Ordinance No. 13,709ORDINANCE NO. 13,709
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
CREATING THE PORT 10 LOGISTICS REINVESTMENT ZONE PURSUANT TO
RESOLUTION NO. 2466 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, Port 10 Logistics, LLC ("Port 10") desires to construct a service and distribution
facility, which will consist of approximately 294,323 square feet of warehouse/distribution space; and
WHEREAS, Port 10 has represented that it will increase the value of its property by approximately
TEN MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($10,000,000.00) after the construction is completed; and
WHEREAS, Port 10 has represented that the project will result in the creation of five (5) new jobs
by 2019 and an additional fifty (50) jobs during the construction period; 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 March 8, 2018, on the designation of the
proposed reinvestment zone to be known as the Port 10 Logistics Reinvestment Zone (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 the Port 10 Logistics Reinvestment Zone for the purpose of
encouraging economic development through 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 the Port 10 Logistics Reinvestment
Zone 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 the City Council of the City of
Baytown this the 8h day of March, 2018.
ATTEST:
LETICIA BRYSCH, City drA
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
NACIO RAMIREZ, SR., Ci ttorney
CARLOS, Mayor
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EXHIBIT "A"
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF OWNERS PROPERTY
METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION
246.7988 ACRES
CITY OF BAYTOWN, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
August 16, 2017
All that 246.7988 acre had of land being a portion of a called 263.9945 acre tract as conveyed by Special
Warranty Deed dated November 30, 2007 to Fuller Thompson Ten, LTD. as recorded under Clerk's File
No. 20070709051 of the Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas, all of a called
4.3574 acre had as conveyed by Warranty Deed dated July 3, 2012 to Fuller Thompson Ten, LTD as
recorded under Clerk's File No. 20120293573 of the Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris
County, Texas, all of a called `vest half of Lot 8" as conveyed by Special Warranty Deed dated
November 30, 2007 to Fuller Thompson Ten, LTD. as recorded under Clerk's File No. 20070709052 of
the Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County Texas, all of "Director's Lot No. 1" as
conveyed by Special Warranty Deed dated September 16, 2005 to Timothy M. Foster as recorded under
Clerk's File No. Y791519 of the Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas, all of
"Directors Lot No. 2" as conveyed by Special Warranty Deed dated September 16, 2005 to Gilbert X.
Hernandez as recorded under Clerk's File No. Y791521 of the Official Public Records of Real Property,
Harris County, Texas, all of "Director's Lot No. 3 as conveyed by Special Warranty Deed dated
September 16, 2005 to Teri Schooner as recorded under Cleric's File No. Y791523 of the Official Public
Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas, all of "Director's Lot No. 4" as conveyed by Special
Warranty Deed dated September 16, 2005 to Scott A. Owen as recorded under Clerk's File No. Y791527
of the Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas, and all of "Director's Lot No. 5"
as conveyed by Special Warranty Deed dated September 16, 2005 to John Roily Thomason as recorded
under Clerk's File No. Y791529 of the Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas
and being situated in the William Hilbus Survey, Abstract No. 336, Harris County, Texas and being more
particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: (all bearings herein are based on the corpses
described in said tract described in Clerk's File No. 20070709051 of the Official Public Records of Real
Property, Harris County, Texas)
BEGINNING at a 5/8 -inch iron rod found at the northeast Comex of a tract of land as conveyed by
Quitclaim Deed dated April 26, 2006 to Cheryl A. Baker as recorded under Clerks File No. 201643823 of
the Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas, the interior northwest comer of said
263.9945 acre tract and being situated in the south rigbt-of-way line of Interstate Highway No. 10 (width
varies);
THENCE along the south right-of-way line of said Interstate Highway No. 10 and the exterior north line
of said 263.9945 acre tract the following five (5) courses and distances;
North 84°51'28" East, for a distance of 195.04 feet to a 5/8 -inch iron rod found for comer,
North 86°4221" East, for a distance of 104.82 feet to a 5/8 -inch iron rod with cap stamped
'13enchmarkEnge' set for comer,
North 86132'20" East, for a distance of 417.11 feet to a concrete TxDOT monument found for comer,
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South 78°02'09" East, for a distance of 190.78 feet to a point for corner, and from which a concrete
TxDOT monument was found bearing North 82°20' West, 1.85 feet;
North 86°42'21" East, for a distance of 736.98 feet to a 5/8 -inch iron rod with cap stamped
"BenchmarkEnge' set for corner at the northeast comer of said 263.9945 acre tract and the
northwest corner of *a called 27.0581 acre tract as conveyed by General Warranty Deed dated
December 28, 2012 to Missouri Pacific Railroad Company as recorded under Clerk's File No.
