Res 073-82 4/20/1982RESOLUTION NO.
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 lands owned by the City at Lake Kickapoo in Archer
County, Texas, be leased for oil and gas exploration and produc-
tion.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS , TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. It is advisable, under proper circumstances,
to lease for the development of oil and gas that certain 80 acre
tract of land located at Lake Kickapoo, Archer County, Texas, as
described in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated
herein by reference.
SECTION 2. Any such oil and gas lease shall provide for at
least 3/16 royalty, and shall have a primary term of no more than
five (5) years.
SECTION 3. Any such oil and gas lease may include a pooling
provision which meets with the requirements of Subchapter B of
Chapter 71 of the Natural Resources Code of the State of Texas.
SECTION 4. Under any such oil and gas lease, no acutal
drilling may occur on the property covered by such lease unless
the location of such well is approved in advance by the City,
and meets the specifications designated for protecting the water
in the lake; provided, however, such provision would not prohibit
the drilling of the well on other lands with which a portion of
the leased property was pooled nor the drilling of a directional
well under such property.
SECTION 5. City shall give notice of intention to lease such
lands by publication once a week for three consecutive weeks in
a newspaper published in the County, which notice shall describe
the land and designate the time and place at which the Board of
Aldermen will receive and consider bids for such lease.
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SECTION 6. City will not warrant the title to minerals
in such land.
SECTION 7. The Board of Aldermen reserves the right to
reject any and all bids, and to 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 20th day of April, 1982 .
A Y O R
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
The oil and gas from the surface to a depth of 2 , 000 feet in
that certain tract of land located in Archer County, Texas,
to-wit:
Beginning at a point in the East line of the Dallas County
School Land, Ab. 113 and the West line of S. P. RR. No. 1
Ab. 440, that is 1680 feet South of the NE corner of said
Dallas County School Land thence South 66 degrees West 1592
feet to a point, thence South 46 degrees 15 minutes West 1048
feet for a point, being the NW corner of this lease, thence
South parallel with the East line of the Dallas County School
Land 1320 feet for a point being the SW corner of this lease,
thence East NE parallel with the North line of this tract
2640 feet to a point in the East line of the Dallas County
School Land that is 3 , 000 feet South of the NE corner of
the school land for the SE corner of this lease, thence North
along the East line of the Dallas County School Land 1320
feet to the place of beginning containing 80 acres more or
less.