
fornia, as the case may be, as follows:
The City of El Segundo,
Care of City Clerk,
Post Office Box 67,
E1 Segundo, California;
and as to the licensee:
Standard Oil Company of California,
Box 397,
La Habra, California.
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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.
Elahteenth: 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.
Twentieth: 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 name of the permittee of such well.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this permit has been issued
to said licensee above named, this day of April, A. P.
1946, upon orders of the legislative Nody of said city,
expressed by resolution of said body, heretofore adopted.
A.L'I'ES T :
(SEAL)
City Clerk
Building Inspector of the City
of E1 Segundo, California.
E1 Segundo, California
April , 1945
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 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.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA
aY:
LI CEn SEE
The foregoing permit is approved by me as to
provisions.
form.
Mayor of the City of 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 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 said form of permit duly
executed on the part of said city and accepted in writing
by Standard 011 Company of California, 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 re-
solutions 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 17th day of
April, A. D., 1946.
Mayor of the City of E1 egundo,
alifornie.
(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. 820, 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 17th day
of April, A. D., 1946, and that the same was so passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Baker, Peterson, Skelley, Thompson and
Mayor Selby;
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
(SEAL)
City Clerk o of
E1 Segundo, Californ a.�'
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