Ordinance No. 15,552 ORDINANCE NO. 15,552
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS,
CREATING BAYTOWN REINVESTMENT ZONE NO. 1 PURSUANT TO
RESOLUTIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN;MAKING
VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, the creation and retention of job opportunities that bring new wealth is one of the
highest civil priorities of the City of Baytown(the "City"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution Nos. 1771, 1962, 2124, 2466, 2570, 2726, and 2843, the
City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, elected to become eligible to participate in tax abatement
pursuant to the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act, and adopted Guidelines and Criteria
for Granting Tax Abatements in a Reinvestment Zone Created in Harris County or Chambers County;
and
WHEREAS, Arcanum Support Services, LLC, ("Arcanum") proposes to construct a
compression facility in Baytown,Texas,in a Reinvestment Zone designated by the City,for the purpose
of liquefying ethylene gas to transport via truck. Arcanum is estimated to invest FIFTEEN MILLION
AND NO 100 DOLLARS ($15,000,000.00) in the facility, begin construction in mid-2024, commence
operations in 2025, and create five(5)new jobs; and
WHEREAS, Robin Monomers, LLC, ("Robin")proposes to construct an infrastructure asset in
Baytown, Texas, in a Reinvestment Zone designated by the City, for the purpose of providing long-
term, reliable, and flexible solutions to downstream and petrochemical customers. Robin is estimated
to invest approximately ONE HUNDRED FORTY MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS
($140,000,000.00) in the facility, begin construction in the third quarter 2023, commence operations in
2025, and create twenty(20)new jobs; and
WHEREAS, after providing notice in compliance with Section 312.201 of the Texas Tax Code,
the City Council of the City of Baytown held a public hearing on September 28,2023,on the designation
of the proposed reinvestment zone to be known as Baytown Reinvestment Zone No. 1 (the "Zone");
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown finds that it is reasonably likely that the
creation of the Zone will contribute to the expansion of primary employment and will attract major
investment in the Zone that will be of benefit to the property and that will contribute to the economic
development of the City; and
WHEREAS, the improvements sought to be constructed within the Zone are feasible and
practicable and will be of benefit to the land to be included within the Zone and to the City after the
proposed tax abatement agreement concerning the property within the Zone; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1: That the recitals set forth hereinabove are hereby found to be true and correct and
include the findings of the City Council which were made prior to the establishment of the reinvestment
zone herein.
Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, hereby establishes and
designates a reinvestment zone to be known as Baytown Reinvestment Zone No. 1 for the purpose of
encouraging economic development though commercial or industrial tax abatement. This designation
shall be effective for five (5)years from the effective date of this ordinance.
Section 3: That the Zone hereby established is more particularly described in Exhibit "A,"
which is attached hereto and made a part hereof for all intents and purposes.
Section 4: That this ordinance shall serve as notice to every taxing unit in which the property
within the boundaries of the Zone is located of the establishment of Baytown Reinvestment Zone No. 1
by the City, and the City Clerk is hereby directed to send certified copies of this ordinance to all such
affected taxing units.
Section 5: Should any portion or part of this ordinance be held for any reason to be invalid
and unenforceable,the same shall not be construed to affect any other valid portion hereof,but all valid
portions hereof shall remain in full force and effect; and to this end, all provisions of this ordinance are
hereby declared to be severable.
Section 6: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the City
Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of
Baytown this the 28th day of September, 2023.
DON CAPETILLO, Playor
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EXHIBIT "A"
Metes and Bounds Legal Description:82.0009 Acres Gross Tract or Parcel of Land,Save and Except a 2.0009
Acre Tract, Therefore Being an 80.0000 Acres Net Tract or Parcel of Land William Bloodgood League,
Abstract No.4 Harris County,Texas.
BEING a 82.0009 acres gross tract or parcel of land, save and except a 2.0009 acre tract of land,therefore
being a 80.0000 acres net tract or parcel of land situated in the William Bloodgood League,Abstract No.4,
Harris County,Texas and being out of and part of that certain called 106.408 1 acre tract,save and except a
2.0000 acre tract, identified as TRACT I, as described in a "Special Warranty Deed" from J.M. Huber
Corporation to Engineered Carbons, Inc. as recorded in Clerk's File No. R470540,Official Public Records of
Real Property,Harris County,Texas and also being out of and part of that certain called 106.4081 acre tract,
save and except a 2.0000 acre tract, identified as TRACT I, as described in a"Special Warranty Deed"from
Engineered Carbons, Inc. to Degussa Engineered Carbons, L.P. as recorded in Clerk's File No. V726885,
Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas and Volume 553, Page 612, Official Public
Records, Chambers County, Texas, and furthermore being out of and part of that certain called 105.7559
acre tract, save and except a 2.0009 acre tract, identified as TRACT I, as described in a "Special Warranty
Deed" from Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC to Nilok Chemicals, Inc. as recorded in Clerk's File No.
