IMPERIAL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

MINUTES FOR January 22, 2025

6:00 p.m.

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VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT:

                                                                City of Brawley                                       Gil Rebollar

                                                                City of Calipatria                                    Javier Amezcua

                                                                City of Calexico                                      Lisa Tylenda

                                                                City of El Centro                                    Tomas Oliva via zoom

                                                                City of Imperial                                      Robert Amparano

                                                                City of Holtville                                       Mike Goodsell          

                                                                City of Westmorland                           Absent                                        

                                                                County of Imperial                                John Hawk  

                                                                County of Imperial                                Martha Cardenas-Singh

                                                                Imperial Irrigation District                 Karin Eugenio                                                                                                                

STAFF PRESENT:               David Aguirre, Cristi Lerma, Marlene Flores, Esperanza Avila

OTHERS PRESENT:            Eric Havens: Counsel; Davis Salgado: SCAG; John Garcia: Caltrans, Sonia Carter: City of Imperial

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, January 22, 2025, together with staff reports and related documents attached thereto and incorporated therein by reference.

I.                    CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 

Chair Amparano called the Commission meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Roll call was taken, and a quorum was present.

II.                  EMERGENCY ITEMS

A motion was made by Rebollar and seconded by Amezcua to allow Mr. Tomas Oliva to join as a voting member Via Zoom using “just cause” under AB 2449. Motion carried with unanimous approval. 

III.                PUBLIC COMMENTS

There were none.

IV.               CONSENT CALENDAR

A.                  ICTC Commission Minutes:                                         November 13, 2024

B.                  Received and filed:

1.                  ICTC TAC Minutes:                                       November 21, 2024

2.                  ICTC SSTAC Minutes:                                   December 04, 2024

A motion was made by Rebollar and seconded by Eugenio to approve the consent calendar as presented, roll call:       

C.                  Proposed increase to Compensatory Stipend to Commissioners

1.            Authorized the Chairman to sign an amended Resolution of the Imperial County Transportation Commission increasing the Compensatory Stipend for Commissioners to $100 per meeting.

A motion was made by Rebollar and seconded by Eugenio to approve the consent calendar as presented, roll call:       

                               Motion Carried.

V.                  REPORTS

ICTC Executive Director

Mr. Aguirre had the following updates:

-          ICTC in accordance with SCAG guidelines will be implementing a call for projects for the Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) and Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG). SCAG is anticipated to approve its CMAQ and STBG at its February 2025 Regional Council Meeting. The funding years associated with this call for projects is FFY 2026-27 and FFY 2027-28. ICTC will be updating its program guidelines to incorporate SCAG guideline provisions and is anticipating beginning its call for projects in March 2025. SCAG’s anticipated project submittal deadline is May 16, 2025. More information will be shared with all committees and formal guidelines will be adopted by the Commission.

-          The Imperial Valley Resource Management Agency received a Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) program award. The HHW program provides Imperial Valley residents with the opportunity to dispose of HHW properly and free of charge. The IVRMA was notified in December that it was awarded the HHW grant for FY 2025/2026 and FY 2026/2027 in the amount of $100,000.  This is the first time that IVRMA has secured this grant. The award will allow IVRMA to continue to provide HHW services to its residents

-          The Calexico Intermodal Transit Center project will begin construction in the February/March 2025 timeframe. The contract was awarded at this time.

-          ICTC is currently pursuing the implementation of an electronic fare payment system to its fixed route transit services. The system would allow all of its fixed route buses to take card payments in addition to its existing cash payment system. ICTC is working on securing the grant funds to implement this project.

-          All ICTC Executive Directors’ updates can be found on page 24 

A.                  Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)

                                Mr. Salgado had the following updates:

-          The 2025 Regional Conference & General Assembly will be held on May 1-2, 2025, at JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa, Palm Desert, CA. Mr. Salgado thanked cities for selecting their delegates and alternates. For more information, please contact SCAG Regional Affairs Officer David Salgado

-          All other updates can be found on the SCAG report on page 32 of the agenda.

