November 19, 2025 Regular Meeting
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Fernando “Nene” Torres Council Chambers
608 Heber Avenue, Calexico, California
www.calexico.ca.gov
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
5:30 PM
| Council Members | City Manager | |
| Diana Nuricumbo, Mayor/Chair Person |
Benjamin A. Martinez |
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| Victor Legaspi, Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair Person | ||
| Lisa Tylenda, Council Member | City Attorney | |
| Adriana Marquez, Council Member | Best Best & Krieger LLP | |
| Lorenzo Calderon, Council Member | ||
| City Clerk Veronica Luna-Alvarado |
Next City Ordinance Number: 1248 Next City Resolution Number: 2025-72 |
Members of the public will be able to make public comments in the following ways:
a) In-person comments.
b) Submit public comments via email by 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 to cityclerk@calexico.ca.gov or via fax to (760) 768-2103. Public comments will be distributed to the City Council for their consideration and made available for public inspection. Public comments will not be read aloud by the City Clerk during the council meeting. They will be retained for the official record of the City.
ROLL CALL
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
A “Closed” Session of the City Council/Calexico Community Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency/ Calexico Financing Authority/Planning Commission may be held in accordance with state law which may include, but is not limited to, the following types of items: personnel matters, labor negotiations, security matters, providing instructions to real property negotiators and conference with legal counsel regarding pending litigation. The Closed Session will be held in the City Hall Conference Room located at 608 Heber Avenue, Calexico, California. Any public comment on Closed Session items will be taken before the Closed Session. Any required announcements or discussion of Closed Session items or actions following the Closed Session will be made in the City Council Chambers, 608 Heber Avenue, Calexico, California.
- CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Representatives: Benjamin A. Martinez, City Manager, Best Best & Krieger LLP.
Employee Organizations: Calexico Municipal Employees Association, Calexico Firefighters Association, Certified Operators Association/SEIU Local 221, Calexico
Police Officers Association, Supervisors Association, Calexico City Management Association.
2. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Title: City Manager
3. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Property: 2441 Scaroni Avenue, Calexico, CA 92231
Agency Negotiators: Benjamin A. Martinez, City Manager and Best Best & Krieger LLP
Negotiating Parties: Metropolitan Calexico 10 Theaters
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS AND REPORTS OF MEETINGS ATTENDED
CONSENT AGENDA
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are to be considered routine by the City Council/Calexico Community Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency/Calexico Financing Authority/Planning Commission and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed. Any item may be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered separately by the City Council.
5. Approval of City Council/Calexico Community Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency/Calexico Finance Authority/Planning Commission Minutes for Meeting of October 1, 2025.
6. City Salaries Report from October 1, 2025 thru October 31, 2025.
7. City Warrants Report from October 1, 2025 thru October 31, 2025.
8. Authorize the City Manager to Sign the Services Agreement Renewal for Administration of General Liability Claims with TRISTAR Claims Management Services, Inc. for the Term Beginning September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026.
ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION
9. Authorize the Mayor to E-Sign the pledge on behalf of the City of Calexico to commit to meeting the criteria for becoming a designated Clean California Community within the next year.
10. Review and Approve the Master Calendar of City Council Meetings for Calendar Year 2026.
11. Appointment by Council Member Tylenda to the Business Improvement District (BID).
12. Approve and Authorize City Manager to Sign Loan Repayment and Modification Agreement between the City of Calexico and De Anza Hotel Limited Partnership for the De Anza Hotel Affordable Housing Project.
13. 46th Annual Farmworker Appreciation Breakfast
a) Approval of $2,366.09 from Fund No. 111 - General Fund and Fund No. 231 - Streets for City Staff In-Kind Services.
14. 2024-25 Year-End and 2025-26 1st Quarter Budget Status Report and Resolution to Amend the 2024-25 and 2025-26 Budgets.
PUBLIC HEARING
15. An Urgency Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Calexico, California, Extending a Temporary Moratorium on New Applications and New Permit Renewal Applications for Commercial Cannabis Businesses for an Additional Period of 22 Months and 15 Days.
16. Introduction and First Reading by Title Only of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Calexico, California, Repealing Chapters 5.84 and 5.88 and Adding Chapter 5.86 to the City of Calexico Municipal Code Regarding Mobile Vending Regulations.
INFORMATION ITEMS
17. Status Update on Remaining Projects Funded with American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Allocations.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
It is the intention of the City of Calexico to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act in all respects. If you are a person with a disability who requires a disability-related modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, please request such modification or accommodation from the City Clerk at (760) 768-2102. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to assure accessibility to the meeting. Please advise us at the time whether you will require accommodations to participate in meetings on a regular basis. Any person affected by any application on this agenda may submit their concerns in writing prior to the meeting or appear in person and be heard in support or opposition to the proposal at the time the matter is considered on the agenda. The staff reports, applications and environmental documents may be viewed at either the office of the office of the City Clerk, 608 Heber Avenue from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, except legal holidays. Telephone inquiries may be made at (760) 768-2102. If you challenge any agenda issue in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues that you or someone else raised at the public meeting described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Calexico at, or prior to, the public meeting.
This notice of the agenda is hereby certified to have been posted on or before 5:00 p.m. November 13, 2025.
Veronica Luna-Alvarado, City Clerk