BYD and Beutner terms
Draft documents showed the terms of the deal between Deputy Mayor Austin Beutner and BYD officials that resulted in the city using federal funding to renovate a downtown car sales lot to serve as BYD’s North American headquarters. Project papers at the time discussed a potential 5,000 jobs. Additional incentives from the city included buying solar parking, a city purchasing policy that would favor local companies, connections to those bidding on a $450 million city solar project and other city contracts, promotional help and a “point person” in the mayor’s office.