City Council

1/3 City of Calipatria June 27, 2023 6 PM REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CALIPATRIA PLEASE TURN OFF ELECTRONIC DEVICES AGENDA CALL TO ORDER: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: INVOCATION: ROLL CALL: Mayor: Maria N-Froelich, MayorProTem Sylvia Chavez, Javier Amezcua, Mike Luellen, Fred Beltran PRESENT: ABSENT: ALSO PRESENT: MAYOR’S MESSAGE/PUBLIC COMMENT At this time the Council will hear comments on any agenda item and on any item not on this agenda. Personal attacks on individuals, slanderous comments or comments that may invade an individual’s privacy are prohibited. If you wish to be heard, please stand and address yourself to the mayor, we request that you limit your remarks to no more than three (3) minutes. THIS AGENDA CONTAINS A BRIEF GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EACH ITEM TO BE CONSIDERED. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, NO ACTION OR DISCUSSION SHALL BE TAKEN ON ANY ITEM NOT APPEARING IN THE FOLLOWING AGENDA INFORMATION REPORTS Fire City Manager Staff report MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: CONSENT AGENDA 1. Minutes- May 9th, May 23rd , June 13th 2. Support Letter AB918- Healthcare District- Nava-Froelich NEW BUSINESS MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: RESOLUTION 23-26 J. Galvan- The Holt Group RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CHURCH STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 FUNDED BY SB 1: THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017 WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017) was passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor in April 2017 to address the significant multi-modal transportation funding shortfalls statewide; and 0062723AGN  2/3 WHEREAS, SB 1 includes accountability and transparency provisions that will ensure the residents of our City are aware of the projects proposed for funding in our community and which projects have been completed each fiscal year; and WHEREAS, the City must adopt by resolution a list of projects proposed to receive fiscal year funding from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA), created by SB 1, which must include a description and the location of each proposed project, a proposed schedule for the project’s completion, and the estimated useful life of the improvement; and WHEREAS, the City, will receive an estimated $160,195.00 in RMRA funding in Fiscal Year 2023-24 from SB 1; and WHEREAS, this is the 5th year in which the City is receiving SB 1 funding and will enable the City to continue essential road maintenance and rehabilitation projects, safety improvements, repairing and replacing aging bridges, and increasing access and mobility options for the traveling public that would not have otherwise been possible without SB 1; and WHEREAS, the City has undergone a robust public process to ensure public input into our community’s transportation priorities/the project list; and WHEREAS, the City used a pavement conditions survey completed in 2017 to develop the SB 1 project list to ensure revenues are being used on the most high-priority and cost-effective projects that also meet the communities priorities for transportation investment; and WHEREAS, the funding from SB 1 will help the City maintain and rehabilitate certain streets/roads and active transportation infrastructure throughout the City this year and of similar projects into the future; and WHEREAS, the 2018 California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment found that the City streets and roads are in a “poor” condition and this revenue will help us increase the overall quality of our road system and over the next decade will bring our streets and roads into an “excellent” condition; and WHEREAS, the SB 1 project list and overall investment in our local streets and roads infrastructure with a focus on basic maintenance and safety, investing in complete streets infrastructure, and using cutting-edge technology, materials and practices, will have significant positive co-benefits statewide. NOW, THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, ORDERED AND FOUND by the City Council of the City of Calipatria, State of California, as follows: 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct. 2. The following list of newly proposed projects will be funded in-part or solely with Fiscal Year 2023-24 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues: Project Title: Church Street Improvement Project Project Description: The project involves the removal and disposal of existing deteriorated asphalt pavement and installing new 3-inch asphalt rubber hot mix overlay over new class 2 base subgrade. The project also includes the installation of new class 2 base shoulders and adjusting existing utility frame covers to finish pavement grade. Striping and signage is also included in the scope of work. Project Location: Church Street between Brown Avenue and Commercial Street Estimated Project Schedule: July 2023 to June 2024 Estimated Project Useful Life: 20 years MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: RESOLUTION 23-27 L. Gutierrez City Manager RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CALIPATRIA APPROVING/NOT APPROVING THE ADOPTION OF CALPERS 457 PLAN 0062723AGN  3/3 WHEREAS, the City of Calipatria desires to establish (an additional) deferred compensation plan for the benefit of its employees; and WHEREAS, the Board of Administration ( the “Board”) of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (“CalPERS”) has established the CalPERS 457 Plan (the “CalPERS 457 Plan”) which may be adopted by a governmental employer the employees of which are public employees; and WHEREAS, the City of Calipatria believes that the CalPERS 457 Plan and the investment options available thereunder will provide valuable benefits to its employees; and WHEREAS, the Board has appointed Voya Financial® (the Plan Recordkeeper) to perform recordkeeping and administrative service sunder the CalPERS 457 Plan and to act as the Board’s agent in all matters relating to the administration of the CalPERS 457 Plan; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Calipatria adopts the CalPERS 457 Plan for the benefit of its employees and authorizes and directs Laura Gutierrez, City Manager to execute the attached adoption agreement on behalf of City of Calipatria and to provide CalPERS or any successor agent duly appointed by the Board with such information and cooperation as may be needed on an ongoing basis in the administration of the CalPERS 457 Plan. A copy of this resolution, the agreement, and any attachments thereto shall be on file in the office of the City of Calipatria City Clerk. MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION CPOA labor negotiations govt code 54957.8 MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION COUNCIL REPORTS: Beltran: Luellen: Amezcua: Chavez: Nava-Froelich: STAFF: Gutierrez: Hoff: MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: ADJOURN: 0062723AGN