IMPERIAL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

MINUTES FOR August 22, 2018

6:00 p.m.

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VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT:      

                                                            City of Calipatria                      Maria Nava-Froelich

                                                            City of Holtville                       James Predmore

                                                            City of Imperial                        Robert Amparano – Vice-Chair

                                                            County of Imperial                    Ryan Kelley

                                                            County of Imperial                    Luis Plancarte – Chairman

NON-VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT:        Caltrans District 11                   Cory Binns

STAFF PRESENT:     Mark Baza, Kathi Williams, Cristi Lerma, Michelle Bastidas, Virginia Mendoza, David Aguirre

OTHERS PRESENT:  David Salgado: SCAG; Eric Estell: First Transit; Jesus “Chi” Vargas: Caltrans; Sean Wilcock, Glenna Barrett: IVEDC

The following action minutes are listed as they were acted upon by the Imperial County Transportation Commission and as listed on the agenda for the meeting held Wednesday, August 22, 2018 together with staff reports and related documents attached thereto and incorporated therein by reference.

I.                    CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 

Chair Plancarte called the Commission meeting to order at 6:14 p.m.  Roll call was taken and a quorum was not present.

II.                 EMERGENCY ITEMS

            There were none.  

III.              PUBLIC COMMENTS

There were none.  

IV.              CONSENT CALENDAR

The consent calendar was not approved due to a lack of quorum.

A.                 Approved the ICTC Commission Draft Minutes:                        June 27, 2018  

B.                  Received and File:

1.                   ICTC Management Committee Draft Minutes:               June 13, 2018

V.                 REPORTS

A.                 ICTC Executive Director

-          The Executive Director report can be found on page 11 of the agenda.

B.                  Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)

-          A SCAG report can be found on page 18 of the agenda.

C.                  California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

-          A Caltrans report can be found on page 21 of the agenda.

D.                 Commission Member Reports 

-          There were several Committee Member reports from various agencies.

VI.               ACTION CALENDAR

A.                 Agreement for Professional Financial Auditing Services - FY 2017-18 through FY 2019-20

The Executive Director forwards this item to the Commission for their review and approval after public comment, if any:

1.       Authorize the Chairman to sign the agreement for the ICTC Agreement for Professional Financial Auditing Services effective September 1, 2018, for the audit period FY 2017-18 through FY 2019-20, with the firm of Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co., LLP:

A.     For the fiscal reporting period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018, the annual not to exceed fee set at $68,200

B.      For the fiscal reporting period of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, the annual not to exceed fee set at $87,700

C.      For the fiscal reporting period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, the annual not to exceed fee set at $83,700

A quorum was not present and this item was not approved at this time.

VII.           INFORMATION CALENDER

A.                 Partnerships with IVEDC:

1.                   Southern Border Broadband Consortium (SBBC)

            Ms. Barrett gave a brief presentation regarding the SBBC.

2.                   The Brawley Transit Corridor Brownfield Assessment

Mr. Wilcock introduced the consultant, Mr. Chris Ramirez from SCS Engineers. Mr. Ramirez reviewed the project timeline, clean-up plan and project approach. The grant is for $300,000 which most of the funds will go towards environmental site assessments, with 14 assessments in phase 1 and 8 assessments in phase 2. More information will be forthcoming as the project unfolds.

VIII.         NEXT MEETING DATE AND PLACE

A.                 The next meeting of the Imperial County Transportation Commission will be held on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 6:00 p.m., at the County of Imperial Board Chambers, at 940 W. Main Street, El Centro, CA.

IX.              ADJOURNMENT

A.                 Meeting adjourned at 7:16 p.m.