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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6888 - Amendment of ContractRESOLUTION NO. 0888 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH CONSENTING TO THE ASSIGNMENT OF A CONTRACT FOR OIL PRODUCTION FROM THE HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY TO THE ARMSTRONG PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN ap AGREEMENT ENTITLED "AMENDMENT OF CONTRACT" ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WHEREAS, the City entered into a contract dated November 1, 1943, with D. W. Elliott, which contract was subsequently amended pursuant to the authority of Resolution No. 4300 adopted by the City Council on the 31st day of January, 1955; and WHEREAS, the Humble Oil & Refining Company became the sole contracting party with the City by virtue of a previous assignment and transfer of said contract; and WHEREAS, Humble Oil & Refining Company has requested that the City consent to a conveyance of all its rights, privileges and obligations under said contract with the City to Armstrong Petroleum Corporation; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City to approve the proposed transfer and to enter into an agreement with Armstrong Petroleum Corporation entitled "Amendment of Contract "; and WHEREAS, Section 7054.5 of the California Public Resources Code provides that no lease or modification thereof or amendment thereto for the production, extraction, or removal of minerals, oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons from tide or submerged lands which have been granted by the State to a public agency in trust • wherein the State has not reserved the minerals, shall be effective or shall be delivered to the lessee unless and until it has been approved by the State Lands Commission; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that the City Council hereby approves the agreement with Armstrong Petroleum Corporation entitled "Amendment of Contract1° dated October 30 , 1968, whereby the transfer of the interest of Humble Oil & Refining Company under that certain contract dated November 1, 1943, between the City of Newport Beach and D. W. Elliott, as amended pursuant to Resolution No. 4300 adopted by the City Council on the 31st day • of January, 1955, is approved, and the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute said agreement. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this agreement shall not be effective nor shall it be delivered to the lessee unless and until it has been approved by the State Lands Commission. ADOPTED this A6?7W day of dc7"oAc -g , 1968. ATTEST- Ci lerc IFIED AS T�! 29GINA L CITY CLERK OF THE TY OF 2 1PORT BEACH • A � -tit i . -2-