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Harbor Playhouse Lease at 1802 N. Chaparral St. (26-0176)

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Ordinance authorizing a 10-year lease with two five-year mutual renewals, with the Harbor Playhouse Company, a Texas Nonprofit Corporation, for the Harbor Playhouse located at 1802 N. Chaparral St., in consideration of Harbor Playhouse Company advancing community theater through performances, educational programs, outreach activities, and cultural programming, and maintenance of the facilities; and providing for publication. (28-day delay required between readings)

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This ordinance would lease the Harbor Playhouse building at 1802 N. Chaparral St. to the Harbor Playhouse Company, a Texas nonprofit corporation, for 10 years, with two five-year renewals agreed to by both sides. In exchange, the company would advance community theater through performances, educational programs, outreach activities, and cultural programming, and would maintain the facilities.
2 eventsFirst seen Jul 14, 2026Last activity Aug 11, 2026File #: 26-0176
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Attorney

Obtain enacted Harbor Playhouse lease and renewal terms

Why now: The ordinance authorizes a 10-year lease with two five-year mutual renewals and requires maintenance of the facilities, but the supplied record verifies no implementation date (Enactment No. 033985, approved 8-0 on 2026-08-11).

What to do: Pull Enactment No. 033985 and the signed lease to confirm whether the two five-year renewals need both parties to agree and what maintenance duties the nonprofit has. Ask whether any obligations start on a date the record does not show.

Act before: After the next material record update

Source: City Council — Aug 11, 2026 →
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Request Harbor Playhouse lease terms and council answers

Applies if: Only if the questions raised at second reading are not in the minutes

Why now: The July 14 first reading passed 9-0 on consent, but on August 11 the item was pulled from consent and Zanoni and Buxton answered Council questions before an 8-0 approval (Enactment No. 033985).

What to do: Request the executed lease and any staff memo showing rent, maintenance duties, and renewal terms, then compare them with what the City Manager and Interim Planning Director told Council. The public record does not show what Council was asking when the item left the consent agenda.

Act before: After the requested records are produced

Source: City Council — Aug 11, 2026 →

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Passed on second reading and approved: 8 to 0; Enactment No: 033985

Ordinance authorizing a 10-year lease with two five-year mutual renewals, with the Harbor Playhouse Company, a Texas Nonprofit Corporation, for the Harbor Playhouse located at 1802 N. Chaparral St., in consideration of Harbor Playhouse Company advancing community theater through performances, educational programs, outreach activities, and cultural programming, and maintenance of the facilities; and providing for publication. (28-day delay required between readings)

Vote: 8 for, 0 against, 1 absent

approve ordinance authorizing 10-year Harbor Playhouse lease (second reading)

Pulled from consent agenda

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Pass

Ordinance authorizing a 10-year lease with two five-year mutual renewals, with the Harbor Playhouse Company, a Texas Nonprofit Corporation, for the Harbor Playhouse located at 1802 N. Chaparral St., in consideration of Harbor Playhouse Company advancing community theater through performances, educational programs, outreach activities, and cultural programming, and maintenance of the facilities; and providing for publication. (28-day delay required between readings)

Vote: 9 for, 0 against

passed on first reading on consent agenda; 10-year lease with Harbor Playhouse Company at 1802 N. Chaparral St.

28-day delay required between readings