April 1, 2020

CALEXICO CITY COUNCIL/CALEXICO REDEVELOPMENT
SUCCESSOR AGENCY/CALEXICO FINANCING AUTHORITY
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

City of Calexico
Fernando “Nene” Torres Council Chambers
608 Heber Avenue, Calexico, California
www.calexico.ca.gov

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
5:30 PM

 

Council Members                                                                                             City Manager
Bill Hodge, Mayor/Chairman                                                                             David B. Dale
David Romero, Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chairman                                                                          
Rosie Arreola-Fernandez, Council Member                                                         Assistant City Manager
Morris Reisin, Council Member                                                                          Miguel Figueroa
Lewis Pacheco, Council Member

City Clerk                                                                                                       City Attorney
Gabriela T. Garcia                                                                                           Carlos Campos

Next City Ordinance Number: 1211
Next City Resolution Number: 2020-17

CLOSED SESSION AGENDA
5:30 PM

CALL TO ORDER
Roll Call.

Public Comments.
(Not to Exceed 3 Minutes) This is the time for the public to address the City Council on Closed Session Items only.  During the current State of Emergency public comments submitted via email by the 5:00 p.m. deadline of April 1, 2020, will be read aloud and entered into the record. Any comments received during or after the meeting will be distributed to the City Council and retained for the official record.  The City Council is prohibited by State law from taking action or discussing items not included on the printed agenda. 

Adjourn to Closed Session.
A “Closed” Session of the City Council/Calexico Community Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency/ Calexico Financing Authority 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.

CLOSED SESSION   

1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS  
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Representatives:  David Dale, City Manager, Carlos Campos, City Attorney   
Employee Organizations:  Calexico Municipal Employees Association, Fire Fighters Association,
Certified Operators Association/SEIU Local 221, Calexico Police Officers Association, Calexico
Management Association, Calexico Supervisors Association

2. THREAT TO PUBLIC SERVICES – Pursuant to California Government Code, Section 54957.
Consultation regarding COVID-19(Coronavirus) impacts to public facilities and services
 

CALEXICO CITY COUNCIL/CALEXICO REDEVELOPMENT
SUCCESSOR AGENCY/CALEXICO FINANCING AUTHORITY

REGULAR SESSION AGENDA
6:30 PM

CALL TO ORDER

Roll Call.
Pledge of Allegiance.
Mission Statement Pledge.
Invocation.

CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

ANNOUNCEMENTS

These proceedings may be viewed on the City of Calexico website at www.calexico.ca.gov the Friday following the City Council meeting. 

Community office hours with Mayor Hodge have been suspended due to Coronavirus (COVID-19).  Community Office hours will resume on May 26, 2020 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at City Hall in the City Manager’s Conference Room, 608 Heber Avenue, Calexico.

PUBLIC COMMENTS AND PUBLIC APPEARANCES

NOTE:  (Not to Exceed 3 Minutes) This is the time for the public to address the City Council on any item not appearing on the agenda that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council.  During the current State of Emergency public comments submitted via email by the 5:00 p.m. deadline of April 1, 2020, will be read aloud and entered into the record.  If the item you comment on is a consent item, it will be read under public comments.  If the item is in the discussion and potential actions items portion of the agenda, it will be read when we get to the item on the agenda. Any comments received during or after the meeting will be distributed to the City Council and retained for the official record.  The City Council is prohibited by State law from taking action or discussing items not included on the printed agenda.   

CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS AND REPORTS OF MEETINGS ATTENDED

CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

CONSENT AGENDA

3. Ratification of Library, Arts & Historical Board Minutes for Meeting of February 3, 2020.

4. Warrants from February 29, 2020 to March 13, 2020 and City Salaries from February 29, 2020 to March 13, 2020.

5. Adopt Budget Amendment Resolution for Fund #222 Recreation Community Donations.

6. Adopt Proclamation Honoring Autism Awareness Month April 2020 & World Autism Awareness Day April 2, 2020.

ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION

DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL ACTION ITEMS

7. Authorize the City Manager to Purchase One (1) Asphalt Patch Truck in the amount of $212,984.00 from PB Loader Corporation under Sourcewell (Formerly NJPA) Cooperative Purchase Agreement for the Public Works Department – Street Division.

PUBLIC HEARING

8. Public Hearing to Determine Whether There Exists a Majority Protest to Levying the Calendar Year 2020 Assessment for the Calexico Business Improvement District.

Adopt Resolution No. 2020-_____ A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Calexico, California, Confirming the Advisory Board 2019 Report and Levying an Assessment for Calendar Year 2020 on the Calexico Business Improvement District.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

ADJOURNMENT
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 3:30 p.m. on March 27, 2020.

Gabriela T. Garcia
City Clerk