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CC Resolution No. 1771-2 RESOLUTION NO. 1771 ® A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, '.TEXAS, ELECTING TO BECOME ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX ABATEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROPERTY REDEVELOPMENT AND TAX ABATEMENT ACT; ADOPTING GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA'FOR GRANTING TAX ABATEMENTS IN A REINVESTMENT ZONE CREATED IN HARRIS COUNTY OR CHAMBERS COUNTY; ADOPTING SUCH GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. WHEREAS, the creation and retention of job opportunities that bring new wealth is the highest civic priority; and WHEREAS, new jobs and investment will benefit the area economy, provide needed opportunities, strengthen the real estate market and generate tax revenue to support local services;.and WHEREAS, the City of Baytown must compete with other localities across the nation currently offering tax inducements to attract jobs and investments; and WHEREAS, any tax incentives offered in the City of Baytown would reduce needed tax revenue unless strictly limited in application to those new and existing industries that bring new wealth to the community; and WHEREAS, any tax incentives should not have a substantial adverse effect on the competitive position of existing companies operating in the City of Baytown; and WHEREAS, tax incentives should not be used to attract those industries that have demonstrated a lack of commitment to protecting our environment, but should be used to encourage projects designed to protect our environment; and WHEREAS, the abatement of property taxes, when offered to attract primary jobs in industries which bring in money from outside a community instead of merely recirculating dollars within a community, has been shown to be an effective method of enhancing and diversifying an area's economy; and WHEREAS, Texas law requires any eligible taxing jurisdiction to establish Guidelines and Criteria as to eligibility for tax abatement agreements prior to granting any tax abatement, said Guidelines and Criteria to be unchanged for a two year period unless amended by a three- quarters vote; and WHEREAS, to assure a common; coordinated effort to promote our communities' economic development, any such guidelines and criteria should be adopted only through the istricts, counties. and the City of Baytown; and cooperation of affected school d WHEREAS, the attached guidelines adopted by the City Council in December 1989, and have been amended in July 1990, July 1992, September 1995, September 1997, September 1999, MW A i 1 �I and February 12, 2004, have been reviewed by the City Council and it has determined that progress towards the goals therein stated has been made; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS: Section 1: That the findings of the City Council of the City of Baytown contained in the recitals of this resolution are hereby approved and adopted. Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown elects to become el'gible to tax abatement pursuant to the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abateme. Act participate m Section 3: That the City of Baytown hereby adopts the Guidelines and Criteria for granting tax abatements in a reinvestment zone, which are attached hereto as Exhibit. "A" and incorporated herein for all intents and purposes. Section 4: This resolution shall take effect immediately from and after.its 0assage 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 9 day of February, 2006. CALVIN MUNDINGER, M or ATTEST: LORRI COODY, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: 4NA400 RAMIREZ, SR. Attorney • RAKaren\Filcs\City Council\Resotutions\2006\February 9\TaxAbaiementGuidelines20o6.doc 2 'i TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES SUMMARY OBJECTIVES Primary job creation -- target industries, Amount abatement -- minimum to be competitive. Fair to taxing jurisdictions -- It is a local option. Fair to existing business -- modernization, expansion. Regional cooperation -- similar abatements. Flexibility -- toughly enforced variance procedure. TERMS Year 1 100% Year 2 100% Year 3 100% Year 4 80% Year 5 60% Year 6 0% FACILITIES Manufacturing. THAT QUALIFY Regional service & distribution. Regional entertainment. Research and development. Other basic industry. AUTHORIZED New plant. INVESTMENTS Expansion. Modemization. ABATED Buildings and structure. Fixed machinery and equipment. Site improvements. Office space to administer plant. NOT ABATED Land. Existing improvements. Construction-in-progress. Personal property. Hotels. Housing. Pipelines. Gas and fluid storage. Electrical generating facilities. Deferred maintenance. Property with useful life less than fifieen (15} years. ECONOMIC Minimum one million dollar ($1,000,000) investment. CRITERIA Retain or create at ]east fifteen (15)jobs. Cannot reasonably use existing property. No serious adverse affect on jurisdictions. 