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Meeting Agenda
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
Agenda Item Details Reload Your Meeting
Meeting: August 14, 2023 at 12:00 PM - Board of Commissioners Meeting
Subject:
1. Convene Meeting with opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance and roll call
Subject:
2. Recognize Guests
Subject:
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 
Subject:
4. Minutes of prior meeting(s) not previously approved
Subject:
5. Budget Workshop
Subject:
5.A. Discuss Revised Annual Operating and Capital Budget for the 2022/2023 Fiscal Year
Subject:
5.B. Discuss Proposed Annual Operating and Capital Budget of the 2023/2024 Fiscal Year
Subject:
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
Subject:
7. Expense Account(s) for Reimbursement
Subject:
8. Bills for Payment (Includes item(s) above, if any, and supplements at the table)
Subject:
8.A. Payment(s) that exceed $15,000
Subject:
8.B. Accounts Payable - Beginning check number, ending check number and total dollars issued since last Board meeting
Subject:
8.C. Payroll - Beginning check number, ending check number and total dollars issued since last Board Meeting
Subject:
9. Monthly Investment Report for July 2023
Subject:
10. Annual Physical Inventory of the Port District's Fixed Assets for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2023
Subject:
11. Write Off Fixed Assets as of July 31, 2023
Subject:
12. Unaudited General Fund Operating Statement for the First Nine Months of the Fiscal Year 2022/2023
Subject:
13. 2023 Certified Tax Values
Subject:
14. Port Access Program Rider 37 Grant Update
Subject:
15. AST Warehouse 3 Update
Subject:
15.A. Change Order #1 - Additional Engineering Services
Subject:
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
Subject:
16. Permission to Advertise for Civil and Structural Engineering Services
Subject:
17. Permission to Advertise for Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Systems Engineering Services
Subject:
18. Permission to Advertise for Truck Queuing Area & S. Childers Road Widening Project
Subject:
19. Permission to Advertise for Construction of the Generator Platform and Foundation Associated with 2022 Port Security Grant
Subject:
20. Approve Information Technology (IT) Professional Services and Consulting for Security Equipment
Subject:
21. Award Bids for the Fiscal Year 2022 Port Security Grant for Equipment and Installation Services
Subject:
22. Permission to Advertise for Re-Bids for Fiscal Year 2022 Port Security Grant for Equipment and Installation Services
Subject:
23. Approval of Consultant Agreement with Rick Maldonado, Lobbyist/Consultant for three (3) years
Subject:
24. Revenue Reports
Subject:
25. Port Travel
Subject:
26. ENTER CLOSED SESSION FOR AGENDA ITEMS 27 THROUGH 30
Subject:
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):
Subject:
27.A. Army Corps of Engineers Hickory Cove Real Estate
Subject:
27.B. Coastal Erosion Planning & Response Act (CEPRA) Grant
Subject:
27.C. Marathon Oil
Subject:
27.C.1) Approve Plume Management Zone Restrictive Covenant
Subject:
27.D. Grounded Barge 237
Subject:
27.E. Attorney Services
Subject:
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.
Subject:
28.A. Sabine to Galveston Coastal Spine Levee
Subject:
28.B. Hospital Infrastructure Funding
Subject:
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):
Subject:
29.A. Discuss Status of Potential Acquisition of Real Property in Navigation District
Subject:
29.A.1) 702 Border Street & 803 Scott Street
Subject:
29.B. Border Street Complex
Subject:
29.B.1) Possible tenant lease(s)
Subject:
29.C. Jackson/Market Street Complex
Subject:
29.C.1) Possible tenant lease(s)
Subject:
29.D. Georgia Street
Subject:
29.D.1) Possible tenant lease(s)
Subject:
29.E. Childers Road
Subject:
29.E.1) Possible tenant lease(s)
Subject:
29.F. Alabama Street
Subject:
29.F.1) Possible tenant lease(s)
Subject:
29.F.2) Wilson Warehouse - 1006 Alabama Street, Warehouse 2 - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify
Subject:
29.F.3) Wilson Warehouse - 1006 Alabama Street, Warehouse 3 - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify
Subject:
29.F.4) Wilson Warehouse - 1006 Alabama Street, Warehouse 4 - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify
Subject:
29.F.5) Wilson Warehouse - 1006 Alabama Street, Warehouse 7 - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify
Subject:
29.F.6) Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP - Non-Exclusive Pipeline Easement and Right-of-Way Agreement
Subject:
29.G. Dravo
Subject:
29.G.1) Possible tenant lease(s)
Subject:
29.G.2) Desiree Plant - Childers Road Pasture and Expansion Property - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify
Subject:
29.H. Pier Rd
Subject:
29.H.1) Possible tenant lease(s)
Subject:
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):
Subject:
30.A. Government Relations/Grant Management Staffing
Subject:
31. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ACTION, IF ANY, REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS 27 THROUGH 30
Subject:
32. Set date, time and place of any presently anticipated Special Meeting to be held prior to the next Regular Meeting
Subject:
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
Subject:
33.A. September 11, 2023
Subject:
34. Adjourn Meeting

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