Minutes | Regular Meeting
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES
January 25, 2018
Present:
Gordon Gaste City of Brawley
Steven Sullivan City of Brawley
Lily Falomir City of Calexico
Abraham Campos City of El Centro
Adriana Nava City of El Centro
Lisa Tylenda City of Imperial
Isabel Alvarez City of Imperial
Joel Hamby City of Westmorland
Erika Garcia The Holt Group representing City of Holtville / City of Calipatria
Others:
Virginia Mendoza ICTC
David Aguirre ICTC
Cristi Lerma ICTC
David Salgado SCAG
Beth Landrum Caltrans
1. The meeting was called to order at 10:12 a.m. A quorum was present and introductions were made. There were no public comments made.
2. Rotation of Chair and Vice-Chair Positions
A motion was made by Tylenda and seconded by Gaste to nominate the City of Calexico as the Chair for 2018, Motion Carried.
A motion was made by Hamby and seconded by Tylenda to nominate the City of Calipatria as the Vice-Chair for 2018, Motion Carried.
3. A motion was made to adopt the minutes for October 26, 2017. (Campos/Hamby) Motion Carried.
4. Appointment of Public Works Representative to Imperial Valley Emergency Communications Authority (IVECA)
A motion was made by Nava and seconded by Hamby to nominate Abraham Campos to IVECA , Motion Carried.
5. Imperial County Transportation Commission (ICTC) Resolution for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2018/2019 – 2023/2024 Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP)
Ms. Mendoza stated that ICTC submitted its portion of the Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP) for inclusion into the SCAG 2019 FTIP on January 9, 2018. The attached resolution establishes our commitment to implement all listed projects in the FTIP. A project list was also attached to the agenda for review. Ms. Mendoza requested agencies to review the list and notify her of any changes to projects if needed.
ICTC Staff presented this item to the Technical Advisory Committee for discussion and recommendation and requested this item be forwarded to the ICTC Management Committee and Commission after public comments, if any:
1. Authorize the Chairman to sign the resolution that certifies funding has been identified for the projects in the FFY 2018/2019 – 2023/2024 FTIP and affirms our commitment to implement all projects in the program.
A motion was made by Hamby and seconded by Tylenda, Motion Carried.
6. ICTC Updates / Announcements
Ø Transit Planning Updates (By David Aguirre):
- The Project Consultant team Kimley Horn and Associates has finished their review of the Bus Stop Inventory, Signage Replacement and Technology Assessment Project. The consultant team and agency stakeholders are set to meet on January 31, 2018 to review and discuss the current status of the project. The items that will be reviewed include a Bus Stop Inventory, Asset Condition Report, ADA Assessment Report, Bus Stop Usage Priority List and Bus Stop Signage installation parameters and requirements. A goal of the project will be to purchase signage for all countwide bus stops and have agency staff install them. The report will prioritize deficiencies by ridership usage and ranked by both city and county.
Ø Transportation Planning Updates (By Virginia Mendoza):
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- Regional Mobility Hub Implementation Strategy project has developed a Regional Mobility Hubs Implementation Plan for San Diego County and Imperial Valley. The focus of the plan was to develop recommended improvements, conceptual designs, and implementation strategies for different mobility hub station place types for both regions. Mobility hubs can help maximize the capital investment in transit services and support the emphasis on smart growth and transit-oriented development. The Consultant has completed Mobility Hub Concept Designs for the intermodal facilities in the City of Brawley, Imperial Valley College and the City of El Centro. SANDAG project team is refining document design and using non-grant funding to carry out professional copyediting services on all public-facing documents. The final deliverables will be posted online in February 2018.
- SCAG is assisting with the contract administration of the Regional Climate Action Plan and it currently in the final stages of scope of work development. The intent is to have a climate action plan for each agency. Ms. Mendoza requested feedback from TAC to ensure the plan was inclusive of all agencies and to create a baseline to make agencies up to par for future funding opportunities.
- The Calexico ITC Design RFP will be released in March 2018.
- District 11 will be looking at the following projects to incorporate under the Caltrans SB1 Transportation Corridor Program. These projects are eligible under this program because they are federally significant corridors and they are on a statewide system.
o State Route 98 Phase 1 C widening for $7 million
o Calexico East Bridge Expansion (design) for $3 million
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
Ø LTA Updates (By Virginia Mendoza):
- Ms. Mendoza stated that the City of Brawley and the City of Calexico are the two agencies pending to expend all their LTA Bond monies. Both agencies have provided staff with information on the projects and an expected date of completion. Both projects should be wrapped up by mid-2018. MS. Mendoza thanked both agencies for their efforts.
- A presentation by Bond Counsel was presented to the LTA Board for a potential bonding opportunity. There are no commitmnets at this time.
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- Ms. Mendoza the LTA Bond for City of Brawley and City of Imperial. Calexico has a 6 million balance on bond. City of Calexico rolled a road maintenance project.
Mr. Baza stated that these are bond money. The money was used for new project maintenance we can help with on the bond project or whatever list is available.
1. SB 1 Update
Ms. Mendoza 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
7. SCAG Updates / Announcements: (By Mr. Salgado)
- Go Human Marketing material will be availble to all agencies.
8. Cities and County Planning / Public Works Updates:
- There were various local agencies that gave an update n their local projects in process.
9. 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.
Ms. Landrum had the following updates and announcements:a flyer of the deadlines for the projects from the engineer update.
- An SB1 grant administrator workshop is scheduled for today (January 25, 2018) at 1 p.m. at the ICTC Offices. All were encouraged to attend. The workshop can assist in attaining project ideas and is an opportunity to review grant guidelines. Agencies can also send Caltrans applications ahead of time for review and comment. There are $40.8 million available for this round and the deadline to submit an application is February 23, 2018.
- SCAG is working to release a request for proposals soon for the Calexico West Port of Entry Traffic Management Study and have a consultant on board by April 2018.
- The I-8 CRCP project segments 1-3 have been completed and 4-5 are underway.
- One on One meetings are scheduled with Caltrans Local Assistance and local agencies.
- Caltrans Emvironmental will attend the TAC in February for Hazardous Waste / Air Quality Training.
- Caltrans anticipates the CTC to announce the 2019 ATP Cycle 4 Call for Projects in or around March 2018.
- A Caltrans report was also attached to the agenda.
10. General Discussion / New Business
- There were none.
11. Meeting adjourned at 11:17 a.m.