1503 N. IMPERIAL AVENUE, SUITE 104

EL CENTRO, CA  92243-2875

PHONE: (760) 592-4494

FAX: (760) 592-4410

TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AGENDA

LARGE CONFERENCE ROOM

1503 N. IMPERIAL AVE., SUITE 104

EL CENTRO, CA 92243

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2025

6:00 PM

CHAIR: ROBERT AMPARANO                                                           VICE CHAIR: KARIN EUGENIO

In compliance with the Brown Act and Government Code Section 54957.5, agenda materials distributed 72 hours prior to the meeting, which are public records relating to open session agenda items, will be available for inspection by members of the public prior to the meeting on the Commission’s website: www.imperialctc.org.

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I.                    CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

II.                 EMERGENCY ITEMS

A.                  Discussion / Action of emergency items, if necessary.

III.              PUBLIC COMMENTS

This is an opportunity for members of the public to address the Commission on any subject matter within the Commission’s jurisdiction, but not an item on the agenda. Any action taken because of public comment shall be limited to direction to staff. Each speaker should contact the Secretary to the Commission at (760) 592-4494 or by email to cristilerma@imperialctc.org. When addressing the Commission, state your name for the record prior to providing your comments. Please address the Commission as a whole, through the Chairperson. Individuals will be given three (3) minutes to address the Commission; groups or topics will be given a maximum of fifteen (15) minutes. Public comments will be limited to a maximum of 30 minutes. If additional time is required for public comments, they will be heard at the end of the meeting. Please remember to follow the Public Comment Code of Conduct: No profanity or obscenity, yelling or screaming, no slander or defamatory statements, no personal threats, or attacks, no hateful or demeaning language based on hate of a person’s race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or disability, respect all people that are present or watching, obey the direction of the Chair and Secretary to the Commission.

CITIES OF BRAWLEY, CALEXICO, CALIPATRIA, EL CENTRO, HOLTVILLE, IMPERIAL, WESTMORLAND, IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT AND COUNTY OF IMPERIAL

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IV.              CONSENT CALENDAR

A.                  ICTC Commission Minutes:                                             January 22, 2025

B.                  Receive and file:

1.                   ICTC Management Committee Minutes:        January 08, 2025 

2.                   ICTC TAC Minutes:                                       December 19, 2024

3.                   ICTC SSTAC Minutes:                                   December 04, 2025

V.                 REPORTS (Up to 5 minutes per staff report)

A.                  ICTC Executive Director   

·         Executive Director Report

B.                  Southern California Association of Governments

·         See attached report

C.                  California Department of Transportation – District 11

·         See attached report

D.                  Commission / Committee Member Reports (if any)

VI.              ACTION CALENDAR

A.                  Active Transportation Program Award

The Technical Advisory Committee met on January 23, 2025, and the ICTC Management Committee met on February 12, 2025, and forward this item to the Commission for review and approval after public comments, if any:

1.                   Approve the Project Nomination List for the year 2025 Active Transportation Program (ATP).

2.                   Approve the recommendation of funding for the project listed in Table 2 in the amount of $338,000.

3.                   Direct staff to submit a Formal Nomination List to SCAG and proceed with the State/Federal programming and documentation.

B.                  Appointment(s) to ICTC delegated SCAG Policy Committees

It is recommended that the ICTC Commission take the following actions after public comment, if any:

1.           Appoint two ICTC Commission Members or other nominated elected officials to the SCAG Policy Committees of Community, Economy and Housing Development Committee (CEHD) and Transportation Committee (TC).

C.                  Approval of Reimbursement Agreement between the Imperial County Transportation Commission (ICTC) and the County of Imperial – Imperial County Transportation Model (ICTM) Updates – Lithium Valley Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR)

The item was introduced after the completion of the Management Committee meeting in the month of February 2025. Therefore, ICTC Staff forwards this item to the Commission for their review and approval after any public comment, if any:

1.             Authorize the Chairman to sign the Reimbursement Agreement between the County of Imperial and ICTC to reimburse ICTC for any cost associated with the completion of the required transportation modeling services. Said services are to be completed by Caltrans.

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D.                  Passenger Statistical Summary Project for FY 2025-26 for Imperial Valley Transit (IVT)

Given the project’s timing constraints, staff are bringing this item to the commission for their review and approval after public comment, if any:

1.                   Authorize the Chairman to sign the Passenger Statistical Sampling Project Agreement with the firm of Rea and Parker Research Inc. for the not to exceed fee of $139,000 for FY 2025-26.

2.                   Direct staff to include this project budget in the FY 2025-26 ICTC OWP Budget and Transit Finance Plan. 

VII.           CLOSED SESSION CALENDAR

A.                  Motion to Adjourn to Closed Session

B.            CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY, Government Code §54956.8

Property: 2204-2208 La Brucherie Rd., El Centro, CA, Assessor’s Parcel Number #064-450-076.

Agency negotiator: David Aguirre. Negotiating parties: Sandra Joy Hoskins et al.

Instructions to negotiators will concern price and terms of payment.

                C.            Announcement of Closed Session Action(s)

VIII.         MEETING DATE AND PLACE

A.                  The next meeting of the Imperial County Transportation Commission is scheduled for Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., at the ICTC Offices located at 1503 N. Imperial Ave., Suite 104, El Centro, CA 92243 and remotely via Zoom Meeting for the public and non-voting members.

IX.              ADJOURNMENT