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BY TOMER RONEN & AUBREY VOGEL
Missouri City begins drainage plan update At a June 16 meeting, Missouri City City Council approved a $450,000 contract with engineering firm Walter P. Moore to update its master drainage plan. The plan was last updated in 2020, Assistant City Manager Shashi Kumar said. A closer look The update aims to focus on “areas with reported flooding concerns” to identify drainage mitigation to include in future capital improvement plans, Kumar said. The update will be funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and Senate Bill 7, Kumar said. The city will be responsible for $28,125. The update began in July and will take nine months to complete.
$2M incentive expected to bring 500 area jobs Applied Optoelectronics Inc., a fiber optic man- ufacturer, is set to expand its U.S. roots in Sugar Land with a $2 million incentive approved July 1 by the Sugar Land Development Corp., a city board aimed at economic growth. The company, which is the largest domestic optical module manufacturer, moved its head- quarters—located at 13139 Jess Pirtle Blvd.—to Sugar Land in 2000, according to a July 1
The agreement will help fund: • Expanding the company’s manufacturing line at its existing headquarters • Adding a new 266,000-square-foot facility, which is expected to cost $77 million The investment will bring 500 jobs to the city, paying an average of $61,240, officials said. Looking ahead The expansion is expected to be operational in late summer, while the new facility is expected to begin services in summer 2026. “We are grateful to trailblazing companies like AOI for investing in our community, creating vital jobs that enhance our role as a regional technology hub and helping further shape our city into the thriving center of opportunity and momentum that it is today.” CAROL MCCUTCHEON, SUGAR LAND MAYOR
news release. The big picture
The 10-year agreement will obligate AOI to a lease at 1111 Gillingham Lane, a building the city has been trying to lease out for years, officials said. The annual $200,000 payments, which will be funded by revenue from its $0.25 sales tax revenue, will begin March 31, 2027.
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