July 2, 2025 Regular Meeting
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Fernando “Nene” Torres Council Chambers
608 Heber Avenue, Calexico, California
www.calexico.ca.gov
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
5:30 PM
| Council Members | Interim City Manager | |
| Diana Nuricumbo, Mayor/Chair Person |
Armando Orozco |
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| Victor Legaspi, Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair Person | ||
| Lisa Tylenda, Council Member | City Attorney | |
| Adriana Marquez, Council Member | Carlos Campos | |
| Lorenzo Calderon, Council Member | ||
| City Clerk Veronica Luna-Alvarado |
Next City Ordinance Number: 1245 Next City Resolution Number: 2025-44 |
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, July 2, 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.
1. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT
Title: City Manager
2. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Representatives: Armando Orozco, Interim City Manager, Carlos Campos, City Attorney
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.
3. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Representative: Armando Orozco, Interim City Manager and City Attorney
Unrepresented Employees: City Clerk, Community Service Director, Associate Civil Engineer, Planning & Building Services Director, City Engineer, Finance Director, Assistant City Manager/Director of
Community & Economic Development, Community & Economic Development Director, City Attorney, Police Chief, Public Works Director/City Engineer, and Fire Chief
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.
7. Authorize Interim City Manager or his Designee to Sign a Work-Study Contract Agreement with Imperial Valley College (IVC) for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
8. Approval of Mutual Aid Agreement C5612845 Between the Calexico Fire Department and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Centinela State Prison.
9. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Calexico Ratifying the Submittal of Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) Application in the Amount of $681,000 with a Local Match of $89,000 (Measure “D”), Project Milestone Dates, and Timely Use of Funds for Cole Road between SR-98 and Bowker Road Rehabilitation Project
10. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Calexico Ratifying the Submittal of Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) Application in the Amount of $1,591,000 with a Local Match of $207,000 (Measure “D”), Project Milestone Dates, and Timely Use of Funds for Encinas Avenue between SR-98 and 2nd Street Rehabilitation Project.
11. Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Establishing an Automatic Two-Year Extension for Active and Recently Lapsed Non-Cannabis Discretionary Project Approvals.
ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION
12. Introduce and Conduct First Reading by Title Only, of an Ordinance Amending the Calexico Municipal Code Sections 10.28.070 and 10.28.185 Related to the Regulation of Parking Meters and Council Approval of Action Report on the Implementation to Re-Establish the Downtown Meters.
13. Housing Element Update Workshop – Consideration of Potential Rezone Sites for the Sixth Cycle Housing Element Residential Sites Inventory.
PUBLIC HEARING
14. Public Hearing on a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Calexico Vacating a Portion of Frontage Road (Birch Street) Between Eady Avenue and Lacy Avenue and Authorizing the City Manager to Quitclaim said Portion to the Calexico Unified School District.
INFORMATION ITEMS
15. Action Report for Implementation of a Revised Procedure for Scheduling Funeral Processions.
16. Informational Items: Maintenance Schedule for Pressure Washing Alleys and Sidewalks Downtown.
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 3:30 p.m. June 26, 2025.
Veronica Luna-Alvarado, City Clerk