March 8, 2021 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 February 2021

8. Property, Liability and Auto Insurance Coverage through the Texas Municipal League for the period April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022

9. Consider Approval of Electronic Funds Transfer Policy

10. Alabama Street Terminal Warehouses

10.A. Warehouse 4 Load Testing - Update

10.B. Warehouse 5 - Consider approval up to $41,000 for Engineering Services Geotechnical Investigation for Uri Freeze Damages to Collins Engineers

11. Purchase of 1 1/2 Ton Dually Flatbed Gas Engine Truck

11.A. Consider Approval of $38,403.68 for Net Purchase of 1 1/2 Ton dually Flatbed Gas Engine Truck with trade-in allowance of $12,000 for 2008 Ford F350 Truck with Dump Bed

12. Consider Approval to Advertise for Bids for the Purchase of a 25 Ton Chiller for Administration/Annex Buildings due to Uri Freeze (Copper Fin/Copper Tube Coil)

13. Consider Approval up to $23,000 for Temporary Chiller Rental for Administration/Annex Buildings due to Uri Freeze

14. Consider Approval up to $45,000 for Purchase of 25 Ton Chiller for Administration/Annex Buildings due to Uri Freeze (Micro Channel Coil)

15. Write Off Fixed Assets as of February 28, 2021

16. Marketing Report

17. Port Travel

18. 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):

18.A. TMY Barge Dock Facility Issues

18.A.1) Attorney Updates

18.B. Pier 10

18.B.1) Attorney Updates

18.C. Army Corps of Engineers Hickory Cove Real Estate

18.D. Marathon Oil

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

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

19.A.1) 109 Alabama Street

19.A.2) 112 Alabama Street

19.A.3) 114 Alabama Street

19.B. Economic Development Pursuant to Gov't Code Sec. 551.087

19.B.1) Sabine to Galveston Coastal Spine Levee

19.C. Border Street Complex

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

19.D. Georgia Street

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

19.E. Childers Road

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

19.F. Alabama Street

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

19.F.2) Pallets Associates - 1006 Alabama Street - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify

19.G. Dravo

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

19.H. Pier Rd

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

19.H.2) W & O Supply - 1095 Pier Road - Lease Addendum - Approve/Ratify

19.H.3) KPI - 1207 Pier Road - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify

19.H.4) City of Orange - Pier 10 Pier Road - Lease - Approve/Ratify

20. 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 aurhorized 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).

20.A. 2021 Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) Project

21. Return to Open Meeting

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

23. 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

23.A. April 12, 2021

24. Adjourn Meeting