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RESCDEUTION NUMBER /7.:J.;(
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEAL BEACH, CALI~ORNIA, A CHARTER CITY, REQUEST-
ING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT LAWS TO
PROVIDE FOR THE TERMINATION OF UNPRODUCTIVE OIL
LEASES.
WHEREAS, portions of the City of Seal Beach are located adjacent to
oil fields ~ and
WHEREAS, the development of oil fields frequently leads to a number
of unproductive oil wells and leases; and
WHEREAS, the fee owner of such p~operties must pay property taxes,
mortgage payments and special assessments, often without receiving
commensurate royalties and being unable to develop or profitably use
his property~ and
WHEREAS, the fee owner in all too numerous cases cannot free himself
of this burden and obtain clear title to the property without paying
undue sums of money to the oil lessee, which price often has no
relation to the value of the lease for oil porudction~ and
WHEREAS, such situation not only is unfair and inequitable to the
fee owner, but also ~urdens the public by inhibiting the highest
and best use of the p~operty, thereby depriving governmental
agencies of needed tax revenues, and impeding the commercial and
residential development of the surrounding area~ and
WHEREAS, this same problem is shared by the numerous other California
cities which have oil fields or portions thereof within their
boundaries and is an urgent matter of statewide concern:
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Seal Beach does hereby
resolve as follows:
Section l. The Council of the City of Seal Beach requests the State
Legislature to enact statutes which will provide for the involuntary
termination of relatively unproductive oil leases and the release
of the surfact rights to the fee owners.
Section 2. That the League of California cities is hereby requested
to actively sponsor adequate legislation.
Section 3. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to send copies of
this resolution to the City's representatives in the legislature
and to the League of California Cities, and to the mayor and city
council of California cities which have substantial numbers of oil
wells within their boundaries.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Seal Beach at a meeting thereof hel~ on the 4th day of November,
1968, by the fOllowinl!. vote: . I'
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