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Councilmember Timothy Kelly described the package: a one‑year Team California membership, access to site‑selection software, consultant admission to a \"Meet the Consultants\" forum, registration for two trade shows of the city's choice, and marketing amplification and professional development. Kelly said the program would be administered in partnership with the Imperial Valley Development Center (IVDC) and Sun Community Federal Credit Union, and that the scholarship is tied to the Federal Home Loan Bank AHEAD grant process that supports regional marketing and site readiness.

Kelly and staff emphasized there is no city cost for the first year if the scholarship is granted. Council agreed to submit the scholarship application and to approve a resolution contingent on notification that the scholarship was awarded; council members said the city manager and one other staff member would be the primary points of contact for the effort. Members also asked for periodic updates and an assessment after six months and at year end to help decide whether continued membership would be budgeted in future years.

Beyond the Team California action, the council approved a handful of routine items by voice vote during the meeting. Highlights:

Votes at a glance

- Approve travel to the California Society of Municipal Finance Officers annual conference (San Jose); estimated transportation and lodging cost presented as $2,204 (Rocio Enriquez, Assistant Finance Director). Motion approved by voice vote.

- Consent agenda: approved by single motion and voice vote.

(Other larger items discussed and approved earlier in the meeting include the ILG MOU and the Brawley Union High School SRO MOU; those are reported separately.)

Ending: Staff said they will submit the scholarship application promptly; if awarded, staff will bring the contingent resolution back to council for ratification and provide periodic reports on consultant activity and any leads generated for development projects.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of Brawley - City Council Regular Meeting - Jan 21, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Council authorized submitting a Team California scholarship application (one year, no city cost if awarded) to obtain membership, site‑selection software, consultant access and trade‑show registrations; council also approved several routine votes including staff travel to a finance conference.","taxTitle","Brawley, Imperial County, California","taxId",53922,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":44,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6687014,"Brawley approves five‑year school resource officer MOU with school district",308,3200000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2139015-8f3cf79e098a9000c27f8ccc8f827d7a&start=3200&end=3508","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2139015-8f3cf79e098a9000c27f8ccc8f827d7a/thumbnail_3200000.jpg","/articles/6687014/Brawley/Imperial-County/California/Brawley-approves-fiveyear-school-resource-officer-MOU-with-school-district","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6687014-c6230f6b5c88c893721ad64f9174b452/orig.mp4?Expires=1776168994&Signature=mpR4b-3HDFjI2EvBu0pzWSJh78pDCakEGgTT7dxiBwEYflsoVqU0UpP3NsAebNxhBRiFMGskMIVm7~3pqR1jovXFqA7Hd3O73neVMkcmym9dDPyyFo3svT9yGleOE60tOxfw7PJfMMhaLCi3zYh1l-Y395lfR9P5PB5ZqxJLeL-7B~Kyw~fKJ2y2cWX134P-8~KdE8IZSxq5nZ4MLr0st6zN1J5KwUSQVeyw7OGPNw4w1DVjUPFCFnA0JYoamPuwl32u8LQyUxDGEk9WzLNanXBdswydkKMpMhdGXF4gooHbqVGU0Z4LTyPd2TtqHjjiua0n2b4FXjxSgIC4nfmOIw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Brawley City Council on Jan. 21 approved a five‑year memorandum of understanding with the Brawley Union High School District to fund and station a school resource officer on district campuses.

Assistant Chief Jonathan Blackstone presented the MOU. Under the agreement the district will pay the city the fully burdened cost for the assigned officer and will provide a $60,000 vehicle to be used at the school. The initial term covers the 2024–25 school year through the 2028–29 school year, per the MOU language presented to council.

Blackstone described the role as a mixture of safety, prevention and student engagement: \"The purpose of the SRO... [is] to provide timely information regarding crimes and trends to the school, safer school environment, building good relationships with the students,\" he said. The SRO also will do student presentations on substance abuse, bullying and other safety topics and participate in student safety planning.

The agreement specifies a regular work schedule (Monday–Friday) and provides flexibility for a 9/80 schedule as a recruitment and retention option for the position. Council members asked whether the 9/80 option would create coverage gaps; staff said the school has agreed to the arrangement and that overtime or substitute coverage arrangements would be addressed if needed. Staff confirmed the SRO will have a campus office and that the SRO will also serve the district's other campuses, including Desert Valley and Renaissance.

