HomeMy WebLinkAbout03436 ORD - 04/02/1953AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, TO EXECUTE AN OPERATING AGREEMENT
WITH A. W. GREGG IN REGARD TO CERTAIN OIL LEASES BETWEEN
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AS LESSOR, AND A. W.
GREGG, LESSEE, DURING THE PENDENCY OF CAUSE NO. 8166 IN
THE DISTRICT COURT OF SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS, A COPY
OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THERE IS NOW PENDING IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SAN PATRICIO
COUNTY, TEXAS, CAUSE No. 81166, BETWEEN A. W. GREGG, AS PLAINTIFF, AND CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, ET AL., INTEVENORS AND DEFENDANTS, IN REGARD TO
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THE VALIDITY OF CERTAIN OIL LEASES BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,
AS LESSOR, AND A. W. GREGG, AS LESSEE, AND IT WILL BE SOME TIME BEFORE SUCH
LITIGATION IS COMPLETED AND THERE 15 A NEED THAT THE OIL WELLS LOCATED ON THE
LEASES IN QUESTION SHALL_BE OPERATED UNTIL SUCH LITIGATION IS FINALLY TERMINATED
AND IT IS FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT
THE SAME BE OPERATED AS ECONOMICALLY AS POSSIBLE;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAANED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE, AND HE IS HEREBY, AUTHORIZED FOR AND
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, TO EXECUTE AN OPERATING AGREEMENT
WITH A. W- GREGG IN REGARD TO THE OPERATION OF THE SAID LEASES PENDING THE ABOVE
DESCRIBED LITIGATION, A COPY OF SUCH OPERATING AGREEMENT BEING ATTACHED HERETO AND
MADE A PART HEREOF, AND READING AS FOLOOWS:
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SECTION 2. DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE WELFARE OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THAT SUCH SALT WATER DISPOSAL WELL BE DRILLED IMMEDIATELY
AND THAT PROPER STEPS BE IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO ASSURE THE ECONOMICAL AND CONTINUED
OPERATION OF THE OIL WELLS ON THE LEASES IN QUESTION AND THAT SUCH OPERATION OF
SAID WELLS BE NOT HINDRED IN ANY MANNER CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE
PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDER OR
RESOLUTION BE PASSED FINALLY 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 PRO TEM, HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST AND HAVING
REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SUCH 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 ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE.&J,DAY
OF APRIL 1953.
MAYOR PRO TEM
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
EST:
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CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
CITY AT ORN'Y
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and the M94r A' Of ^� "1 st �� me Of the
defen4mta in that 04TtWiA WA*# 0. A146 m the dwkot of t
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valtdity of the tollowize Adgavib*4 (111, ,s and "AWal
;,afdte�3�
at iaea
I. (al, (me md ulumm, L'RUso dwted Nar& C";, 1,450,
MMOCUtod by the qjtr 0,r jW"s 4WIStj to A. V. Creeps and
roasted In Yebm 77, * 59,i -5,s7, (41 e a Sex r dO
al' JVo Wells )OUnty, T oxaa.
M. CIA, a w1d, '41mral j"Aftse dated JAWAW7 31, 1950
eaut$4 y thr -Ity of ,Awpui Jy gti to guy ',,mttwreara as
1'smuee. and, of reavx-3 has v*bv:Lo °, i e 150 Of" than C11 asxa
f" o a':: eftf ss �'Wd a Of VU0000 +naafi , Two, aoraring 10.245 w3res
out of Nlook Ninstemn (19) of J. '51am rlook�l in
' . oll., 04w, mod. g Loa** dated VAiwber V, 1�51a
azoeuted by the ,'Iity of ,,mph ",brisrtl to A. V. drOgg, Of
r000r,4 IZ V101. n 80, � * 247 Of t (Al AM, fts Lease A400T48 Of
y *r o '�Wnty, Texpsg# *wrwlrW Ores* traAr. a + nE!
518.2 avron of IW-A, -"re or 10.06, Sittated its $on Paul*
F "O=ty, Imax.
