January 11, 2021 at 12:00 PM - Board of Commissioners Meeting

1. Convene Meeting with opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance and roll call

2. Recognize Guests

3. Open floor to members of the public, or of the Governing Body, for inquiries about a subject not listed on the Agenda.  Speakers shall limit their remarks to three (3) minutes or less.  Specific factual information, or existing policy, may be stated in response to an inquiry.  Any Deliberation or decision about the subject of the inquiry shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the Agenda for a subsequent Meeting 

4. Minutes of prior meeting(s) not previously approved

5. Tax Abatement with Optimus Steel, LLC

Applicant for Tax Abatement:     Optimus Steel, LLC
Address of Property:                   340 Old Highway 90 in Orange County, Texas
Reinvestment Zone:                   Orange County Reinvestment Zone #1, located at
                                                    340 Old Highway 90, Orange, County, Texas
Description of Improvements:     Expansion of existing manufacturing space to
                                                    accommodate a new steel wire product line
Estimated Cost of Investment:    $40,000,000.00

5.A. Discussion and possible action to approve and authorize the execution of a tax abatement agreement for the following:

6. Warehouse Load Testing

6.A. Warehouse 6 - Update

6.B. Consider approving up to $40,000 for Engineering services for Alabama Street Warehouse Load Testing

7. Expense Account(s) for Reimbursement

8. Bills for Payment (Includes item(s) above, if any, and supplements at the table)

8.A. Payment(s) that exceed $15,000

8.B. Accounts Payable - Beginning check number, ending check number and total dollars issued since last Board meeting

8.C. Payroll - Beginning check number, ending check number and total dollars issued since last Board Meeting

9. Monthly Investment Report for December 2020

10. Investment Policy

10.A. Appointment of Investment Committee

10.B. Set Date & Time for next Investment Committee Meeting

11. Marketing Report

12. Port Travel

13. CLOSED MEETING for Private consultation with an attorney for the Governmental Body, under §551.071 of the Act.  The consultation may either be in person or, as authorized by §551.129(a) of the Act, by telephone conference call, video conference call, or communications over the internet.  If any part of the consultation is in an open meeting of the Governmental Body and is therefore a public consultation, each part of the public consultation must be audible to the public at the location specified in the notice of the meeting as the location of the meeting.  The consultation is regarding, but not limited to, the following matter(s):

13.A. TMY Barge Dock Facility Issues

13.A.1) Attorney Updates

13.A.2) Consider approval of purchase order for Collins Engineers litigation services up to $28,100

13.B. Pier 10

13.B.1) Attorney Updates

13.C. Army Corps of Engineers Hickory Cove Real Estate

13.D. Marathon Oil

14. CLOSED MEETING to Deliberate the purchase, exchange, leases, or value of real property, under § 551.072 of the Act, regarding the following matter(s):

14.A. Discuss Status of Potential Acquisition of Real Property in Navigation District

14.A.1) 109 Alabama Street

14.A.2) 112 Alabama Street

14.A.3) 114 Alabama Street

14.B. Economic Development Pursuant to Gov't Code Sec. 551.087

14.B.1) Sabine to Galveston Coastal Spine Levee

14.C. Border Street Complex

14.C.1) Possible tenant lease(s)

14.D. Georgia Street

14.D.1) Possible tenant lease(s)

14.E. Childers Road

14.E.1) Possible tenant lease(s)

14.E.2) Bludworth Marine LLC - 1201 Childers Road - Administration Building (Rooms 8A and 9) and Annex - Ratify

14.F. Alabama Street

14.F.1) Possible tenant lease(s)

14.G. Dravo

14.G.1) Possible tenant lease(s)

14.H. Pier Rd

14.H.1) Possible tenant lease(s)

14.H.2) Specialized Construction - 1105 Pier Road - Ratify

14.H.3) KEA Services, LLC - 1155 Pier Road

15. Return to Open Meeting

16. Consider approval of purchase order for Collins Engineers litigation services up to $28,100

17. Set date, time and place of any presently anticipated Special Meeting to be held prior to the next Regular Meeting

18. Specify changes to the date, time and/or place of one or more particular Regular Meeting(s) if any of such factors are presently anticipated to be changed from standard Board Policy

18.A. February 8, 2021

19. Adjourn Meeting