November 18, 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. Rate Adjustment for Jefferson and Orange County Pilots

5. Minutes of prior meeting(s) not previously approved

6. Expense Account(s) for Reimbursement

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

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

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

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

8. Monthly Investment Report for October 2024

9. Annual Interest on Investments and Checking Account for Fiscal Year 2023/2024 - Amended

10. Unaudited Statement of Revenues and Expenditures as Compared to Budget for Fiscal Year 2023/2024

11. Current Tax Roll for 2024 as Certified by Octavia Guzman, Orange County Tax Assessor-Collector

12. Delinquent Tax Roll for 2024 as Certified by Octavia Guzman, Orange CountyTax Assessor-Collector

13. Port Access Program Rider 37 Grant

13.A. Dravo Road Widening and Truck Queuing Areas

13.A.1) Update

13.A.2) Modification 005 - SETEX Construction in the amount up to $304,755 and an additional ten (10) days

13.A.3) Modification 006 - Change in General Conditions of Contract Documents (Article VII, Contract Payments, 7.21) - TxDOT Changing Allowable Retainage to 5% from 10%

13.A.4) Modification 007 - SETEX Construction for deleting Alternate 5 from the Agreement for a deductive amount of ($48,000)

13.A.5) Modification 008 - SETEX Installation of Approximately 1,400 Tons of Rock

13.B. Alabama Street

13.B.1) Update

13.B.2) Modify Bid Specification for TxDOT Changing Allowable Retainage to 5% from 10%

14. FY2022 PSGP - Command Center Generator and Generator Platform

14.A. Update

14.B. Modification 003 - HB Neild for up to $7,500 - Ratify

15. FY2023 PSGP - Administration Generator and Generator Platform Update

15.A. Update

15.B. Modification 001 - K. Prosperity Investments for Time Extension up to 114 Days - Ratify

16. SCP88 Dravo Additional Truck Queuing and Utility Enhancements Update

16.A. Update

16.B. Addendum #1 - TxDOT Changing Allowable Retainage to 5% from 10%

17. MIP88 Trans Modal Yard Containerized Project Update

17.A. Phase 1 - Selective Demolition

17.A.1) Update

17.A.2) Modification 001 - TxDOT Changing Allowable Retainage to 5% from 10%

17.B. Phase 2 - Test Pile Program

17.B.1) Update

17.B.2) Modification 001 - TxDOT Changing Allowable Retainage to 5% from 10%

17.B.3) Modification 002 - Triangle Civil Services - Change of Scope with Options Ranging from up to $27,200 down to a Deductive Amount of ($7,150)

17.C. Phase 3 - Electrical

17.C.1) Modify Bid Specification for TxDOT Changing Allowable Retainage to 5% from 10%

17.D. Phase 4 - Reconstruction 

17.D.1) Modify Bid Specification for TxDOT Changing Allowable Retainage to 5% from 10%

18. Community Funded Project Update

19. AST Electrical and Shore Power Services Upgrades Update

20. Proposal from ITS for up to $39,000 to directionally bore for Entergy Primary Power Location at Dravo Industrial Terminal

21. Proposal from Tolunay-Wong Engineers for Dredging & Fendering Permits for Trans Modal Yard

22. Revenue Reports

23. Port Travel

24. ENTER CLOSED SESSION FOR AGENDA ITEMS 25 THROUGH 28

25. 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):

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

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

25.C. Thousand Foot Cut/Stewts Island

25.D. Marathon Oil

25.E. Grounded Barge 237

26. 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.

26.A. Sabine to Galveston Coastal Spine Levee

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

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

27.A.1) 1601 S. Childers Rd

27.B. Border Street Complex

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

27.C. Jackson/Market Street Complex

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

27.D. Georgia Street

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

27.E. Childers Road

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

27.F. Alabama Street

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

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

27.G. Dravo

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

27.G.2) Port Arthur Pipeline, LLC - Lease Agreement - Approve/Ratify

27.H. Pier Rd

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

28. CLOSED MEETING to Deliberate information relating to risk or vulnerability assessment, under Texas Government Code 418.177; information prepared for the United States as proved 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 as 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 - Ratify

29. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ACTION, IF ANY, REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS 25 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. December 16, 2024

32. Adjourn Meeting