Brawley City Council &
Successor Agency to Brawley
Community Redevelopment Agency
Regular Meeting Agenda
January 18, 2022 6:00 PM
City Council Chambers
383 Main Street
Brawley, California 92227
This meeting will be broadcast live at www.facebook.com/cityofbrawley
Sam Couchman, Mayor Alma Benavides, City Clerk
George A. Nava, Mayor Pro-Tempore Karla Romero, City Treasurer
Ramon Castro, Council Member William S. Smerdon, City Attorney
Donald L. Wharton, Council Member Tyler Salcido, City Manager/
Luke Hamby, Council Member Executive Director
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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. The Mayor will recognize you and when you come to the microphone, please state your name for the record. You are not allowed to make personal attacks on individuals or make comments which are slanderous or which may invade an individual’s personal privacy. Please direct your questions and comments to the City Council.
The public may attend in person, the City asks that anyone in attendance wear a mask. The public may choose to be outside subject to the same requirements. Any member of the public is invited to submit public comments in advance of the meeting to be answered at the meeting. Please email your questions to abenavides@brawley-ca.gov or call 760-351-3080 anytime before 2:00 pm, December 7, 2021. The public may also attend via zoom.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND THE PUBLIC MAY ATTEND IN PERSON OR VIA ZOOM.
To participate and make a public comment:
Join Zoom Meeting:
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Meeting ID: 841 0413 0929
Passcode: 390496
Public comments via zoom are subject to the same time limits as those in person.
a. Members of the public are allowed to observe and address public meetings via Zoom 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.
d. Presentation on the Imperial County Behavioral Health Mental Health Mobile Unit by Leticia Plancarte-Garcia, ICBHS Director.
e. 2021 Community Update from Captain Perkins, Commanding Officer, NAF El Centro
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 City Council Minutes: December 21, 2021 Pgs 5-8
b. Approve Accounts Payable: December 11, 2021 thru January 7, 2022 Pgs 9-26
c. Approve 2nd Reading of Ordinance No. 2021-11: Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Brawley, California Adopting Regulations Regarding Parking of Mobile Billboard Advertising Displays, Either Standing Alone or Attached to Motor Vehicles on Public Streets or any Public Lands in the City and to Regulate the Size, Width and Height or Advertisements Attached to Motor Vehicles.
Pgs 27-31
d. Approve 2nd Reading of Ordinance No. 2021-12: Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Brawley, California Establishing the Installation of 4-way Stop Signs at the Intersections of Cesar Chavez Street with H Street and I Street; and the Replacement of all the Yield Signs with Stop Signs at the Intersections of G Street and J Street. Pgs 32-33
e. Approve 2nd Reading of Ordinance No. 2021-13: Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Brawley, California Amending the Brawley Municipal Code to Repeal and Replace Chapter 24, Article Vii. Utility User Tax. Pgs 34-51
f. Affirm Resolution No. 2021-51: Resolution of the City Council of the City of Brawley, California Declaring a Need to Hold Council Meetings via Teleconferencing pursuant to California Assembly Bill 361. Pg 52
g. Adopt Resolution No. 2022- : Resolution of the City Council of the City of Brawley, California Acting in its Capacity as the Successor Agency for the Brawley Community Redevelopment Agency, Approving the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 and Approving Certain Related Actions. Pgs 53-61
h. Rejection of Claim as recommended by Carl Warren & Company Claims Management Adjusters for Claimant: Imperial Irrigation District. Pg 62
4. CITY MANAGER REPORT
5. REGULAR BUSINESS
a. Update on City of Brawley Declaration of Local Emergency as a Result of COVID- 19 Pandemic .
i. Overall Outlook presented by Mike York, Fire Chief
b. Discussion and Potential Action to Award Professional Engineering Services Agreement for Ashworth Leininger Group (ALG) to provide Pretreatment Program Support Services for resolution of changes associated with the Colorado River Basin Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) Approved Pretreatment Program administration, renewed permitting of the current three (3) Significant Industrial Users and replacement of the current Bachtel Wastewater Engineering team with a new Industrial Pretreatment consultant team for long term support of the City’s pretreatment program in an amount not to exceed $78,697.00 and authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement presented by Guillermo Sillas, Public Works Director. Pgs 63-82
c. Discussion and Potential Action to Approve the Purchase of a Triple-Combination (Type 1) Fire Engine for $665,191.04 with American Rescue Plan Act Funds presented by Mike York, Fire Chief. Pgs 83-85
d. Discussion and Potential Action re: Mayoral Appointment of City Council Members to Boards, Commissions and Committees for 2022. Pgs 86-88
6. DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
a. Library Update by Deciderio Rodriguez, Library Manager
7. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS
8. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT
9. CITY CLERK REPORT
10. CLOSED SESSION
a. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision
(d) of Section 54956.9: One (1) case.
ADJOURNMENT:
