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REQUEST FOR LA PORTE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AGENDA ITEM <br />Budget <br />Agenda Date Requested: 25 April 2016 <br />Source of Funds: N/A <br />Requested By: Scott D. Livingston <br />Account Number: N/A <br />Department: Administration/Economic Development <br />Amount Budgeted: N/A <br />Report: Resolution: Ordinance: <br />Amount Requested: N/A <br />Exhibit: <br />Budgeted Item: YES NO <br />Exhibit: <br />Exhibit: <br />Exhibit: <br />SUMMARY <br />Luis Garcia, President of Northern Safety and Industrial, started his business in La Porte, <br />Texas over twenty years ago under the name of Channel Safety and Marine Supply. The <br />business has been very successful and was recently acquired by Northern Safety and <br />Industrialin 2012. <br />Founded in 1983 by Salvatore Longo, Northern Safety and Industrial (Northern Safety), <br />headquartered in Frankfort, NY, is a national distributor of top quality safetyand industrial <br />supplies. Northern Safety distributes a wide variety of brand-name products, including3M, <br />Honeywell, DeWalt, Moldex, MSA, Ansell Healthcare, Von Drehle Paper, Manulatex, <br />Dexter-Russell Cutlery and countless others. Thecompany also developed its own line of <br />safety and industrial products underthe NS Brand name, which include its flagship brand, N- <br />Specs Safety Eyewear, Gloves, ActivGARDProtective Apparel, NS Respiratory Protection, <br />Head & Face Protection,ActivFlex Ergonomics, Fall Protection and several others. Northern <br />Safety distributes its products through multiplecatalog mailings and its inside and outside <br />sales force, as well as its fullyinteractive website. <br />18 <br />Northern Safety proposes to consolidate an existing facility in La Porte, TX, which has <br />36 <br />employees, with an existing facility in Pasadena, TX that has employees. Furthermore, <br />5 <br />Northern Safety would hire new employees at the beginning of the proposed project to create a <br />59 <br />single, 100,000 square foot facility with a total of employees at 359 Pike Court in the <br />Underwood Business Park in La Porte. Over the next five years, Northern Safety would retain a <br />11 <br />first right of refusal to obtain another 200,000 square feet for projected growth, relocate sales <br />70-80Gulf <br />positions, and hire an additional full time employees to create a 300,000 square foot <br />South Regional Headquarters140-150 <br /> with full time employees. <br />1 <br />68 <br /> <br />