'fax Abajement Guidelines Summa ,Page Solo E)aJM„ A GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR REINVESTMENT ZONES SECTION I DEFINITIONS a "Abatement" means the full or partial exemption from aev valorem ttaxes of certain real ( ) in a reinvestment zone designated for economicP P property � "Eligible Jurisdiction"means any county,municipality,school district or college diAct that @) levies ad valorem taxes upon and provides services to property located within the.proposed or existing reinvestment zone. c "Agreement"means a contractual agreement between a property owner and/or.lessee and an eligible jurisdiction for the purposes of tax abatement. ,k "Base Year Value" means the assessed value of eligible property ]petb Jay l preceding the improverrients (d) execution of the Agreement plus the agreed upon value of g Property , or the sales price, if the made after January I" but before the execution of thnt ;s�eea eeed upon value, f:eligible property was conveyed subsequent to January Writ Never is greater. P property improvements made after January (e) "Deferred Maintenance"means improvementtechnoloarygyfor continued operations which do not improve productivity or alter the process "Economic Life" means the number of years a property improvement is expected to be in (� service in a facility. "Ex ansion"means the addition of buildings, structures, fixed machinery or equipment for (g) P purposes of increasing production capacity. (h) "Facility"means property improvements completed or in the process of construction which together comprise an integral whole. nery an i "Manufacturing Facility" means buildings and structures,} manufacture ncluding ue of tangiblxed e goods odr � ) se of which is or will be equipment, the primary pu rpo materials or the processing of such goods or materials by physical or chemical change. ,Modernization"means the replacement and upgrading s bstant antixisting ilities wl-kh increases allyhe unit cost of (l) y the productive Input or output,updates the technology or su tallation of the operation. Modemization may result from u�hmeroil st It shall not rbte forion the spurpose of buildings, structures, fixed machinery or eq p reconditioning, refurbishing or repairing. Guidelines and Criteria for Reinvestment Zones,Page l A, � 1 (k) "New Facility" means a property previously undeveloped which is laced into service by means other than or in conjunction with expansion or moderntz xed machinery and "Other .Basic Industry" means buildings and sbe usedsfor the produ, including ction lion of products or (S) equipment not elsewhere described, used or to services which primarily serve as a market f new permanent jobs and bring new wealthousion Consolidated in. Statistical-Area and result in the creation of p ing fixed m "Regional Distribution Center Facility" ed a buildings receives store,services or distribute ( ) machinery and equipment,used or to be used primarily e facility operator where a majority of the goods or services goods or materials owned by th are distributed to other points. d machinery n "Regional Entertai ov nment Facility"means buildings structures, t ihrough he admission of the and equipment, used or to be used to proved general public. o "Regional Service Facility"means buildings and structure, including fixed machinery where a majority of the goods being serviced O equipment,used or to be used to service g ne hundred (100) miles away from any part of the City of Baytown. originate at least oding xed macinery an `.Research Facility" equipment, means buildings and structures, ineXu erimentat on to hmprove or �) used or to be used primarily for research or p develop new tangible goods or materials or to improve or develop the production processes thereto. SECTION 2 ABATEMENT AUTHORIZED a) Authorized Facility. A facility may be eligible for abatement if it is a Manufacturing ( Research Facility,Regional Distribution Center Facility,Regional Service Facility, Facility,R �'� Regional Entertainment Facility, Research and Development Facility, or Other Basic Industry. value of Creation of New Value. Abatement may and listed in an abatement granted for the agreement ro eligible property improvements made subsequent to between the City of Baytown and the property owner and lessee(if required),subject to such limitations as City Council and the property tax code may require. c New and Existing Facilities. Abatement may be granted for new facilities and improvements to existing facilities for purposes of modernization or expansion. • Guidelines and Criteria for Reinvestment Zones,Page 2 I I 1 1 ® Eligible Property. Abatement may be extended to the value ofbuildings,structures,fixed (d) g . improvements plus that office space and ielated fixed machinery and equipment, site improvements necessary to the operation and administration of the facility. Tbe ermined b thevapplicable lu P Y property shall be the appraised value for each year, as finally e appraisal district. .I ly e and gible for e Ineligible Property- The