20120601991 of the Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas;
THENCE South 02030'02" East, along the west line of said 27.0581 acre tract, for a distance of 3,944.73
feet to a 5/8 -inch iron rod with cap stamped 'BenchmarkEngr" set for comer in the south line of said
263.9945 acre tract and the north line of a called 4.0 acre tract as conveyed by General Warranty Deed
dated June 22, 1998 to Demetrio E . Cadena and Esther R. Cadena as recorded under Clerk's File No.
T093936 of the Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas;
THENCE North 81°30'36" West, along the south line of said 263.9945 acre tract, for a distance of
1,711.80 feet to a 5/8 -inch iron rod with cap stamped 'BenchmarkEngr" set for corner at the northeast
comer of said "west half of lot 8" and the northwest comer of a called "east half of lot 8" as conveyed by
Warranty Deed dated December 21, 2006 to Dewey and Susan Perry Monroe as recorded under Clerk's
File No. 20060286198 of the Official Public Records of Real Property, Hams County, Texas;
THENCE South 02036'44" East, along the division line between said "west half of lot 8" and said "east
half of lot 8" for a distance of 1,318.29 feet to a 5/8 -inch iron rod with cap stamped "BenchmarkEngr" set
for comer in the north right-of-way line of West Cedar Lynchburg Road (called 60 -foot right-of-way); .
THENCE North 81015'02" West, along the north right-of-way line of said West Cedar Lynchburg Road,
for a distance of 165.15 feet to a railroad space found for comer,
THENCE North 02036'44" West, along the west line of said "wast half of Lot 8" and the east line of a
called 'lot T' as recorded under Warranty Deed dated June 15, 2001 to Benito Tello as recorded under
Clerk's File No. U462721 of the Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas, for a
distance of 1,317.52 feet to a 5/8 -inch iron rod with cap stamped'BenchmarkEnge' set for comer in the
south line of said 263.9945 acre tract;
THENCE North 81°30'36" West, along the south line of said 263.9945 acre tract and said "Director's
Lot No.'s 1 thm 5", for a distance of 2,298.64 feet to a 5/8 -inch iron rod with cap stamped "South Texas"
found for comer in the east right-of-way line of Thompson Road (unknown width) at the northwest comer
of a called "Tract 1" as conveyed by Warranty Deed dated August 24, 2001 to Mary K Ellison, et al. as
recorded under Clerk's File No. V278078 of the Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County,
Texas;
THENCE North 02°35'27" West, along the west line of said 263.9945 acre tract and the east right-of-
way line of said Thompson Road, for a distance of 937.03 feet to a 1/2 -inch iron rod found at the
southwest comer of a called 6.00 acres (Caldwell) as conveyed by Warranty Deed dated July 10, 1996 to
Charles W. & Debbie K. Caldwell as recorded under Clerk's File No. S015995 of the Official Public
Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas;
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THENCE North 86°58'5T' Bast; along the south line of said 6.00 acres (Caldwell) and the south line of a
called 6.00 acres (Sterling) as conveyed by General Warranty Deed dated July 10, 1996 to Sterling Trust
Co. as recorded under Clerk's File No. S015998 of the Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris
County, Texas, for a distance of 1,131.37 feet to a 5/84nch iron rod found at the southeast comer of said
6.00 acres (Sterling) and being situated in the west line of a called 120 -foot wide drainage easement to
The United States of America as recorded under Volume 1273, Page 467 of the Map Records of Harris
County, Texas;
THENCE North 04°52'49" West, along the east line of said 6.00 acres (Sterling) and the west line of
said 120 -foot wide drainage easement, for a distance of 138.61 feet to a 5/8 -inch iron rod with cap
stamped 'BenchmarkEngr" found for comer,
THENCE North 08°48'35" West, along the west line of said 120 -foot wide drainage easement and along
the east line of said 6.00 acres (Sterling), the cast line of a called 6.00 acres (Truckling) as conveyed by
