Minutes | Regular Meeting
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
March 27, 2025
Present:
Juan Manuel Cabrera City of Brawley
Cristhian Barajas City of Brawley
Gloria Moreno City of Calexico
Patricia Ramirez City of Calipatria
Abraham Campos City of El Centro
Hector Salcedo City of El Centro
Melanie Amarillas City of Holtville
Jesus Villegas City of Imperial
Veronica Atondo County of Imperial
Manuel Ortiz IID
Others:
David Aguirre ICTC
Marlene Flores ICTC
Cesar Beltran ICTC
Bryan Ott Caltrans
Frank Safaie Caltrans
Rebecca Villarino Caltrans
Heidi Busslinger SCAG
Shea Northfield SCAG
Anna Eichelberger SCAG
Denise Sifford SCAG
Pablo Gutierrez SCAG
Jessica Karn SCAG
The meeting was called to order at 10:03 a.m. A quorum was present, and introductions were made. There were no public comments made.
1. A motion was made to adopt the minutes for February 27, 2025 (Ortiz/De Leon), Motion Carried.
2. Caltrans Updates/Announcements
(Presented by Caltrans Staff)
- For Inactive Projects, complete justification and contact Alma at and CC your area engineer: Alejandro Lopez-Rangel at Alejandro.lopez-rangel@dot.ca.gov or Frank Safaie at frank.safaie@dot.ca.gov
- Directions, deadlines, and links to apply for the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Grant Opportunities are here: https://www.transportation.gov/grants
- 8/2025 is the Deadline for the Bridge Investment Program (BIP), for more information, please visit the following link: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/bip/
- 2 billion funding available for the Safe Streets & Roads for All (SS4A) Program, more information, please visit the link: https://www.transportation.gov/grants/SS4A
- 1.5 billion funding available for the Buses and Bus Facilities Program, anticipated opening in Spring of 2025. More information in the link: https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grants/fact-sheet-buses-and-bus-facilities-program
- Charging & Fueling Infrastructure Grants anticipated opening Fall of 2025. 2.5 billion funding available over five years. For more information please visit the link: https://www.transportation.gov/rural/grant-toolkit/charging-and-fueling-infrastructure-grant-program
3. SCAG Updates / Announcements
No updates were given
4. Congestion Mitigation and Air quality (CMAQ) & Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) Call for projects Workshop
(Presented by SCAG Staff)
A workshop for CMAQ & STBG Call for projects was presented by SCAG Staff. The remaining dates to follow the CMAQ & STBG Call for projects are listed below:
Ms. Flores went through the CMAQ & STBG Call for projects supplemental questionnaire link at the ICTC website, for more information please follow the link below:
https://www.imperialctc.org/doing-business-with-ictc
For more information regarding the CMAQ & STBG Call for projects presentation, please follow the link:
https://scag.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/SCAG-STBG-CMAQ-General-Workshop-Presentation.pdf
5. ICTC Updates / Announcements
(Presented by ICTC Staff)
- A public hearing will take place for the Unmet Transit Needs on April 7, 2025. At 3:00PM at ICTC’s office and via Zoom.
- Calexico Intermodal Transportation Center will start construction on April first week.
- ICTC is working on redeveloping the IVT Ride Service logo, in addition to building the mobile software for anticipated use. The project is proposed to go live in July 2025.
6. Cities and County Planning / Public Works Updates:
Updates were given by the agencies.
Cristhian Barajas was presented as new Development Service Director for the City of Brawley.
7. General Discussion / New Business
No new business was discussed.
The next TAC meeting will be on April 24, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., via Zoom for the public and in person at the ICTC offices.
The meeting adjourned at 11:17 a.m.