Ordinance No. 12,911ORDINANCE NO. 12,911
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE
AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST TO AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
AGREEMENT WITH GE MOBILE WATER, INC.; AND PROVIDING FOR
THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, hereby authorizes
and directs the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of Baytown to execute and attest to an
Industrial District Agreement with GE Mobile Water, Inc. A copy of said Industrial District
Agreement is attached hereto, marked Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein for all intents and
purposes.
Section 2: 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 affirmat' vote of the City Council of the
City of Baytown, this the 23`d day of July, 2015.
STrftE. DONCARLOS, Mayor
A ST:
LE ICIA BRYSCH, City erk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: CO j,
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JNACIO RAMIREZ, SR. t Attorne
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Exhibit "A"
Industrial District Agreement
This Industrial District Agreement ( "Agreement ") is made and entered into between the City
of Baytown, Texas, a municipal corporation in Harris and Chambers Counties, Texas, hereinafter
also referred to as "Baytown" or "City," and GE Mobile Water, Inc., a Virginia corporation,
hereinafter referred to as "Property Owner." In consideration of the promises and of the mutual
covenants and agreements herein contained, it is agreed by and between the City and Property
Owner as follows:
I.
Parties
This Agreement is made under the authority of Texas Local Government Code Annotated
§42.044 (Vernon 1993), article XI, §5 of the Texas Constitution and other applicable law. The
parties to the Agreement and their addresses are:
The "City"
City of Baytown
Attn: City Manager
P.O. Box 424
Baytown, TX 77522
Copy to:
City of Baytown
Attn: City Attorney
P.O. Box 424
Baytown, TX 77522
2. The "Property Owner" Tax Statement Address:
GE Mobile Water, Inc. GE Mobile Water, Inc.
Attn: President Attn: President
4545 Patent Road 4545 Patent Road
Norfolk, VA 23502 Norfolk, VA 23502
II.
Identification of Property and Industrial District
This Agreement includes provisions concerning certain real estate and tangible personal
property owned or leased by the Property Owner. Real estate located outside the corporate limits of
the City is sometimes referred to herein as the "affected area," and it is described in Exhibit A,
which is attached to this Agreement and made a part hereof. Acting pursuant to the above
mentioned authority, the City Council of the City has by ordinance, designated the affected area as
an industrial district, the same to be known as Baytown Industrial District No. 3 (the "Industrial
District").
III.
Term
The term of this Agreement is seven tax years, from 2015 through 2021, unless it is sooner
terminated under the provisions hereof. This Agreement shall be effective and binding on the
parties hereto upon execution hereof on behalf of the parties to this Agreement and shall remain in
effect for seven years. This Agreement supersedes any prior existing agreements between the
Property Owner and the City relating to the subject matter hereof and governing the affected area;
to the extent any such prior existing agreement required payment on or after January 1, 2015, such
payment obligations are hereby canceled and are superseded by the provisions contained herein.
IV.
Limited Immunity from Annexation by the City
In consideration of the obligations of the Property Owner herein set forth, the City hereby
guarantees for the term of this Agreement the immunity of the affected area from annexation of any
type by the City except for such parts of the affected property as may be necessary to annex
property owned by third parties within the Industrial District that the City may decide to annex.
Additionally, this Agreement shall not affect the continuation of any limited purpose annexation
status to which the affected area is now subject.
V.
Industrial District Payment
As part of the consideration for the City's undertakings as set forth above, the Property
Owner agrees to pay to the City on or before December 31 u of each year during the term hereof a
sum of money equal to:
(1) the fair market value as determined by the City, of all of the Property Owner's land
and all other tangible property, real, personal or mixed, within the affected area
➢ on January 1, 2002,
➢ on January 1, 2009,
➢ as specified and /or used in a previous Industrial District Agreement between
the Property Owner and the City, or
➢ as most recently certified by the chief appraiser of the appraisal district
and /or approved by the Industrial Appraisal Review Board established and
appointed by the City Council, as of the date of this Agreement,
whichever is greater hereinafter referred to as the "Base Year." Such fair market
value for the Base Year is agreed to and stipulated by the parties to be NINE
MILLION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY -ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
SEVENTY AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($9,371,570.00), less the fair market value in
the Base Year as determined by the City of that portion of the Property Owner's
property, real, personal or mixed, which was located within the industrial district on
the effective date of this agreement and subsequently annexed by the City, the
difference of which is hereinafter referred to as the "Base Year Value," multiplied by
(2) the property tax rate per $100.00 of assessed valuation adopted by the City Council
for the City, multiplied by the applicable Yearly Payment Rate as detailed below.
