ARANSAS PASS, Tx — The Aransas Pass City Council approved a resolution Tuesday granting a three-year tax abatement to StatCare Urgent Care, for the construction of a new medical facility.

The council also voted to waive all permitting, inspection, and water tap fees for the project.

The city has been without a hospital and urgent care facility since Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Speaking with Place 1 Council member Ruth Camarillo Smith, the incentives are intended to bring "much needed urgent care" to the community.

"The healthcare facility will serve our community greatly," Smith told KRIS 6. "It will assist in caring for our seniors, our kids here locally." Aransas Pass City Council approves incentives for new urgent care facility

The tax abatement, authorized under the Texas Property R

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