IMPERIAL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

MINUTES OF March 11, 2020

10:30 a.m.

VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT:

City of Brawley                        Rosanna Bayon Moore

                                    City of Calipatria                      Rom Medina

City of Calexico                       David Dale

                                    City of El Centro                     Marcela Piedra

City of Holtville                       Nick Wells

County of Imperial                    Tony Rouhotas

County of Imperial                    Esperanza Colio-Warren

STAFF PRESENT: David Aguirre, Michelle Bastidas, Cristi Lerma

OTHERS PRESENT:  David Salgado: SCAG; Jose Ornelas, Hanh-Dung Khuu: Caltrans,; Liz Zarate: City of El Centro

The following minutes are listed as they were acted upon by the Imperial County Transportation Commission Management Committee and as listed on the agenda for the meeting held Wednesday, March 11, 2020 together with staff reports and related documents attached thereto and incorporated therein by reference.

I.                    CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

Chair Piedra called the Committee meeting to order at 10:47 a.m. and Roll call was taken and a quorum was present.

II.                 EMERGENCY ITEMS

A.                 There were none.

III.              PUBLIC COMMENTS

There were none.

IV.              CONSENT ITEMS

A motion was made by Wells seconded by Medina to approve the consent calendar as presented, Motion carried unanimously.

A.                 Approved Management Committee Draft Minutes:                                    February 12, 2020

B.                  Received and Filed:

1.                   ICTC Commission Minutes:                                                             January 22, 2020

2.                   ICTC TAC Minutes:                                                                           January 23, 2020

3.                   ICTC TAC Draft Minutes:                                                                February 27, 2020

4.                   ICTC SSTAC Minutes:                                                                      February 5, 2020

C.            Specific Transit Operator Fiscal Reports FY 2018-19 for Imperial Valley Transit, IVT Access, IVT Ride and IVT MedTrans

1.             Receive and file the Specific Transit Operator Fiscal Reports FY 2018-19; IMPERIAL VALLEY TRANSIT, IVT ACCESS, IVT RIDE and IVT MedTrans

V.                 REPORTS

A.                 ICTC Executive Director

            Mr. Baza had the following updates:

-          The UTN Hearing was held on March 4th, 2020 at 3 p.m. at the County of Imperial Board Chambers, 940 W. Main St. in El Centro. Staff will reconvene on April 1, 2020 at 3 p.m. to provide a follow-up to the comments that were received and determine if needs are reasonable to meet. Several other outreach opportunities were also conducted, specifically in the North-end of Imperial County. This allowed more opportunity for transit users that are not able to attend the hearing in El Centro to submit their comments for the record. Other outreach opportunities were as follows:

o   January 27, 2020 – Calipatria North-end Advisory Meeting, 6 p.m.

o   February 3, 2020 – Westshores Council Meeting, 6 p.m.

o   February 24, 2020 – Brawley Council Chambers, 3 p.m.

o   February 24, 2020 – Bombay Beach North-end Advisory Meeting, 6 p.m.

-          As previously noted, Congress authorized ‎$98 million for Phase 1 of the Calexico West Port of Entry project. The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) began construction for Phase 1 in December 2015 with completion now scheduled for July 2018. Phase 2A was awarded in the amount of $191 million and will include six additional northbound privately-owned vehicle (POV) inspection lanes, permanent southbound POV inspection, expanded secondary inspection and adding a pre-primary canopy, new administration building, and employee parking structure. Funding for phase 2B is in the President’s Budget Proposal in the amount of $99.7 million. Work for phase 2B will include demolition of the old port building and construction of the new pedestrian building. The total estimated cost for phases 2A plus 2B is $276 million.

-          The Calexico Intermodal Transportation Center (ITC) project is moving forward with the environmental process with Caltrans.

-          The I-8 / Imperial Avenue Interchange Reconstruction is tentatively scheduled to begin construction in April 2020. Caltrans and El Centro project management teams conducted inter-agency meetings to discuss the public information campaign for both the Interchange Project and the Imperial Avenue Extension South Project. The public outreach plan is being finalized between the City of El Centro, Caltrans, and ICTC. A media outreach was held on January 13, 2020 at the Caltrans yard in El Centro at 1102 Montenegro Way at 11 a.m. An Open House was also held on January 15, 2020 at the El Centro Regional Medical Center.

-          A report with additional updates can be found on page 67 of the agenda.

B.                  Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)

            Mr. Salgado had the following updates:

-          Adoption of the Final Connect SOCAL Plan is planned for April with ratification at the General Assembly in May.

-          Registration is now open for the SCAG General Assembly. It is scheduled for May6-8, 2020. Please select your delegates and alternates.

-          ATP Cycle 5 guidelines have been released with $440 million available. Mr. Salgado is willing to assist with any questions. Ms. Mendoza stated that Cory Wilkinson from SCAG is willing to come to Imperial County to hold a workshop in March and will coincide with the final draft guidelines approval. SCAG’s regional share is a potential $900K. Also, bundled projects will be more successful.

-          A report with additional updates can be found on page 75 of the agenda.

C.                  Caltrans Department of Transportation – District 11

-          Caltrans updates can be found on page 81 of the agenda.  

D.                 Committee Member Reports

-          There were no updates.

VI.               ACTION CALENDAR

A.        Transportation Development Act (TDA) and Program Fiscal Audits for FY 2018-19       

            It was requested that ICTC Management Committee forward this item to the Commission for review and approval after public comment, if any:

1.       Receive and file the Transportation Development Act and other program fiscal audits for the Imperial County Transportation Commission, for FY 2018-19.

2.       Direct staff to transmit the fiscal audits to the State Controller’s Office.

A motion was made by Medina seconded by Wells. Motion carried unanimously.

VII.           LTA ACTION CALENDAR

A.        Adoption of the Imperial County Local Transportation Authority Annual Financial Audit for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2019

            It was requested that ICTC Management Committee forward this item to the LTA Board for review and approval after public comment, if any:

1.         Receive, Approve and File the FY 2017-18 Imperial County Local Transportation Authority Annual Financial Audit for the following agencies: Brawley, Calexico, Calipatria, El Centro, Holtville, Imperial, Westmorland, the County of Imperial and the ICLTA.

A motion was made by Bayon Moore seconded by Wells. Motion carried unanimously.

VIII.         NEXT MEETING DATE AND PLACE

The next meeting of the Management Committee is scheduled for April 8, 2020 at the City of Calexico, Calexico, Ca.

IX.               ADJOURNMENT

A.                 Meeting adjourned at 11:41 a.m.