Morning Roundup: The $15.5 Million Question edition

>> City offers $15.5M for possible stadium site: The Chronicle reports that the city has said it'll pay more than $15.5 million for five downtown blocks that could become the site of a stadium for the Dynamo. The parcel is bounded by Texas and Walker on the north and south and Dowling and Hutchins on the east and west; it's just east of the Lofts at the Ballpark and immediately south of a vast Minute Maid Park parking lot. The city's offer assumes the land is worth $49 a square foot, which is less than an outside assessor's estimate of $50 to $55 but way, way more than Harris County's appraisal of $12.50 a square foot. The offer doesn't mean a stadium on the site is a done deal, though: Andy Icken, the city's deputy director for public works and engineering, said a stadium will only be built if the city can reach an acceptable agreement with the Dynamo owners.

>> Mom: Only the best for my abandoned baby: Genny Granados, the woman accused of dumping her newborn boy in a southwest Houston hospital trash can, said she wants the best health care for the brain-dead baby. Child Protective Services officials say Granados, 29, went to Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital on Feb. 9 complaining of stomach cramps; while she was at the hospital, she went into a lobby restroom and delivered a baby boy. Police say she wrapped the baby in paper towels and put him in a trash can, then went to see a doctor. Granados claims she didn't know she was pregnant, and her attorney is now saying she was trying to care for the newborn when he slipped out of her arms and fell into the trash can. "At no time did she indicate she was not wanting this child," the attorney, Elihu Dodier, told KTRK. "She's not going to give consent to terminate this child's life until she knows what the situation is, and she hasn't been given any information about the child." Granados has been charged with injury to a child; if the boy dies, the Harris County DA's office said it may upgrade the charges to capital murder.

>> Today's weather: Seriously, these are the days we really love Houston weather — this afternoon should be brilliantly sunny with a high around 70. But this weather also reminds us that nothing lasts: Storms are expected to move into the area late tonight ahead of a weak front. Ah well. Look for a low of 54 tonight, and don't lose track of your umbrella just yet.

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