TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES

April 26, 2018

            Present:

            Gordon Gaste                           City of Brawley

            Guillermo Sillas                         City of Brawley

            Lily Falomir                             City of Calexico

            Isabel Alvarez                           City of Imperial

            Veronica Atondo                       County of Imperial

            Manuel Ortiz                            County of Imperial

            Joel Hamby                              City of Westmorland    

            Erika Garcia                              The Holt Group

            Others:

            Mark Baza                                ICTC

            Virginia Mendoza                     ICTC

            Cristi Lerma                             ICTC

            Joseph Chua                             Caltrans

            Beth Landrum                           Caltrans

1.       The meeting was called to order at 10:04 a.m. A quorum was present and introductions were made.  There were no public comments made.

2.       A motion was made to adopt the minutes for March 22, 2018.  (Hamby\Atondo) Motion Carried.

3.       ICTC Updates / Announcements

(By Mark Baza and Virginia Mendoza)

a.       Transit Planning Updates:

-          The Short Range Transit Plan update is underway. The consultant team recently held public workshops on April 23rd and 24th in the communities of Calexico, Niland, Brawley and El Centro. The input from the previous stakeholder interviews, bust stop workshops and the recent public workshops will be compiled in a report with recommendations that will be presented for approval at a later time.

b.       Transportation Planning Updates:

-          The Calexico Traffic Management Circulation Plan is underway. The project team and consultant had their kick-off meeting recently. A stakeholder meeting is scheduled for May 1, 2018 in the City of Calexico.

-          Please save the date for ICTC’s upcoming General Assembly and Economic Summit on May 31, 2018.

-          ICTC will be having a FY 2018-19 Budget Workshop on May 23, 2018 at 4 p.m. at the County of Imperial’s Conference Room C/D.

-          The next IMBA Meeting is scheduled for May 10, 2018 at 10 a.m. at the City of Calexico.

-          A Calexico West Port of Entry Traffic Management Study is underway. The Request for Proposals (RFP) were due on March 14, 2018 and the consultant selected was KOA. The project kick-off meeting took place on April 19, 2018 in the City of Calexico. In attendance at the Kick-off meeting was staff from SCAG, ICTC, Caltrans, KOA, and the City of Calexico. The first stakeholder meeting is scheduled for May 1, 2018.

-          Funds were approved through the LTA in September 2017 for the expansion of State Route 86 (Northbound) Border Patrol Checkpoint. A Consultant Agreement with AECOM for design and construction engineering was approved by the LTA on February 28, 2018. Currently design is underway by the consultant. The Consultant has completed 15% of the conceptual design.

-          Staff is moving forward with the RFP process for the Calexico Intermodal Transportation Center project. An award date should be authorized in June or July for the design.

c.       FFY 2017-18 Programmed Project Updates

-          An update for agency request for authorization (RFA’s) for Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ), Regional Surface Transportation Program (RSTP) and Active Transportation Program (ATP) projects programmed in FY 2017/2018 were requested from all agencies present. Below is the status of each project. For questions please follow up with Ms. Mendoza, project manager.

1.            stated that the SB 1 workshop schedules have been distributed. The SLPP Program is under Prop B, 50% match road maintenance project, match with LTA money.SB 1 proposing 50% formula 50% competitive 100 million. SB 1 as long as the bill is in affect revenues will be there. Be prepared to use first year allocations. Best number we have available based on the state. Mr. Baza stated we are still working with Caltrans on border inspection on expansion. Coming up with a solution to come up with a proposal.(canopy in both areas). City of Calexico spread ½ million on traffic opening with Phase 1.

The CTC has indicated that it will not have estimates available for this program until the end of July/early August timeframe, agencies are recommended use the League of Cities estimate as a placeholder.  The CTC has indicated that following the submittal of the budgeted list of projects, the local agency would have flexibility to administratively update or change the project list, but must report on SB1 expenditures on projects. 

Brawley           $608,000                      Holtville                       $139,000

Calexico          $920,000                      Imperial                       $416,000

Calipatria         $176,000                      Westmorland                $52,000

El Centro         $1,034,000                   County of Imperial       $10,600,000

Source: cacities.org                             TOTAL                        $13,945,000

d.       LTA Updates:

-          The City of Calexico has submitted a $1.9M requisition and a $1M requisition that are currently under review by staff.