The applicable Yearly Payment Rate is the sum of the Industrial District Payment Rate plus
the Public Community Improvement Rate and shall be determined using the following chart:
TAX YEAR
INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT
PAYMENT RATE
PUBLIC
COMMUNITY
IMPROVEMENT
RATE
YEARLY
PAYMENT
RATE
2015
.61
.01
.62
2016
.62
.01
.63
2017
.62
.01
.63
2018
.63
.01
.64
2019
.63
.01
.64
2020
.63
.01
.64
2021
.64
.01
.65
VI.
Valuations
For the purpose of providing a procedure for determining and collecting the amounts
payable by the Property Owner hereunder, there are hereby adopted and made a part hereof all
provisions of the Constitution and statutes of the State of Texas pertaining to ad valorem taxation as
amended throughout the tern of this Agreement (including, in particular, the Texas Property Tax
Code), except, however, that (i) to the extent that any of such provisions would require the
assessment of the Property Owner's property on an equal and uniform basis with property in the
general corporate limits of the City, the provisions of this Agreement will control where in conflict
with the provisions of such laws and (ii) the income method of appraisal as described in Section
23.012 of the Texas Property Tax Code shall not be limited to only properties for which a rental
market exists. Specifically, nothing contained herein shall limit the income method of appraisal
specified in Section 23.012 of the Texas Property Tax Code to only properties for which a rental
market exists, instead if such method is used, the chief appraiser shall:
1. use income and expense data pertaining to the property, if possible and applicable;
2. make any projections of future income and expenses only from clear and appropriate
evidence;
3. use data from generally accepted sources in determining an appropriate capitalization
rate;
4. determine a capitalization rate for income - producing property that includes a
reasonable return on investment, taking into account the risk associated with the
investment.
A.
Valuation of Pronertv Inside the Corporate Limits but Subsequently Disannexed
Land, improvements and tangible property, real or mixed, of the Property Owner, which is
disannexed from the corporate limits of the City during the term of this Agreement, shall become
part of the affected area immediately upon disannexation. The value for such land, improvements
and tangible property, real or mixed, shall be based upon the appraised value for the Base Year, as
finally determined by the Chambers County Appraisal District or its legal successor (or through
administrative or judicial appeal of the Chambers County Appraisal District's determination) and
shall be added to the Base Year Value specified in Article V for purposes of payment hereunder on
January 1 of the year the same is disannexed.
B.
Valuation of Property Outside the Corporate Limits
The parties hereto recognize that said Chambers County Appraisal District is not required to
appraise the land, improvements, and tangible property, real or mixed, in the affected area, which is
not within the corporate limits of the City, for the purpose of computing the payments hereunder.
Therefore, the parties agree that to determine the fair market value of all of the Property Owner's
land, improvements, and tangible property located outside the corporate limits of the City in
accordance with the market value computation contemplated in the Texas Property Tax Code for
the purpose of calculating the Property Owner's payment in the manner described above, the City
may choose to use the appraised value for the Base Year, as finally determined by the Chambers
County Appraisal District (or through administrative or judicial appeal of the Chambers County
Appraisal District's determination), or by appraisal conducted by the City and /or by an independent
appraiser of the City's selection, and at the City's expense. Nothing contained herein shall ever be
construed as in derogation of the authority of the Chambers County Appraisal District to establish
the appraised value of land, improvements, and tangible personal property in the annexed portion
for ad valorem tax purposes.
C.
Bindine Effect
Determination of Industrial District fair market values in the above - stated manner outside
the corporate limits shall be made by the City and approved by the Industrial Appraisal Review
Board. Such final fair market value as approved by the Industrial Appraisal Review Board shall be
final and binding unless either party within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Board's
determination petitions for a Declaratory Judgment to the Civil District Court of Harris County,
Texas, as provided for by Section XIV hereof. In determining the fair market value of property and
improvements as used herein, the Industrial District Appraisal Board shall base its determination on
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the fair market value as defined in Section VI herein, giving due consideration to comparable
present day facilities considering and giving effect to sound engineering valuation practices relative
to service life, life expectancy, process and functional obsolescence.
D.