following types ofproperty ]be anld otherlforms oftmovable ( ) furnishings; abatement: ]and; inventories; supplies; personal property; vehicles; vessels; aircraft; housing; hotel accommodations; deferred maintenance investments;property to be rented or]eased except as provided in Section 2(f); olly conAned by improvements for the generation or transmission of electrical energy prodnot uce,tore or distribute P a new facility or expansion; any improvements,including those to property natural gas, fluids or gases, which are not integral to the operation of the facility, which has an economic life of less than fifteen(l 5)years; and property owned or used by the State of Texas or its political subdivision or by any organization owned, ted by.ted or]o al directed. or by a political subdivision of the State of Texas, or any property p Y , A� federal law.When such exempted property in manufacturing men anthe d ue off s uh listed in the Investment Schedule ardrequired ihe achievement of on he),investment or valuation property may not. be included tow thresholds set out in the abatement agreement. Owned/L eased Facilities. If a ]eased facility is granted abatement, the agreement shall be (� executed cut ed with the lessor and the lessee. (g) Value and Tenn of Abatement. Abatement shall be granted effea ti eemerit. One hundred valuation date immediately following the date of execution of the gr percent (l 00%) of the value of new eligible properties shall be abated for the first three (3) years, followed by eighty percent (80%) abatement for the fourth year, sixty percent (50%) ? abatement for the fifth year. In no case shall the period of abatement exceed five(5)years. If a modernization project includes facility replacement,the abated value shall be the value of the new unit(s) less the value of the old unit(s). (h) Economic Qualification. In order to be eligible for designation as a reinvestment zone and receive tax abatement, the planned improvement: must be reasonably expected to increase the appraised value of the property in ] od of abatementhas expired; O r the en 0 after amount of one million dollars(S],000,00 ) P prevent the loss of permanent full-time (2) must be expected to directly create or create em to anent for at least fifteen (15)people reasonably r cr ) manner,n efficient employment, retain o P � rovided that this required in order to operate ah]�a satisfied in a on January] of the f fourth year of the employment qualification sh • abatement agreement and continue through the term of the abatement; Guidelines and Criteria foT Reinvestment Zones,Page 3 rimaril have the effect of transferring (3) must not be expected to solely or p Y . employment from one part of the City of Baytown to another. Competitive siting analysis may satisfy this requirement; an must be necessary because capacity cannot be provided efficiently utilizing existing (4) when reasonable all is made for necessary improvements. improved property abili . From the execution of the abatement to the end of the agreement period,taxes (1) Tax �Y shall be payable as follows: 1) The value of ineligible property as provided in Section 2(e) shall be fully taxable. ( as determined each year shall be - xisting eligible property _(2) The base year.value of e fully taxable. The additional value of new eligible property shall be taxable in the manner described in Section 2(g). SECTION 3 APPLICATION Any present or potential owner of taxable property in the City of Baytown may request the (a) r tax abatement by filing a written request with the City of creation of a reinvestment zone o Baytown. The application shall consist of a completed application pt a des ptive list oftheamprovements by a general @) description of the new improvements to be undertaken; uested, a list o on of all proposed for which an abatement is reqei economic life he kind, number each h and i s eligibility for a improvements of the property, including th TCEQ exemption (if known); a map and legal description of the property; and a time applicant schedule for undertaking and completing proposed phe abatement s necessary n order to have also include information pertaining to the reasons the project ect undertaken in the City of Baytown. The applicant shall also include a certifin. cation of the current number of permanent full-time,part-time and contract employees of the applicant,by category,employed in the City of B S °,the a thlicant shall proe time of the vide �th In the event the project Is to be located in a leased facility, Pp the application the name and address of the lea°ai meet ond a f assessed lease,the value tof the facidlity, option contract. in the case of modernization, r for real and personal property, shall be given for the tax year immediately separately stated ' the application. The application form may require such financial and other proceeding Guidelines and Criteria for Reinvestment Zones,Page 4 informatron as the City Council deems appropriate for evaluating the financial