CITY OF BRAWLEY
May 2, 2023
The City Council of the City of Brawley, California met in regular session at 6:00 p.m., City Council Chambers, the date, time and place of said meeting was duly established. The Deputy City Clerk attests to the posting of the agenda pursuant to Cal. Govt. Code § 54954.2.
REGULAR MEETING:
Mayor Nava called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Hamby, Rebollar, Wharton, Castro, Nava
PRESENT VIA ZOOM: None
ABSENT: None http://brawley.thepublicspectrum.org/
INVOCATION: CM Hamby
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Rachel Fonseca
1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
The was approved m/s/c Castro/Rebollar 5-0
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2. CLOSED SESSION: Council adjourned to Closed Session at 6:03. a. EXISTING LITIGATION (C.G.C. Section §54956.9) http://brawley.thepublicspectrum.org/ I. Conference with Legal Counsel— One (1) Case Name of Case: Vertical Bridge Development, LLC vs. City of Brawley.
Council gave direction to legal counsel.
b. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY (C.G.C. Section §54956.8) NEGOTIATORS Property: Portion of Tract 71, Southeast Corner, Township 13 South, Range 14 East, Park Side Estates, Brawley, CA 92227 Agency Negotiator:
City Manager Negotiating Party: Brawley Elementary School District (BESD) Superintendent Under Negotiation: Terms of Potential Lease.
Council gave direction to the negotiators.
II. NEGOTIATORS Property: 1044 Magnolia Street, Brawley, CA 92227 (Wiest Field) Agency Negotiator: City Manager Negotiating Party: Brawley Union High School (BURS) Superintendent Under Negotiation: Terms of Potential Lease.
Council gave direction to the negotiators.
III. NEGOTIATORS Property: 220 Magnolia Street, Brawley, CA 92227 Agency Negotiator: City Manager Negotiating Party: Boys & Girls Clubs of Imperial Valley, Executive Director Under Negotiation: Terms of Potential Lease.
Council gave directions to the negotiators.
Council reconvened to Open Session at 6:40. The City Attorney announced the action taken in Closed Session.
3. PUBLIC APPEARANCES/COMMENTS: (Not to exceed four 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 personals attacks on individuals or make comments which are slanderous or which may invade an individual's personal privacy. Please direct your comments to the City Council.
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 jrarrmos brawley-ca,gov or call 760-351-3080 any time before 2:00 pm, May 2, 2023.
Procedures to "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") are in place.
Notice of the procedure is provided for making requests for such reasonable accommodation is provided with the notice of the public meeting.
a. Public Comments Not an the Agenda
1. Carol Goff, Jesus Calderon and Lori Gibson made complaints about noise coming from Club 805. Their comments may be viewed at: http://brawley.thepublicspectrum.org/
2. Linda Ruben from the Pioneers Memorial Health Care District made comments re potential legislation that would create one health care district for the County. Her comments may be viewed at:
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3. Krissy Camo made comments about an abandoned house. Her comments may be viewed at:
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b. Update and recognition of the Brawley Firefighters' and the Burn Institute's 2023 "Fill - the -Boot" event. Presented by Mike York, Fire Chief.
Chief York made a presentation. It may be viewed at:
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4. 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. m/s/c Rebollar/Wharton 5-0
a. Approved City Council Minutes: April 18, 2023.
b. Approved Accounts Payable: April 8, 2023 to April 21, 2023. http://brawley.thepublicspectrum.org/
5. CITY MANAGER REPORT:
The City Manager made a report concerning the following: 1) Promotion of Anna Gutierrez to the position of Public Works Analyst; 2) Shirley Bonillas coming out of retirement to resume her duties as HR Manager; and 3) Hiring Rom Medina as Director of Public Works Operations. His report may be viewed at:
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6. STUDY SESSION:
Update on Brawley's Decommissioned Water Treatment Plant suitability and assessment for potential redevelopment. Presented by Victor Nava, Gafcon Director of Strategy, Development & Partnerships.
The study session may be viewed at:
7. REGULAR BUSINESS:
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a. Discussion and potential action to approve travel over 500 miles for City Fire Department staff to participate in pre -delivery inspection and testing trip for newly purchased fire engine.
Presented by Mike York, Fire Chief.
The Council approved the travel request. m/s/c Nava/Hamby 4-0. (Rebollar was not present for the vote.) http://brawley.thepublicspectrum.org/ b. Discussion and potential action to approve Lee and Ro proposal for Engineering Services to the rehabilitation of two (2) finish water storage tanks at a cost of $210,926.00.
Presented by Ruben Mireles, Interim Operations Divisions Manager.
The Council approved the proposal. m/s/c Rebollar/Hamby 5-0. http://brawley.thepublicspectrum.org/
c. Discussion and potential action to approve selection of AE Consulting, Inc. to provide professional architectural/engineering, and construction management services for the Brawley Municipal Airport, and authorize the City Manager to execute all documents concerning this contract. Presented by Tyler Salcido.
The Council approved the selection of AE Consulting Inc. m/s/c Wharton/Castro 5-0,
8. INFORMATION REPORTS:
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a. Building Permit Report for the month of March, 2023
The Council Members reviewed the report prior to the meeting. http://brawley.thepublicspectrum.org/
9. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS:
The City Council reports are available on the City of Brawley's website and are available on the City's audio record of the meeting.
10. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT:
The City Attorney had nothing to report.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
William Shirdon, Deputy City Clerk
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