Statements
The City shall mail one statement to the Property Owner on or about December 1 of each
year showing the total amount due on December 31 of such year pursuant to this Agreement. Such
statement shall be mailed to the "Tax Statement Address" noted in this Agreement. Any amounts
due on December 31 that are not paid when due shall become delinquent on January 1 of the
following year. Provided, however, if the tax statement is mailed after December 10, the
delinquency date is postponed to the first day of the next month that will provide a period of at least
21 days after the date of mailing for payment of the amount due. Delinquent amounts shall be
immediately subject to the same penalties, interest, attorneys' fees and costs of collection as
recoverable by the City in the case of delinquent ad valorem taxes. The City shall have a lien upon
the Property Owner's land within the affected area upon any delinquency in the Industrial District
Payment.
E.
Valuation Contests
If any differences concerning the appraised values shall not have been finally determined by
the due date of the Property Owner's payment hereunder and the Property Owner desires to pursue
any additional available remedies, the Property Owner shall, without prejudice to such remedies,
pay to the City by December 31 of each year (subject to the exception in the preceding paragraph
for statements mailed after December 10), such amount as is provided in the Texas Property Tax
Code, as amended throughout the term of this Agreement, for payments made under such conditions
by owners of property within the general corporate limits of the City subject to ad valorem taxation.
Any refund payable by the City to the Property Owner hereunder shall be paid within 60 days after
receipt by the City of both Chambers County Appraisal District's form notification that the
appraised value of the property has been reduced and a written refund request by the Property
Owner; if not paid timely, the refund amount shall bear interest at eight percent per annum
beginning 60 days after the City received both the Property Owner's written refund request and the
Chambers County Appraisal District's formal notification that the appraised value of the property
has been reduced.
VII.
Compliance with Law
The City and the Property Owner mutually recognize that the health and welfare of Baytown
residents require adherence to high standards of quality in the air emissions, water effluents and
noise, vibration and toxic levels of those industries located in the Industrial District, and that
development within the District may have an impact on the drainage of surrounding areas. To this
end, the Property Owner and the City agree that the same standards and criteria relative to noise,
vibration and toxic levels and drainage and flood control which are adopted by the City and made
applicable to portions of the City adjacent to the Industrial District shall also be applicable to the
affected area. The Property Owner agrees that any industrial or other activity carried on within the
affected area will be constructed in strict compliance with all applicable valid state and federal air
and water pollution control standards. If the Property Owner's property within the affected area is
subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. 65, et seq., as amended, then the
Property Owner shall undertake to ensure that its facilities and improvements in the affected area
comply with the applicable fire safety standards of such act and the resolutions from time to time
promulgated hereunder (the "OSHA Standards "), but there shall be no obligation to obtain any
permits of any kind from the City in connection with the construction, operation or maintenance of
improvements and facilities in the affected area not located within the corporate limits of the City.
Nonetheless, the Property Owner agrees that any structure built within the affected area shall be
built in accordance with the building code adopted by the City in effect at the time of construction.
The City and the Property Owner recognize that activities in the City's industrial districts
are subject to regulation by other governmental entities, including the state and federal governments
and their various departments and agencies. The City and the Property Owner also recognize that
the City may have an interest in activities in the City's industrial districts that are regulated by other
governmental entities. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit the City's right and authority
to communicate its interest in, or opposition to, those activities to the applicable regulatory agencies
or to participate, to the extent allowed by law, in any related administrative or judicial proceeding.
VIII.
Inspections
The Chief Appraiser of the Chambers County Appraisal District and the City or its
independent appraiser shall have the same right to enter and inspect the Property Owner's premises
and the same right to examine the Property Owner's books and records to determine the value of the
Property Owner's properties as are provided in the Texas Property Tax Code as amended.
IX.
Public Community Improvement
The Property Owner may apply to the City for reimbursement for a Public Community
Improvement Project designed to further the public community improvement goals of the City of
Baytown. Such project, the duration of the project, and the location thereof must be approved in
writing by the City Manager of the City based upon the public community improvement goals of
the City in effect at the time of the application. The Public Community Improvement Project must
be completed prior to the expiration of the Agreement year during which it is approved to be
eligible for reimbursement, except if it is approved as a multi -year project. The Public Community
Improvement Project may be for multiple years; however, in order to be eligible for reimbursement
in accordance with this article, it must be completed prior to the expiration or termination of this
Agreement. Further, the project may be constructed on the Property Owner's property; provided
that the project is visible from and enhances a public way or other public property. Any
reimbursement under this article shall be subject to the City Manager's determination that the
completed Public Community Improvement Project meets or exceeds those improvement efforts
proposed and approved prior to the start of the project. Reimbursement may not exceed the amount
the Property Owner will pay to the City based solely upon the Public Community Improvement
Rate established in Article V hereof during the term of this Agreement. It is expressly understood
and agreed that in any year during the tern of this Agreement, the Property Owner shall not submit
a request for reimbursement which exceeds the amount the Property Owner has paid to the City
based solely upon the Public Community Improvement Rate established in Article V hereof. If the
Property Owner fails to receive the City Manager's approval of a Public Community Improvement
Project prior to the expiration of an Agreement year, the Property Owner will have no claim to the
monies paid to the City based upon the Public Community Improvement Rate and the City shall use
such funds for a project consistent with the City's public community improvement goals.
