MINUTES FOR

March 26, 2025

VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT:

City of Brawley Gil Rebollar

City of Calipatria Javier Amezcua

City of Calexico Lorenzo Calderon

City of El Centro Sonia Carter

City of Imperial Robert Amparano

City of Holtville Mike Goodsell

City of Westmorland Ana Beltran

County of Imperial Absent

County of Imperial Martha Cardenas-Singh

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

OTHERS PRESENT: Eric Havens: Counsel; Ann Fox, Melina Pereira, John Garcia: Caltrans; Roger Martinez, Mary Tangloa: Vasquez & CO; John Grass: City of Brawley; Coley Delaney: Pun Group.

I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

The meeting was called to order by Chair Amparano at 8:36 p.m. and roll call was taken.

II. EMERGENCY ITEMS

There were none.

III. PUBLIC COMMENTS

There were none.

IV. CONSENT CALENDAR

A. Approved minutes for June 26, 2025. A motion was made by Rebollar and seconded by Cardenas-Singh as presented, roll call:

Agency Roll Call

City of Brawley Yes

City of Calipatria Yes

City of Calexico Yes

City of El Centro Yes

City of Holtville Yes

City of Imperial Yes

County of Imperial Hawk Absent

County of Imperial Singh Yes

City of Westmorland Yes

Motion Carried.

V. REPORTS

A. Mr. Aguirre reviewed the report on page 7

VI. ACTION CALENDAR

A. Imperial County Local Transportation Authority (LTA) Audit, Fiscal Year 2023/2024

1. Received, Approved and Filed the FY 2023-24 Imperial County Local Transportation Authority Annual Financial Audit for the following agencies: Brawley, Calipatria, Calexico, El Centro, Holtville, Imperial, Westmorland, the County of Imperial and the ICLTA.

2. Authorized the Authority to withhold Measure D funds for applicable agencies (after bond principal and interest payments) until completion of the agency’s audit if any of the provisions from the ordinance are not turned in by the specified deadline.

a. Maintenance of Effort, due October 1st

b. Annual projects completed list, due November 1st

c. Annual approval by the council/board of the 5-year list of projects, due November 1st

3. Authorized the Authority to deposit any interest earned from funds withheld (due to the above-mentioned action) in the 5% Regional Set-A-Side fund.

4. Authorized staff to instruct the Measure D participating agencies to include the LTA logo on signage for their road projects that use Measure D funds.

A motion was made by Cardenas-Singh and seconded by Goodsell as presented. Roll call:

Agency Roll Call

City of Brawley Yes

City of Calipatria Yes

City of Calexico Yes

City of El Centro Yes

City of Holtville Yes

City of Imperial Yes

County of Imperial Hawk Absent

County of Imperial Singh Yes

City of Westmorland Yes

Motion Carried.

B. Rotation of the Vice-Chair Position

A motion was made by Rebollar and seconded by Goodsell to appoint Martha Cardenas-Singh as the Vice-Chair for 2025. Roll call:

Agency Roll Call

City of Brawley Yes

City of Calipatria Yes

City of Calexico Yes

City of El Centro Yes

City of Holtville Yes

City of Imperial Yes

County of Imperial Hawk Absent

County of Imperial Singh Yes

City of Westmorland Yes

Motion Carried.

VII. ADJOURMENT

A. Meeting Adjourned at 8:54 p.m.