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R2011-091 - 2011-08-08A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT DENBURY RESOURCES, INC. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS: Section 1. That certain Industrial District Agreement by and between the City of Pearland and Denbury Resources, Inc., a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof for all purposes, is hereby approved. Section 2. That the City Manager or his designee is hereby authorized to execute and the City Secretary to attest an approved Industrial District Agreement. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this the 8 day of August, A.D., 2011. ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: DARRIN M. COKER CITY ATTORNEY RESOLUTION NO. R2011 -91 ^Jl/dvu l 4 �C TOM REID MAYOR STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF BRAZORIA INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT Exhibit "A" Resolution No. R2011 -91 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: THAT THIS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement is made on this the 8 day of August, 2011 by and between the City of Pearland, Texas, a municipal corporation in Brazoria County, Texas (the "City and Denbury Onshore, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company "Denbury WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the City desires to adopt reasonable measures to attract industry and thereby enhance the economic stability of the City; and WHEREAS, under authority granted pursuant to Section 42.044 of the Texas Local Govermnent Code, the City seeks to establish an industrial district within the exclusive extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City; and WHEREAS, Denbury has purchased or leased land and assets located in the proposed industrial district; and WHEREAS, Denbury recognizes the benefits to be derived by being located within an industrial district; and WHEREAS, the City and Denbury desire to enter into this Agreement upon the terms and conditions stated hereinafter; NOW, THEREFORE, For and in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein and pursuant to authority granted to the City under the provisions of Section 42.044 of the Texas Local Government Code, the City and Denbury hereby agree as follows: I. DEFINITIONS "Annual Payments" means payments made to City by Denbury in lieu of taxes on said Property equal to sixty five percent (65 of the amount of ad valorem tax value, as determined by BCAD, which would otherwise be payable to City by Denbury if said Land were situated within the city limits of Pearland. "BCAD" means Brazoria County Appraisal District and includes its successors and assigns. "City" is defined in the preamble hereof and includes its successors and assigns. 1 Pearland IDA Mod 8 -1 Denbury" means Denbury Onshore, LLC, its subsidiaries and affiliates and includes their successors and assigns. For purposes of this Agreement, "affiliates" means all companies and entities which Denbury, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or with which Denbury is under common ownership or control. "Industrial District" means the industrial district created pursuant to this Agreement as described by metes and bounds on Exhibit "A" and depicted on Exhibit `B" attached hereto. Such industrial district includes all of Denbury's Land described therein together with any and all improvements, personal property and minerals owned, leased or possessed by Denbury. "Property" includes all of the real property owned, leased or possessed by Denbury and located in the Industrial District "Denbury's Land and all minerals, improvements and personal property located on, under, or in Denbury's Land whether such minerals, improvements or personal property are owned, leased or possessed by Denbury. "Value Year" means a calendar year commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31. II. ANNEXATION /INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT RIGHTS 2.1 City Services and City Codes. During the term hereof, the City shall not provide the Property with any City services except Fire Suppression and Emergency Medical Services nor shall the City, to the extent allowed by law, apply its ordinances, rules or regulations to the Propertyor Denbury's operations on the Property. 2.2 Protection of City Annexation Authority. City hereby guarantees that the Property shall remain in its extraterritorial jurisdiction and shall be immune from annexation by the City during the term of this Agreement. III DENBURY PAYMENTS 3.1 Method of Appraisal. Under the terms of the Texas Tax Code, the appraised value for tax purposes of property lying within the corporate limits of the City is determined by BCAD. Although the City and Denbury recognize that BCAD has no authority to appraise the Property for purposes of computing the payments to be made by Denbury hereunder, nonetheless the City and Denbury hereby agree that the final value of the Property as determined by BCAD after the resolution of all appeals, if any, shall be the value of the Property for purposes of this Agreement. Denbury recognizes that in making such appraisal for purposes of Denbury's payments, BCAD must appraise the entire Property. Denbury agrees that BCAD employees or agents shall have the right and privilege at reasonable times to go upon Denbury's Property for purposes of appraising the Property, and Denbury shall furnish appropriate information regarding the Property. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to be in derogation of BCAD's authority to establish the appraised value of land, improvements and tangible personal property within the corporate limits of the City for ad valorem tax purposes. 2 Pearland IDA Mod 8 -1 3.2 Annual Payments. On or before January 31 of each year covered by this Agreement, beginning with January 31, 2012 and ending on January 31, 2018„ Denbury shall make seven Annual Payments to City. 3.3 Method of Protest. In the event Denbury elects to protest the valuation set on any of its Property for any year or years during the term hereof, nothing in this Agreement shall preclude such protest and Denbury shall have the right to take all legal steps desired by it to reduce the same as if such property were located in the City limits. Notwithstanding any such protest by Denbury, Denbury agrees to pay City each Annual Payment in full, on or before the January 31 due date, based on the uncontested portion of the value proposed by the tax authorities. When the valuation of said property has finally been 'detennined, either as the result of an appraisal review board decision, final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or as a result of other final resolution or settlement of the controversy, the excess portion of the Annual Payment, if any, collected by the City shall be returned to Denbury or Denbury shall pay the City any shortfall in prior payments, all within forty -five (45) days after said final determination. In the event Denbury defaults and fails to timely pay any amounts due City under this Agreement, Denbury shall be obligated to pay all penalties, interest, fees and costs associated with City's enforcement of its rights hereunder. IV. TERM OF AGREEMENT 4.1 The tern of this Agreement shall commence on August 15, 2011 and shall end upon the City's receipt of the seventh Annual Payment, but in no event later than January 31, 2018, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. For clarification purposes, it is agreed by the parties hereto that the taxes on the Property for calendar year 2018 are not considered part of this agreement. This Agreement may be extended for an additional period or periods of time upon mutual consent of the parties hereto as provided in Section 42.044 of the Texas Local Government Code, as such may be hereafter amended. In the event that this Agreement is not extended for an additional period or periods of time on or before January 31, 2018, the covenant of the City not to annex the Land shall terminate, and the City shall have the right to commence immediate annexation proceedings as to all of the Property covered by this Agreement without regard to any limitations established in this Agreement. V. TERMINATION 5.1 Default in Payments. This Agreement may be terminated by the City upon thirty (30) days advance written notice upon Denbury's failure to make any payments required hereunder. 5.2 City's Rights in Event of Denburv's Default. In addition to any other rights or remedies provided at law or in equity, the City shall be entitled to a tax lien on Property 3 Pearland IDA Mod 8 -1 in the event of Denbury's default in making payments required in this Agreement. Said delinquent payments shall accrue penalty and interest in like manner as delinquent ad valorem taxes and may be collected by the City in the same manner as provided by law for delinquent ad valorem taxes. TO CITY: City of Pearland Bill Eisen, City Manager 3519 Liberty Drive Pearland, Texas 77581 VI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 6.1 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the City and Denbury and shall remain in force whether Denbury sells, assigns or in any other manner disposes of, either voluntarily or by operation of law, all or any part of the Property, and the agreements herein contained shall be held to be covenants running with the land for as long as this Agreement or any extension thereof remains in force. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. 6.2 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 hereunder upon default or failure of performance shall not be considered a waiver of the right to insist on and to enforce by any appropriate remedy, strict compliance with any other obligation hereunder or to exercise any right or remedy occurring as a result of any future default or failure of performance. 6.3 Applicable Laws. This Agreement is subject to and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, the City Charter and Ordinances of the City of Pearland, the laws of the federal government of the United States of America and all rules and regulations thereof. This Agreement is performable in Brazoria County, Texas and the Parties hereto agree that venue shall be exclusively set in Brazoria County, Texas. 6.4 Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed received on the earlier date of actual receipt or the third (3`) day following deposit in a United States Postal Service post office or receptacle with return receipt requested addressed to the other party at the address set forth below or at such other address as the receiving party may be prescribed by notice of the sending party: TO COMPANY: Jim Howard Denbury Onshore, LLC 5320 Legacy Drive Plano, Texas 75024 6.5 Captions. The captions at the beginning of the articles, sections, and subsections of this Agreement are guides and labels to assist in locating and reading such articles, sections and subsections and therefore will be given no effect in construing this Agreement and Pearland IDA Mod 8 -1. shall not be restrictive of or be used to interpret the subject matter of any article, section, subsection or part of this Agreement. 