The council approved the MOU by unanimous voice vote.

Ending: The SRO arrangement replaces a previous cost‑sharing COPS grant that has ended; the district assumes full cost going forward and the city and school will coordinate details of scheduling and coverage in implementation.","Council approved a five‑year memorandum of understanding with Brawley Union High School District to fund a school resource officer (SRO); the district will pay the officer's fully burdened cost and contribute $60,000 for a police vehicle.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6687017,"Brawley approves MOU with Institute for Local Government for technical assistance, grant support",456,4850000,5306000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2139015-8f3cf79e098a9000c27f8ccc8f827d7a&start=4850&end=5306","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2139015-8f3cf79e098a9000c27f8ccc8f827d7a/thumbnail_4850000.jpg","/articles/6687017/Brawley/Imperial-County/California/Brawley-approves-MOU-with-Institute-for-Local-Government-for-technical-assistance-grant-support","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6687017-c3d8a50f296c122246e2c0542fff7674/orig.mp4?Expires=1776168994&Signature=c0T4aJVobPO6I3ib82D75PN50qKaCH83My2pZQPcrfpQMDZDyomoqeGpM4LCCh3MUqWWjRPXLvRUOIyc2OT~H8a~V0RSZOdhJZj2SRdWDClMavDr0B6oLwmLsqcYjmZIeyTLYjjOEt0Tk4YNz559kiwqyQs5wVoNOJ2RThAEDqFRH5u-DKQ2YQjylhRw4ap3UEDStvREAcpOdEej4QbMQRnB8Si6pL4eRprgY82MyDriXvYuf-UN9oNN5s-syYCL8MMk7KNn84j83-59aHJ2us0YKa~GM0y69Nit8SLsNb0hYZl4TUze2OwNVeHAepofU4ReDMMshh24VGJfqcfhHA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Brawley City Council voted Jan. 21 to approve a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Institute for Local Government (ILG) to provide technical assistance, training and grant development support under a state program funded through the California Strategic Growth Council.

Denise Garcia, the city's special projects manager, presented the MOU and described the services ILG will provide: identifying state and federal funding opportunities, offering grant‑writing support and capacity building, facilitating relationships with state and federal officials, and leading training for staff and elected officials. \"This MOU will benefit the city greatly. It'll help us build capacity and improve the city's capabilities with strategic planning, economic development,\" Garcia said during the presentation.

Garcia said ILG will hold regional training that includes sessions for elected officials; she and staff are targeting late February to early March for initial workshops. She told the council ILG has agreed to provide both regional training and specialized follow‑up sessions for Brawley staff and council.

Finance and staff clarified cost and oversight. The MOU carries no fiscal impact for the city: ILG is funded through the BOOST program administered by the California Strategic Growth Council, and ILG's assistance under this arrangement will not require a city match. Garcia said she will serve as the city's primary point of contact to coordinate projects and requests from departments.

Council members asked whether ILG was already partnering in the Imperial Valley; Garcia said ILG had reached out to other local cities and specifically named Calexico and El Centro as communities the organization had contacted. Members asked staff to track ILG support and bring grant applications to council for approval before submission. The motion to approve the MOU passed by unanimous voice vote.

Ending: With the MOU approved, staff said they will begin coordinating departmental needs with ILG and schedule the initial regional training for elected officials and staff.","Council unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding with the Institute for Local Government (ILG) to provide technical assistance, training and grant‑sourcing under a state BOOST program; the agreement requires no city funding.",{"_33":99,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":100,"_41":101,"_43":102,"_45":103,"_47":104,"_49":105,"_51":106,"_53":107,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":108,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":109,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6687019,"Brawley council reviews street assessment, outlines multi‑year maintenance approach",2191,2269000,4460000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2139015-8f3cf79e098a9000c27f8ccc8f827d7a&start=2269&end=4460","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2139015-8f3cf79e098a9000c27f8ccc8f827d7a/thumbnail_2269000.jpg","/articles/6687019/Brawley/Imperial-County/California/Brawley-council-reviews-street-assessment-outlines-multiyear-maintenance-approach","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6687019-eea45d3b167c3ab20b9ddc479acd1a75/orig.mp4?Expires=1776168994&Signature=DB79ba8oN7R1AJC-6ppzTC47oNlZGPM74LKjlBUPi0BHF1hAmtxePA72pd2n3j8Cy4TyJkdJs3xuIVShkHRkDjc8n3bAVamZSu56Welb-X1o8PXccsFgem4AGXRoBZ~pIK7kwNITi8mwduFBtMdUl55cHtKhj11cjiQLNx3epKWkNxHp1A3LykirYWaVYjLnBnB5gRtqCU4U6lRgCRpjn3pnbW2bfmqAM5FwJA~zsywooSXQW0hESJY~mnqmqKMYV~F9K7vvmShQsWFo6-f0fQTx~1CklcqK9VGlya1JyR1FLrdagEPWccKr2QRDjJW0pc3KYSEMrRN-m5qujllkgg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Brawley City Council on Jan. 21 received a citywide pavement assessment and preliminary multi‑year plan that identifies maintenance and rehabilitation needs across roughly 21 miles of streets and outlines funding and phasing options.

