·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 21ST DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2020 16· · · · · · ·COMMENCING AT 9:34 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 · · ·Larry Bagley ·3· ·Stuart Bishop · · ·Don Briggs ·4· ·Yvette Cola · · ·Major Coleman ·5· ·Rickey Fabra · · ·Manuel "Manny" Fajardo ·6· ·Kenneth Havard · · ·Ronnie Johns ·7· ·Jerald Jones · · ·Heather Malone ·8· ·Jan Moller · · ·Stuart A. Moss ·9· ·Secretary Don Pierson · · ·Darrel Saizan, Jr. 10· ·Ronnie Slone · · ·David H. Toups 11· ·Sean D. Wilson, Ph.D. · · ·Dr. Woodrow Wilson, Jr. 12 13· ·Staff members present: 14· ·Samantha Booker · · ·Tam Bourgeois 15· ·Torri Buckles · · ·Kristin Cheng 16· ·Frank Favaloro · · ·Brenda Guess 17· ·Richard House · · ·Becky Lambert 18· ·Liz McCain · · ·Mandi Mitchell 19· ·Joyce Metoyer · · ·Robin Porter 20· ·Deborah Simmons · · ·Hud Usie 21 22 23 24 25 ·1· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Let's call the February 21 ·2· ·meeting of the Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry ·3· ·to order. ·4· · · · · · · ·And, Ms. Simmons, if you will call roll to ·5· ·ensure we have a quorum, I will appreciate that. ·6· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Don Briggs. ·7· · · · · · · ·MR. BRIGGS:· Here. ·8· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Mayor David Toups. ·9· · · · · · · ·MR. TOUPS:· Here. 10· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Yvette Cola. 11· · · · · · · ·MS. COLA:· Here. 12· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Major Coleman. 13· · · · · · · ·MAJOR COLEMAN:· Here. 14· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Rickey Fabra. 15· · · · · · · ·MR. FABRA:· Here. 16· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Manuel Fajardo. 17· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 18· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Stuart Moss. 19· · · · · · · ·MR. MOSS:· Here. 20· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Representative Larry Bagley, 21· ·designee for Paula Davis. 22· · · · · · · ·MR. BAGLEY:· Here. 23· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Senator Ronnie Johns. 24· · · · · · · ·MR. JOHNS:· Here. 25· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· Kenneth Havard. ·1· ·MR. HAVARD:· Here. ·2· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Jerald Jones. ·3· ·MR. JONES:· Here. ·4· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Heather Malone. ·5· ·MS. MALONE:· Here. ·6· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Senator Rhett Allain. ·7· ·MR. ALLAIN:· Here. ·8· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Representative Stuart Bishop. ·9· ·MR. BISHOP:· Present. 10· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Jan Moller. 11· ·MR. MOLLER:· Here. 12· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Secretary Don Pierson. 13· ·SECRETARY PIERSON:· Present. 14· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Scott Richard. 15· ·(No response.) 16· ·MS. SIMMONS:· David Schexnaydre. 17· ·(No response.) 18· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Darrel Saizan. 19· ·(No response.) 20· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Ronnie Slone. 21· ·MR. SLONE:· Here. 22· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Dr. Shawn Wilson. 23· ·DR. S. WILSON:· Here. 24· ·MS. SIMMONS:· Dr. Woodrow Wilson. 25· ·DR. W. WILSON:· Here. ·1· · · · · · · ·MS. SIMMONS:· We have a quorum. ·2· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Great.· Thank you, ma'am. ·3· · · · · · · ·And let me take a moment just to -- we have ·4· ·some new members of the Board of Commerce and Industry ·5· ·here for their first meeting. ·6· · · · · · · ·Mayor David Toups, welcome.· Representative ·7· ·Bagley, I know you're not an official member, but we ·8· ·thank you for being here and stepping in.· Mr. Havard ·9· ·from West Feliciana Parish, for those of us who are very 10· ·interested in that sort of thing, welcome, Kenny. 11· ·Mr. Moss, Stuart, thank you for being here today. 12· ·Senator Johns, thank you.· Representative Stuart Bishop. 13· ·I know he's down there someplace.· There he is.· Thank 14· ·you.· And Senator Brad Allain, thank you very much. 15· · · · · · · ·Am I'm missing anybody new?· No.· I think 16· ·we've got it. 17· · · · · · · ·As we go through the agenda today, I'll be 18· ·getting accustomed to the new faces.· If we have motions 19· ·and seconds, just raise your hand and I'll try to catch 20· ·them as we go. 21· · · · · · · ·With that, we've had an opportunity to 22· ·review the minutes from the meeting of December 13, 23· ·2019, and I'll entertain a motion to approve those 24· ·minutes. 25· · · · · · · ·MR. SLONE:· I'll move. ·1· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Motion and second.· Motion from ·2· ·Mr. Slone; second from Dr. Shawn Wilson. ·3· · · · · · · ·Any comments or questions from the Board? ·4· · · · · · · ·(No response.) ·5· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Any comments or questions from ·6· ·the public? ·7· · · · · · · ·(No response.) ·8· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· There being none, all in favor, ·9· ·say "aye." 10· · · · · · · ·(Several members respond "aye.") 11· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Any opposition? 12· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 13· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· There is no opposition.· Those 14· ·minutes are approved. 15· · · · · · · ·Ms. Booker, would you please come to the 16· ·table and lead us through the Quality Jobs Program 17· ·issues today. 18· · · · · · · ·MS. BOOKER:· Good morning. 19· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Good morning. 20· · · · · · · ·MS. BOOKER:· I have three new Quality Jobs 21· ·applications.· First application Number 20170290, 22· ·ControlWorx, LLC, East Baton Rouge Parish; 20190223, 23· ·Intralox, LLC in Jefferson Parish; 20170271, UTLX 24· ·Manufacturing, LLC in Rapides Parish.· And that 25· ·concludes the new applications. ·1· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· I would entertain a motion to ·2· ·approval those new Quality Jobs applications. ·3· · · · · · · ·Motion from Dr. Woody Wilson; second from ·4· ·Mr. Fabra. ·5· · · · · · · ·Any questions or comments from the Board? ·6· · · · · · · ·(No response.) ·7· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· There being none, any questions ·8· ·or comments from the public? ·9· · · · · · · ·I see none. 10· · · · · · · ·All in favor, say "aye." 11· · · · · · · ·(Several members respond "aye.") 12· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Any opposition? 13· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 14· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· There being none, that motion 15· ·carries. 16· · · · · · · ·MS. BOOKER:· I have five requests for 17· ·renewals:· Application Number 20141058, American 18· ·Biocarbon CT, LLC in Iberville Parish; Application 19· ·20141197, Lapeyre Stair, Inc., Jefferson Parish; 20· ·20150027, USA Rail Terminals, LLC in West Baton Rouge 21· ·Parish; 20141322, Virdia B2X, LLC, Lafourche Parish; 22· ·20130129, Vivace Corporation in Orleans Parish.· And 23· ·that concludes the renewals. 24· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· I would entertain a motion to 25· ·approve these five renewal applications. ·1· · · · · · · ·Motion, Ms. Cola; second, Mr. Slone. ·2· · · · · · · ·Any questions or comments from the Board? ·3· · · · · · · ·One thing I do want to make clear, ·4· ·especially with new members, although we're voting on ·5· ·these all five, if there are any objections to any one ·6· ·of them, of course now is the time to raise the ·7· ·objection so we can handle them separately, but in any ·8· ·event, right now we have a motion to approve all five. ·9· · · · · · · ·No questions or comments from the Board? 10· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 11· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Any question or comments from 12· ·the public? 13· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 14· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· There being none, all in favor, 15· ·say "aye." 16· · · · · · · ·(Several members respond "aye.") 17· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Any opposed? 18· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 19· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· There is no opposition. 20· · · · · · · ·MS. BOOKER:· I have two special requests: 21· ·One change in company name, Project ID 20110680, Almatis 22· ·Burnside, LLC changing the company name to LALUMINA, LLC 23· ·in Ascension Parish; and change of project physical 24· ·location, Project ID 2015111, S&W Payroll Services, LLC, 25· ·previous address 1100 North Causeway Boulevard, Suite 1 ·1· ·in Mandeville, Louisiana, previous parish was St. ·2· ·Tammany, new address will be 1155 Highway 190 East ·3· ·Service Road, Suite 200 in Covington, Louisiana, and the ·4· ·same parish, St. Tammany. ·5· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· We don't have any issues with ·6· ·recording or tax assessor issues since it's the same ·7· ·parish? ·8· · · · · · · ·MS. BOOKER:· Right. ·9· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Great. 10· · · · · · · ·I would entertain a motion to approve these 11· ·two. 12· · · · · · · ·Mr. Fabra; second, Mr. Briggs. 13· · · · · · · ·Any questions or comments from the Board? 14· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 15· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Seeing none, any questions or 16· ·comments from 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 opposition? 22· · · · · · · ·(No response.) 23· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· There being none, that motion 24· ·carries. 25· · · · · · · ·MS. BOOKER:· And that concludes Quality ·1· ·Jobs. ·2· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Thank you, Ms. Booker. ·3· ·Appreciate your time this morning. ·4· · · · · · · ·Ms. Lambert, these are matters dealing with ·5· ·the Restoration Tax Abatement Program. ·6· · · · · · · ·MS. LAMBERT:· Yes, sir.· Good morning. ·7· · · · · · · ·MR. JONES:· Good morning. ·8· · · · · · · ·MS. LAMBERT:· We have 10 new Restoration Tax ·9· ·Abatement applications, they are:· 20190384, Alpha 10· ·University Place, LLC in Lafayette; 20190288, Colvin & 11· ·Smith, APLC in Claiborne; 20190424, Imperial Property 12· ·Holdings,