An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, authorizing and approving the County’s lease of its leasing of the County’s interests in the oil, natural gas and other hydrocarbons from all formations deeper than six hundred-fifty (650') feet above the Tully Formation underlying Deer Lakes Park subject to certain conditions set forth herein, including the express condition that no drilling activity to extract oil, natural gas and other hydrocarbons shall be conducted anywhere on the surface of Deer Lakes Park
WHEREAS, the County of Allegheny, hereinafter “the County,” is the owner of a tract of real property consisting of approximately 1,180 acres in Frazer
and West Deer Townships real property known as Deer Lakes Park; and
WHEREAS, the County also is the owner of oil, natural gas, shale and other valuable subsurface rights at Deer Lakes Park, hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Deer Lakes Mineral Oil and Gas Rights;” and
WHEREAS, the County, through its Division of Purchasing and Supplies, issued a Request for Proposals identified as Specification No. 7154 on September 27 October 25, 2013 under which the County requested qualified and responsible parties to submit a proposal to lease the County’s interest in the Deer Lakes Mineral Oil and Gas Rights without drilling anywhere on the surface of Deer Lakes Park; and
WHEREAS, Range Resources - Appalachia, LLC and Huntley & Huntley Energy Exploration, LLC, hereinafter referred to as “Range-Huntley,” jointly submitted a proposal in response to Specification No. 7154 to lease the County’s interest in the Deer Lakes Mineral Oil and Gas Rights without drilling anywhere on the surface of Deer Lakes Park, hereinafter “the Proposal;” and
WHEREAS, the County has conducted a careful and considered review of the Proposal submitted by Range-Huntley Range Proposal; and...
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