Warranty Deed dated January 5, 2006 to Truckling Ltd as recorded under Clerk's File No. 20098735 of
the Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas and the east line of a called 10.00 acre
tract as conveyed by Warranty Deed dated February 25, 2003 to RBJ Carmel, LLC as recorded under
Clerk's File No. W453855 of the Official Public Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas, passing
at a distance of 94.47 feet a 1/2 -inch iron rod found at the southeast comer of said 6.00 acre (Truckling)
tract, passing at a distance of 332.94 feet a 5/8 -inch iron rod with cap stamped "Town&Country" found at
the southeast corner of said 10.00 acre had and continuing in all for a total distance of 743.03 feet to a
5/8 -inch iron rod found at the northeast comer of said 10.00 acre tract;
THENCE North 86°57'44" East, along the interior north line of said 263.9945 acre tract, for a distance
of 476.51 feet to a 1 -inch iron pipe found for comer at the southwest comer of said 4.3574 acre tract and
the southeast comer of a called 9.8099 acre tract as conveyed by General Warranty Deed dated July 25,
2014 to John Lyman as recorded under Clerk's File No. 20140325768 of the Official Public Records of
Real Property, Harris County, Texas, and from which a 1/2 -inch iron rod with cap stamped `BMA Inc"
was found bearing South 03°02' East, 1.52 feet;
THENCE North 02°27'57" West, along the east line of said 9.8099 acre tract and the west line of said
4.3574 acre tract, for a distance of 1,15656 feet to a 1/2 -inch iron rod with cap stamped "4988 RPLS"
found for comer at the northeast comer of said 9.8099 acre tract and the northwest comer of said 4.3574
acre tract and being situated in the south right-of-way line of said Interstate Highway No. 10;
THENCE North 67*31'27' East, along the north line of said 4.3574 acre tract and the south right -of --way
line of said Interstate Highway No. 10, for a distance of 50.30 feet to a 5/8 -inch iron rod with cap stamped
"Benchmarklingr" set for comer,
THENCE North 74'19'01" East, along the north line of said 4.3574 acre tract and the south right-of-way
line of said Interstate Highway No. 10, for a distance of 108.18 feet to a 5/8 -inch iron rod with cap
stamped 'BenchmarkEngr" set for comer at the northeast comer of said 4.3574 acre tract and the
northwest comer of a called 4.3505 acre tract as conveyed by Cash Warranty Deed dated December 28,
2016 to Rachael L. Johnson as recorded under Clerk's File No. 2016578981 of the Official Public
Records of Real Property, Harris County, Texas;
THENCE South 03'26'12" East, along the east line of said 4.3574 acre tract and the west line of said
4.3505 acre tract, for a distance of 1,198.67 feet to a 3/4 -inch iron pipe found for comer,
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THENCE North 86049'05" East, along the interior north line of said 263.9945 acre tract, passing at a
distance of 152.97 feet a 1 -inch iron pipe found at the southeast comer of said 43505 acre tract and
continuing in all for a total distance of 685.56 feet to a 5/8 -inch iron rod with cap stamped
"BenchmarkEngr" set for comer•,
THENCE North 02°31'20" West, for a distance of 1.08 feet to a 1/2 -inch iron rod found for comer•,
THENCE North 87°27'38" East, along the south line of said Quitclaim Deed for a distance of 86.26 feet
to a 1/2 -inch iron pipe found at the southeast comer of said Quitclaim Deed;
THENCE North 02°37'58" West, along the interior west line of said 263.9945 acre tract, for a distance
of 1,330.78 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING of herein described tract and containing 246.7988 acres
or 10,750,556 square feet of land.
This description was prepared in connection with a Land Title Survey prepared by Benchmark
Engineering Corporation dated May 5, 2017 and revised on August 16, 2017. Job No. 16077.
Ronald G. Harrison, R.P.L.S.
Texas Registration No. 5342
TBPLS Firm Registration Number 10009000
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