March 11, 2024 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. May 4, 2024 Commissioner Election for Pct 2 and Pct 3

4.A. Certification of Unopposed Candidates

4.B. Order of Cancellation

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

6. Expense Account(s) for Reimbursement

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

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

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

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

8. Monthly Investment Report for February 2024

9. Property, Liability and Auto Insurance Coverage through the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool for the Period April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025

10. Port Access Program Rider 37 Grant

10.A. Dravo Road Widening and Truck Queuing Areas Update

10.B. Alabama Street Update

11. AST Warehouse 3 Update

12. FY2022 PSGP - Command Center Generator and Generator Platform Update

13. FY2023 PSGP - Administration Generator and Generator Platform Update

14. SCP88 Dravo Additional Truck Queuing and Utility Enhancements Update

15. MIP88 Trans Modal Yard Containerized Project Update

16. Permission to Advertise for the FY2023 Port Security Grant Program Access Control & VMS Software Upgrade Project

17. Revenue Reports

18. Port Travel

19. ENTER CLOSED SESSION FOR AGENDA ITEMS 20 THROUGH 24

20. 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):

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

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

20.C. Marathon Oil

20.D. Grounded Barge 237

21. 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.

21.A. Sabine to Galveston Coastal Spine Levee

21.A.1) Right of Entry for Eastern Blackrail Survey Points and Access

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

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

22.A.1) 514 Dupont Drive

22.A.2) 106 Alabama Street

22.B. Border Street Complex

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

22.C. Jackson/Market Street Complex

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

22.D. Georgia Street

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

22.E. Childers Road

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

22.E.2) Collins Engineers - 1201 S. Childers Road - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify

22.F. Alabama Street

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

22.F.2) Golden Triangle Polymers Company, LLC - Non-Exclusive Pipeline Easement and Right-of-Way Agreement - Ratify

22.F.3) Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP Non-Binding Understanding of the Parties - Ratify

22.F.4) Wilson Warehouse Company of Texas - 1006 Alabama Street - Warehouse 6 - Lease Agreement - Ratify

22.F.5) Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corp. - Lay Berth Agreement - Approve/Ratify

22.F.5)a. Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corp. - AST Cleat Replacement 2024 - Approve/Ratify

22.F.6) Right-of-Way Agreement for MKJ Xploration

22.G. Dravo

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

22.G.2) B & S Equipment Company, Inc. - 1.29 Acres in Dravo Industrial Terminal - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify

22.G.3) Port Arthur Pipeline, LLC (Antiquities Permit, Right of Entry) - Approve/Ratify

22.H. Pier Rd

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

22.H.2) Independence Valve & Supply - 1211 Pier Road - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify

23. ENTER CLOSED SESSION WITH RECORDING FOR AGENDA ITEM 24

24. CLOSED MEETING to Deliberate information relating to risk or vulnerability assessment, under Texas Government Code Section 418.177; information prepared for the United States as provided in Texas Government Code Section 418.180; information related to technical details of particular vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure to an act of terrorism, under Texas Government Code Section 418.181, and/or information relating to security systems as provided in Texas Government Code Section 418.18, such Closed Meeting being authorized by Section 418.183(f) of the Texas Government Code.  The Governing Body shall make a tape recording of the proceedings rather than a Certified Agenda, as required by Section 481.183(f).

24.A. Write Off Fixed Assets as of February 28, 2024

24.A.1) 101' Shore Power Cable

24.B. Approve Purchase of 1,000' Shore Power Cable Up to $48,000

25. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ACTION, IF ANY, REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS 20 THROUGH 24

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

27. 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

27.A. April 8, 2024

28. Adjourn Meeting