Res 2268 12/19/1978RESOLUTION NO. ,,C/7W
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING NOTICE OF INTENTION TO
LEASE FOR OIL AND GAS CERTAIN LANDS LOCATED AT
LAKE KICKAPOO AND LAKE WICHITA.
WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls has received three
requests that certain lands owned by the City at Lake Kickapoo
and Lake Wichita 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 tracts located at Lake Kickapoo and Lake Wichita,
to-wit:
A. 2,351 acres more or less, in Wichita and Archer Counties,
Texas, adjacent to and under Lake Wichita, more particularly
described in a deed dated November 20, 1920, from Wichita Falls
Electric Company to City of Wichita Falls, said deed being
recorded in Volume 171, Page 169 of the deed records of Wichita
County, Texas.
B. All land owned by City in R. Carson Survey 174, Abstract
108 , Archer County, Texas.
C. All land owned by City in R. Carson Survey 173, Abstract
107, Archer County, Texas.
D. All land owned by City in R. Carson Survey 154, Abstract
80 , Archer County, Texas.
E. All land owned by City in R. Carson Survey 153, Abstract
81 , Archer County, Texas.
F. All land owned by City in S. A. & M.G. Survey, Abstract
447 , Archer County, Texas.
G. All land owned by City in McKinney & Williams Survey,
Abstract 314, Archer County, Texas.
SECTION 2. Any such oil and gas lease shall provide for
at least a 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 of 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 leases.
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 19th day of December, 1978
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M A Y O R
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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