X.
Default
A.
Default by Property Owner
In the event of default by the Property Owner in the performance of any of the terms of this
Agreement, including the obligation to make the payments above provided for, the City shall have
the option, if such default is not fully corrected within sixty (60) days from the giving of written
notice of such default to the Property Owner to either (i) declare this Agreement terminated or (ii)
continue the term of this Agreement and collect the payments required hereunder. Notwithstanding
any to the contrary contained herein, should the City determine the Property Owner is in default
according to the terms and conditions of Section VII hereof, the City shall notify the Property
Owner in writing by U.S. Mail, certified return receipt requested, at the address stated in this
Agreement, and if such default is not cured within sixty (60) days from the date of such notice (the
"Cure Period ") then such failure to cure shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement;
provided that, in the case of a default under Section VII for causes beyond the Property Owner's
control that cannot with due diligence be cured within such sixty (60) day period or in the event that
the failure to cure results from ongoing negotiations with federal or state officials, administrative
proceedings or litigation regarding the necessary cure steps, then the cure period shall be extended
until such negotiations, administrative proceedings or litigation are concluded.
B.
Default by City
In the event of default by the City, the Property Owner may, if such default is not fully
corrected within 60 days from giving written notice of such default to the City, terminate this
Agreement. Upon such termination, both the Property Owner and the City shall be relieved of all
further obligations hereunder, but the Property Owner shall not be relieved of the obligation to pay
any amounts that accrued prior to such termination. In the event of termination, the City shall have
the right to repeal the ordinance designating the affected area as an industrial district. Provided,
however, if the termination occurs as a result of the City's exercising its option to terminate (as
provided in the first sentence of this Section X), the City shall not have the right to annex the
affected area into the general corporate limits of the City so as to subject the affected area to ad
valorem taxes for any part of the period covered by the Property Owner's last payment hereunder.
XI.
Notice
Any notice to the Property Owner or the City concerning the matters to which the
Agreement relates may be given in writing by registered or certified mail addressed to the Property
Owner or the City at the appropriate respective addresses set forth on the cover page of this
Agreement. Any such notice in writing may be given in any other manner. If given by registered or
certified mail, the notice shall be effective when mailed. With the exception of annual bills for
payments due herein, notice given in any other manner shall be effective when received by the
Property Owner or the City, as the case may be.
XII.
No Further Expansion of Taxing Jurisdiction
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to change or enlarge the jurisdiction, power or
authority of the City over or with respect to the affected area as prescribed by applicable law, except
as specifically provided in this Agreement. The Property Owner shall not be obligated by virtue of
this Agreement, or the establishment of the industrial district covering the affected area not within
the corporate limits of the City, to make any payments to the City in the nature of a tax or
assessment based upon the value of the Property Owner's property in the affected area during the
term of this Agreement other than the payments specified herein. Specifically, the Property Owner
shall not be liable for any City taxes within the affected area, including, without limitation, City ad
valorem taxes on taxable property within the affected area.
XIII.
Reimbursement for Services
If the Property Owner requests and receives mutual aid firefighting assistance and is a
member of Channel Industries Mutual Aid organization ( "CIMA ") or similar organization, the
Property Owner shall reimburse the City for costs incurred by the City in providing fire protection
services to the Property Owner as shall be provided in the charter, bylaws and agreements pursuant
to which CIMA or such similar organization is organized and operates. If the Property Owner
requests and receives mutual aid firefighting assistance and is not a member of CIMA or a similar
organization, then the Property Owner shall be required to reimburse the City for costs actually
expended by the City in providing any firefighting assistance to the Property Owner, including
chemical and personnel costs.
XIV.