20130523117,Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County,Texas and also being out of and part
of that certain called 105.7559 acre tract, save and except a 2.0009 acre tract, identified as TRACT I, as
described in a "Special Warranty Deed" from Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC to Nilok Chemicals, Inc. as
recorded in Volume 1452, Page 648, Official Public Records, Chambers County,Texas, said 82.0009 acre
tract being more particularly described as follows:
NOTE: All bearings are referenced to the Texas State Plane Coordinate System South Central Zone NAD83
(CORS96). All acreages and distances are surface. Scale Factor equal to 0.99990086. All set 5/8" iron rods
set with caps stamped "M.W.Whiteley&Associates".
COMMENCING at an iron rod with an aluminum cap stamped"1820"found forthe intersection of the North
right-of-way line of Needle Point Road(based on a width of 60 feet)and the Southeasterly right-of-way line
of the Southern Pacific Railroad(formerly the Dayton-Goose Creek Railway Company as recorded in Volume
525,Page 236,Deed Records,Harris County,Texas)(based on a width of 100 feet)and said corner also being
the Southwest corner of that certain called 2.7972 acre tract of land, identified as TRACT I,as described in
a "Special Warranty Deed" from Sun Chemical Corporation to Reclamation Solutions Services, LLC as
recorded in Clerk's File No. 2232497,Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County,Texas;
THENCE NORTH 77°25'45" EAST, along and with the North right-of-way line of Needle Point Road and the
South line of the said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services, LLC tract, for a distance of 117 .63 feet
to an iron rod with an aluminum cap stamped "1820" found for the Southwest corner and the POINT OF
BEGINNING of the tract herein described, said corner; also being the Southeast corner of the said 2.7972
acre Reclamation Solutions Services,LLC tract;
THENCE NORTH 12"00'42"WEST,along and with the boundary between the tract herein described and the
said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services, LLC tract, for a distance of 72.12 feet to a railroad spike
found for corner;
THENCE NORTH 24 °51'04" EAST, continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein
described and the said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services, LLC tract, for a distance of297.24 feet
to a "PK" nail found for corner;
THENCE NORTH 41 °15'41" EAST, continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein
described and the said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services, LLC tract,for a distance of 128.96 feet
to a "PK" nail found for corner;
THENCE SOUTH 65 °07'48" EAST, continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein
described and the said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services,LLC tract,for a distance of98.81 feet to
a railroad spike found for corner;
THENCE NORTH 24 *51 '23" EAST, continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein
described and the said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services, LLC tract,for a distance of 146.69 feet
to a 5/8" iron rod set for corner;
THENCE NORTH 65 °04'06" WEST, continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein
described and the said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services,LLC tract,for a distance of 42.19 feet to
a railroad spike set for corner,said corner also being the beginning of a curve turning to the right having a
radius of 450.99 feet and being subtended by a chord bearing SOUTH 61 °59'22" WEST having a chord
length of 49.32 feet;
THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY,continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein described and
the said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services, LLC tract and along and with said curve, for an arc
length of 49.34 feet to a railroad spike set for corner;
THENCE NORTH 29 '27'32" WEST, continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein
described and the said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services,LLC tract,for a distance of 18.00 feet to
a railroad spike set for corner, said corner also being the beginning of a curve turning to the left having a
radius of 433.06 feet and being subtended by a chord bearing NORTH 49'35'01"EAST having a chord length
of240.15 feet;
THENCE NORTHEASTERLY,continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein described and
the said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services, LLC tract and along and with said curve, for an arc
length of243.34 feet to a"PK" nail set for corner;
THENCE NORTH 65 °08'51" WEST, continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein
described and the said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services,LLC tract,for a distance of 89.59 feet to
a "PK" nail set for corner;
THENCE NORTH 24°50'16" EAST, continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein
described and the said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services, LLC tract,for a distance of 328.68 feet
to a found 5/8" iron rod found for corner;
THENCE NORTH 65°08'29" WEST, continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein
described and the said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services,LLC tract,for a distance of 89.46 feet to
a railroad spike set for corner;
THENCE SOUTH 24°53'09" WEST for a distance of 75.99 feet to a 5/8" iron rod set for corner, said corner
being the beginning of a curve turning to the right having a radius of 433.06 feet and being subtended by a
chord bearing SOUTH 33°30'15"WEST having a chord length of 129.70 feet;
THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY,continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein described and
the said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services, LLC tract and along and with said curve, for an arc
length of 130. 19 feet to an iron rod with a cap found for corner, said corner being the most Westerly
Northwest corner of the said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services, LLC tract and being in the
Southeasterly right-of-way line of the said Southern Pacific Railroad;
THENCE NORTH 24"53'16" EAST,along and with the Southeasterly right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific
Railroad, for a distance of 1976.96 feet to an iron rod with a cap found for corner, said corner being the
intersection of the Southeasterly right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad and the South right-of-
way line of Interstate Highway No. 10(width varies);
THENCE NORTH 89°53'46" EAST, along and with the South right-of-way line of Interstate Highway No. 10,
for a distance of 1228.32 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE SOUTH 14"45'07" WEST, over and across the said Nilok Chemicals, Inc.TRACT I, for a distance of
2370.89 feet to a point for corner,said corner being in the South line of the said Nilok Chemicals,Inc.TRACT
I and the North line of that certain called 3.6014 acre tract of land, identified as TRACT IV,as described in a
"Special Warranty Deed"from Orion Engineered Carbons,LLC to Nilok Chemicals,Inc.as recorded in Clerk's
File No. 20130523117, Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas and also being that
certain called 3.6014 acre tract of land, identified as TRACT IV, as described in a "Special Warranty Deed"
from Orion Engineered Carbons,LLC to Nilok Chemicals, Inc.as recorded in Volume 1452,Page 648,Official
Public Records,Chambers County,Texas and being in the North right-of-way line of Needle Point Road (as
recognized),
THENCE SOUTH 77°25'45" WEST, along and with the boundary between the said Nilok Chemicals, Inc.
