CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION Pastor Tom Doudy, Brawley Assembly of God
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.
a. Luis Olmedo, Executive Director, Comite Civico Del Valle, Inc.
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 17, 2015 Pp 6-21
July 30, 2015 Pp 22-40
August 6, 2015 Pp 41-54
August 13, 2015 Pp 55-74
August 20, 2015 Pp 75-90
August 21, 2015 Pp 91
b. Approve City Council Minutes: June 16, 2015 Pp 92-96
July 7, 2015 Pp 97-101
July 21, 2015 Pp 102-109
c. Reject Claim as recommended by Carl Warren & Company Claims Management
Adjusters for Claimants: Michael Shelton.
d. Approve Request for Travel Greater than 500 Miles for Marjo Mello, Library
Director and Susan Manager, Assistant Library Director, to attend the
Association of Rural and Small Libraries Conference in Little Rock, AK from
September 29-October 4, 2015. Pp 110-119
e. Approve Request for Travel Greater than 500 Miles for Shirley Bonillas,
Personnel and Risk Management Administrator, to attend the California Joint
Powers Insurance Authority (CJPIA) Educational Forum in San Francisco,
California from September 23, 2015 through September 25, 2015. Pp 120-125
f. Approve Resolution No. 2015- : Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Brawley, Urging the State to Provide New Sustainable Funding for State and
Local Transportation Infrastructure. Pp 126-132
g. Approve City of Brawley Request of Congressman Juan Vargas to support co-
sponsorship of H.R. 2775 (The Remote Transaction Parity Act). Pp 133-135
h. Approve Equipment Lease and Purchase Agreement between the City of
Brawley and Allied Waste Services for a 2015 CNG Street Sweeper. Pp 136-140
i. Approve Resolution No. 2015: Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Brawley Authorizing Staff and Consultants to Prepare Necessary Documentation
for the Issuance of Bonds to Refund Certain Outstanding California Statewide
Communities Development Authority Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds
(Pooled Financing Program) Series 2004b and Approving Financing Team
Members in Connection Therewith. Pp 141-144
j. Approve Resolution No. 2015: Resolution of the Successor Agency to Brawley
Community Redevelopment Agency Authorizing Staff and Consultants to
Prepare Necessary Documentation for the Issuance of Bonds to Refinance
Outstanding Brawley Community Redevelopment Agency Brawley
Redevelopment Project Area No. 1 2006 Tax Allocation Bonds; and Approving
Financing Team Members in Connection Therewith. Pp 145-148
k. Approve Resolution No. 2015- : Resolution of the City Council of Brawley,
California Amending the Fiscal Year 2015/2016 City of Brawley Budget in the
amount of $60,528 to Comply with the Affordable Care Act. Pp 149-151
l. Approve Annual Purchase of Ultra Violet (UV) Lamps and Ballasts for the
Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) UV Disinfection System in the Amount of
$31,419.12 from DC Frost Associates, Inc. Pp 152-153
m. Approve Resolution No. 2015- : Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Brawley, California Declaring the Floating Surface Aeration Equipment at the
Brawley Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) as Surplus Property and
Authorizing the City of Calipatria’s Removal of Said Equipment. Pp 154-156
4. PUBLIC HEARINGS
a. Site Plan (SP15-04)/Zone Change (ZC15-01)/General Plan Amendment GPA15-
01/Conditional/Use Permit (CUP15-02) Brawley Senior Apartments. Pp 157-176
1. 1st Reading of Ordinance No. 2015- : Ordinance of the City Council of the
City of Brawley, California Amending the Brawley Municipal Code to
Change the Zoning Designation for Specified Properties.
2. Approve Resolution No. 2015- : Resolution of the City Council of the City
Brawley, California Amendment to the City of Brawley General Plan.
b. Annual Review of City of Brawley Utility User Tax. Pp 177
5. REGULAR BUSINESS
a. Approve Resolution No. 2015- : Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Brawley, California Adopting and Certifying As Accurate the Final Quarterly Plan
Progress Report for the Sustainable Communities Planning Grant and Accepting
As Complete the Draft Climate Action Plan and Draft General Plan Amendment.
Pp 178-181
b. Discussion and Potential Action re: City of Brawley Finding of Public
Convenience and Necessity to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for
Toni’s Place located at 1115 East Main Street and Requested by Applicant
Josephine Guillen. Pp 182-186
c. Discussion and Potential Action to Approve Resolution No. 2015- : Resolution of
the City Council of the City of Brawley, California Declaring an Emergency,
Ratifying Action Taken by the City Manager and Approving Emergency Repair of
a Cracked Water Line on Malan Street Between South 5th Street and South 9th
Street in the Amount of $58,958.98 to A&R Construction and $52,854.29 to
Aggregate Products, Inc. (API). Pp 187-195
d. Discussion and Potential Action to Approve Resolution No. 2015- : Resolution of
the City Council of the City of Brawley, California Declaring an Emergency,
Ratifying Action Taken by the City Manager and Approving Emergency Repair of
a Collapsed Manhole on S. Best Avenue at the Intersection with Main Street in
the Amount of $21,594.61 to A&R Construction and in the Amount of $1,461.66
to Aggregate Products, Inc. (API). Pp 196-204
e. Discussion and Potential Action to Approve Purchase of Four Marked 2016 Ford
Police Interceptor Utility Vehicles and Equipment in the Total Amount of
$173,242.67. Pp 205-212
f. Review and Potential Action re: Sponsorship Request from United Way of
Imperial County Annual Kick-Off Breakfast & Recognition Awards, Wednesday,
September 16, 2015. Pp 213-214
6. DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
a. Monthly Staffing Report, August, 2015 – Shirley Bonillas, Personnel & Risk
Management Administrator Pp 215
b. Update on Online Bill Pay– Ruby Walla, Finance Director Pp 216-217
7. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS
a. Record of Building Permits for June and July 2015, Prepared by Francisco Soto,
Building Official Pp 218-221
8. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS
9. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
10. TREASURER’S REPORT
11. CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT
12. CITY CLERK’S REPORT