Declaratory Judgment Action
If any disagreement arises between the parties concerning the interpretation of this
Agreement, it is agreed that either of the said parties may petition any Civil District Court of Harris
County, Texas, for a Declaratory Judgment determining said controversy and the cause shall be
tried as other civil causes. If the controversy affects an Industrial District Payment, the Property
Owner shall, pending final determination of said controversy, pay to the City on the due date the
same amount which was paid to the City for the last preceding period as to which there was no
controversy concerning the amount owed by the Property Owner to the City. The Property Owner
agrees to tender any additional amount of potential liability to the registry of the Civil District
Court, Harris County, Texas, pending final determination of the controversy beyond any further
appeal.
XV.
Assignment
This Agreement shall not bestow any rights upon any third party, but rather, shall bind and
benefit the Property Owner and the City only. If the Property Owner conveys all or any part of the
property then covered hereby, the Property Owner shall notify the City within 30 days of the
conveyance and shall thereafter cease to be obligated with respect to the property so conveyed and
the Base Value shall be apportioned between the Property Owner and the grantee based upon the
property conveyed, only if the grantee thereof enters into an Industrial District Agreement with the
City with respect to such property so conveyed. No right or obligation under this Agreement may
be sold, assigned or transferred.
XVI.
Authority
The Property Owner covenants that it has the authority to enter into this Agreement by
virtue of being either the legal or equitable owner of a possessory estate (including a leasehold
estate) in the land comprising the affected area, which will not terminate before the expiration date
of this Agreement. Additionally, the officers executing this Agreement on behalf of the parties
hereby represent that such officers have full authority to execute this Agreement and to bind the
party he represents.
XVII.
No Municipal Services
It is agreed that during the term of this Agreement, the City is under no obligation to provide
any governmental, proprietary or other municipal services to the affected area. Specifically, but
without limitation, it is agreed that the City shall not be required to furnish (1) sewer or water
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service, (2) police protection, (3) fire protection (4) road or street repairs, and (5) garbage pickup
service.
XVIII.
Severability
If any provision of this Agreement, or any covenant, obligation or agreement contained
herein, including, without limitation, that term hereof, is determined by a court to be invalidated or
unenforceable, such provision, covenant, obligation or agreement shall be reformed so as to comply
with applicable law. If it is not possible to so reform such provision, covenant, obligation or
agreement, such determination shall not affect any other provision, covenant, obligation or
agreement, each of which shall be construed and enforced as if the invalid or unenforceable portion
were not contained herein. Provided, further that such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect
any valid and enforceable provision thereof, and each such provision, covenant, obligation or
agreement shall be deemed to be effective, operative, made, entered into or taken in the manner and
to the full extent permitted by law. Notwithstanding the above, if the application of this Section
XVIII requires reformation or revision of any term that removes or materially diminishes the
obligation of the Property Owner to make the payments to the City described herein (except in the
event of a reformation that shortens the term of this Agreement), the City shall have the option to
declare this Agreement terminated.
XIX.
Complete Agreement
This Agreement contains all the agreements of the parties relating to the subject matter
hereof and is the full and final expression of the agreement between the parties.
XX.
Non - waiver
Failure of either party hereto to insist on the strict performance of any of the agreements
herein or to exercise any rights or remedies accruing thereunder upon default or failure of
performance shall not be considered a waiver of the right to insist on and to enforce by an
appropriate remedy, strict compliance with any other obligation hereunder to exercise any right or
remedy occurring as a result of any future default or failure of performance.
XXI.
Ambiguities
In the event of any ambiguity in any of the terms of this Agreement, it shall not be construed
for or against any party hereto on the basis that such party did or did not author the same.
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XXII.
Headings
The headings appearing at the first of each numbered section in this Agreement are inserted
and included solely for convenience and shall never be considered or given any effect in construing
this Agreement or any provision hereof, or in connection with the duties, obligations or liabilities of
the respective parties hereto or in ascertaining intent, if any question of intent should arise.
XXIII.
Choice of Law: Venue
This Agreement shall in all respects be interpreted and construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of Texas and the City, regardless of the place of its execution or
performance. The place of making and the place of performance for all purposes shall be Baytown,
Harris County, Texas.
XXIV.
Agreement Read
The parties acknowledge that they have read, understand and intend to be bound by the
terms and conditions of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed in multiple counterparts on behalf of
the Property Owner this day of _ _ _., 2015, and on behalf of the City this
day of , 2015.
GE MOBILE WATER, INC.
