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Meeting Minutes, C&I 11-13-2020 ·1 ·2 ·3 ·4 ·5 ·6· · · · · · · ·MEETING MINUTES FOR ·7· · · ·THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ·8· · · · · · · · · · ·OF THE ·9· ·LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 10· · · · · · · · · · ·HELD AT 11· · · · · · · · LASALLE BUILDING 12· · · · · · · 617 NORTH 3RD STREET 13· · · · · · · · · LABELLE ROOM 14· · · · · · ·BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 15· · · · ON THE 13TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2020 16· · · · · · ·COMMENCING AT 9:30 A.M. 17 18 19 20· · ·REPORTED BY:· ELICIA H. WOODWORTH, CCR 21 22 23 24 25 ·1· ·Appearances of Board Members Present: ·2· ·R. L. Allain, II · · ·Don Briggs ·3· ·Yvette Cola · · ·Cleo Fields ·4· ·Kenneth Havard · · ·Travis Holley ·5· ·Jerald Jones · · ·Heather Malone ·6· ·Guy S. McInnis · · ·Stuart A. Moss ·7· ·Naheem Nassar, Jr. · · ·Secretary Don Pierson ·8· ·Darrel Saizan · · ·Daniel J. Shexnaydre, Jr. ·9· ·David H. Toups · · ·Dr. Woodrow Wilson, Jr. 10 11· ·Staff members present: 12· ·Tam Bourgeois · · ·Kristin Cheng 13· ·Frank Favaloro · · ·Brenda Guess 14· ·Richard House · · ·Stephanie LeGrange 15· ·Joyce Metoyer · · ·Mandi Mitchell 16· ·Kelley Raney · · ·Deborah Simmons 17· ·Hud Usie · · ·Anne Villa 18· ·Shawn Welcome 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ·1· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Good morning, everyone.· Welcome ·2· ·to the November 13, 2020 Board of Commerce & Industry ·3· ·meeting.· Friday the 13th in 2020.· What a great day. ·4· ·Sometimes you just can't fall out a hole, you know.· But ·5· ·it is good to see everyone here today. ·6· · · · · · · ·As you know, we have a lengthy agenda. ·7· ·We've combined two meetings into this one because of the ·8· ·storms that our state has had to deal with this year. ·9· ·And before we get started and before we call roll, I -- 10· ·this has been such an unusual year.· We've had so much 11· ·that we've had to deal with at so many different levels 12· ·from the pandemic to the hurricanes to I know things are 13· ·going on in the economic circles.· I know St. James 14· ·Parish is dealing with something they didn't know they 15· ·were going to have to deal with, and I just wish we'd 16· ·stop just for a few moments of silence and let's 17· ·remember our fellow citizens within the state and our 18· ·leadership.· I know the Governor and his staff has had 19· ·to deal with a lot.· Let's just remember them and pray 20· ·for safety, health, wellbeing, wisdom, discernment, all 21· ·of those things that we could use today.· So just a few 22· ·moments.· Thank you. 23· · · · · · · ·(A moment of silence is observed.) 24· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Thank you very much. 25· · · · · · · ·All right.· Ms. Simmons, if you could call ·1· ·the roll, we would appreciate that. ·2· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Good morning. ·3· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Good morning. ·4· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Don Briggs. ·5· · · · · · · ·MR. BRIGGS:· Here. ·6· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· David Toups. ·7· · · · · · · ·MR. TOUPS:· Here. ·8· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Yvette Cola. ·9· · · · · · · ·MS. COLA:· Here. 10· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Guy McInnis. 11· · · · · · · ·MR. MCINNIS:· Here. 12· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Ricky Fabra. 13· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 14· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Manuel Fajardo. 15· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 16· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Stuart Moss. 17· · · · · · · ·MR. MOSS:· Here. 18· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Representative Paula Davis. 19· · · · · · · ·MS. DAVIS:· Here. 20· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Senator Theo Fields, proxy for 21· ·Representative Senator Johns. 22· · · · · · · ·MR. FIELDS:· Here. 23· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Kenneth Havard. 24· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 25· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Jerald Jones. ·1· ·MR. JONES:· Here. ·2· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Heather Malone. ·3· ·MS. MALONE:· Here. ·4· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Senator Bret Allain. ·5· ·MR. ALLAIN:· Here. ·6· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Representative Stuart Bishop. ·7· ·(No response.) ·8· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Jan Moller. ·9· ·(No response.) 10· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Secretary Don Pierson. 11· ·SECRETARY PIERSON:· Present. 12· ·MS. SIMMONS:· George Nassar. 13· ·MR. NASSAR:· ·Here. 14· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Darrel Saizan. 15· ·(No response.) 16· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Daniel Shexnaydre. 17· ·MR. SHEXNAYDRE:· Here. 18· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Ronnie Slone. 19· ·(No response.) 20· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Dr. Shawn Wilson. 21· ·(No response.) 22· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Dr. Woodrow Wilson. 23· ·DR. W. WILSON:· Here. 24· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Mr. Travis Holley. 25· ·MR. HOLLEY:· Here. ·1· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· We have a quorum. ·2· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Thank you, Ms. Simmons. ·3· · · · · · · ·Thank you, everyone, for being here. ·4· · · · · · · ·First we have, and I think all of you have ·5· ·been provided a copy of our minutes from April 21, 2020 ·6· ·and June 24th, 2020 meetings.