HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12022014 - C.60RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, or designee, to execute a three-year Subsurface Oil and Gas Lease
beginning December 1, 2014 and ending November 30, 2017 and EXERCISE any options to extend the lease
between Sunset Explorations, Inc., and the Flood Control and Water Conservation District (District) for a maximum
of thirty-five years, for approximately 46 acres of land in the unincorporated Antioch area commonly known as
Upper Sand Creek Detention Basin (Basin), for the exploration and extracting of oil and gas, under the terms and
conditions set forth in the lease pursuant to Government Code Section 7051. Project No. WL83PV-FS1200128
DETERMINE that the lease will not substantially interfere with the public use of the Basin.
DETERMINE that this activity is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to
Article 5, Section1 5061 (b)(3) of the CEQA guidelines; and,
DIRECT the Director of the Department of Conservation and Development to file a Notice of Exemption with the
County Clerk; and,
AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, or designee, to arrange for payment of a $25 fee to the Department of
Conservation and Development for processing, and a $50 fee to the County Clerk for filing the Notice of Exemption.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 12/02/2014 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
Contact: David Krammer (925)
313-2227
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 2, 2014
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: , Deputy
cc:
C. 60
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:December 2, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:APPROVE a Subsurface Oil and Gas Lease with Sunset Explorations, Inc. and related California Environmental
Quality Act actions, Antioch area.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Applicant Fees.
BACKGROUND:
Sunset Explorations, Inc., has secured oil and gas leases from the properties adjacent to the Basin and requires a
subsurface lease from the District in order to include the Basin with the adjacent properties and extract the oil and
gas from no less than 500 feet beneath the surface of the Basin.
An upfront payment of $15,513.00 has been received for the first year of the lease. During the remaining term of
the lease, the District will receive minimum annual royalty payments of $4,500 as well as additional royalty
payments of 6.67% of the gross proceeds of all oil and gas produced from the Basin above the minimum annual
royalty payments to Flood Control Zone 1 Funds.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to approve the Lease may result in District not receiving royalty payments.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not Applicable.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
RELISTED to a future date uncertain.
ATTACHMENTS
Oil and Gas Lease
CEQA Documents