TRACT I and TRACT IV and along and with the North right-of-way line of Needle Point Road(as recognized),
for a distance of 1810.47 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 82.0009 Acres, more or less.
SAVE AND EXCECPT the following 2.0009 Acre Tract, said 2.0009 acre tract being all of that certain called
2.0000 acre tract of land, identified as TRACT 11, as described in a "Special Warranty Deed" from Sun
Chemical Corporation to Reclamation Solutions Services,LLC as recorded in Clerk's File No.Z232497,Official
Public Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas, said 2.0009 acre tract being more particularly
described as follows:
COMMENCING at an iron rod with an aluminum cap stamped"1820"found for the intersection of the North
right-of-way line of Needle Point Road(based on a width of 60 feet)and the Southeasterly right-of-way line
of the Southern Pacific Railroad(formerly the Dayton-Goose Creek Railway Company as recorded in Volume
525,Page 236,Deed Records,Harris County,Texas)(based on a width of 100 feet)and said corner also being
the Southwest corner of that certain called 2.7972 acre tract of land, identified as TRACT I,as described in
a "Special Warranty Deed" from Sun Chemical Corporation to Reclamation Solutions Services, LLC as
recorded in Clerk's File No.Z232497,Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County,Texas;
THENCE NORTH 24653'09" EAST,along and with the Southeasterly right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific
Railroad and the West line of the said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services, LLC tract,for a distance
of 1010.63 feet to an iron rod with a cap found for corner,said corner being the most Westerly Northwest
corner of the said 2.7972 acre Reclamation Solutions Services, LLC tract and being an exterior ell corner of
that certain called 105.7559 acre tract, save and except a 2.0009 acre tract, identified as TRACT I, as
described in a "Special Warranty Deed" from Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC to 1Nilok Chemicals, Inc. as
recorded in Clerk's File No.20130523117,Official Public Records of Real Property,Harris County,Texas,the
same being that certain called 105.7559 acre tract,save and except a 2.0009 acre tract, identified as TRACT
I, as described in a "Special Warranty Deed" from Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC to Nilok Chemicals, Inc.
as recorded in Volume 1452, Page 648,Official Public Records,Chambers County,Texas;
THENCE NORTH 24°53'16" EAST, along and with the Southeasterly right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific
Railroad and the West line of the said Nilok Chemicals, Inc.TRACT I,for a distance of 1092.35 feet;
THENCE SOUTH 65°06'44"EAST,over and across the said Nilok Chemicals, Inc.TRACT I,for a distance of 64.
18 feet to an iron rod with a cap stamped "RPLS 1855" found for the Southwest corner and the POINT OF
BEGINNING of the tract herein described;
THENCE NORTH 24°47'39" EAST, along and with the boundary between the tract herein described and the
said Nilok Chemicals, Inc. TRACT I, for a distance of 479.06 feet to an iron rod with a cap stamped "RPLS
1855"found for corner;
THENCE NORTH 38°32'54" EAST, continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein
described and the said Nilok Chemicals, Inc.TRACT 1,for a distance of 50.40 feet to an iron rod with a cap
stamped "RPLS 1855"found for corner;
THENCE SOUTH 55"22'2311 EAST, continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein
described and the said Nilok Chemicals, Inc.TRACT I,for a distance of 260.63 feet to an iron rod with a cap
found for corner;
THENCE SOUTH 24°47'43" WEST, continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein
described and the said Nilok Chemicals, Inc.TRACT I,for a distance of 110.59 feet to an iron rod with a cap
found for corner;
THENCE SOUTH 79*3811011 WEST, continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein
described and the said Nilok Chemicals, Inc.TRACT I,for a distance of 50.08 feet to an iron rod with a cap
found for corner;
THENCE SOUTH 54*3815811 WEST, continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein
described and the said Nilok Chemicals, Inc.TRACT I,for a distance of 389.30 feet to an iron rod with a cap
stamped 11RPLS 185511 found for corner;
THENCE NORTH 75°54'3911 WEST, continuing along and with the boundary between the tract herein
described and the said Nilok Chemicals, Inc. TRACT I, for a distance of 34.64 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING and containing 2.0009 Acres, more or less.
Map of Reinvestment Zone:
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