Agreement 0013325, filed with the Texas Comptroller by City of Friendswood.
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| Field | Value & quoted source | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Granting body | City of FriendswoodCity of Friendswood, a home-rule municipality situated in Galveston and Harris Counties, Texas (the "City") | 1 |
| Contracting entity | Sterling Estates, LLCSterling Estates, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (the "Developer") | 1 |
| Parent / guarantor | Not stated in the agreement | — |
| Instrument | Economic Development Grant"Economic Development Grant" means that grant as described in Section 4.01. | 2 |
| Governing chapter | Chapter 380, Local Government Codeand WHEREAS, pursuant to Article II, ยง52a, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 380, Texas Local Government Code, the City is authorized to establish programs to promote local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the municipality; | — |
| Capital investment | $2,900,000Real Property Improvement ............:ceceesesceseeseeseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeeeeeeaeens $2,900,000 | 3 |
| Grant or incentive | $492,536.00Economic Development Grant pursuant to the Program in the amount of FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($492,536.00) | 4 |
| Jobs committed | Not stated in the agreement | — |
| Wage requirement | Not stated in the agreement | — |
| Square footage | Not stated in the agreement | — |
| Acreage | 11.389 acresbeing approximately 11.389 acres of land being out of Lots 7 and 8 in Block 5 and Lots 3 and 4 in Block 7 of Friendswood Subdivision | 2 |
| Performance deadline | December 31, 2026 defined term, not a covenantCompletion Date" means the date the City accepts the Public Improvements or December 31, 2026, whichever is earlier. | 2 |
| Expiration | December 31 of the fifth (5") tax year after the Completion Datethis Agreement shall terminate on December 31 of the fifth (5") tax year after the Completion Date. | 4 |
| Effective date | February 03, 2026February 03, 2026 | 7 |
| Signatory | Adam Hillby Adam Hill, Managing Member of Sterling Estates, LLC. | 7 |
| Chain status | Terminal document — no later agreement in the registry names this one as its predecessor | — |
Agreement 0013325 is filed with the Texas Comptroller. Pull the PDF, go to the page number beside any row, and read the sentence. If a figure here does not match the document, tell me and it is corrected the same day.
Where the contract says nothing, the field is left empty rather than filled with a guess.
This is a single agreement. I have read 1,645 of the 4,428 Texas has filed, resolved which have been superseded, and recorded what each commits a company to.
Send me an entity and a county and I will tell you what is on it — quoted, page-cited, checked. Free for the first one.