Where: Port of San Diego
The EV project: EV ARC portable, solar-powered electric vehicle charging station for employees and visitors
Is that level 1 and level 2 charging? yes
Category Archives: ports
Lege TREND. Port Recommendations. Texas Interim Reports. 2019 Legislature. Speed Read.
House Committee on Transportation makes the following recommendations on ports:
- Funding Ship Channel Improvement Revolving Fund should be funded
- Underground Facility Notification. Railroad Commission, the General Land Office and the Port Authority Advisory Committee should work with stakeholders and the appropriate federal agencies to make a recommendation to the legislature regarding the inclusion of underwater infrastructure in the Texas Underground Facility Notification
- Funding for roads…
A Cyber Attack on a Port. 3 Regulatory Requirements emerging in the Golden State.
The Port: Port of San Diego
What happened in the ransomware attack?
- Administrative systems were held hostage for a certain sum
- Port staff shut down other portions of the port’s computer infrastructure
- The port continued to operate during the attack on Sept. 25, 2018
- Computer systems are not 100% as of 10.11.2018
- no online permitting currently
- no open records requests can be answered
3 Regulatory standards that emerged:
- deploy a multilayered security program
- required data back up at…
Texas Attorney General Opinion Request: Port Authority. Hiring Resigned Congressman.
Background:
- Calhoun Port Authority wants to know about whether it hired Blake Farenthold illegally.
- Independently, Calhoun Port Authority is being sued for violating the Open Meetings Act in the hiring
What’s the question for the Attorney General? Whether the hiring of Farenthold, as a lobbyist, erquired posting that the hiring was specific to services as a lobbyist
What’s the brouhaha over the Open Meetings Act? Those who say the Act was violated say there was no posting for the hiring of…
Lege TREND. Open Records Exceptions. PORTS. Economic Development. 4 Steps to protect Eco Devo records
State: Louisiana
Bill: HB 665 (2018 | LA)
What steps must a port take to except economic development records from disclosure?
- the records must be “active economic development negotiations”
- publish in its official journal a notice that the records are being hidden, within 10 days after deciding to keep them confidential
- protection from disclosure lasts 24 months
- protection ends when negotiations are over
What records cannot be hidden from disclosure by the port?
- hazardous waste licenses…
3 Fast Facts. New Port of Corpus Christi CEO
The new Port of Corpus Christi is Sean Strawbridge, who:
- Formerly was Long Beach Port’s managing director of operations and trade development
- Since 2016 has served as Corpus Christi Port’s COO
- The former Corpus Christi Port CEO John LawRue will stay on until he retires in June 2019
JOC | Strawbridge to succeed CEO LaRue at Corpus Christi Port
3 Bits informed:intel. New Port of Galveston Director.
The Port of Galveston named Rodger Rees, the new director.
What you need to know about Rodger Rees:
- Before Galveston, Rees was deputy executive director and chief financial officer at Port Canaveral, Florida
- Top Priorities for Mr. Rees: Increasing revenue & improving bond ratings to finance future projects
- The Port’s Future capital investment plan includes building a third cruise terminal
- The prot receives 80% of its revenues from cruise ships
TX A.G. Opinion: Enforcing Big Truck Weight Enforcement on the Gulf Coast.
The opinion requestor: Liberty County Attorney
The issue that the Liberty County Attorney wants the Attorney General to answer: Whether an elected constable and his deputies may simultaneously serve under the sheriff, specifically to perform tasks related to the duties of a weight enforcement officer.
Why Liberty County Attorney thinks an elected constable can also serve as a weight enforcement officer? Article XVI, Section 40 oft he Texas Constitution does not prohibit an elected constable…
Having Problems with a Transportation agency or a Department of Motor Vehicles? Utah has 3 Examples of Legislative Restructuring.
Utah Tranportation Authority is a thorn in the side of Utah elected officials. They’ve been studying the issue, and trying to craft a solutions to remove the obstacles they see in the agency.
For those of you in Texas, think of an agency that is a mix of 2017 TABC, 2013 HHSC and 2011 TXDOT when it lost a billion dollars.
3 solutions from Utah’s elected officials to reign in a rogue agency:
- Follow Maryland. Create a Transportation Secretary who oversees all transit, rail, ports and…
NEW KIDS. New Appointees to Port Authority Advisory Committee.
Lt. Gov. Patrick made the following appointments to the Port Authority Advisory Committee:
- Michael J. Plank
- From Houston
- Chairman & CEO of The Plank Companies, Inc., a diversified holding company
- Serves on the boards of Greater Houston Partnership, YMCA of Greater Houston & President’s Leadership Council at Methodist Hospital
- 1983 Texas A&M grad in Mechanical Engineering
LT. GOVERNOR DAN PATRICK ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT TO THE PORT AUTHORITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE