IMPERIAL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

OFFICIAL MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 27, 2021

6:00 p.m.

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VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT:

                                                                City of Brawley                                       George Nava via zoom

                                                                City of Calipatria                                    Maria Nava-Froelich via zoom

                                                                City of Calexico                                      Rosie Arreola-Fernandez

                                                                City of El Centro                                    Absent

                                                                City of Imperial                                      Robert Amparano via zoom

                                                                City of Holtville                                       Michael Goodsell via zoom

                                                                City of Westmorland                           Absent

                                                                County of Imperial                                Luis Plancarte via zoom

                                                                County of Imperial                                Ryan Kelley via zoom

                                                                Imperial Irrigation District                 Absent

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

STAFF PRESENT:               Mark Baza, David Aguirre, Cristi Lerma, Virginia Mendoza, Marlene Flores

OTHERS PRESENT:            All via zoom – David Salgado: SCAG; Rafael Reyes, Ben Guerrero, Daniel Hernandez, Patrick Jenkins: Caltrans; Eric Havens: 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, October 27, 2021, together with staff reports and related documents attached thereto and incorporated therein by reference.

I.                    CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 

Vice-Chair Arreola-Fernandez 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 Amparano and seconded by Nava-Froelich to approve the consent calendar as presented, roll call:                                                         

                                Motion Passed.

III.                CLOSED SESSION

A.            Motion to convene to Closed Session (Amparano/Plancarte) Motion carried

B.            CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Government Code § 54957.6)

                Agency Designated Representative: Eric Havens

                Unrepresented Employee: Interim Executive Director

C.            Announcement of Closed Session Action(s)

The Commission met in closed session regarding conference with labor negotiators under Government Code section 54957.6. Direction was given to appoint David Aguirre as the Interim Executive Director with a 10% salary increase effective December 1, 2021. Final action regarding compensation shall occur at next month’s action calendar.

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:                               September 29, 2021       

B.            Receive and File:

1.                   ICTC Management Committee Minutes:                                October 8, 2021

2.                   ICTC TAC Minutes                                                             July 22, 2021  

3.                   ICTC SSTAC Minutes                                                        September 1, 2021

C.                   Update authorized signers for the ICTC Bank Accounts at Community Valley Bank

1.       Remove the following signers from the ICTC bank accounts with Community Valley Bank (CVB):

a.       Mark Baza, Executive Director

b.       Kathi Williams, Program Manager (retired)

2.       Add the following signers to the ICTC bank accounts with CVB:

a.       Virginia Mendoza, Program Manager

A motion was made by Nava-Froelich and seconded by Amparano to approve the consent calendar as presented, roll call:         

                Motion Passed.

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 22 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 37 of the agenda.

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

-          Updates were provided by Ms. Fox. All updates are on the Caltrans report on page 44 of the agenda.

D.                  Commission Member Reports

-          There were none.  

VIII.            ACTION CALENDER

A.                  2022 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Recommendations for Imperial County

1.       Approved the 2022 STIP Recommendations for Imperial County, requesting to fund Planning, Programming and Monitoring (PPM) activities in the following distributions:

a.       Program a total of $506,507 ($394,000 from 2022 STIP RIP funds and $112,507 from COVID STIP Relief Funds) for ICTC staff PPM activities as follows: $98,000 in fiscal years 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25, and $212,507 in fiscal year 2025-26.

b.       Carryover the remaining available balance of $10,821,642 ($8,684,000 from STIP RIP and $2,137,642 from COVID STIP Relief Funds) for the Forrester Road improvement project.

A motion was made by Nava-Froelich and seconded by Plancarte to approve the consent calendar as presented, roll call:

Motion Passed.

IX.                 NEXT MEETING DATE AND PLACE

A.                  The next meeting will be tentatively on November 18, 2021, 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 7:28 p.m.

Approved and submitted on November 18, 2021

By:                 

Cristi Lerma, Secretary to the Commission