6.6 Remedies. The rights and remedies contained in this Agreement shall not be exclusive but shall be cumulative of all rights and remedies now or hereafter existing, whether by statute, at law, or in equity. 6.7 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. 6.8 Severability. In the event any one or more words, phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, sections, or other parts of this Agreement or the application hereof to any person, firm, corporation or circumstances shall be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional for any reason, then the application, invalidity or unconstitutionality of such word(s), phrase(s), clause(s), sentence(s), paragraph(s), section(s), or other part(s) of this Agreement shall be deemed to be independent of and severable from the remainder of this Agreement, and the validity of the remaining parts of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby. 6.9 Payment to Outside Consultants. Denbury also agrees to compensate for, or pay directly, the Brazoria County Appraisal District's outside tax consultant's actual charges each year, not to exceed $10,000.00 annually during the term of the Agreement 7.0 Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains all agreements of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and is the full and final expression of the Agreement between the parties. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have made and executed this Agreement in multiple copies, each of which shall be an original, as of this 8 day of August, 2011. DENBUR`K ONS B Nam Charles E. Gibson Title: Vice President -West LLC CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS By: Name: Bill Eisen Title: City Manager 5 Pearland IDA Mod 8 -1 STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF BRAZORIA This instrument was acknowledged before me on this STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF COLLIN ttttttttttttt t ttt t tttt e -0 4ze 4:i'" 13. iYZIP d y: La. Wo kk- 1:lotar y Public 02Qj 20 tr- 0 F i 1 7, .z 1:- 0 PIRE.••• 4:3' (5, 4, 06-201$ ,1/4 41 411 111110 Ins This instrument was acknowledged before me on this day of Charles E. Gibson, Vice President-West, Denbury Onsh Ire, LLC. A S. Y 8 of 2011, by 2011, by 6 Pearland IDA Mod 8-1 City of Pearland 689 Acres Proposed Annexation Area No. 6 STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF BRAZORIA EXHIBIT "A" H.T. B.R.R. Co, Survey, A -292 George C. Smith. Survey, A -552 METES AND SOUNDS DESCRIPTION of 589 acres, more or less, to be annexed Into the City of Pearland in the H.T. B,R.R. Co, Survey, Section :29, Abstract No,. 292 and the George C. Smith Survey, Abstract No. 552 in Brazorla County, Texas. Said 589 acre annexation tract is within a portion of the Allison- Richey Gulf Coast Horne Company Suburban Gardens Subdivision of said Section 29 as recorded in Volume 2, Page 101 of the Brazorla County Deed Records and is more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the north right -of -way line of Hastings Field Road (County Road 413), with the east line of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad Company right -of -way (based on a width of 100- feet), said point Is the southwest corner of City of Pearland Ordinance Number 1035; THENCE, Easterly, along the south line of said Ordinance Number 1038, same being the north line of said Hastings Field Road, fora distance of 4,372 feet, more or Less, to a point in the westerly line of City of Pearland Ordinance Number 765; THENCE, Southerly, crossing said Hastings Field Road and with the westerly line of said Ordinance Number 755, same being the projected east line of a 4.00 acre tract described in a deed recorded In Clerk's File No. 03 003407 in the Brazorla County Clerk's Office, for a distance of 710 feet, more or less, to a point in the common tine between Lot. 13 and Lot 14 of the aforementioned Section 29; THENCE, Easterly, continuing along the westerly line of said Ordinance Number 755, sao being the common line between eald Lot 13 and Lot 14, for a distance of 352 feet, more or le to the northeast corner of said Lot 14; e THENCE, Southerly, continuing along the westerly line of said Ordinance Number 755, same being the common line between Lot 14 and Lot 20 and the oommon line between Lot 15 and Lot 21 of said Section 29, for a distance of 1,320 feet, more or Tess, to the southwest corner of said Lot 21; THENCE, Easterly, continuing along the westerly line of said Ordinance Number 755, same being the common line between Lot 21 and Lot 22 of said Section. 29, for a distance of 660 feet, more or less, to the northeast comer of said Lot 22; THENCE, Southerly, continuing along the westerly line of said Ordinance Number 755, same being the common line between Lot 22 and Lot 26 of said Section 29, for a distance of 660 feet, more or less, to southwest corner of said Lot 28, said point is In the centerline of South Hastings Field Road (County Road 414); THENCE, Easterly, continuing along the westerly line of said Ordinance Number 755, same being the common line between Lot 28 and Lot 29 of said Section 29, for a distance of 486 feet, more or less, to the northeast comer of a tract of land called 'Tract 2' in a deed recorded in Volume 1402, Page 838 in the Brazora County Deed Records; THENCE, Southerly, continuing along the westerly line of said Ordinance Number 755, same being the east line of said 'Tract 2', for a distance of 269 feet, more or less, to the southeast corner of said 'Tract 2', same