NGO Signs Industrial Agreement With City Of Baytown
NGO reached an industrial agreement with Baytown avoiding annexation talks. Council had rejected a seven year district pact over a 2002 base value cap. Baytown won a Keep Texas Beautiful award as plans for August meetings were announced.
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City of
Baytown
NGO
Gary Jackson
Citys Industrial Agreement Committee
ExxonMobil
Council
Mike Lester
Keep
Baytown Council delays vote on TIRZ guidelines
Baytown City Council tabled a vote on adopting guidelines for a tax increment reinvestment zone or TIRZ to give members time for review and input from developers. Developer Lewis Foley plans a 1200 home southeast Baytown project while officials reviewed the city water quality report with no EPA violations.
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Baytown
Pete Alfaro
Lewis Foley
Commonwealth Housing
Texas lawmakers clash over redistricting strategy and rules
The legislature debates new congressional maps as Republicans push to gain seats while Democrats resist. Senate leaders consider a two-thirds rule blocking debate, with 21-senator support needed for floor action, and a second special session possibility discussed.
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Texas
Congress
House
Senate
Todd Staples
Senate Republican Caucus
Senate Jurisprudence Committee
Staples
Palestine
Chamber
Dewhurst
Gallegos
Austin
Ken Armbrister
Victoria
Armbrister
Landfill fight tempers at Baytown meeting
Monk says opponents may lead but TSP can drag out the fight with options. HB 2554 pushed TCEQ rulemaking for new landfills, became law, though TSP could challenge it as applied. ICU fundraiser aims to cover legal fees with raffle prizes and donations.
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Monk
TSP
Wayne Smith
R-Baytown
Texas Senate
TSP Development
Smith
TCEQ
Cation
Texas Attorney General’s Office
Attorney General's Office
Feds
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Charles Iupe
Citizens United
Ken Mitchell
Highway 146
Baytown
Beach City
Leonard Stasney
ICU
P.O
Baytown Fire Chief backs regional hazardous materials grant plan
Baytown officials discuss a regional hazardous materials grant costing about 46107 annually with a billing proposal of 1050 per hour. Mayor Alfaro seeks quarterly billing reports while Councilman Godwin questions funding and overstaffing. Firefighters support the grant amid petrochemical area vulnerability and 2004 2005 eligibility. San Jacinto Methodist Hospital to receive about 13000 for an external decontamination shower.
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Baytown
Dale Palmer
Pete Alfaro
Godwin
Mercedes Renteria
Palmer
Gary Jackson
John Carr
Margie Hartrick
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Chamblin Surrenders After Triple Homicide in Baytown Home
Chamblin, 49, a ExxonMobil Baytown plant employee, surrendered after a three hour standoff following an 11 00 a m call reporting shots fired. Police found his wife Laura 49 and daughter Marie 22 dead in the Lakewood home along with the family's dogs. He described killing his daughter in the kitchen and his wife in the backyard and dragging her body inside, with no clear motive given. Three handguns and several rifles were recovered in the living room. His son Jared 24 said there was no apparent motive.
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Jerome Godinich
Chamblin
ExxonMobil
Baytown
Laura
Marie
Lakewood
Jared
Jared Chamblin
Baytown Council Seeks Roof Replacement and Property Action
City officials push to replace the curved metal roof on a leaking facility with higher priority on the roof's condition after a consultant deemed it poor. The council unanimously extends post audit legal services up to 20000 dollars and approves a lis pendens release in the Woodcreek Village Apartments case. New owner William Friedrichs aims to renovate with an 11.42 million HUD loan and bonds, denying low income tax housing plans.
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Perkins
Michael Hardin
Beridge Manufacturing Company
Gary Jackson
Berridge
Woodcreek Village
Alfred J. Antonini
California
Goose Creek
Lee College
William Friedrichs
Harvey Heller
Council
Friedrich
Federal Housing and Urban Development Department
Heller
Friedrichs
Don Murray
Jackson
Mercedes Renteria HI
Baytown
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Murray
City Hall
Sylvia Garcia
TIRZ
Poe Tt
Bae Ae
PTT
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