April 8, 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. Minutes of prior meeting(s) not previously approved

5. Approve Resolutions renewing, extending, and amending Resolution No. 2021-001-V passed and approved the 13th day of December 2021, consisting of Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas declaring the District's election to become eligible to participate in a Residential Tax Abatement Program to promote development/redevelopment in certain areas of Orange County, Texas and finding that the meeting complies with the Open Meetings Act.

5.A. Resolution 2024-003-V effective December 13, 2023 through April 8, 2024

5.B. Resolution 2024-004-V effective April 8, 2024 through April 8, 2026

6. Approve Resolutions renewing, extending, and amending Resolution No. 2021-002-V passed and approved the 13th day of December 2021, consisting of Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas establishing guidelines and criteria for Tax Abatement Agreements for use in the District's Residential Tax Abatement Program to promote development/redevelopment in certain areas of Orange County, Texas, and finding that the meeting complies with the Open Meetings Act.

6.A. Resolution 2024-005-V effective December 13, 2023 through April 8, 2024

6.B. Resolution 2024-006-V effective April 8, 2024 through April 8, 2026

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 March 2024

10. Port District Exemptions for the 2024 Tax Year

11. Approve Letting Procedure

12. Port Access Program Rider 37 Grant

12.A. Alabama Street

12.A.1) Update

12.A.2) Permission to Advertise for FY2022 Rider 37 - Project 2 - Alabama Street Road Widening Project

12.B. Dravo Road Widening and Truck Queuing Areas

12.B.1) Update

12.B.2) Approve Award of Base Bid, Alternate #5, and/or Alternate #6 up to $5,400,000

12.B.3) Approve Modification 001 for Clarification of Unit of Measure on Bid Form

12.B.4) Approve Collins Engineers Construction Phase Engineering Services not to exceed $340,000

13. AST Warehouse 3 Update

14. FY2022 PSGP - Command Center Generator and Generator Platform

14.A. Update

14.B. Approve Award of Command Center Generator

14.C. Approve Modification 001 for Additional 30 Days for Generator Platform

15. FY2023 PSGP - Administration Generator and Generator Platform

15.A. Update

15.B. Approve Award of Administration Generator

16. SCP88 Dravo Additional Truck Queuing and Utility Enhancements Update

17. MIP88 Trans Modal Yard Containerized Project Update

18. Approval to Advertise for AST Electrical and Shore Power Services Upgrade

19. Approval of Proposal for Demolition of Border Street Complex - Wood-Framed Portion of Building C up to $12,000

20. Community Funded Project - Approve Federal Grant Award of $10,000,000

21. Revenue Reports

22. Port Travel

23. ENTER CLOSED SESSION FOR AGENDA ITEMS 24 THROUGH 26

24. 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):

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

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

24.C. Marathon Oil

24.D. Grounded Barge 237

25. 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.

25.A. Sabine to Galveston Coastal Spine Levee

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

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

26.A.1) 106 Alabama Street

26.A.2) 514 Dupont Drive

26.A.3) 307 Border Street

26.A.4) 323 Border Street

26.A.5) 602 Border Street

26.A.6) 802 Border Street

26.B. Border Street Complex

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

26.C. Jackson/Market Street Complex

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

26.D. Georgia Street

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

26.E. Childers Road

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

26.E.2) Collins Engineers - 1201 S. Childers Road - Lease Agreement - Ratify

26.F. Alabama Street

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

26.F.2) Gulf Copper/Military Sealift Command (Additional Vessels)

26.G. Dravo

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

26.G.2) Port Arthur Pipeline, LLC

26.H. Pier Rd

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

26.H.2) Muddy Waters - 1125 Pier Road - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify

26.H.3) Independence Valve & Supply - 1211 Pier Road - Lease Agreement - Ratify

27. ENTER CLOSED SESSION WITH RECORDING FOR AGENDA ITEM 28

28. 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 418.183(f).

28.A. Allied Universal Security Service Contract

28.B. Approval to Apply for the FY2024 Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) Project

29. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ACTION, IF ANY, REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS 24 THROUGH 28

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

31. 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

31.A. May 13, 2024

32. Adjourn Meeting