being the southwest corner of a tract of land described in a dead to Antonia, Fonseca, et ux, 'as recorded In Clerk's File No. 2004069823 in the F3raaoria County Clerk's Office; THENCE, Easterly, continuing along the westerly tine of said Ordinance Number 755, same being the south line of said Fonseca Tract, for a distance of 174 feet, more or T ess, to a point in the common line between Lot 29 and Lot 34 of the aforementioned Section 29; THENCE, Southerly, continuing along the westerly line of said Ordinance Number 755, same being the common line between said Lots 29 and 34 and the common line between Lot 30 and Lot 35 of said Section 29, fora distance of 1,051 feet, more or less, to the southeast corner of saki Lot 30; THENCE, Easterly, continuing along the westerly line of said Ordinance Number 756, same being the common Tine between Lot 35 and Lot 36 of said Section 29, for a distance of 550 feet, more or leas, to the northeast corner of said Lot 36; THENCE, Southerly, continuing along the westerly line of seld Ordinance Number 755, same being the common line between Lot 36 and Lot 43 and between Lot 37 and Lot 44 of said Section 29, for distance of 1,197 feet, more or less, to the northerly line of City of Pearland Ordinance Number 31 (100 -foot wide strip), said point Is 100 feet north of the north right -of -way line of Hastings Cannon Road (County Road 128); THENCE, Westerly, along the northerly line of said Ordinance Number 31, same being 100 feet north of and parallel to the north Vine of said County Road 128, fora distance of 5,517 feet, more or less, to the easterly line of the aforementioned Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad Company right -of -way; THENCE, Northwesterly, along the easterly line of said Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad Company right -of -way for a distance of 5,313, feet more or less, to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing a computed area of 589 acres of land more or less, SAVE AND EXCEPT a 42,581 acre Agricultural Exemption Traci evidenced in deeds recorded in Clerk's File No. 91920 763 In the Brazoria County Official Records and in Cleric's File Nos 2010010699, 20100010694 and 20100010695 in the Srazoria County Clerk's Office, yielding a computed Net Area of 546 acres. NOTES: 1. This document was prepared under 22 TAC 683.21, does not reflect the results of an on the ground survey, and is not to be used to convey or establish interests in real property except those rights and Interests implied or established by the creation or reconfiguration of the boundary of the political subdivision for which it was prepared. 2. A separate survey plat has been prepared in connection with this metes and bounds description. The Wilson Survey Group, Inc. 2006 East Broadway, Suite 105 Pearland, Texas 77581 (281) 485 -3991 Job No, 10 -119 (f-3J fison„ R.P.L.S n No 4821 Ichael Regist 25iio CCI E "L N U) W 0 RAMIREZ DR WALLACE u 1111__:1 E z INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT STATE OF TEXAS § § KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: COUNTY OF BRAZORIA § THAT THIS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made on this the day of , 2011 by and between the City of Pearland, Texas, a municipal corporation in Brazoria County, Texas (the "City") and Denbury Onshore, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company("Denbury"). WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the City desires to adopt reasonable measures to attract industry and thereby enhance the economic stability of the City; and WHEREAS,under authority granted pursuant to Section 42.044 of the Texas Local Government Code, the City seeks to establish an industrial district within the exclusive extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City; and WHEREAS, Denbury has purchased or leased land and assets located in the proposed industrial district; and WHEREAS, Denbury recognizes the benefits to be derived by being located within an industrial district; and WHEREAS, the City and Denbury desire to enter into this Agreement upon the terms and conditions stated hereinafter;NOW,THEREFORE, For and in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein and pursuant to authority granted to the City under the provisions of Section 42.044 of the Texas Local Government Code, the City and Denbury hereby agree as follows: I. DEFINITIONS "BCAD"means Brazoria County Appraisal District and includes its successors and assigns. "City" is defined in the preamble hereof and includes its successors and assigns. "Denbury" means Denbury Onshore, LLC, its subsidiaries and affiliates and includes their successors and assigns. For purposes of this Agreement, "affiliates" means all companies and entities which Denbury, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or with which Denbury is under common ownership or control. - 1 - Pearland IDA Mod 8-1 • "Industrial District" means the industrial district created pursuant to this Agreement. Such industrial district includes all of Denbury's Land described therein together with any and all improvements,personal property and minerals owned, leases or possessed by Denbury. "Land" means all of the real property owned, leased or possessed by Denbury and located within the industrial district. "Property" includes Denbury's Land and all minerals, improvements and personal property located on, under, or in Denbury's Land whether such minerals, improvements or personal property are owned, leased or possessed by Denbury. "Value Year"means a calendar year commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31. II. ANNEXATION/INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT RIGHTS 2.1 City Services and City Codes. During the term hereof, the City shall not provide the Property with any City services except Fire Suppression and Emergency Medical Services nor shall the City, to the extent allowed by law, apply its ordinances, rules or regulations to the Propertyor Denbury's operations on the Property. 