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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02898 ORD - 10/03/19501013150 (8) AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE FINDING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI THAT OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE LAND KNOWN AS CLIFF MAUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE USE OF SAID LAND FOR AIRPORT PURPOSES, WHICH LAND IS FULLY DESCRIB- ED HEREIN; ABANDONING SAID LAND FOR USE AS A MUNICIPAL AIRPORT' AS TO TEN LANDNOT PRESENTLY BEING USED FOR AVIATIONPURPOSES, SAID ABANDON- MENT TO BE ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF EXPLORA- TION DEVELOPMENT, AND PRODUCTION OF OIL, GAS A]iDIOR OTHER MINERALS UNDER THAT CERTAIN LEASE DATED THE 20th DAY OF September , 1950• AND DECLAMM -AN EME WHEREASs The City of Corpus Christi, as lesser, desires to execute an oil and gas lease on the land known as Cliff Maus Airport; and MOREAS, The Civil Aeronautics Authority has advised the City of Corpus Christi that exploration and development of said land for oil and gas may be had without interfering with the use of said land for airport purposes;AND YHEREAS, The Civil Aeronautics Authoriity has advised the City of Corpus Christi that, in order to insure that the ex� ploration for and development of oil and gas on said land does not and cannot interfere with the use of said land for airport purposes, any oil and gas lease executed thereon must contain the following provisionst "(1) It is strictly understood that the above described land and this oil and gas lease are subject in all things to that certain agreement between the lessor hereof and the United States of America, known as the AP-4 Agreement or Resolution, adopted and ap. proved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, on August 7, 1941. "(2) It is further expreasly agreed by the parties hereto that no structure or obstruction, temporary or otherwise, shall be erected within 250 feet perpendicular distance from and on each side of the center line of all runways existing or proposed, and their extensions to the airport boundaries, nor within 125 feet perpendicular dia- tance from and on each side of the center line of all taxi- ways, nor within 200 feet of MW buildings or parking aprons. "(3) Also it is agreed, that in the event a well is drilled on the leased area then such drilling operations shall be prosecuted continuously until same results in Production or in a dry hole. All temporary structures used in such drilling operations shall be painted and lighted in such manner as is prescribed by the Civil Aeronautics _L. Z� CS and Administration, and further provided that no permanent structures of aqy kind used in the development, produc- tion or transportation of oil, gas and other minerals shall be placed on the above described land in such manner as to interfere with or introduce hazard to the operation of aircraft. "(k) Further, it is agreed that in the event any drilling operations for oil, gas or other minerals result in production, lessee, at his own expense, shall immedi.ateV remove all temporary structures and place all semi-permanent or permanent equipment in such manner as will not interfere with or introduce any hazard to the operation of aircraft, In event such drilling operations result in a dry hole, then lessee shall at his own ex- pense immediately remove all temporary structures used in such operation and level the area so that it may be safely used for landing or taxiing aircraft.9 WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Corpus Christi has duly determined that oil and gas exploration and development on said land according to the laws of the State of Texas, the rules and regulations of its administrative bodies, the ordinances of this City, and the requirements of the Civil Aeronautics Authority (hereinabove set forth), will not interfere with the use of said land for airport purposes, and WBEBEAS, The City Council of the City of Corpus Christi has duly determined that the needs of the City of Corpus Christi do not require that theentire tract of land, hereinabove described and presently being used for airport purposes remain free and clear of reasonable exploration for and development of oil and gas, and that the airport needs of the City of Corpus Christi will be net and efficiently served even though said land be leased for oil and gas exploration and development, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITT of CORPUS CHMTI, TEAS: SECTION 1. That so much of the land known as Cliff Maus Municipal Airport, lying and being situated in Nueces County, Texas, and more particularly described as followss BEGINNING At a point in the South boundary line of the old Brownsville Road said point being the North- west comer of the Airport Park Subdivision as shown by map or plat of record in Volume 8, Page 26, of the Map Records of Nusces County, Texas, for the Northeast cor- ner of this tract; ,-2.. THENCE S 0 deg. 221 W with the Best boundary line of said Airport Park.Subdivision a distance of 35414.57 feet to a point for a corner of this tract; THENCE S 46 deg. 181 E a distance of 109.41 feet to a point for a corner of this tract, said point being the most Southerly corner of the said Airport Park Subdivision; THENCE S 59 deg. 491 E a distance of 1557.05 feet to a point in the center line of Rabbit Run Road for a corner of this tract; THENCE S 29 deg. 271 W with the centerline of Rabbit Run Road a distance of 881.80 feet to a point for a corner of this tract; THENCE S 89 deg. 561 W a distance of 1500.00 feet more or less to a point for a corner of this tract; THENCE S 29 deg. 271 E a distance of 280.00 feet more or less to a point in.the centerline of Horne