Minutes | Regular Meeting
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES
May 16, 2018
Present:
Andres Miramontez City of Brawley
Lily Falomir City of Calexico
Javier Luna City of El Centro
Abraham Campos City of El Centro
Angel Hernandez City of El Centro
Veronica Atondo County of Imperial
Joel Hamby City of Westmorland
Others:
Virginia Mendoza ICTC
Cristi Lerma ICTC
Joseph Chua Caltrans
Kevin Hovey Caltrans
Jorge Nozot The Holt Group
1. The meeting was called to order at 10:05 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 April 26, 2018, (Hamby/Atondo) Motion Carried.
3. ICTC Updates / Announcements
(By Virginia Mendoza)
a. Transit Planning Updates:
- There were none.
b. Transportation Planning Updates:
- ICTC will have a budget workshop for FY 2018-19 on May 23, 2018 at 4 p.m., before the Commission meeting.
- The Imperial Valley General Assembly and Economic Summit will be on May 31, 2018 at the Old Eucalyptus Schoolhouse in El Centro. Congressman Juan Vargas is confirmed to be the keynote speaker at ICTC’s General Assembly.
- The project kick-off meeting for the Calexico West Port of Entry Traffic Management Study 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. A technical stakeholder meeting was held on May 1, 2018 in Calexico. The next technical stakeholder meeting is scheduled for June 6, 2018, location to be determined. Detour plans will be implemented as these efforts develop to assist with traffic control. Caltrans has been a huge support on this effort.
- Currently design is underway by the consultant AECOM for the State Route 86 Border Patrol Checkpoint project. The Consultant has completed 15% of the conceptual design. The consultant team and project stakeholders met on May 8, 2018. All stakeholders provided good input to the consultant team towards development of 35% design plans. Drafts of 35% plans are scheduled for completion in late June 2018.
c. FFY 2017-18 Programmed Project Updates
- Federal funding obligations request for authorization (RFA’s) for CMAQ, RSTP and ATP projects programmed in FY 2017/2018 update. Pending agencies are Calexico and El Centro
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 cities of Calipatria, Calexico and Holtville are pursuing a new series of LTA bonding to assist in the completion of projects. The cities will take action to proceed by mid-June2018. The LTA Board will take final action to proceed on June 27, 2018.
e. SB1 Updates:
- There will be a ballot in November to repeal SB 1. Staff encouraged agencies to secure current funding available and obligate quickly. SB 1 funds can be used for engineering and right-of-way.
Source: cacities.org TOTAL $13,945,000
4. SCAG Updates / Announcements: (By Ms. Mendoza)
- An ATP Workshop will be held at the ICTC/SCAG offices at 9 a.m. on May 30, 2018. Agencies are encouraged to attend. El Centro, Calexico and the County of Imperial confirmed they’d be present.
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:
- There are currently inactive projects from the Cities of Calexico, Imperial, El Centro, the County of Imperial and ICTC. Deadline to submit was April 20, 2018.
- The DBE Annual Submittal and ADA Annual Certification deadline is June 30, 2018.
Mr. Hovey stated that Michelle Blake was promoted to Senior Environmental Planner in Sacramento.
7. General Discussion / New Business
- Mr. Campos stated that the City of El Centro received awards for projects from ASCE and APWA. Ms. Mendoza suggested the city submit for SCAG sustainability awards for next year.
- The City of El Centro held its 1st annual Public Works Day.
8. Meeting adjourned at 11:45 a.m.