February 10, 2025 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 equal or exceed $50,000

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 January 2025

8. Investment Policy

8.A. Adopt Investment Policy

8.B. Appointment of Investment Officer

9. Unaudited General Fund Operating Statement for the First Quarter of the Fiscal Year 2024/2025

10. Port Access Program Rider 37 Grant

10.A. Dravo Road Widening and Truck Queuing Areas

10.A.1) Update

10.A.2) Modification 011 - Installation of 356 tons of cement stabilized backfill around existing structural foundation in Truck Queuing Area 1 not to exceed $31,000

10.B. Alabama Street Update

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

12. FY2023 PSGP - Administration Generator and Generator Platform Update

13. SCP88 Dravo Additional Truck Queuing and Utility Enhancements Update

14. MIP88 Trans Modal Yard Containerized Project Update

14.A. Phase 1 - Selective Demolition

14.B. Phase 2 - Test Pile Program

14.C. Phase 3 - Electrical

14.D. Phase 4 - Reconstruction

15. MARAD/PIDP/Community Funded Project Update

16. AST Electrical and Shore Power Services Upgrades

16.A. Update

16.B. Permission to Advertise for Bids on Shore Power #8 Permanent Power

16.C. Permission to Advertise for Bids on New Shore Power #11 and #12

17. Revenue Reports

18. Port Travel

18.A. For Executive Port Director and any Commissioner to travel to Houston, Texas for three (3) days in April to attend the Port of the Future Conference.  Travel will be by private vehicle.

18.B. For Port Attorney to travel to Washington, DC three (3) days in March to attend the AAPA Legislative Summit.  Travel will be by commercial airline.

18.C. For Executive Assistant to travel to Austin, Texas three (3) days in December to attend the 37th Annual Election Law Seminar for Cities, Schools, and Other Political Subdivisions.  Travel will be by private vehicle.

19. ENTER CLOSED SESSION FOR AGENDA ITEMS 20 THROUGH 22

20. 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):

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

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

20.C. Thousand Foot Cut/Stewts Island

20.D. Marathon Oil

20.E. Grounded Barge 237

20.F. North Pleasure Island Beneficial Use Project

21. 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.

21.A. Sabine to Galveston Coastal Spine Levee

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

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

22.A.1) 108 Alabama St

22.A.2) 518 Dupont Dr A & B

22.A.3) 1601 S. Childers Rd

22.A.4) 406 Market St

22.A.5) South Childers Rd Null

22.B. Border Street Complex

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

22.B.2) Military Sealift Command - 1109 Border Street - Building F - Lease Agreement - Ratify

22.C. Jackson/Market Street Complex

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

22.C.2) Direct Concrete - 313 Market Street - Building B & .80 Acre Laydown Area - Lease Agreement Addendum - Ratify

22.D. Georgia Street

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

22.E. Childers Road

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

22.F. Alabama Street

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

22.F.2) Military Sealift Command - 1006 Alabama Street - Warehouse 8 = Lease Agreement - Ratify

22.G. Dravo

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

22.H. Pier Rd

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

23. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ACTION, IF ANY, REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS 20 THROUGH 22

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

25. 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

25.A. March 10, 2025

26. Adjourn Meeting