· I would accept a motion ·7· ·on the April 21, 2020 minutes. ·8· · · · · · · ·MR. NASSAR:· So moved. ·9· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· I have a motion to approve. 10· · · · · · · ·Is there a second? 11· · · · · · · ·MS. DAVIS:· Second. 12· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· We have a second. 13· · · · · · · ·Any questions from the Board, comments? 14· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 15· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Any questions or comments from 16· ·the public? 17· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 18· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Seeing none, all in favor, say 19· ·"aye." 20· · · · · · · ·(Several members respond "aye.") 21· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Any opposed? 22· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 23· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· There being none, the motion 24· ·carries. 25· · · · · · · ·Now I would accept a motion concerning the ·1· ·June 24, 2020 minutes. ·2· · · · · · · ·MR. MOSS:· So moved. ·3· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· We have a motion. ·4· · · · · · · ·A second? ·5· · · · · · · ·Second from Dr. Wilson. ·6· · · · · · · ·Any comments or questions from the Board? ·7· · · · · · · ·(No response.) ·8· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Any comments or questions from ·9· ·the public? 10· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 11· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· There being none, all in favor, 12· ·say "aye." 13· · · · · · · ·(Several members respond "aye.") 14· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Any opposed? 15· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 16· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· There being no opposition, the 17· ·motion carries. 18· · · · · · · ·Ms. Booker, if you will -- Mr. Favaloro, 19· ·good to see you this morning.· If you will, walk us 20· ·through the Quality Jobs Program.· Thank you. 21· · · · · · · ·MR. FAVALORO:· Yes.· There are four new 22· ·Quality Jobs applications:· 20190070, A.W. Chesterton 23· ·Company in Bossier; 20181534, Cabot Corporation in St. 24· ·Mary; 20180261, Shintech Louisiana, LLC in Iberville; 25· ·20180170, Ville Platte Iron Works, Inc. in Evangeline. ·1· · · · · · · ·That concludes the new applications. ·2· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· All right.· Entertain a motion ·3· ·for the new applications. ·4· · · · · · · ·DR. W. WILSON:· So moved. ·5· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· I have a move for approval; is ·6· ·that right? ·7· · · · · · · ·Do we have a second? ·8· · · · · · · ·Second from Mr. Briggs. ·9· · · · · · · ·Any questions or comments from the Board? 10· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 11· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Seeing none, any questions or 12· ·comments from the public? 13· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 14· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Seeing none, all in favor, say 15· ·"aye." 16· · · · · · · ·(Several members respond "aye.") 17· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Any opposition? 18· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 19· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· No opposition.· That motion 20· ·carries. 21· · · · · · · ·MR. FAVALORO:· We have 10 renewals.· One 22· ·company wishes to defer.· The deferral request is for 23· ·20151134, Calumet GP, LLC. 24· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Entertain a motion for deferral 25· ·for Calumet. ·1· · · · · · · ·MR. MOSS:· So moved. ·2· · · · · · · ·DR. W. WILSON:· So moved. ·3· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· We have a motion, and a second ·4· ·from Dr. Wilson. ·5· · · · · · · ·Any questions or comments from the Board on ·6· ·that deferral? ·7· · · · · · · ·(No response.) ·8· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· For those of you who are new to ·9· ·the Board, that simply means as it sounds, that that 10· ·will be set off at least till the next meeting. 11· · · · · · · ·No questions or comments from the Board. 12· · · · · · · ·Any questions or comments from the public? 13· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 14· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Seeing none, all in favor, say 15· ·"aye." 16· · · · · · · ·(Several members respond "aye.") 17· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Any opposed? 18· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 19· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· That action, that renewal is 20· ·deferred. 21· · · · · · · ·Carry on. 22· · · · · · · ·MR. FAVALORO:· 20151137, Brown & Root 23· ·Industrial Services, LLC of Delaware and BR Industrial 24· ·Operations, LLC in East Baton Rouge; 20141138, CGI 25· ·Federal, Inc. in Lafayette; 20141555, Dis-Tran Steel, ·1· ·LLC in Rapides; 20151287, Express Lien, Inc. d/b/a, ·2· ·Zlien in Orleans; 20151264, Indorama Ventures Olefins, ·3· ·LLC, Calcasieu; 20151041, Marathon Petroleum Logistics ·4· ·Services, LLC in St. John the Baptist; 20151117, S&W ·5· ·Payroll Services, LLC in St. Tammany; 20150910, Shintech ·6· ·Louisiana, LLC in Iberville; 20151049, TCI Packaging, ·7· ·LLC in Orleans; 20151251, Zen-Noh Grain Corporation in ·8· ·St. James Parish. ·9· · · · · · · ·That concludes the renewals. 10· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Thank you, sir. 11· · · · · · · ·And, again, for newer members to the Board, 12· ·while we normally handle these in an in-globo fashion, 13· ·as we work through the agenda, as we consider those 14· ·motions, if for some reason you have a particular 15· ·application or a particular
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