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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2815 - Tidelands Area Development4 a. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 LAW OFFICES OF ROLAND THOMPSON 210 SPURGEON BLDG. SANTA ANA. CALIF. N RESOLUTION N0._ WHEREAS, the City Council of the city of Newport Beach now contemplates the development of certain tidelands located in the Western portion of the city of Newport Beach by slant or subterranean drilling from lands outside of the city limits of the city of Newport Beach, for oil, gas and other hydro- carbon substances, which tidelands the city claims title to; and WHEREAS, it is proposed that said tidelands be developed for oil, gas and other hydro - oarbon substances as aforesaid, by a competent oil operator without expense to the city of Newport Beach; and WHEREAS, from information received from the city of Long Beach, it would appear that considerable study, research and preparation will be necessary in the preparation of legal work in connection with the making, drawing and negotiating of said proposed agreement by the city in reference to said tidelands, and in determining the legal right of said city to lease said tidelands for subterranean drilling; and WHEREAS, said work of negotiation, preparation and research work aforesaid, respecting said proposed agreement for the development of said tidelands in the city of Newport Beach by slant or subterranean drilling, constitutes, in the opinion of the City Council of the city of Newport Beach, extra- ordinary services and not contemplated in the salary allowed to the city attorney; and WHEREAS, it further appears from information had by the City Council that the agreement aforesaid, is of a highly technical character and that but few attorneys have had any experience in the drawing of such agreements, and that the City of Long Beach, by and through its attorneys, has spent many months in the preparation of similar agreements; and 1. LJ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 LAW OFFICES OF I POLAND THOMP50N 210 5FUNGEON BLDG. 5ANTA ANA. CALIF. WHEREAS, the oil operator who is now requesting an agreement for the development of said tidelands in said city, has agreed to pay to the city any and all expenses which said city may incur in connection with the preparation of proper agreements for the development of said tidelands by slant drilling, for oil, gas and other hydro— carbon substances. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the city of Newport Beach does hereby hire and retain Roland Thompson, Esq., of Santa Ana, California, and Mason and Houseman, of Long Beach, California, for the purpose of making proper research relative to the city's legal right to develop tidelands within said city, and in the preparation and negotiation of an agreement or agreements for the development of said tidelands, should it develop that the city has the legal right to develop said tidelands for the purposes herein stated, at a remuneration which shall not exceed $1500,00. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the money to be paid to said attorneys be taken out of the moneys this day deposited to cover costs in connection with the work herein mentioned. I hereby certify that the above and foregoing resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the City Council of the city of Newport Beach at an adjourned regular meeting of said city Council held on the day of July, 1943, by the following vote, to —wit: AYES, COUN'CILPN: e 1 NOES, COUNCILMEN: Lo-ste ;EST: - �" ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: LVD-n e FP _j�21 � �, P.