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Council approves Responsible Energy Council license for Union Oil Building archives

Santa Paula City Council · May 5, 2026
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Summary

Council voted 4–0 to license most of the Union Oil Building’s second floor to the Responsible Energy Council (REC) to catalogue and manage the city’s oil‑museum collection; staff will return a loan agreement requiring council approval with safeguards to keep the collection in Santa Paula.

The Santa Paula City Council on May 5 approved a five‑year license agreement (with up to three five‑year renewals) allowing the Responsible Energy Council to occupy roughly 4,400 square feet of the Union Oil Building’s second floor to inventory, archive and maintain the city’s oil‑industry collection.

City Manager Singer said REC would pay $0.50 per square foot (about $2,200 monthly) beginning six months after…

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