September 9, 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. Adoption of the 2024 Proposed Tax Rate

6. Commit Property Tax Revenues in excess of No-New-Revenue Tax Rate into Fund Balance Committed for Future Dredging Account at the end of each Fiscal Year

7. Adopt Proposed Annual Operating and Capital Budget of the 2024/2025 Fiscal Year

8. Expense Account(s) for Reimbursement

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

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

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

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

10. Monthly Investment Report for August 2024

11. Approve Plan Year 2025 Post-65 Retiree Benefits Option

12. Port Access Program Rider 37 Grant

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

12.B. Alabama Street Update

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

14. FY2023 PSGP - Administration Generator and Generator Platform Update

15. SCP88 Dravo Additional Truck Queuing and Utility Enhancements Update

16. MIP88 Trans Modal Yard Containerized Project Update

17. Community Funded Project

17.A. Update

17.B. Approve Proposal for Tolunay-Wong Engineers for Environmental Assessment Impact Study Necessary for NEPA Compliance up to $20,000

18. AST Electrical and Shore Power Services Upgrades Update

19. Approval to Advertise for Bids to Sell House Only at 510 Dupont

20. Revenue Reports

21. Port Travel

22. ENTER CLOSED SESSION FOR AGENDA ITEMS 23 THROUGH 25

23. 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):

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

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

23.C. Marathon Oil

23.D. Grounded Barge 237

23.E. AST Under Docks at Warehouse 7 Incident

24. 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.

24.A. Sabine to Galveston Coastal Spine Levee

24.B. Hospital Infrastructure Funding

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

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

25.A.1) 510 Dupont Drive

25.A.2) 1601 S. Childers Rd

25.B. Border Street Complex

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

25.C. Jackson/Market Street Complex

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

25.D. Georgia Street

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

25.E. Childers Road

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

25.F. Alabama Street

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

25.G. Dravo

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

25.H. Pier Rd

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

26. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ACTION, IF ANY, REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS 23 THROUGH 25

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

28. 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

28.A. October 14, 2024

29. Adjourn Meeting