* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. PAGES. I DON'T [00:00:01] NEED THAT. SO I'M GONNA [A. CALL TO ORDER] GO AHEAD AND CALL US TO ORDER THE SPECIAL MEETING ON GEORGE BOARD, UH, MONDAY, JUNE 29TH. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR CLEARING TIME ON YOUR CALENDAR TO, TO HAVE THIS MEETING. UH, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. WE HAVE A NEW SWEAR IN. I GUESS WE NEED TO STAND UP. YES. PUT YOUR HAND ON ROGER HEAD. . SO I JOHN PAUL WASOWSKI YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM. AYE. JOHN PAUL WASOWSKI. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE OF THE BOARD, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GAL THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE? UH, I SAY THAT AGAIN. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE. THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEES, OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OF THE GALVESTON WARS, OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OF THE GALVESTON BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AND WILL DO THE BEST AND WILL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, UH, TO PRESERVE, PROTECTIVENESS IN AND DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES TO DES UH, PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE CONSTITUTION LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE CHARTER LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON. SO, AND THE CHARTERS AND LAWS OF CITY OF GALVESTON. SO, ALRIGHT, WELCOME. THANKS. GLAD TO BE HERE. WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THAT ONE. TRUSTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES . ALRIGHT, WELL WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. UH, NEXT PAGE. YOU CAN HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. YES, SIR. CHAIRMAN JEFF PATTERSON. HERE. VICE CHAIRMAN WILLIE GONZALEZ. TRUSTEE MAYOR JOHN PAUL ALKI. HERE. TRUSTEE SHEILA LIDOW. HERE. TRUSTEE RICHARD MORRIS. NOT HERE. TRUSTEE VIC PEARSON IS NOT HERE. TRUSTEE ERIC STRANGLE HERE WE HAVE ROGER AND ANTHONY BROWN. ALRIGHT, SO I WILL DECLARE WE HAVE A QUORUM. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FROM TRUSTEE THAT NEED TO BE DECLARED? SEEING NONE. I'LL MOVE ON TO THE EACH STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH HE STANDS ON ONE NATION OR UNDER GOD AND INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE OF ALL. ANDY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, SO WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE SCHEDULE, I GUESS. DOES ANYBODY FEEL LIKE WE NEED, WAS THERE A PLACEHOLDER IN CASE TRUSTEES HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRANSACTION THAT WE DISCUSS? OKAY. NO HEARING NONE WILL MOVE. DIRECTING TD IS THE, UH, AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SECTION WILL MOVE TO THE BUSINESS ITEMS E [E.1 Discuss and Consider for Approval, a Memorandum of Agreement and License Agreement with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and also, a Cost Funding Agreement Between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and Gulf Copper Manufacturing Corporation, in the Amount of $2,653,000.00 for the Placement of Dredge Material into the Federal Pelican Island Placement Area. ] ONE. THIS DOESN'T CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL, A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT AND A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND ALSO A COST FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WAR AND GULF COPPER MANUFACTURING CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,653,000 FOR THE PLACEMENT OF GREG MATERIAL INTO THE FEDERAL PELICAN ISLAND PLACEMENT AREA. MR. ROGER BRIEFING ON THIS. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRUSTEES. WELCOME A BOARD, UH, MAYOR. UM, JUST QUICK, UH, KIND OF BACKGROUND ON THIS. UH, IN 2006, THE 40 GALSTON BECAME THE DESIGNEE FOR THE, UH, NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR FOR THE ARMY CORPS. THIS IS A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY OF PROVIDING THE COST SHARING, UH, FOR ANY OF THE PROJECTS, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS WELL AS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, THE STAKEHOLDERS, NOT ONLY IN THE DALLAS HARBOR, BUT ALSO THE ENTRANCE CHANNEL AND ALSO ANY ACQUISI LAND ACQUISITIONS OR ANYTHING THAT'S REQUIRED FOR ANY PROJECTS TO MOVE FORWARD. UH, THAT'S ON FEDERAL PROPERTY. THIS, UH, AGENDA TODAY HAS THREE COMPONENTS. THE FIRST COMPONENT IS THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. UH, THIS SPELLS OUT THE DUTIES, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COURT OF GALVESTON, UH, AS WELL AS UM, THE PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD. THE SECOND COMPONENT IS THE REAL ESTATE LICENSE. THIS DESCRIBES AND ALLOWS THE PLACEMENT ABOVE TO 350 OR AROUND THREE 50,000 CUBIC YARDS AT A RATE OF $7 AND 58 CENTS PER CUBIC YARD IN TOTAL, AS YOU MENTIONED IN THE HEADLINE, WHICH IS 2.63, $2.653 MILLION. THE THIRD COMPONENT IS THE COST FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PORT OF GALVESTON AND GULF COPPER, UH, FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE, UH, $2.653 MILLION AS WELL AS THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT'S PLACED ONTO THE PORT AS THE NON-PRO SPONSOR IN THE MOA. THOSE ARE ALSO DESCRIBED IN THE COST FUNDING AGREEMENT AS WELL. AND ONE ADDED NOTE, WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE MONEY. WE HAVE, WE ARE HOLDING ALL THE MONEY AND, UH, ON UH, THE APPROVAL WE'LL BE SENT DOWN. ALRIGHT, SHEILA, [00:05:02] A MOTION TO APPROVE. I HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? QUESTIONS FOR GRANT OR ANYONE? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MOTION? RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU BRETT. OF COURSE. THANK JOB. SO WITH THAT, ANY, I GUESS WE'LL [F. COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES] GO ANY COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES? JUST GONNA THROW IT OUT THERE IN GENERAL, IF ANYBODY'S GOT ANY COMMENTS THEY WANT TO MAKE, JUST REAL QUICK. WELCOME JOHN. THANKS. YES, THIS WILL BE AWESOME. GREAT TO BE HERE. UM, I DID ATTEND THE, UH, PICNIC FOR STAFF AND IT WAS JUST, I KNOW SHEILA WAS THERE AS WELL. I, WE MISSED EACH OTHER, BUT, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE THAT'S WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD. THIS, THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT MAKE THIS PORT WORK AND SEE THEM WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND, AND HAVE 'EM GROW. AND, UH, IT JUST, IT IT, IT WAS TOUCHING AND NICE TO SEE THAT. SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB. THAT'S GREAT. AND GRADE, THAT'S A GREAT EVENT TO RECOGNIZE STAFF AND UNFORTUNATELY I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T MAKE IT THIS YEAR. YEAH, IT'S ALSO A SPONSOR EVENT. IT'S SPONSOR THOUGH. YEAH, BUT IT'S A NICE WAY TO RECOGNIZE 'CAUSE AGAIN, WITHOUT EMPLOYEES WE'RE RIGHT. IT GETS DONE. ANY SIMA? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT WILLIE SAID AND UM, I HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE THERE WERE NO MARGARITAS, . BUT YOU DID BRING BROWNIE, BUT THAT WAS A DEAL. AND I DO HAVE TO ADD MARK. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK. IT'S VERY GOOD TO BE BACK. I'M, HE HAS A NEW KNEE NOW. HE HAS A NEW KNEE SIR, HE HAS A NEW KNEE AND IT'S ALMOST WORKING RIGHT. ALRIGHT, SO JUST DON'T FOLLOW MARK WITH THE METAL DETECTOR. IT MAY TAKE A WHILE. ANSWER . THERE'LL PROBABLY BE A LINE OF OTHER PEOPLE. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS LATE. YEAH. ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, OUR NEXT MEETING IS TUESDAY, JULY 14TH AT NINE O'CLOCK, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT, YES SIR. WHAT WE AGREED ON. SO, WHICH I GUESS IS KIND OF A JUNE AND JULY MEETING, RIGHT? IT WON'T BE THIS EXPECTATION. I THINK MY FIRST MEETING WENT TO YOU HAVE AN, DO YOU HAVE AN EXIT ON THAT? I THINK YOU HAVE TO GO AT ONE OR SOMETHING. UH, NO, YOUR, THIS, THIS MEETING. OKAY. MEETING UNTIL LIKE FOUR O'CLOCK. IT WOULD BE GOOD. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO DECLARE AS ADJOURN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.