Res 159-86 10/21/1986RESOLUTION NO. /a*—i
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION OF
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO LEASE FOR OIL AND
GAS CERTAIN LANDS LOCATED AT LAKE KICKAPOO
IN ARCHER COUNTY, TEXAS.
WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls has received a request
that certain land owned by the City in Archer County below
the dam at Lake Kickapoo be leased for oil, gas and other
minerals.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. It is advisable, under proper circumstances,
to lease for development of oil, gas and other minerals that
certain tract of land containing 59 . 6 acres in Archer County,
Texas, which is described by metes and bounds on Exhibit
A, which is attached hereto.
SECTION 2. Any such oil, gas and mineral lease shall
provide for at least 3/16 royalty, and shall have a primary
term of no more than two (2) years.
SECTION 3. Any such lease shall be executed on the
City' s standard form.
SECTION 4 . As this tract of land is covered in part
by a surface lease held by The Boys Clubs of Wichita Falls,
Inc. to be used as a camp for boys, and as the Little Wichita
River runs through such property, no actual drilling may
occur on the property covered by the lease unless the location
of each well is approved in advance by the City, and the
methods used in drilling and producing such well meet all
the specifications to be required by the City for protecting
the Boys Club camp and the Little Wichita River.
SECTION 5. The bid shall be on the entire tract; a
bid on a portion of the tract will not be considered.
SECTION 6 . City shall give notice of intention to lease
such land by publication once a week for three consecutive
weeks in a newspaper published in Archer County, the county in which
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the land is located, which notice shall describe the land and
designate the time and place at which the City Council will
receive and consider bids for such lease.
SECTION 7. City will not warrant the title to the minerals
in such land. The City apparently owns all the minerals.
SECTION 8 . The City Council will reserve the right to
reject any and all bids, and give notice and call for additional
bids, if same is determined to be in the best interest of the
City.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the q/day of October, 1986.
M A Y O R
ATTEST:
Jrn lm
City Clerk
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