4. Oil, and fts and Ulneral Loanre fttod JAWAVA7 24a
1350, filed farr000rd to Ve1armxy 17, 1550, of r000rd -.n
V*1: mm 77 at won P36 -241, of the CAI gar mas i4094 AfOcrdxs Of
Jim WeI1 a U=kv, Taxes, own' upproz naa"ktol l 240 aarsa of
Und, more or heal =4,
WM :S, Powu the ftxa detevaImMan of add masse the
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duotion from auid lenses = h*UMV the o rs thereof in vam'0#0
and,
it Is A"00s mT Vwt pToftel,an be made for the
*"ration of :paid 10"02 :0° 413W the ft ml Aevar"i7wtian Of said
G°tt1C4i�.i<3
,NOW* ThWVCO"# sTW-','W ALL NIM N =38 FWMV'1t That
for SrA t aft"Idw*Uon of the prswiswso it is OVAIM*ted wtd
nereed 'by md 'b&V"*m A. V, ftvM, howeimfter m1le4 00rerp",
-1ty Of anma wixi, a udo corpaanon, tiered tar
!7ullsd
"Tty, and �Outhvrn haroinafter imllod
ars
1. That ft*r-,r ill omtLrmo to operate md4 leases
end -1h all I* Olav"Od 'to 1rm"a-Ut*Xr Orpand a MIM *f not to
OX0,40d Thwsm4 ( W7115,M).00) Do'. Uri on w *vm%7 Im—vie-
bold, Improvemnta, * .It b inaludos a salt Mtear wwpova wall,
ntma vA11 'b* rwimbursed thnrafom ii!,i the w: ma mmmer as is 11.,orela-
nttiar provI4#4 for "imbura%nent operatinr and �mjrttw"a*
2. 141mt fix nu4 *-*tvr April 1, 1553, Oreff, t4all bo
allmmd rm1,vbu"*m*%Mf;or tho r#xsomble leftnebold op*ratinr
And =Iatmanoo asVortsea inour rod, , in oormmot with said losses,
doll aurt, is e"timfttod at 11-vo TlwumM Pollora or
Zwtb.
I. That Oramr *all furnimh WOWT state"Uts of the
expense* to ba rolmbu"od, support*d by gold involves And
oortiflod ". photestatia opies of parrall ft*ordo, to the
"it Y Wirer Ot the 'Ity of 441WO AW1WU, or In bis a
to %bo aotijV- salty awavwer, for Bala 1. t1pan the upproml of
mch statement by s"h -4tr or Vwwom A �vtiyw -Itr 4� Or,
w
upw promontwtion thoveor to "outborn � Insmls, ?�Jzvsrald,
-4mll, to the wxteat or the ,moo m hand, pmy to the maid ft ere,
the ammnt or mid aporav*d 3tateraeat. That all amounts pad by
.'; outbern "?1 norals to *ragg *All be --?arr
ad to the ov*raw fmd.a
sa*,jrw,k*d &.,0 the interest in mid lasses standint in the rgme of
Oreg,r.
4. What upon rmpost of �wxthmm -AfLnermla, Wwo re-
Ndving pan=ta undor this A#"mmsatp grarr "11 fv=dsh consent
In M-1tiro* trw- any parson, flym or oorpmatlon holdlnr Uespol-pon,
41-
or anY. *Vwr intawmt In, tho Ixtorest in *44- looses stasuUmc,
J.0 the u=% or aropg.
5. Tk*+, thla �)Cmtrs4t AIM eontimo until tho finla
flotormuwtion *I' amid (-Avg* l7o. WC, IlTaoss tormilmUd at on
wrl4or 4wto V "eamt of the pav$ims.
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE 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,
A
MAYOR / e - nu
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
km yy9as'eNi
Jack De Forrest
Aye
A7• A.AJ
_'4dsdu r �rrcus. dJ
� ?,o-n,.r� E. *r •mss /.v ^ate,J
Aye
George L. Lowman
Aye
The above ordinance was passed by the
following vote:
Leslie Wassermann
Jack De Forrest
Aye
/�IA,nJ,t ♦u/n. Ti2
4:9 tt
-Aye
Ion
Aye
George L. Lowman
Aye
3y3