capacity and oiher factors of the applicant. of a completed application, the City Manager of the City of Baytown or his (c) Upon receiptthe residing officer of the governing body'of each eligible designee shall notify in writing p jurisdiction. of an application for creation of a reinvestment zone and application for tax (d) Afterreceipt officer or employee shall determine abatement, the City Council through its designated of whether the application qualifies for an abatement under the terms of these guidelines and Ot it is criteria. Such determination may be delegated to an employee or ted to-the de City determined that an application qualifies for abatement,it shall e recommended Council that the applicant be notified in writing the subject ect to qualiic fies for abatement.if applicable, and approval of a contract by the City Council, project nvestment zone or into an atement (e) The City Council shall not establish a reienter the comen vein nt of agreement if it finds that the request of"improvement related to aproposed imodemization, construction,alteration,or ins expansion or new facility. (� Variance. Requests for variance from the provisions of Subsections ed however,azthe gotal Section 2 may be made in written form to the City Manager, provided, 'such request shall duration of an abatement shall f thein Circumstances ircumstances exceedce explaining why the applicant should be include a complete instan description anted a variance. Approval of a request for variance requires a three-fourths C11)vote of the City Council. SECTION 4 PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL The City Council may not adopt an ordinance designating are ent titled to,nvestment zone until it has speak and present evidence (a) � terested ers held a public hearing at which in P for or against the designation. Not later than the a new sp perhhaving general circulation n must be publish lice of the bearing body of hearing rib , • the residing officer of the governing y and delivered in��nttng to P d in the the municipality; each taxing unit that includes in its boundaries real property that �s to be included proposed reinvestment zone. into a tax abatement agreement, the City Council may, at its own option; (b) prior to entering titled to speak and resent P P old a public heanng at which interested persons shallabatement agreement. h a royal of the tax .�lrnit en materials for or against thepp • Guidelines and Criteria for Reinvestment Zones,Page 5 I 1 ent agreement,' the City Council must find that the terms of In order to enter into a tax abatement (c) the proposed agreement meet these Guidelines and Criteria and that: ffect on the provision of the jurisdiction's there will be no substantial adverse a (1) service or tax base; and the fanned'use of the property will not constitute a hazard to public safety,health or (2) P morals. applicant requesting a variance under Section 3(f)shall be approved from the vote i'emeeast (d) Any PP q three-fourths (3/4}of he City Council. No application which de of these Guidelines and Criteria shall be approved unless accompanied by a request for variance as provided under Section 3(f). SECTION 5 AGREEMENT the City Council shall formally pass an ordinance and execute an agreement After approval with the owner of the facility and lessee as required which shall mclu e: (1) the estimated value to be abated and the base year value; (2) the percent of value to be abated each year as provided in Section 2(g). (3) the commencement date and the termination date of abatement; (q) the proposed use of the facility,nature of construction,time schedule,map property description and improvement list as provided in Application Section 3(b). $ the contractual obligations in the event io default,and assignme t as provided n Section o3ation of terms Or o delinquent taxes, recapture, administration that may b required for uniformity or 6 7 and 8,or other provisions Y 2(a),2(f),2(g), compliance with slate law, and; the amount of investment,increase in assessed value and the average number of jobs (6) h 2 and 7' in Section 2( )( ); as provided involved p t that the a plicant annually submit to the appraisal district and the City, a requirement P es onds to em to anent q ,� Ich corn P i (�) abated facility h P a )anu employee count for the ab e Texas Workforce to yer s uarterly Report to th counts reported in the facility's Emp ? Q Commission, and a separate notarized letter vern}�ng the he numbernumber of ofemployees ® re tained as a direct result of the abated impro�ements and Gu ideltn es and Criteria for Reim estment Zones,Page 6 � i . 