IMPERIAL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

OFFICIAL MINUTES FOR JANUARY 26, 2022

6:00 p.m.

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VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT:

                                                                City of Brawley                                       George Nava via zoom

                                                                City of Calipatria                                    Absent  

                                                                City of Calexico                                      Rosie Arreola-Fernandez via zoom

                                                                City of El Centro                                    Cheryl Viegas-Walker

                                                                City of Imperial                                      Robert Amparano

                                                                City of Holtville                                       Absent

                                                                City of Westmorland                           Absent

                                                                County of Imperial                                Luis Plancarte via zoom

                                                                County of Imperial                                Absent

                                                                Imperial Irrigation District                 Javier Gonzalez                          

NON-VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT:          Caltrans District 11               Gustavo Dallarda via zoom

STAFF PRESENT:               David Aguirre, Cristi Lerma, Virginia Mendoza

OTHERS PRESENT:            All via zoom – David Salgado: SCAG; Layla Sarwari: Counsel

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 26, 2022, together with staff reports and related documents attached thereto and incorporated therein by reference.

I.                    CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 

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

II.                  ACTION CALENDAR

A.                  Adopt resolution authorizing remote teleconference meetings in accordance with Assembly Bill 361

1.            Approved the resolution of the Imperial County Transportation Commission authorizing remote meetings in accordance with the provisions of the State Assembly Bill (AB) 361.

2.            Authorized the Chairperson to sign the resolution.

A motion was made by Nava and seconded by Arreola-Fernandez, roll call:                                                            

 Motion Carried.

 III.                CLOSED SESSION

A.            Motion to convene to Closed Session (Amparano/Gonzalez)

roll call:                                                

 Motion Carried.

B.            CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

                Initiation of litigation (1 matter) (Government Code § 54956.9(d)(4))

C.            Announcement of Closed Session Action(s)

The Commission met in closed session regarding conference with legal counsel under Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4). Direction was given but no final action was taken.

IV.                EMERGENCY ITEMS

                There were none.

V.                  PUBLIC COMMENTS

There were no public comments received.

VI.                CONSENT CALENDAR

A.            Approval of the ICTC Commission Draft Minutes:                               November 18, 2021        

B.            Receive and File:

1.                   ICTC Management Committee Minutes:                                December 8, 2021

2.                   ICTC TAC Minutes                                                             November 18, 2021

3.                   ICTC SSTAC Minutes                                                        December 1, 2021

A motion was made by Gonzalez and seconded by Arreola-Fernandez to approve the consent calendar as presented, roll call:                                                                                

Motion Carried.

VII.              REPORTS

A.                  ICTC Executive Director

⁻          Updates were provided by Ms. Mendoza and Mr. Aguirre. All updates are on the Executive Director report on page 23 of the agenda.  

B.                  Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)

-          Updates were provided by Mr. Salgado. All updates are on the SCAG report on page 35 of the agenda.

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

-          Updates were provided by Mr. Dallarda. All updates are on the Caltrans report on page 43 of the agenda.

D.                  Commission Member Reports

-          There were none.  

VIII.            ACTION CALENDER

A.                  Rotation of Chair and Vice-Chair Positions

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

A motion was made by Gonzalez seconded by Plancarte to appoint the City of Calexico: Ms. Rosie Arreola-Fernandez as the Chairperson of the Commission for 2022. Roll call was taken:

Motion Carried.

A motion was made by Arreola-Fernandez seconded by Nava to appoint the City of Calipatria: Ms. Maria Nava-Froelich as the Vice-Chair of the Commission for 2022. Roll call was taken:

Motion Carried. 

B.                   Imperial County Long Range Transportation Plan – Services Contract Award – Michael Baker International

Ms. Mendoza presented this item to the Commission. A full staff report can be found on page 56 of the agenda.

The ICTC Management Committee met on January 12, 2022, and forwarded this item to the Commission for their review and approval after public comment, if any:

1.       Approved the award of the Services Agreement for the Imperial County Long Range Transportation Plan – to Michael Baker International in the amount of $299,827.83.

2.       Authorized the Chairperson to sign the Services Agreement.     

A motion was made by Amparano and seconded by Gonzalez, roll call:                                                    

Motion Carried.

C.                  Approving and execution of the Agreement between the Imperial County Transportation Commission (ICTC) and Nomad Transit, LLC (Via) for the implementation/operation of the Calexico Microtransit Service funded by the Clean Mobility Options (CMO) Voucher Pilot Program

Mr. Aguirre presented this item to the Commission. A full staff report is on page 74 of the agenda.

The ICTC Management Committee met on January 12, 2022 and forwarded this item to the Commission for their review and approval after public comment, if any:

1.       Authorized the Chairperson to sign the agreement between ICTC and Nomad Transit, LLC. (Via) in the amount of $1,253,296 for a period of two years of service operations.

A motion was made by Gonzalez and seconded by Arreola-Fernandez, roll call:                                                   

Motion Carried.

D.                  Resolution for the continued executive oversight of specific projects for Imperial County Transportation Commission

Mr. Aguirre presented this item to the Commission.  A full staff report is on page 93 of the agenda.

ICTC staff forwarded to the following to the Commission for their review and approval after public comment, if any:

1.       Approved the continued executive oversight of specific projects to retiree Mark Baza at the hourly rate of $79.56

2.       Authorized the Chairperson to execute the attached resolution.

A motion was made by Amparano and seconded by Nava, roll call:                                                            

Motion Carried.

IX.                 NEXT MEETING DATE AND PLACE

A.                  The next meeting will be tentatively on February 23, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. at the ICTC Offices, 1503 N. Imperial Ave., Suite 104, El Centro, CA 92243 and via Zoom Meeting.

X.                  ADJOURNMENT

A.                  Meeting Adjourned at 7: 23 p.m.