Road for a corner of this tract; THENCE N 60 deg. 331 W with the centerline of Horne Road a distance of 525.00 feet more or less to a point for a corner of this tract; THENCE S 89 deg. 561 W with the South boundary line of Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 o the Gugenheim and Cohn Farm Lots, a distance of 4801.90 feet to a point for a coiner of this tract; THENCE N 54 deg. 251 E with the Southeast boun- dary line of Airport Road a distance of 41 4.88 feet to a point being the point of curve of a circular curve to the left;. THENCE with the are of said circular corner, being also the Southeast boundary line of Airport Road a distance of 1145.20 feet to a point being the point of tangent to said curve; THENCE N 143 deg. 051 E with the Southeast boun- dary line of said Airport Road a distance of 14700 feet more or less to a point, the point of curve of a circu. lar curve to the right, having a radius of 28614.39 and a central angle of 8 deg..041; THENCE along said curve, being also the South- east boundary line of Airport Road, a distance of 547.72 feet more or less to a point in the South boundary line of Old Brownsville Road, THENCE N 87 deg. 181 E, 965.78 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINN]7 , Containing 1463.95 acres of land, more or less. SAVE AND EXCEPT five (5) certain tracts of land as follows: Being approximately, P. R. Sykes, 6.274 acres; Wm. Singer, 21.95 acres; J. K. Cain# 3.2 acres; T. Y. Moore, 1.64 acres; and H. D. Countiss, 14.01 acres; the minerals under which said tracts of land having been reserved by the grantors in said deed to the City of Corpus Christi; as is not now in use for aVlotioj%purposes is hereby abandoned for use as a municipal airport to the extent necessary, but only to the extent necessary, for exploration for and development of oil and gas under an oil and gas lease containing, among others the following provisions: "(1) It is strictly understood that the above described land and this oil and gas lease are subject in all things to that certain agreement between the -3- lessor hereof and the United States of America, known as the AP-4 Agreement or Resolution, adopted and ap- proved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, on August 7, 1941; "(2) It is further expressly agreed by the parties hereto that no structure or obstruction, temporary or other- wise, shall be erected within 250 feet perpendicular dis- tance from and on each side of the center line of all run- ways existing or proposed, and their extensions of the air- port boundaries, nor within 125 feet perpendicular dis- tance from and on each side of the center line of all taxi- ways, nor within 200 feet of any buildings or parking aprons; "(3) Also it is agreed, that in the event a well is drilled on the leased area then such drilling operations shall be prosecuted continuously until same results in production or in a dry hole. All temporary structures used in such drilling operations shall be painted and lighted in such manner as is prescribed by the Civil Aeronautics Ad- ministration, and further provided that no permanent struc- tures of any kind used in the development, production, or transportation of oil, gas and other minerals shall be plac- ed on the above described land in such manner as to inter- fere with or introduce hazard to the operation of aircraft; "(4) Further, it is agreed that in the event any drilling operations for oil, gas or other minerals re- sult in production, lessee at his own expense shall im- mediately remove all temporary structures and place all semi - permanent or permanent equipment in such manner as will not interfere with or introduce any hazard to the operation of aircraft. In event such drilling operations result in a dry hole, then lessee shall at his own expense immediately remove all temporary structures used in such operation and level the area so that it may be safely used for landing or taiding aircraft. "(5) Lessee shall not, in any event, be required to drill more than one (1) well per forty (40) acres of the area retained hereunder. SECTION 2. That said abandonment shall be only for the period of such operations as may be conducted under said lease and amendments thereto and shall not in any way affect the use of the balance of said airport property for aviation purposes. SECTION 3. That the need for making applications for Permit to drill and the necessity for the conducting of operations under said lease as promptly as possible creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter role providing that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed final]y on the date of its introduction and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor, having declared such emergency and necessity to exist, having requested the suspension of said —4— Charter rule 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 passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED. PASSED AND APPROVED, This t e 3rd day of Octobers A.D. 7950. TEE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS TEST UltY Secre APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORMS UVOY ney Corpus Christi, Texas Nil 3 , 1950 TO THE WI ERS OF TM CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas Gentlemen: For the reasons set 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 Council; I, therefore, hereby request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, MUM City of Corpus Christi, Texas The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Leslie Wasserman Jack DeForrest��" Barney Cott Sydney E. Herndon/.,""" George L. Lowman The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Leslie '4asserman z2jK Jack DeForrest �y{ Barney Cott Sydney E. Herndon George L. Lowman 2vs-