1 I II in other facilities located within the City of Baytown. Submission shall be used to t if requested determine abatement eligibility for that year and shall bike ineligibility ect to dlto eceive an by the governing body.Failure to submit may result in iursu pursuant-to.nation of the tax Section 6 hereof agreement and abatement for that year and the term subject any abated taxes to recapture p ormall shall be executed within sixty (60) days after the application and all Such agreement n Y ion has been forwarded to the City Council. necessary information and documental SECTION 6 RECAPTURE . (a) in the event that the facility is completed and begins producing Product orexceptingservice, ic , but subsequently discontinues PT aducing product or service for cident or n tural disaster of a period of one year during the explosion or other casualty o abatement period,the agreement shall terminate and so shall the abatement of the taxes for the calendar year during which the facility no longer produces. The taxes otherwise abated d ar shall be paid to the City of Baytown within sixty (60) days from the for that any or individual shall notify the City in writing at the address date of termination.The comp s from any discontinuation,stating the reason for stated in the agreement within ten(l 0) da Ythe City the discontinuation and the projected length d w with,sthe tagreeyme tf may be etermines terminated that this subsection has not been comp immediately and all taxes previously abated by virtue of the agreement may be recaptured m and paid within sixty (60) days of the tersnat (b) 1 d conditions of ts f n $ the company or individual is in default according to thwnt�s at the address stated in ' agreement,the company or individual shall notify the City� days from the default and cure such default within sixty(60) the agreement within ten (10) y days from the date of such default ("Curee� ni'maybeterminatedtmmediatelyandall this subsection has not been complied with,the agr taxes previously abated by virtue of the effecti recaptured,aement maybe 1 interest ve date of the agreement and paid within at 6%per annum calculated from the {60) days of the termination. if the City does onot receive f the total amount oun paymentabated. thin said sixty(60) days, a penalty may be added, equal to ]5/o c) 1 if the company or individual (1) allows its ad valorem taxes owed the City of Baytown to ( become delinquent and fails to timely and properly follow the legal procedures for their d conditions of the abatement protest and/or contest; or (2) violates any of the terms an agreement and fails to cure during the Cure Period., i] be recaptured and paid�within and all taxes previously abated byeement then maybe ten it'virtue of the agreement mination, and penaies and interest maybe assessed as set out in sixty (60) days of the ter Section 6(b). Guidelines and Crilena fos Reinvestment Zones,Page 7 ly 1 SECTION 7 ADMINISTRATION a The Chief Appraiser of the applicable appraisal district shall annually determine an { ) comprisingthe reinvestment zone.. Each year, assessment of the real and personal property the companY or individual receiving the abatement shall furnish the assessor with such information as may necessary for the abatement. On value ari�iount ished, the of the Chief Appraiser shall not ify the affected jurisdictions which levy taxes on the assessment. , The agreement shall stipulate that employees du designated he term of the representatives abatementabatement to of the City of �) ntone Baytown will have access to the reves eem inspect the facility to determine if then terms siv giving of twenty-four(24and conditions of the �hotus' prio noli a and All inspections will be made only after g led in such manner as to not unreasonably interfere with the construction will only be conduc and/or operation of the facility. All inspections will be made the f c lwith I e 1�s afety representatives of the company or individual and in accordance ty standard. The City annually shall evaluate each facility receiving abatement to enswe compliance with (c). the agreement and report possible violations of the contract and agreement to the City Council. SECTION 8 ASSIGNMENT Tax abatement agreements may assigned to a new owner or lessee of facility with the 1 be ly written consent of the City Council which consent shall a unconditionally assume all the duties assignment shall provide that the assignee shall irrevocably an and obligations of the assignor upon the same terms and shall be to conditions entity that con empl the �ed the same assignment eement. Any of a tax abatement agreementbeen improvements or repairs to the property,except 10 f the assignor or he assignee is indebted to the the extent such improvements Or repairs have C ty of completed. No assignment shall be approve Baytown for ad valorem taxes or other obligations. SECTION 9 SUNSET PROVISION These Guidelines and Criteria are effective February land O sx abatement contracts, and Will remain in rce until created February 12, 2006, at which time all reinvestment pursuant to these provisions will be reviewed by the niena ty to will be modified,renewed or whether the goalsliming ed achieved.Based on that review;the Guidelines an F:\K2rcn\Fi1esK0n,munj9'DevclopnwnM ax Abaicrneni Guidelines\G,6deline547a)LAb2,envntNRcinvesumnaone0402l2.doc Guidelines and Criteria for Reinvestment