Consultant Jack Holt, who led the assessment presented at the council's meeting, said the review divided street sections into routine maintenance and progressively worse rehabilitation categories and attached unit costs for each treatment. \"In any street system you want to stress your maintenance sections and keep those maintenance sections because it's about 10 to 1 cost between a maintenance section and a rehabilitation section,\" Holt told the council, explaining why earlier and regular upkeep is less expensive than delaying work until pavements fail.

The report covered about 21 miles in the east side study area. It estimated approximately 3.65 miles in \"best\" condition (work: SS‑1h oil coat and limited crack sealing), about 11.2 miles in moderate condition that would need crack sealing plus a slurry seal, roughly 3.5 miles approaching rehabilitation that require localized cut‑out and repaving, and about 3 miles in severe condition likely requiring full reconstruction. Holt gave approximate cost ranges discussed by staff: roughly $200,000 for the best sections, about $745,000 for the moderate group, about $980,000 for the sections approaching rehabilitation, and multi‑million dollars (on the order of $7.5 million) for the worst segments. He stressed these are program planning estimates and that specific designs would refine costs.

City Manager Ram Duran and Public Works Director Ron Medina said the report identifies which streets can be preserved with maintenance treatments (seal coat, crack seal, slurry) and which require more extensive work (grind/overlay or full removal and rebuild). Duran said the city intends to phase work over multiple years and noted the council previously programmed funding to begin this effort. \"We are programming for the next phase for next year, another ... $1,500,000,\" Duran said in the meeting when reviewing options to fund phased maintenance.

Finance Director Silvana Biesung also briefed the council on funding sources. She told the council the city can use a mix of Measure D (local) funds, SB 1 funds, STBG (Surface Transportation Block Grant) allocations and other grants; she noted the city currently has about $9 million in Measure D funds that can be used to match grant‑funded rehabilitation projects. Staff additionally said some specific rehabilitation projects already have outside funding in play, including a federally funded STBG award of about $600,000 programmed for a B Street rehabilitation design.

Council members asked technical and financial questions about treatment types (SS‑1h oil coat versus slurry seal and when to remove and replace pavement), useful life after treatment (consultant: roughly three to five years for maintenance treatments before reapplication), and how truck routes or heavy‑traffic streets require thicker pavement sections. Jack Holt and Ron Medina described a menu of options used across segments: SS‑1h (an economical oil fog/seal), slurry seals (sand‑and‑binder mix that lasts longer and smooths surface), crack sealing, localized cut‑out/repave, and full removal and replacement with a Class 2 base for the worst sections.

Council direction and next steps: council members asked staff to return with a clearer, itemized funding plan and prioritized phasing. City staff said they will return to council with a more detailed plan and a list of streets tied to funding sources within about 30 days. Staff also identified B Street and Best Road among corridors with larger rehabilitation needs and said those streets will be targeted for alternative funding sources given their higher cost and truck traffic impacts.

Ending: The presentation was the first phase of a citywide evaluation; council members said they want the expanded report back for budget planning and to set a predictable maintenance schedule so salvageable streets remain in good condition rather than deteriorating into costly rehabilitation projects.","City officials heard a consultant'led pavement assessment for roughly 21 miles of streets and discussed phasing, estimated costs and funding sources; staff will return with a detailed funding plan in about 30 days.","actionData","errors"]

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