Brawley City Council &
Successor Agency to Brawley
Community Redevelopment Agency
Regular Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:00 PM
City Council Chambers
383 Main Street
Brawley, California 92227
This meeting will be broadcast live at www.facebook.com/TheHubatBrawleyEOC.
Norma Kastner-Jauregui, Mayor Alma Benavides, City Clerk
Luke Hamby, Mayor Pro-Tempore William S. Smerdon, City
Sam Couchman, Council Member Attorney/City Treasurer
George A. Nava, Council Member Rosanna Bayon Moore, City Manager/
Donald L. Wharton, Council Member Executive Director
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
2. PUBLIC APPEARANCES/COMMENTS (Not to exceed 4 minutes.) This is the time for the public to address the Council on any item not appearing on the agenda that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council.
To maintain social distancing, physical presence is strongly discouraged. Alternative methods of participation are encouraged and should a member of the public wish to provide public comments, please submit written comments via email to abenavides@brawley-ca.gov or contact the City Clerk’s Office at 760/351.3080. The deadline to submit comments is 2PM on August 4, 2020.
State of California Governor Gavin Newsom waived specific portions of the Brown Act by Executive Order for the period that social distancing measures are recommended and required by state and local public health officials. The waiver of Brown Act provisions requires:
a. Members of the public are allowed to observe and address public meetings telephonically or through other electronic means.
b. Procedures “swiftly” accommodate any reasonable request to accommodate access by disabled individuals to meetings that are accessible telephonically or through other electronic means in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”).
c. Notice of the procedure is provided for making requests for such reasonable accommodation with the notice for any public meeting.
3. CONSENT AGENDA Items are approved by one motion. Council Members or members of the public may request consent items be considered separately at a time determined by the Mayor.
a. Approve Accounts Payable: July 23, 2020 Pgs 5-18
July 31, 2020 Pgs 19-33
b. Approve City Council Minutes: June 16, 2020 Pgs 34-40
c. Reject Claims as Recommended by Carl Warren & Company, Claims Management Adjusters for Claimant: Regina Kim and Jane Doe. Pgs 41-42
4. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING FOR STATE ADMINISTERED CDBG/CDBG-CV APPLICATION
a. Approve Resolution No. 2020- : Resolution of the City Council of the City of Brawley, California for a State Administered CDBG/CDBG-CV Application For Funding and the Execution of a Grant Agreement and Any Amendments Thereto From the 2020 Community Development Block Grant Program-Coronavirus Response Round 1 (CDBG-CV1) NOFA dated June 5, 2020. Pgs 43-45
5. REGULAR BUSINESS
a. Update on City of Brawley Declaration of Local Emergency as a Result of COVID-19 Pandemic
i. Update by Larry Lewis, CEO for Pioneer’s Memorial Healthcare District
ii. Overall Outlook Presented by Fire Chief Mike York
ii. Discussion and Potential Action to Extend the Local Emergency by Sixty Days Pgs 46-48
b. Discussion and Potential Action to Approve Resolution No. 2020- : Resolution of the City Council of the City of Brawley, CA Amending the Fiscal Year 2020/2021 City of Brawley Budget for the Fire Department in the Amount of $78,630.69 to Address the Repair of the Ladder Truck. Pgs 49-52
c. Discussion and Potential Action to Authorize Phase 2 Payment in the Amount of $494,736 to Imperial Irrigation District for the Undergrounding of the Best Canal from S. First Street to South Imperial Avenue / Dogwood Road. Pgs 53-57
d. Discussion and Potential Action to Authorize Contract Change Order No. 1 to Contract #2019-03 with Gierlich Mitchell, Inc. for the Brawley Water Treatment Plant Sedimentation Basin Improvement Project in the Amount of $38,214.07. Pgs 58-61
e. Discussion and Potential Action to Approve Development Agreement and Bonds for Ocotillo Springs Apartments and Resolution No. 2020- : Resolution of the City of Brawley, California to Accept the Development Agreement and Bonds for the Construction of the Ocotillo Springs Apartments Project. Pgs 62-73
f. Discussion and Potential Action to Approve Resolution No. 2020- : Resolution of the City Council of the City of Brawley, CA Authorizing Engagement of Tyler Technologies, Inc. in the Amount of $209,366 for First Year Implementation Fees of an Enterprise Resource Planning Software Solution. Pgs 74-172
g. Discussion and Potential Staff Direction re: Graffiti Abatement Needs.
6. DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
a. Update on Emergency Construction Project at the Brawley Water Treatment Plant to Replace Components of Two Sedimentation Basins, Presented by Public Works Director Guillermo Sillas, PE.
b. Monthly Staffing Report for August 2020, Prepared by Personnel & Risk Management Administrator Shirley Bonillas. Pg 173
7. CITY TREASURER REPORT
a. Quarterly Investment Summaries for March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020
Pgs 174-186
8. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS
9. CITY MANAGER REPORT
10. CITY ATTORNEY
11. CITY CLERK
12. CLOSED SESSION

ADJOURNMENT