Zones,Page 8 APPI.ICAT '�i F R TAX AT3AT 119ENIN T3AYT0WN TEXAS The filing of this document acknowledges atfa�nil,aj�ty and becomeopanno�he ce abreement Guidelines and ana Criteria for Tax Abatement. This application knowingly false representations xgill be grounds to Void the, agreement.Qriginal copy a,f this f .C�. Box �'a, ba)'to\vrj, Texas i7522 '; request should be submitted to City fu:,nsg.. property is located inside the corporate limits of Baytown. APPLICANT INFORA4AT10N DATE: 1-15-06 Texas Petrochemicals LF Company Name: 4604 W Baker Rd Baytown, TX 77520 _ Address: _Mailing: Three Riverway Suite 1500 Houston TX 77056 Corporation Ix Partnership O Proprietorship ( ) PROJECT I.NTOR1viAT1ON T e of Facil it. S e inslnictions. x )+Zanufacturing Facility t t Wholesale Distribution Facility' ( 1 Research Facilit" ( } Service Facility ( ) Entertainment & Recreation Facility ( ) Other Basic Industry Proposed Project. Location Address and Leval Description: School District -Goose Creek Lee Jr College College District Baytown Cit',' or Tow'n — Attach map showing proposed site. Describe Product or Service to be provided. prni ect Descri of Attach statement fully explaining project, describe 10 which abatement is requeite and improvements -and ted provide' list of improvements and fixed machinery and equipment { ) New Plant ( ) Expansion Sx Modernization O Other YT. ECONOT,HC INrFORINIATION Construction Es- imates:. Star l,nc,nth/year •1 06 Construction Mn Years 150 _ 250 Ornp lerlO ! .!�<JIE _1 0/ i; Gar�structior� .ions - If Modernization: Estimated Economic Life of Existing Plant 15 wears From Modernization .15 Years Added Economic Life erm�nent Ern to yment Estimai.es PT °s Current Employment 0 Number of Jobs ( ) Retained . �X Created at start/opening .15 in Year 2007 5 years into operation 25 in year .2012 r.�,,m,tPd Anpraised �'aine on 'tpersonal improvement, Land �_ - i Property value January 1, preceding 45,000 1,168,000 _437,037 abatement agreement Estimated value of Abated properties after abaterr,en; 45.000 15,000.000 437,037- eapire Vzlue upon completion of proiec: personal property and proiecl irnpro�,°emenis not subject to 1,000,000 20,000,000 437,037 • abatemer�� --�— . VARIANCE 1S ilia �p1llCcnt Sw�}:;n� vn;::i-t�•. under Section 4 (f) of the Guiceiines? { � Yes (X 1\0 1 1 7 f •Y�s" attach required supplementary information: OTHER ABATEMENTS risHas company made applicaion or tion or abatement o project ofb}ppincationother t taxing datestif held ' ju nearby counties? Yes (.,i) No. if Yes provide n3iiiC C'1 'Sd*cL'ons and Contacts, Uld Jeae- - o; illi::ii: OI SCheLuleQ, . COAZPANY REPRESENTATIVE TO BE CONTACTED: Ifi j I Name: David Vaughn �i�raitrre of Com>,an�l Official j VP Industrial Authorized Agent Title: . Name & Title of Company Official. �. Address: _PO Box 402 Sugar Land, TX 77487 , Telephone: _ 281-341-6676 Texas petrochemicals ® Narrative Introduction of the Company: I, specializes in C4 hydrocarbons. TPC utilizes the a. Texas Petrochemicals LP (TPC) p stream of C4 olefins generated by ethylene producers as the principal feedstock for the butadte ne as well as several specialty and fuel products. Among ne diverse product , lines available are Butadiene,Butene-], lsoburylene and Iso y with an Innovative ability to bring high-quality maintains its leadership in the industry products to the marketplace. CEO Christopher Aj=,General Counsel b. Names of chief officers: Charles Shaver, . II Reasons for seeking abatement: that has been idled for several years. The TpC has a production unit in Baytown cement will help support the feasibility of economic benefit of a tax abatement agr refurbishing the idled production unit versus other alternative sites under consideration. dva The .competitive nature of the chemical In econonvca ncentivtes locations (see list to draw the project below) drive the need for to Baytown. ]n addition to the option of the project being done ift alternate successfully ytown- these products from locations, our customers have the alternativ�eiho Although other Pt s areeunder cons deration, their current suppliers outside of Texas heir prefers the Baytown location, if the economics justify the investment choice, TpCits location to our corporate office and other major plant 2) potential of because of 1) terminal operations 3) successful business integrating manufacturing with the existing ps in the Houston Port area 4) availability of raw materials and indu relations strial hi infrastructure. III. Project Description: Texas Petrochemicals (TPC) owns a facility in Baytown Texas. This unit was built in als Ine blendstocks but only operated for several months before the 1983 to produce g TPC has utilized the storage and manufacturing facility was idled. In the Past, distribution infrastructure as a terminal for other r local unit manufactto mauring nufacture specialty investigating the feasibility of refurbishing production chemical Products. This project would entail significant capital investment to