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Res 2588 7/22/1980RESOLUTION NO. oS5 iJ RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING 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 production. 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 all, or part, of the following tract located at Lake Kickapoo, Archer County, Texas, to-wit: 250 acres, more or less, out of the S. P. R. R. Company Survey No. 1, Abstract No. 440, and being all of said Survey South of Contour Line 1, 050 feet m. s.l. , as shown by map prepared by B. R. Stellar in June of 1944, and being on sheet 2 of 11 of said series of maps. SECTION 2 . Any such oil and gas lease shall provide for at least 1/8 royalty, and shall have a primary term of no more than ten 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 actual 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 a 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. SECTION 6. City will not warrant the title to minerals in such lands. 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 22nd day of July, 1980. M A Y O R ATTEST: City Clerk 2-