July 15, 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. Expense Account(s) for Reimbursement

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

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

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

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

7. Monthly Investment Report for June 2024

8. Port Access Program Rider 37 Grant

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

8.B. Alabama Street Update

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

10. FY2023 PSGP - Administration Generator and Generator Platform Update

11. SCP88 Dravo Additional Truck Queuing and Utility Enhancements

11.A. Update

11.B. Approve Proposal for Collins Engineers 100% Engineering Design and Bid Procurement not to exceed $60,000

12. MIP88 Trans Modal Yard Containerized Project

12.A. Update

12.B. Approval to Re-Advertise for Bids

13. Community Funded Project Update

14. AST Electrical and Shore Power Services Upgrades Update

15. Approve Electrical Engineering Services from Peak Electrical for Trans Modal Yard Project not to exceed $52,500

16. Revenue Reports

17. Port Travel

18. ENTER CLOSED SESSION FOR AGENDA ITEMS 19 THROUGH 23

19. 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):

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

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

19.C. Marathon Oil

19.D. Grounded Barge 237

20. 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.

20.A. Sabine to Galveston Coastal Spine Levee

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

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

21.A.1) 108 Alabama Street

21.A.2) 510 Dupont Drive

21.A.3) 1601 S. Childers Rd

21.B. Border Street Complex

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

21.C. Jackson/Market Street Complex

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

21.D. Georgia Street

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

21.E. Childers Road

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

21.F. Alabama Street

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

21.F.2) Gulf Copper and Manufacturing Corp. - Lay Berth Lease Agreement Addendum - Ratify

21.F.3) Weeks Marine, Inc. - Moorage Agreement - Approve/Ratify

21.G. Dravo

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

21.G.2) Port Arthur Pipeline, LLC - 1950 S. Childers Rd - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify

21.H. Pier Rd

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

21.H.2) Triple P Marine Services - 1099 Pier Road - Lease Addendum - Approve/Ratify

21.H.3) Triple P Marine Services - 1207 Pier Road - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify

21.H.4) Independence Valve & Supply - 1211 Pier Road - Lease Addendum - Approve/Ratify

21.H.5) Independence Valve & Supply - 1099 Pier Road - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify

22. ENTER CLOSED SESSION WITH RECORDING FOR AGENDA ITEM 23

23. 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 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). 

23.A. Award Bids for the Fiscal Year 2022 Port Security Grant for Fiber Optic Cable Installation (Re-bid)

23.B. Accept Proposals up to $67,500 for FY2023 PSGP IJ#1 Access Control & VMS Software Installations

24. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ACTION, IF ANY, REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS 19 THROUGH 23

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

26. 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

26.A. August 12, 2024

27. Adjourn Meeting