August 14, 2023 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. Budget Workshop

5.A. Discuss Revised Annual Operating and Capital Budget for the 2022/2023 Fiscal Year

5.B. Discuss Proposed Annual Operating and Capital Budget of the 2023/2024 Fiscal Year

6. Discussion and Possible Action to Approve and Authorize the Execution of a Tax Abatement Agreement for the Following:

Applicant for Tax Abatement:     Enterpirse Terminalling LLC
Address of Property:                  19295 Old Mansfield Ferry Road, Vidor, Texas
                                                   77662
Reinvestment Zone:                   Orange County Reinvestment Zone #3 located
                                                   in Old Mansfield Ferry Road along the east bank
                                                   of the Neches River in the western portion of
                                                   Orange County, Texas
Description of Improvements:    To design and construct a new manufacturing
                                                   facility and export terminal to refine ethane in a
                                                   manufacturing process to meet product
                                                   specifications for export via refrigerated container
                                                   ships
Estimated Cost of Investment:   $850,000,000

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 July 2023

10. Annual Physical Inventory of the Port District's Fixed Assets for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2023

11. Write Off Fixed Assets as of July 31, 2023

12. Unaudited General Fund Operating Statement for the First Nine Months of the Fiscal Year 2022/2023

13. 2023 Certified Tax Values

14. Port Access Program Rider 37 Grant Update

15. AST Warehouse 3 Update

15.A. Change Order #1 - Additional Engineering Services

15.B. Change Order #1 - Approve Additional Labor, Material, and Equipment to A-1 Peterson Plumbing for Work Performed under Warehouse 3 up to $58,478.95

16. Permission to Advertise for Civil and Structural Engineering Services

17. Permission to Advertise for Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Systems Engineering Services

18. Permission to Advertise for Truck Queuing Area & S. Childers Road Widening Project

19. Permission to Advertise for Construction of the Generator Platform and Foundation Associated with 2022 Port Security Grant

20. Approve Information Technology (IT) Professional Services and Consulting for Security Equipment

21. Award Bids for the Fiscal Year 2022 Port Security Grant for Equipment and Installation Services

22. Permission to Advertise for Re-Bids for Fiscal Year 2022 Port Security Grant for Equipment and Installation Services

23. Approval of Consultant Agreement with Rick Maldonado, Lobbyist/Consultant for three (3) years

24. Revenue Reports

25. Port Travel

26. ENTER CLOSED SESSION FOR AGENDA ITEMS 27 THROUGH 30

27. 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):

27.A. Army Corps of Engineers Hickory Cove Real Estate

27.B. Coastal Erosion Planning & Response Act (CEPRA) Grant

27.C. Marathon Oil

27.C.1) Approve Plume Management Zone Restrictive Covenant

27.D. Grounded Barge 237

27.E. Attorney Services

28. CLOSED MEETING to Deliberate commercial or financial information that the Orange County EDC has received from a business prospect(s) that the Orange County Navigation and Port District seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of Orange County and with which the OCEDC is conducting economic development negotiations, or to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to such a business prospect, under Section 551.087 of the Act, regarding any current, confidential OCEDC Projects.

28.A. Sabine to Galveston Coastal Spine Levee

28.B. Hospital Infrastructure Funding

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

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

29.A.1) 702 Border Street & 803 Scott Street

29.B. Border Street Complex

29.B.1) Possible tenant lease(s)

29.C. Jackson/Market Street Complex

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

29.D. Georgia Street

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

29.E. Childers Road

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

29.F. Alabama Street

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

29.F.2) Wilson Warehouse - 1006 Alabama Street, Warehouse 2 - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify

29.F.3) Wilson Warehouse - 1006 Alabama Street, Warehouse 3 - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify

29.F.4) Wilson Warehouse - 1006 Alabama Street, Warehouse 4 - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify

29.F.5) Wilson Warehouse - 1006 Alabama Street, Warehouse 7 - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify

29.F.6) Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP - Non-Exclusive Pipeline Easement and Right-of-Way Agreement

29.G. Dravo

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

29.G.2) Desiree Plant - Childers Road Pasture and Expansion Property - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify

29.H. Pier Rd

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

30. CLOSED MEETING to Deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a District officer or employee, under §551.074(a)(1) of the Act, regarding the following matter(s):

30.A. Government Relations/Grant Management Staffing

31. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ACTION, IF ANY, REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS 27 THROUGH 30

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

33. 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

33.A. September 11, 2023

34. Adjourn Meeting