2.2 Protection of City Annexation Authority. City hereby guarantees that the Property shall remain in its extraterritorial jurisdiction and shall be immune from annexation by the City during the term of this Agreement. III. DENBURY PAYMENTS 3.1 Method of Appraisal. Under the terms of the Texas Tax Code, the appraised value for tax purposes of property lying within the corporate limits of the City is determined by BCAD. Although the City and Denbury recognize that BCAD has no authority to appraise the Property for purposes of computing the payments to be made to Denbury . hereunder, nonetheless the City and Denbury hereby agree that the final value of the Property as determined by BCAD after the resolution of all appeals, if any, shall be the value of the Property for purposes of this Agreement. Denbury recognizes that in making such appraisal for purposes of Denbury's payments, BCAD must appraise the entire Land, minerals and all improvements and tangible personal property of Denbury located on the Land. Denbury agrees that BCAD employees or agents shall have the right and privilege at reasonable times to go upon Denbury's Land for purposes of appraising the Property. Denbury shall furnish appropriate information regarding the Property. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to be in derogation of BCAD's authority to establish the appraised value of land, improvements and tangible personal property within the corporate limits of the City for ad valorem tax purposes. 3.2 Payment in Lieu of Taxes. On or before January 31, 2012, and on or before each January 31st thereafter, through and including January 31, 2018, Denbury shall make -2 - Pearland IDA Mod 8-1 seven Annual Payments to the City as an amount in lieu of taxes on said Property equal to sixty five percent(65%) of the amount of ad valorem taxes based upon the value as set above which would otherwise be payable to Pearland by Denbury if said Land were situated within the city limits of Pearland or when value determined. 3.3 Method of Protest. In the event Denbury elects to protest the valuation set on any of its properties for any year or years during the term hereof, nothing in this Agreement shall preclude such protest and Denbury shall have the right to take all legal steps desired by it to reduce the same as if such property were located in the City limits. Notwithstanding any such protest by Denbury, Denbury agrees to pay City an initial in lieu of ad valorem tax payment, on or before the January 31st due date therefore, based on the uncontested portion of the value proposed by the tax authorities. When the valuation of said property has finally been determined, either as the result of an appraisal review board decision, final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or as a result of other final resolution or settlement of the controversy, the excess of in lieutax payments, if any, collected by the City shall be returned to Denbury or Denbury shall pay the City any shortfall in prior payments, all within forty-five(45) days after said final determination. IV. TERM OF AGREEMENT 4.1 The term of this Agreement shall commence on August 15, 2011 and shall end upon the City's receipt of the seventh Annual Payment , but in no event later than January 31, 2018, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. For clarification purposes, it is agreed by the parties hereto that the taxes on the Property for calendar year 2018 are not considered part of this agreement. This Agreement may be extended for an additional period or periods of time upon mutual consent of the parties hereto as provided in Section 42.044 of the Texas Local Government Code, as such may be hereafter amended. In the event that this Agreement is not extended for an additional period or periods of time on or before January 31,2018, the covenant of the City not to annex the Land shall terminate, and the City shall have the right to commence immediate annexation proceedings as to all of the Property covered by this Agreement without regard to any limitations established in this Agreement. V. TERMINATION 5.1 Default in Payments. This Agreement may be terminated by the City upon thirty (30) days advance written notice upon Denbury's failure to make any payments required hereunder. 5.2 City's Rights in Event of Denburv's Default. In addition to any other rights or remedies provided at law or in equity, the City shall be entitled to a tax lien on Property in the event of Denbury's default in making payments required in this Agreement. Said delinquent payments shall accrue penalty and interest in like manner as delinquent ad -3 - Pearland IDA Mod 8-1 valorem taxes and may be collected by the City in the same manner as provided by law for delinquent ad valorem taxes. VI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 6.1 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the City and Denbury and shall remain in force whether Denbury sells, assigns or in any other manner disposes of, either voluntarily or by operation of law, all or any part of the Property, and the agreements herein contained shall be held to be covenants running with the land for as long as this Agreement or any extension thereof remains in force. This Agreement supercedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. 