IMPERIAL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

DRAFT MINUTES FOR October 26, 2022

6:00 p.m.

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VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT:

                                                                City of Brawley                                       George Nava

                                                                City of Calipatria                                    Maria Nava-Froelich

                                                                City of Calexico                                      Raul Urena

                                                                City of El Centro                                    Cheryl Viegas-Walker

                                                                City of Imperial                                      Absent

                                                                City of Holtville                                       Mike Goodsell                

                                                                City of Westmorland                           Ana Beltran via zoom

                                                                County of Imperial                                Absent  

                                                                County of Imperial                                Luis Plancarte

                                                                Imperial Irrigation District Absent                                                                                                                                                                                                         

NON-VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT:          Caltrans District 11               Gustavo Dallarda

STAFF PRESENT:               David Aguirre, Virginia Mendoza, Cristi Lerma, Michelle Bastidas, Angela Delgadillo

OTHERS PRESENT:            David Salgado: SCAG; Eric Havens: Counsel; Rafael Reyes: Caltrans

PUBLIC:                                None

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, October 26, 2022, together with staff reports and related documents attached thereto and incorporated therein by reference.

I.                    CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 

Chair Nava-Froelich called the Commission meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. Roll call was taken, and a quorum was present. 

II.                  ACTION CALENDAR 

A.                  Adopted resolution authorizing remote teleconference meetings in accordance with Assembly Bill 361 

1.            Approved the resolution of the Imperial County Transportation Commission authorizing remote meetings in accordance with the provisions of the State Assembly Bill (AB) 361.

2.            Authorized the Chairperson to sign the resolution. 

B.            Discussion/Action regarding continued future agendizing of AB 361 resolution                              

The Commission recommended to bring this item to the agenda for action every month until February 2023.

A motion was made by Ureña and seconded by Plancarte, roll call:               

                                Motion Carried.

III.                 EMERGENCY ITEMS

                There were none.  

IV.                PUBLIC COMMENTS

                There were none. 

V.                  CONSENT CALENDAR

A.            Received and Filed:

1.                   ICTC Management Committee Minutes:                                October 12, 2022

2.                   ICTC TAC Minutes:                                                           September 22, 2022

A motion was made by Viegas-Walker and seconded by Nava to approve the consent calendar as presented, roll call:          

                Motion Carried.

VI.                REPORTS

A.                  ICTC Executive Director

⁻          Mr. Aguirre stated that ICTC will have several Free Fares campaigns in the month of November where riders will be able to ride for free. In recognition of Veterans Day, all active and retired Veterans will be able to ride for free. Additionally, riders will be able to ride free with a canned food item. All donations will be donated to the Imperial Valley Food Bank before Thanksgiving.  Beginning in 2023 the Free Fares Program will return  for all services until grant funding runs out.

⁻          Ms. Mendoza provided a list of outreach activities for the Long Range Transportation Program, where residents can provide their comments.

·         Heber Fall Festival: Saturday, October 29, at 4 p.m. Tito Huerta Park, 1165 Palm Avenue, in Heber.

·         Holtville Farmers Market & Street Fair: Saturday, November 5, at 11 a.m.               following the annual Veterans Day Parade at Holt Park, 121 W. 5th St., in Holtville.

·         Brawley Cattle Call Chili Cook-off: Saturday, November 5, at 5 p.m. on Main Street             and Plaza Park, in Brawley.

⁻          All other updates are on the Executive Director report on page 17 of the agenda.   

B.                  Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)

-          All updates are on the SCAG report on page 23 of the agenda.

C.                  California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)- District 11   

-          Mr. Dallarda requested that we please assist Caltrans in filling out an External Partner Survey that will assist them in their Strategic Plan efforts.  A link was provided in the zoom chat by Mr. Reyes and is listed here for the record. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CaltransEPS2022

-          All other updates are on the Caltrans report on page 27 of the agenda.

D.                  Commission Member Reports

-          Updates were provided by various commissioners.

VII.              ACTION CALENDER 

A.                   Calexico East Port of Entry Bridge Widening Project – Contract Change Order No. 2

1.                   Approved Change Order No. 2 to Hazard Construction Company for the Calexico East Port of Entry Bridge Widening Project in the amount of $136,890.00 modifying the total contract value to $20,141,890.00.

2.                   Authorized the Executive Director to sign Change Order No. 2.

A motion was made by Nava and seconded by Viegas-Walker, roll call:                                                    

Motion Carried.

B.                   Appointment to the California Council of Governments (CALCOG) Board

1.                   Appointed a representative and an alternate from the Commission to the CALCOG Board, beginning November 1, 2022.

A motion was made by Viegas-Walker and seconded by Nava to appoint Mr. Goodsell to be the representative and Ms. Nava-Froelich to be the alternate for the CALCOG Board, roll call:                                                               

Motion Carried.

C.                   Appointment to the California Vanpool Authority (CalVans) Board

1.                   Appointed a representative and an alternate from the Commission to the CalVans Board, beginning November 1, 2022.

A motion was made by Nava and seconded by Viegas-Walker to appoint Ms. Beltran to be the representative and Ms. Nava-Froelich the alternate for the Calvans Board, roll call:                                                            

Motion Carried. 

VIII.            MEETING DATE AND PLACE

A.                  The next meeting will be on November 9, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. at the ICTC Offices, 1503 N. Imperial Ave., Suite 104, El Centro, CA 92243 and via Zoom Meeting.

IX.                ADJOURNMENT

A.                  Meeting Adjourned at 7:11 p.m.