Feb 14, 2023 Special Commissioners Court

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN OUR SPECIAL MEETING THIS MORNING.

[Call Meeting to Order]

[00:00:05]

COMMISSIONERS, CAN I GET A MOTION TO PASS ON THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED HEARING NONE MOTION CARRIES.

CITIZENS COMMENTS.

NO CITIZENS COMMENTS.

[1. Discussion/Action to approve a tax abatement agreement, pursuant to Chapter 312, Texas Tax Code, that contains the following information: • Name of Property Owner and Applicant: Ardesia Storage Project, LLC. • Name and Location of the Reinvestment Zone: Ardesia Storage Reinvestment Zone #1, located at 29.95389°, -97.665449°, • Nature of Improvements: Construction and maintenance of a battery storage facility with nameplate capacity to store and transmit 100 MW of electricity • Estimated Cost of Improvements: $85,000,000.00]

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO TABLE THESE, CHASE RIGHT? I'M GOING TO READ THESE AND THEN TABLE THEM? YES. DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPROVE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 312 TAX CODE THAT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION PROPERTY OWNER OF APPLICANT ARDESIA NAME AND LOCATION REINVESTMENT ZONE NATURE OF IMPROVEMENTS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY.

ESTIMATED COST IMPROVEMENTS 85 MILLION.

WE WERE SCHEDULED TO TO DO THIS.

HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT GET ALL THE PROPER PAPERWORK IN TIME, SO WE'RE HAVING TO MOVE THIS TO THE NEXT COMMISSIONERS COURT.

SO I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM ONE.

SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM TWO ADJOURNMENT.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO. SORRY, JUST COMMISSIONERS REAL FAST.

JUST FOR ITEM ONE JUDGE HAD MENTIONED NEXT COMMISSIONERS COURT.

REALISTICALLY, BECAUSE THE TIMELINE SET BY THE LEGISLATURE, THAT WILL BE THE MARCH 28TH.

28TH? 28TH BECAUSE THE 28 DAYS IT DOESN'T LINE UP.

OH THAT'S RIGHT. YES. SO IT'LL BE THE 28TH OF MARCH.

SO WE HAVE MOTION.

IS THE MOTION AND SECOND STILL GOOD FOR MARCH 28TH COMMISSIONERS? YES. NO.

HELLO. IT'S KIND OF A REQUIREMENT THAT WE'VE GOT TO POST IT FOR 30 DAYS AND THAT'S JUST WHERE IT FALLS.

SO SECOND ON THAT. IF I MADE THE SECOND.

YEAH. YEAH. SO YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION.

AND YOU ARE MAKING A SECOND.

WHO MADE THE MOTION? ED MADE COMMISSIONER THERIOT MADE THE MOTION.

OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, GOOD.

SO WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT MARCH 28TH? YES. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM TWO ADJOURNMENT.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED HEARING NONE WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 10:29.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.