6.2 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 hereunder upon default or failure of performance shall not be considered a waiver of the right to insist on and to enforce by any appropriate remedy, strict compliance with any other obligation hereunder or to exercise any right or remedy occurring as a result of any future default or failure of performance. 6.3 Applicable Laws. This Agreement is subject to and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, the City Charter and Ordinances of the City of Pearland, the laws of the federal government of the United States of America and all rules and regulations thereof. This Agreement is performable in Brazoria County, Texas and venue shall be set in Brazoria County,Texas. 6.4 Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed received on the earlier date of actual receipt or the third (3rd) day following deposit in a United States Postal Service post office or receptacle with return receipt requested addressed to the other party at the address set forth below or at such other address as the receiving party may be prescribed by notice of the sending party: TO CITY: TO COMPANY: City of Pearland Jim Howard Bill Eisen, City Manager Denbury Onshore, LLC 3519 Liberty Drive 5320 Legacy Drive Pearland, Texas 77581 Plano, Texas 75024 6.5 Captions. The captions at the beginning of the articles, sections, and subsections of this Agreement are guides and labels to assist in locating and reading such articles, sections and subsections and therefore will be given no effect in construing this Agreement and shall not be restrictive of or be used to interpret the subject matter of any article, section, subsection or part of this Agreement. -4 - Pearland IDA Mod 8-1 6.6 Remedies. The rights and remedies contained in this Agreement shall not be exclusive but shall be cumulative of all rights and remedies now or hereafter existing, whether by statute, at law, or in equity. 6.7 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. 6.8 Severability. In the event any one or more words, phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, sections, or other parts of this Agreement or the application hereof to any person, firm, corporation or circumstances shall be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional for any reason, then the application, invalidity or unconstitutionality of such word(s), phrase(s), clause(s), sentence(s), paragraph(s), section(s), or other part(s) of this Agreement shall be deemed to be independent of and severable from the remainder of this Agreement, and the validity of the remaining parts of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby. 6.9 Payment to Outside Consultants. Denbury also agrees to compensate for, or pay directly, the Brazoria County Appraisal District's outside tax consultant's actual charges each year, not to exceed$10,000.00 annually during the term of the Agreement 7.0 Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains all agreements of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and is the full and final expression of the Agreement between the parties. 7.1 Description of Lands Affected. The parcels of land included in this agreement are described a the City of Pearland's "Area 5", more particularly described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have made and executed this Agreement in multiple copies, each of which shall be an original, as of this day of , 2011. DENBURY ONSHORE,LLC CITY OF PEARLAND,TEXAS By: By: Name: Charles E. Gibson Name: Title: Vice President-West Title: - 5 - Pearland IDA Mod 8-1 STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF BRAZORIA § This instrument was acknowledged before me on this day of , 2011, by Notary Public STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF COLLIN § This instrument was acknowledged before me on this day of , 2011, by Charles E. Gibson,Vice President-West, Denbury Onshore, LLC. Notary Public - 6 - Pearland IDA Mod 8-1 ( 1 Projected Incremental Ad Valorem Tax Revenue - City of Pearland resulting from Industrial District Agreement(IDA)covering Proposed Annexation Area 5 Assumption:$.6651/$100 assessed value Incremental tax IDA Incremental Year If Annexed (35%discount) Tax Revenue 2012 $168,478 ($58,967) $109,511 2013 $350,997 ($122,849) $228,148 2014 $561,594 ($196,558) $365,036 2015 $772,192 ($270,267) $501,925 2016 $982,790 ($343,977) $638,813 $1,843,433 Projected Total Ad Valorem Tax Revenue - City of Pearland including tax revenue resulting from an IDA(65%)covering Proposed Annexation Area 5 Assumption:$.6651/$100 assessed value IDA Tax Revenue City Tax Total City Year (35%discount) Revenue Tax Revenue 2012 $109,511 $140,577 $250,088 2013 $228,148 $292,686 $520,834 2014 $365,036 $468,590 $833,626 2015 $501,925 $644,311 $1,146,236 2016 $638,813 $820,032 $1,458,845 $1,843,433 $2,366,196 $4,209,629 DISCLAIMER: The above tax revenue projections are estimates based on Denbury's net revenue interest in the West Hastings Unit. Such projections and estimates are dependent on several uncontrollable factors including, among others, production results, actual tax rates, expenses and commodity prices. Therefore, Denbury does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy of any of the projections and estimates, and Denbury does not assume any responsibility or liability for any reliance thereon. Pearland 1.xlsx