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Secretary
ATTEST:
LETICIA BRYSCH, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
IGNACIO RAMIREZ -SR., City Attorney
LOUISE RICHMAN, Finance Director
CITY OF BAYTOWN
STEPHEN H. DONCARLOS, Mayor
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY
Approximately ten (10) acres of land being out of and being a part of Restricted Reserve "A ",
Cedar Crossing, Phase II, Subdivision situated in the John Steele Survey, Abstract No. 227, of Chambers
County, Texas, more particularly described on Schedule A -1 attached hereto and being the property
conveyed by USX Corporation to Ecolochem, Inc. n /k /a GE Mobile Water, Inc. by Special Warranty Deed
dated June 29, 1998 and recorded in the Official Public Records of Chambers County, Texas on July 6,
1998 (98- 374 -38).
SCHEDULE A -1 TO EXHIBIT A OF INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT
STATE OF TEXAS)
COUNTY OF CHAMBERS)
FIELD NOTES of a 10.00 acre tract of land situated in the John
Steele Survey, Abstract No. 227, Chambers County, Texas, being
out of and a part of RESTRICTED RESERVE "A" CEDAR CROSSING PHASE
II SUBDIVISION as recorded in Volume B at Pago 112 of the Map
Records of Chambers County, Texas, and being out of and a part of
the residue of a 357.611 acre tract of land called Tract one and
conveyed to United States Steel Corporation by L. D•. Wilburn, at
al, by deed dated March 2, 1967, and recorded in volume 283 at
Page 205 of the Deed Records of Chambers County, Texas. This
i0.0o acre tract of land is more particularly described by metes
and bounds as follows,
to -wit:
NOTE: ALL BEARING$ ARE LAMBERT GRID BEARINGS AND ALL COORDINATES
REFER TO THE STATE PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEM, SOUTH CENTRAL ZONE,
AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE 5300A OF THE REVISED CIVIL STATUTES OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS, 1987 DATUM. ALL DISTANCES AM ACTUAL DISTANCES.
THE SCALE FACTOR • 0.9998819. REFERENCE IS MADE TO PLAT OF EVEN
DATE ACCOMPANYING THIS DESCRIPTION.
BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron rod not for the Southeast corner of
this tract of land, in the East line of said RESTRICTED RESERVE
"A ", and in the West line of F. M. Highway No. 1405, 300 foot
right of way. Said BEGINNING corner having a State Plane
Coordinate System Value of Y - 706,206.50 and X a 3,296,039.62.
From this BEGINNING corner a 1 1/4 inch galvanized iron pipe
found at the intersection of the East line of said RESTRICTED
RESERVE "A ", the West line of said Highway No. 14031 the South
line of said Steele Survey, and the North line of the John Ijams
Survey, Abstract Number 15, Chambers County, Texas bears South o3
deg 09 min 06 sec East a distance of 106.49 feet.
THENCE South 85 deg 32 min 52 sec West with the South line of
this tract of land a distance of 584.06 feet to a 1/2 inch iron
rod set for the Southwest corner of this tract of land.
THENCE NORTH with the West line of this tract of land a distance
of 797.70 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set for the Northwest
corner of this tract of land Said corner is in the South line of
a 2.2045 acre easement conveyed to Seapac, Inc. by USX
corporation by instrument dated October 27, 1994 and recorded in
Volume 251 at Page 434 of the Official Public Records of Chambers
County, Texas.
THENCE EAST With the North line of this tract of land, and the
South line of said 2.2045 acres a distance of 517.21 feet to a
1/2 inch iron rod found for the point of curvature of a curve to
the right, concave Southwest.
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THENCE in a Southeasterly direction with the North line of this
tract of land, the South line of said 2.2045 acres and said curve
to the right having a central angle of 86 deg 50 min S4 sec, a
radius of 25.00 teat, an arc length of 37.89 feet, a chord
bearing of South 46 deg 34 min 33 sea East and chord distance of
34.37 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for the Northeast corner
of this tract of laud, the Southeast corner of said 2.2045 acres,
In the East line of said RESTRICTED RESERVE "A ", and the West
line of said F. M. Highway Ka. 1405.
THENCE South 03 deg 09 min 06 sea East with the East line of this
tract, the East line of said RESTRICTED RESERVE "AR, and the Wiest
line of said F: H. Highway No. 1405 a distance of 729.84 feat to
the PLACE OF BEGINNING, containing within said boundaries 10.00
acres of land.