convert the ired products instead of the originally intended gasoline plan, to produce the destherefurb t equipment. blendstocks and to modernize, replace ela produced fromthi plant will be old ocustome s specialty chemical products that p companies outside of Texas. Additionally, TPC that currently are manufactured by ocher comp plans r invest e upgrades to the storage and logistics infrastructure of the facility in order to retain and grow its terminal services business on a sustainable basis. proposed Site: account TPC owns several tracts in the Baytown a101 9; 059�s0C�95 05915101b 0240rand Bayto`'�'n are: 0451440010070, 045144001 059]5101 }0121. Please see attached site survey and legal description(s). • 1 of 2 Texas Petrochemicals Narrative to be included in the project (estimated life 15 years): proposed equipment Distillation columns and associated equipment Additional healing capacity and associated burner management controls, low NOx burners, etc. Additional cooling equipment Upgrades to electrical infrastructure • New control room and offsenu�control systems Instrumentation and comput ,y pumps and other mechanical equipment Storage tanks and product handling equi • equipment Improvements to fire protection system and emissions control equipment and anal ical equipment Laboratory yt project timeline: Estimated constn,cuon start date-March 2006 and end date May 2007. Jobs Su ervisor Managers Maintenance, a_ positions created for Site: Operators, p Technical Support, Engineers, Laboratory, Accounting/Finance, Health Safety and Environmental,Human Resources b Estimated pay scale $50,000 to $110,000 c. Construction jobs created: 1407250 V. Competition withntl local business: produced b competitors located outside of ' The specialty chemical products aFe yn Texas. y Texas. This will be a new product produced VI Now will this project attract new business: local suppliers and services will be needed for this site. Bring in a new produ New ct that is not being produced in Texas. i 2 of 2 I I vw Co S COUNTY, TEXAS COMM 'STY.&ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 8430 Lantern Poim Drive rt�c►s Hoamn,Texas 77D54 Tel (713)378-2000 David IEL Turkel Fax(713)571W190 December 13,2005 Mr.Maim Metry Business Development Manager Texas Petrocbemicals,LP Three Riverway Suite 1500 Houston,Texas 77056 RE: Taos Abatement Applic-86011 Dear Nb.Mew" facility to be constructed in r property tax Thank you for your applic^r'on fo abatement for the manufactwing qrt� Baku Road in Baytown; Texas- A preliminary r�'i� of vote current application Precinct2 at 4604, guidelines and criteria indicates that Your Project adopted by }Harris County with the correctionsProjectmeets the discussed initial evaluation and vnll now commence with a due diliHarrris Co ty's Pollution Control We have completed an isal District, When review of information secured from the Harris Cotmry APPra review of t,The p«upanotta] Safety and Health Association and The Envirottommi l Protection Agency. this Phase is complete,the package will be submitted for consideration,to,the Commissioner in whose precinct the proposed facility will be kxtrted As we discussed in our meeting on the 6th of December, state law will require the City of Baytown, n s a abatement which may allow you to receive a tax abatement from Harris County should the same as Presented in your corrected application.The entire process for Harris County reinvestment zone for tea the project retrain lie once the City of Baytown creates the zone and approves a tax abatement usually takes 45 to 60 days to comp Q,,n to receive a tax abatement from Harris must have.n val from the City of Bayto drafting instructions to the Texas Petroch i ic>ils m PPrO we would provide County. Sbould the reparw on of your tttx abawmeM aa�>e>� County Attorney for Prn if you have We look forward to working with you on this project and appreciate your interest in Harris County. any questions,please contact the at 713-578-2253. Sin re i ne Ivey t manager tic: Olga Rodriguez,Office of Commissioner Garcia,Precinct 2 David M.Vaughn,Atech B.J.Simon,Sr.,Baytown west Chambers County IDl :rr, F. � l: .w •� �rre�•drr�•a e s err r � • 1 I ;n •:_ailI,-, i..ry •-: + I� �- • _ '• �•y `' Y �N -' - 1. ,r,.7; i ..�` •ram'• •.� W: rl 1 �1 1 1 11 j - .. � '• I C C � I s f � 0 m ---------------- i c - TL W l n ` cm 00 CD CL Im CqC a 1 L W ? W I L N - O N CD 1 �. 