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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AN OIL, GAS AND MINERAI,
LEASE WITH A. W. GREGG OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, COVER-
ING 244 ACRES OF LAND,ADJACENT TO JA FRPTA DAM AND THE
NCECES RIVER., IN TWO TP.AATS, TRACT I BEING SOMETIMES
INCWN AS THE CAMPFIRE GIRISr CAMPSITE AHD C014TAINING
21.8 acres OF LAND; TRACT, II BEING ALL OF THE LANDS
OMW BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IN FEE SIMPLE EAST OF TEE CENTER
OF THE LA FRUTA DAN AND EAST OF SAID LINE EXTENDED TO THE NORTH TO
THE NORTHERN LnNE OF THAT TRACT ACQUIRED BY THE CITY FROM J. A.
HETNDERSON AND CONTAINING 218.2 ACRES OF LAND, ALL OF VMCH IS
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SAID OIL, GAS AND MINERAL LEASE, A
COPYOf EICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND NADE A PART HERECF, FOR THE
COINSIDERATION.AND UNDER CONDITIONS AS SET FORTH IN SAID LEASE;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed
to execute for and on behalf of the City an oil, gas and mineral lease with A.W.
Gregg of Harris County, Texas, covering 2W acres of land, adjacent to La Fruta
Dam and the Nueoes River, in two tracts, Treat I being sometimes Imam as the
Campfire Girls' Campsite and containing 21.8 acres of land; Tract II'oeing all
of the lands owned by the City of Corpus Christi in fee simple east of the cen-
ter line of the la Fruta Dam and East of said line extended to the North to
the Northern line of that tract acquired by the City from J. A. Henderson and
containing 213.2 acres of land, all of which is more particularly described in
said oil, gas and mineral lease, for the consideration and under conditions as
set forth in said lease, a copy of which lease is attached hereto and made a
part hereof for all purposes,
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nar of tffi City oP Corpus Asti• a mmioipal corporationq t� to M,to ®e-
g�gg Sa mbsorlbed to the fmagoing ]nstr=But and ualmoa3exl�d - -° P r
� exesntod ttre � m rse eot c� dao8 aP said city oa corpm
' �,4p7 id®ratl= aad pmy�osoa thoroia =proased eud in the oaPaaCE+J t A.D.' 19:0.
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SINME ACKNOVUXDGb=
Given ®der my hand and seal of oM thl. th--------dy A D. 10
NqP.7 Pblk in end foe I ComTty. Terms.
TIM STATE OF TEXAS JOINT ACKNOWLEDGMM
COUNTY OF BEFORE ME, the undersigned antheft, on We day personal],
end wifa be the pecamm whose names are subsmibd to the foregoing bmt—t, and arlmmledged to me that they
Mmoc,ted the emee for the pMIXM RW Congtdootloo thmeio eMnomod; and the —A
mffe of amid baying been szoofted by me privily and upwt Emm her
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='Mhb`o`bbmff tahft =d=7=12ft' ""' wwbgly mg.-I the eme. f., the Purposes ZF=!9!9..w
,w=mw that she did nat wlh to .Mu_ant ft.
oodw my head and cool of office this th--da A. D. 19
Notary ftb& to ..d C—ty, To—
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A. W. GREGG C
Fairfax 8651
City National Bank Building 0
Houston 28 Texas P
Y
January 19, 1950
City of Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
please accept this letter as a formal bid for a 2W acre (more or less) oil,
gas and mineral lease known as the Mathis Dan. lease.
The City of Corpus Christi will be paid 030,000.00 cash imediately, and allow-
ed to reserve unto itself a payment of $500,000.00 out of 1,/16 of 7/8 of oil,
gas and other minerals saved and marketed.
The bidder also agrees to give to the City of Corpus Christi a good and sufficient
bond to protect the City against any contamination of its Mathis Lake water supply
as the results of arW operations or actions of the bidder•
The bidder will agree to work under the supervision of the City Manager, and
submit to said manager daily reports of all drilling operations, schlumbergers,
and all other information obtained by him in the course of drilling any and all
wells; that all wells will be drilled and oomph ted in accordance with good
engineering practices*
The bidder also agrees to use only new eqipment for production purposes.
For references as to our ability to finance andproperly operate an oil and
gas lease, you may inquire of the City National Bank, Houston,Texas; Jones
Laughlin Steele Mill; and Norvell Fidler, Jareoki Supply Co., Bradstreet and
Dunn. We will furnish any additional references that might be required*
The bidder will also agree to sell aiT gas that might be produced to the City
of Corpus Christi at the prevailing market price in the area.
The bidder agrees to start drillling operations within ten days after acceptance
of lease, and immediately upon completion of a well, the drilling equipment
will be moved to the next location.
Yours truly,
/■}/ A. W. Gregg
A. W. Gregg
ANG:bb Bidder
ftbruny as IVA
SECTION 2• The necessity for obtaining revenue from lands now own-
ed by the City creates a public emergency andpublic imperative necessity requir-
ing the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be
passed finally on the date it is introduced and that such ordinaaos or resolu-
tion shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor
having declared that such public emergency and imperative necessity exist. and
having requested that such Charter rule be suspended, and that this ordinance
be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect and be in full
force and effect from and after its passages IT.IS ACCORDIRGLY 50 ORDAINM.
PASSED AND APPROVED This_ day of Janus � A.D. 1950-
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AyTr STS MAYM of the City of Corpus Christi
-�City Secretary
APPROM AS TP LEGAL FCRMt
i Attorney
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Corpus Christi, Texas
1 1940
TO THE lOs nS OF ME CITY CODNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen,
For the reasons Bet forth in the emergency clause of the fore-
going ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for
the suspension of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or
resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and
that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three meetings of the
City COunoili I, therefore, hereby request that you suspend said Charter
rule or requirement and pass this ordinanoe finally on the date it is
introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote
Leslie 7faaserman
Jack DeForrest
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Barney Cott
- )•P�
Sydney E. Herndon
Aw
George L. Lawman
Lv_J
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Leslie Wassermann
Jack DOPOrrest
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Barney Cott
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman