Oct 08, 2026 Port of Galveston Meetings - Wharves Board Special

WILL

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I'M DOING GOOD.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

GOOD MORNING.

MORNING.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE.

UM, I WANNA WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE SPECIAL MEETING.

I WANT, I WANT INVITE MIKE, I WANNA WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GALVESTON WARS.

IT'S NINE O'CLOCK, A LITTLE AFTER NINE O'CLOCK ON OCTOBER 8TH.

AND, UM, ANGIE, MAY WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? CHAIRMAN SHEILA HERE.

VICE CHAIRMAN WILL GONZALEZ.

HERE.

TRUSTEE MAYOR PAUL OW.

HERE.

TRUSTEE SCOTT .

HERE.

TRUSTEE RICHARD MOORE.

HERE.

TRUSTEE PEARSON.

HE'S VIRTUAL.

HERE.

TRUSTEE ERIC STR.

HERE.

ROGER REESE AND ANTHONY BROWN.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A, UM, MAY WE ALL STAND FOR THE P OF LIBERTY P BY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LITERACY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

OKAY, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ALRIGHT,

[C. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]

LOOKS LIKE TWO, TWO ITEMS. YEAH.

UH, SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND SECTION FIVE 1.072 REAL ESTATE.

AND THEN, UM, AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE WILL RECON RECONVENE THE SESSION.

THANK YOU.

WHAT'S MY VOICE TODAY? BUT I THINK WE ARE READY TO, UM, RECONVENE BACK IN INTO SESSION, REGULAR SESSION OF THIS MEETING.

[E.1 Discuss and consider approval of proposed Lease and Development Agreement with Power LNG Ventures, LLC - Tony Brown ]

YES.

UH, MRS. A, UH, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY THAT IS HERE TO FORT BEN AND DEVELOPED ON PELICAN ISLAND.

THE, UH, COMPANY WILL, UH, BUILD A LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION FACILITY INITIALLY CAPABLE OF UP TO 400,000 GALLONS PER DAY OF LNG, UH, TO SERVICE, UH, UH, PORT, CRUISE AND CARGO, UH, VESSELS, AS WELL AS OTHER CUSTOMERS, UH, EXPANDABLE, UH, UP TO 800,000 GALLONS PER DAY.

ALL THE DISPERSION MODELING HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE ON THE LEASE PREMISES, UH, AND APPROVED FOR THE 800,000 GALLON LEVEL.

AND SO THEY, UH, HOPE TO, UH, COMPLETE, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMENCE, UH, PRODUCTION, UH, AT THE END OF 2028.

AND WE HAVE TERMS THAT YOU'VE BEEN MADE AWARE OF CONCERNING THE RENT AND, UH, THE ADDITIONAL, UH, THROUGHPUT FEE THAT THE COURT WILL RECEIVE.

AND SO, UM, CAN YOU SECOND, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL BEFORE WE, UM, HAVE DISCUSSION.

CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE? CAREFUL.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED LEASE AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH POWER L AND G, UH, SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION THAT THE PORT WILL NOT PROVIDE THE SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, LISTED IN SECTION 5.01.

DEVELOPMENT WRITER.

THANK YOU.

YES.

WILL.

ONE SECOND.

ONE SECOND.

DISCUSSION.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? OKAY.

SEE NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

AYE, , HERE IT IS.

UM, OKAY.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU WISH VERY MUCH.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THIS PROJECT.

YEAH, THANKS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'RE,

[E.2 Discuss and Consider Approval of a Professional Service Agreement Between the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves and Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. for Phase I of the Galveston Harbor Section 216 Study at a Value not to Exceed $1,485,845,91. - Brett Milutin]

LET ME START OVER.

1,000,400 AND IS THAT 1,485,845

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OKAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE A, THERE IS A COMMENT.

OKAY, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I WAS GETTING CONFUSED.

AND 91 CENTS.

YES.

HI.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

UM, UH, REAL QUICK, TWO, TWO PEOPLE I WANNA RECOGNIZE.

BRETT WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE.

HE ALREADY HAD A VACATION SCHEDULED TODAY, BUT HE DID, UH, THE LEG WORK TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.

AND ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE WE HAVE CHRISTOPHER BATTA, WHO'S A KEY, UH, STAKEHOLDER IN THE WORKING WATERFRONT COALITION.

UM, AND SO THEY'RE BOTH VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THIS BEFORE YOU TODAY.

UM, REAL QUICK, AND I I I, I WILL TRY AND BE BRIEF.

THE, THE, BUT I, WHEN I'M TALKING TO, UH, PEOPLE, THEY ALWAYS WONDER WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2 0 3 AND TWO 16 ARE.

AND SO 2 0 3 IS, IS THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH A NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR CAN DO SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF THE FEDERAL GO GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY HAVE TO DO THAT WORK THROUGH ANOTHER AUTHORIZATION IN THIS CASE IS A TWO 16 STUDY, WHICH IS, UH, A CHANGE TO A CURRENT FEDERAL PROJECT.

AND SO IN THIS CASE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GALVESTON HARBOR CHANNEL.

AND CHRIS, PLEASE STEP IN IF I EVER SAY ANYTHING WRONG.

UM, UH, FEDERAL HARBOR AND, AND THE, THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY IS TO REDUCE, UH, SEDIMENTATION AND IMPROVE NAVIGATION SAFETY WITHIN THE HARBOR.

THOSE ARE THERE, THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF ABOUT EIGHT OR 10 GOALS, BUT THOSE, PRIMARILY SPEAKING, THOSE ARE THE TWO ITEMS. SO, UH, BACK IN MARCH, UH, THE COURT HAD SUBMITTED A LETTER TO THE, UH, A SA TO OFFICIALLY TRY AND ASK TO GET THIS PROCESS STARTED.

WE HAVE A LETTER BACK FAIRLY QUICK, UH, SAYING WE COULD, SO COURT STAFF IN JULY SOLICITED FOR, UH, A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR CONSULTANTS TO, UH, PERFORM THIS WORK.

UH, WE RECEIVED BACK, UH, THREE RESPONSIVE, UH, QUALIFICATION STATEMENTS IN AUGUST, AND WE HAD A TEAM OF FIVE MEMBERS, THREE PORT STAFF, TWO MEMBERS FROM THE WORKING WATERFRONT COALITION THAT REVIEWED THE PROPOSAL.

AND I ACTUALLY, IT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE, THE, UH, PACKET, BUT I HAVE IT PRINTED OFF.

THIS IS THE, THE, UH, THE REVIEW MATRIX, UH, THAT THAT COMMITTEE ULTIMATELY, UM, PRODUCED.

UM, KIMLEY HORN WAS THE HIGHEST RANKED, UH, RESPONDENT.

AND SO STAFF, UH, NEGOTIATED, UH, THE, THE, THE CONTRACT OR THE, THE SCOPE AND FEE THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY.

A COUPLE MORE POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A, A MULTI-PHASE STUDY, BUT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS JUST PHASE ONE, UH, WHICH IS JUST UNDER, UH, ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

UM, THE, THE MAIN ITEMS WE'RE DOING IN, UH, PHASE ONE, THE SCOPING PHASE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE ESTABLISHING THE BASELINE, UH, UH, DATA AND THE MODEL WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A DATA AND GAP ANALYSIS.

WE'RE DOING, UH, SOME INITIAL NEPA SCOPING FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE, SOME STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND ALTERNATIVE SCREENING.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO BASICALLY GET ALL THE THINGS IN FRONT OF US THAT CAN HELP REDUCE SILTATION IN THE HARBOR AND IMPROVE NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY IN THE HARBOR AND ALL THOSE ALTERNATIVES WITH IN FRONT OF US.

AND THEN ONCE WE FINISH THIS IN JANUARY WITH KIMLEY HORNE, WE'LL MOVE INTO THE SECOND PHASE.

WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO Y'ALL FOR AN ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, AMENDMENT AT THAT POINT TO MOVE INTO THE SECOND PHASE EVALUATION.

AND THEN AFTER THAT DESIGN AND REPORT.

SO PHASE ONE NOW THROUGH JANUARY AT MILLION AND HALF DOLLARS, ULTIMATELY THE, THE, WE EXPECT THE ENTIRE STUDY TO BE UNDER $5 MILLION OR UNDER FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UH, ROUGHLY SPEAKING.

UM, AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS TO, UM, UM, UH, UH, GET FUNDING FOR, FOR THE REMAINING PORTION PORTIONS OF THIS STUDY.

UM, AND I THINK I MIGHT LEAVE IT THERE AND SEE IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

UM, BEFORE WE HAVE QUESTIONS, CAN YOU PLEASE HAVE A MO A MOTION TO PUT THIS ON THE FLOOR OF A SECOND? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, THANK YOU.

AND RICHARD SECOND.

OKAY.

QUESTIONS.

APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S HARD WORK ON THIS.

GOOD START.

SEEING NONE.

I'LL ASK FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RICHARD, YOUR, THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU, JEFF.

THANK YOU.

I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES OUR WORK FOR THE DAY.

AND

[F. COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]

SURE.

THAT I, I WILL BE OUT ON OCTOBER 27TH AND UNABLE TO ATTEND EITHER IN PERSON OR BY ZOOM THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING.

OKAY.

BUT I'M SURE IT WILL BE IN GOOD HANDS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR LETTING US KNOW HERE.

UH, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S FLEXIBILITY BEING ABLE TO MAKE THIS SPECIAL MEETING HAPPEN.

A LOT OF IMPORTANT, UH, ITEMS, WELL,

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GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE MOVING FORWARD.

AND THANK YOU TO COURT STAFF.

UM, CHRIS POWER, L AND G.

THANKS TO EVERYBODY ON THE EFFORTS TO GET US HERE TODAY.

JUST LIKE ERIC SAID, I THINK THESE REALLY WERE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY AND WE, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE PROGRESS ON.

I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR THE FIELD TRIP.

IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING TO SEE THE FACILITIES AND MAKING SOME DECISIONS ON THOSE BASED ON THAT.

THANK.

YEAH.

AND YOU KNOW, GALSTON IS JUST ANOTHER FIRST HERE FOR GALVESTON AND, AND IN THE GULF COAST WITH HAVING L AND G HERE IN OUR CITY.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT THING.

THE BRIDGE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE BRIDGE FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.

AND, UH, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT MOVING FORWARD AND I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SOME GREAT, UH, PROGRESS ON THAT.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SILICON ISLAND A A REALLY, UH, UH, IMPROVE IT BY VAST, A VAST AMOUNT.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE, THE HARD WORK Y'ALL PUT INTO THIS.

YES, SCOTT.

I'D LIKE TO SAY FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT AND A FISHERMAN, I, I'M EXCITED TO SEE SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING TO ACTUALLY CLEAN THE ENVIRONMENT UP AND YOU REDUCE CLIMATE CHANGE AND, AND, UH, EXCITED TO HAVE AN L AND G FACILITY HERE.

AND IT'S THE NEXT STEP TO CLEAN, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR ALL OF OUR NEEDS.

SO WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL AND EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS.

THANK YOU.

AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

HI EVERYONE.