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EggO85g, and Film Code No. 121-02-1001, out of the Harvey Whiting Survey, Abstract 840, in Baytown, Harris County, TX, and being described more particularly by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at a '/z inch iron rod set marking the southeast corner of said 31.394 acre -of-way line of the Houston Northshore Railrad tract at the intersection of the west right with the north right-of-way of Baker Road (80 feet wide); THENCE S 86 degrees 53 minutes 29 seconds W a distance/� �of8862.80 feet along the north right-of--way of Ba1;er Road to a inch iron rod set for , THENCE N 2 degrees 54 minutes 48 seconds under Harris County Clerk Fi14No.5N0 0825 the feet witb easteast • . line of a 24.921 acre tract recorded '/2 inch iron rod found for corner; Film Code No. 030-06-1231 to a THENCE N 87 degrees 06 minutes 02 seconds E a distance of 176.24 feet along the south line of the said 24.921 acre tract to a '/z inch iron rod set for.corner; r10E N 2 degrees 53 minutes 58 seconds W a distance of 493.42 feet along onTHE . east line of the said 24.921 acre tract to a '/z inch iron rod set for corner; THENCE N 87 degrees 06 minutes 02 Seconds Eecorded under Harris County Clerk iron rod set on the west line of a 1.5165 acre File No.N305419 and Film Code No. 045-04-2116; THENCE S 2 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds E distance of 314.43 feet for corner;along the /z _ west line of the said 1.5165 acre tract to a inch iron THENCE N 87 degrees 32 minutes 26-second s-E---a.distance-of499 63 feet--along the-. . south line of the said 1.5165 acre tract to a 'h inch iron rod found for corner; THENCE S 2 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds E a to a distance 412.31 feet inch iron rod set for long the west right-of-way line of the Houston Northshore Railroad corner; THENCE along the west right-of-way line of the Ho 28 minutes ]7 se ontds adradius of 1 angle o f 9 degrees � ntra g curve to the right having a ce � e 1843.26 feet; an arc length of 304.70 feet; a chor d bearing, of S 2 degrees l l minutes 03 7 . and a chord distance of 304.36 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING of the seconds more or • herein described tract containing 17.63)29 acres (768,088 square feet) of land, her • less. Fj2 Ci 'List �� t S : '{T ,•- � �{ sp. 4113 f ajj.4 ass y'SI: ^F� oI{ 4 A-SS s G o ■sill b E "�•y Sd���3 � �G {9 r v • O v C ....... .-- - .._.-..-._.-- vilz Ci Sl`MC'3.9pSS.2� .e_ E c e c �E t A t cG G 4 u Yp A06. 3T1tt'if JO.R L I Tr ����•, oca I .1LhJ I � ' I I • a `e 9 � J f ��ra�!l.LJR L � � � � s� � ' u �!F � � EY' • L�C ~ n ►s �t $ S u e d .4 y� V C 4 l S. a ' Ci C F 4 I et' O a n n l yc u R C • ssi� ! � �� A c tiq C;Z. 4 C C 4 i 4 ` III • -' � l METES AND BOUNDS 17.6329 ACRES j 3 Being a tract containing 17.6329 acres (768,088 square feet) of land, more or less, out of a 19.1192 acre tract described as I parcel I, which is out of a 31.394 acre tract filed in the Official Public Records of Real Property of Harris County, Texas, under Clerk File No. E440858, and Film Code No. 121-02-1001, out of the Harvey Whiting Survey, Abstract 840, in Baytown, Harris County, Texas, and being described more particularly by metes and i bounds as follows: ' BEGINNING of a 1/2 inch iron rod set- marking the southeast corner of said 31.394 acre tract of the intersection of the west right- of-woy line of the Houston Northshore Railroad with the north right-of-way of Baker Road (80 feet wide); THENCE S 86 degrees 53 minutes 29 seconds W a distance of 862.80 feet along the north right-of-way of Baker Road to a 1/2 inch iron rod set for corner; THENCE N 2 degrees 54 minutes 48 seconds W a distance of 541.15 feet with the east line of a 24.921 acre tract recorded under Harris Country Clerk File No. N070826 and Film Code No. 030-06- . 1231 to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for corner; i I THENCE N 87 degrees 06 minutes 02 seconds E a distance of 176.24 feet along the south line of the said 24.921 acre tract to a 1/2 inch iron rod set for corner., i THENCE N 2 degrees 53 minutes 58 seconds W a distance of 493.42 i feet along an east line of the said 24.921 acre tract to a 1/2 inch iron rod set for corner; THENCE N 87 degrees 06 minutes 02 seconds E a distance of 518.43 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod set on the west line of a 1.5165 acre tract recorded under Harris County Clerk File No. N305419 and Film Code No. 045-04-2116; F • 1of2 . t.. 4 OTT C i . i i THENCE S 2 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds E a distance of 314.43 feet along the ~vest line of the said 1.5165 acre tract to a 1/2 i inch iron rod set for corner; THENCE N 87 degrees 32 minutes 26 seconds E a distance of 199.63 feet along the south line of the said 1.5165 acre tract to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for corner; THENCE S 2 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds E a distance of 412.31 feet along the west right-of-way line of the Houston Norfhshore Railroad to a 1/2 inch iron rod set for corner; THENCE along the west right-of-way line of the Houston Norfhshore Railroad along a curve to the right having a central ongle of 9 degrees 28 minutes 17 seconds, a radius of 1843.26 feet, an arc length of 304.70 feet, a chord bearing of S 2 degrees II minutes 03 seconds W, and a chord distance of 304.36 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein described tract containing 17.6329 acres (768,088 square feet) of land, more or less. 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