-          The City of Brawley has stated that they are working on a Phase XI project that will conclude in September 2018, and that they will start submitting invoices shortly thereafter.

-          The Cities of Calipatria, Calexico and Holtville are in the process of a bonding series.

-          After confirmation from bond council, it was determined that alleys are an eligible expense under Measure Program. This was an item that has come up for discussion during Audit review with the Oversight Committee.

e.       SB1 Updates:

-          Staff reiterated on the importance of reporting for SB1 funds.  All agencies should have received disbursements from the State Board of Equalization. 

Source: cacities.org                             TOTAL                        $13,945,000

4.       SCAG Updates / Announcements: (By Mr. Salgado)

-          The SCAG Regional Council and General Assembly is scheduled for May 3-4, 2018.

-          The SCAG Go Human Campaign is entering its 3rd year of the Go-Human Marketing and Advertising Safety and Encouragement Campaign. It was implemented throughout the 6 county SCAG Regions. We have had good participation and engagement in Imperial County and would like to build upon the success. The campaign will run through the month of May to coincide with “National Bike Month” and during July and August to promote safe walking and biking during “back to school”. If agencies would like to participate and partner with SCAG to promote GO Human, please reach out to SCAG Regional Affairs Officer (RAO) David Salgado. Funding is available through the GoHuman Local Community Engagement Call for Projects. Applications are due May 11, 2018.

5.       Cities and County Planning / Public Works Updates:

-          There were various local agencies that gave an update on their local projects in progress.

6.       Caltrans Updates / Announcements

Ms. Blake has a Power Point Presentation on Local Assistance Environmental, Training for Imperial County Agencies. .

There will be scheduled closures for projects on SR 98 and SR78. Staff is working with the Public Information Office to get reasonable advanced notice.

Ann Fox is the new Deputy District Director.

The scheduled June TAC meeting will be replaced with the Caltrans – Imperial External Teambuilding Meeting.

Mr. Chua provided a Local Assistance Handout and had the following updates:

-          All inactive and future inactive invoices should have been submitted to Caltrans by April 20, 2018.

-          Please submit all FY 2017/18 Requests for Authorization/Obligation as soon as possible.

-          Caltrans anticipates the CTC will announce the 2019 ATP Cycle 4 call-for-projects around May 2018. The call will include about $440 Million in ATP funds.

-          The next HSIP Cycle 9 call-for-projects is expected to be announced late April / early May 2018.

-          The DBE Annual Submittal and ADA Annual Certification deadline is June 30, 2018.

-          On May 24, 2018 a procuring Architectural and Engineering (A&E) training is taking place at the District 11 offices.

-          Save the Date for October 2-3, 2018 for a Labor Compliance Training.

Ms. Landrum had the following updates:

-          The Trade Corridor Enhancement Program, created by SB 1 provides about $300 million annually for infrastructure improvements on federally designated trade corridors of national and regional significance on the primary freight network. A project was submitted named California-Mexico Border System Network Improvements with six sections. This project was rated medium high by CTC staff. The Commission will consider staff recommendation and adoption of the Commission’s May 16-17, 2018 meeting in San Diego. The six sections include the following and will greatly benefit Imperial County:

1.       State Route 125/905 Connector

2.       State Route 11/Segment 2B

3.       Otay Mesa East Port of Entry Segment 3A

4.       Advanced Technology Corridors at Border Port of Entry’s

5.       State Route 98 Improvements

6.       Calexico Port of Entry Truck Crossing Improvement

-          The Calexico Traffic Circulation Study is underway. A ½ day workshop conducted by Caltrans and ICTC is scheduled for May 1, 2018 in the City of Calexico which will include stakeholders, business and community members. Caltrans will be utilizing their current public engagement contract with MIG consulting to create a fact sheet for this project.

-          The bus stop on SR-111 in Niland was installed this week.

-          The I-8 CRCP project will continue to have some closures for segment 4 until the end of 2018.

7.       General Discussion / New Business

-          There were none.

8.       Meeting adjourned at 11:01 a.m.  (Atondo/Gaste) Motion Carried.