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RESOLUTION NO. 1238
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH RELATING
TO ARTIFICIAL DRILLING ISLANDS OR FILLED
LANDS FOR DRILLING AND EXPLORATION OF
I• GAS AND OIL IN THE TIDE AND SUBMERGED
LANDS LYING FARTHER OCEANWAR.D THAN ONE
MILE FROM THE MEAN HIGH TIDE LINE OF
THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
WHEREAS, the Council believes, from the past exper-
ience of tideland drilling within this City, that the tide
and submerged lands lying oeeanward one (1) mile of the mean
high tide line of the Pacific Ocean can be adequately and
properly explored and developed for oil and gas purposes by
means of wells surfaced on the uplands and directionally
• drilled to said tide and submerged lands, and
WHEREAS, adequate upland drilling sites are availbble
in this City from which wells could be drilled to said tide
and submerged lands lying oceanwards one (1) mile of the mean
• high tide line of the Pacific Ocean, and
WHEREAS, the erection of artificial drilling islands
or the construction of artificial filled lands within a dis-
tance one and one-half mile seaward between 23rd St. and
Highway 39 would adversely affect the use of the recreational
beach area of this City by obstructing the view of the public
who use said beach for recreational purposes in large numbers
and by enlarging the risk that any accidental spillage of oil
would be deposited on said beach, and
WHEREAS, this Council believes that the construction of
• artificial drilling islands or filled lands with proper safeguards
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and controls as are or may be prescribed by law, no closer to
the mean high tide line of the Pacific Ocean than the present
sa eh island or filled land constructed by Monterey Oil Company
in the ocean at Seal Beach, California, (approximately $0200
feet), would not adversely affect this City or the use of its
beaches, and the State of California may find such construction
to be necessary to adequately explore and drill the tide and
submerged lands lying farther oceanward than one mile from the
mean high tide line of the Pacific Ocean,
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NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of
the City of Huntington Beach that:
(1) The construction of artificial islands or filled lands for
the purpose of drilling oil or gas wells to the tide and sub-
merged land of the State of California within this City should
be limited in location so that no such construction shall be per-
mitted or allowed within an area oeeanward from the mean high
tide line of the Pacific Ocean for a mile and one-half arld between
• an oceanward extension of Highway 39 and 23rd Street.
(2) Such conetru"Otioh outside of the above described area would
not adversely affect the interests of this City,' its inhabitants
or visitors who come to this City to use its beaches for
recreational purposes.
PASSED AND ,ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California, at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 7th day of March, 1955•
ATTEST: Mayor
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City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
County of Orange ) as.
City of Huntington Beach )
I, JOHN L. HENRICKSEN, the duly elected, qu alified
and acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and
ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach is five; that the foregoing
resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of
i more than a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7th day of March,
1955, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
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Bartlett, Terry, Lockett, Lebard, Seabridge
NOES: Councilmen:
None
• A.BSENV Councilmen:
None
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• y Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
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