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

                Mr. Garcia had the following updates:

-          SR-111 Roadside improvements will be done at the end of February. 

-           A list of completed projects is listed in the report on page 37. 

-          Stakeholder engagements are listed in the report on pages 38-39. 

-          Caltrans will be having an Imperial Valley Procurement & Resource Fair on April 2, 2025, at the Imperial Valley Fairgrounds. Flyers are also attached to this email and may be distributed. Please reach out to Caltrans District 11 Small Business Team, (619) 688-3151, d11.smallbusiness@dot.ca.gov for more information. Staff will be in Imperial Valley on February 12, 2025, to conduct further engagement to the ICTC Management Committee. 

-          All other updates can be found on page 36.

C.               Commission Member Reports

-          Updates were provided by various commissioners.

VI.                ACTION CALENDAR

                A.           Rotation of the Chair and Vice-Chair positions

It was requested that the Commission take appropriate action in consideration of the rotation and assignment of the two positions.

A motion was made by Rebollar seconded by Cardenas-Singh to nominate Mr. Robert Amparano from the City of Imperial as the Chairperson.

                               Motion Carried.

A motion was made by Rebollar and seconded by Oliva to nominate Ms. Martha Cardenas-Singh from the County of Imperial as the Vice-Chairperson of the ICTC Commission for 2025. Roll call was taken:

               Motion Failed.

A motion was made by Hawk and seconded by Goodsell to nominate Ms. Karin Eugenio from the Imperial Irrigation District as the Vice-Chairperson of the ICTC Commission for 2025. Roll call was taken:

                               Motion Carried.

B.  Calexico Intermodal Transportation Center Project (Calexico ITC) – Construction Contract Award

The ICTC Management Committee forwards this item to the Commission for their review and approval after any public comment, if any:

1.            Authorized the Executive Director to sign the Agreement for Construction Services between ICTC and Hazard Construction Engineering, LLC. for the Contract Price of $12,443,593.10 effective January 22, 2025.

2.            Issuance of Notice to Proceed to Hazard Construction Engineering, LLC. upon receipt and verification of required documentation.

A motion was made by Oliva and seconded by Rebollar to approve Action B as presented, roll call:

Motion Carried.

                  C.          Allocation of funding from the SCAG REAP 2.0 Subregional Partnership Program (SRP) to the                           Cities of Calexico, Imperial and Westmorland

The ICTC Management Committee forwarded this item to the Commission for their review and approval after any public comment, if any:

1.            Approved the recommendation to award the cities of Calexico, Imperial and Westmorland ICTC’s REAP 2.0 SRP funding allocation in accordance with Table 2 as noted above.

A motion was made by Oliva and seconded by Cardenas-Singh to approve Action C as presented, roll call:

Motion Carried.

VII.              CLOSED SESSION CALENDAR

A.                 Motioned to Adjourn to Closed Session

B.            CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY, Government Code §54956.8

Property: 2204-2208 La Brucherie Rd., El Centro, CA, Assessor’s Parcel Number

#064-450-076.

Agency negotiator: David Aguirre. Negotiating parties: Sandra Joy Hoskins et al.

Instructions to negotiators will concern price and terms of payment.

C.                 Announcement of Closed Session Action(s)

Mr. Havens stated that the commission met in closed session to discuss the following:

CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY, Government Code §54956.8 Property: 2204-2208 La Brucherie Rd., El Centro, CA, Assessor’s Parcel Number #064-450-076.

Agency negotiator: David Aguirre. Negotiating parties: Sandra Joy Hoskins et al.

-          Mr. Havens reported out from closed session by stating that, “Direction was given, and no reportable action was taken.”

VIII.            MEETING DATE AND PLACE

A.                  The next meeting will be on February 26, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at the ICTC Offices, 1503 N. Imperial Ave., Suite 104, El Centro, CA 92243, and via Zoom Meeting for the public.

IX.          ADJOURNMENT

A.                 Meeting Adjourned at 7:30 p.m.