Agendas & Minutes

November 13th, 2025 5:30 PM

Agenda | November - Board Meeting

Casa De Anza Office | 1690 W Adams Ave, El Centro, CA 92243

IVHA BOARD MEETING
AGENDA NOVEMBER 13, 2025

The Board of Commissioners of the Imperial Valley Housing Authority are scheduled

to meet on November 13, 2025, at 5:30 pm at the Casa de Anza Office, 1690 El Centro, California 92243

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Robert Palacio – Chair

Mary L. Miller – Vice-Chair

Chris Barajas

Ricci Santistevan-Pacheco

Mary Camacho

Carmela Ruiz

Anna Garcia

Matthew Smith

Brenda Haley

Gustavo Solorzano

Emma Orozco

Jack Terrazas

Connie Quiroz

Bryan Vega

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1)         PUBLIC DISCUSSION

Instead of attending in person, members of the public can submit comments by email. If you have a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to participate fully in this event, please email mflores@ivha.org at least 72 hours before the meeting. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.

2)          CONSENT AGENDA

a)           Correspondence

  • NSPIRE El Centro inspection score

  • Energy Performance Contract annual report

  • LOMOD Management review Valley Apt 1

  • HCD Brawley Senior Plaza correspondence

  • HCD Monitoring reports/correspondence (various properties)

 b)                 Adoption of the minutes of the October 9, 2025, Board Meeting

 c)                  Reports for month-end October 2025 

  1. Unit Turnover Report

  2. Delinquency Reports – North & South

  3. Housing Choice Voucher Program Utilization Report

  4. Investment Report

3)                  DEPARTMENT UPDATE-NORMA BENITO, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

4)                  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT – KIRK MANN

5)                  GOVERNING COMMITTEE REPORTS 

a)   Brawley      d) El Centro     g) Westmorland

b)   Calipatria    e) Holtville      h) Resident Concerns

c) County f) Imperial

6)         UNFINISHED BUSINESS

a)      Discussion/Action: Update Capital Fund Program

  • AwardofProjectIVRoofingReplacement

b) Discussion/Action: Update Yardi Software

c)      Discussion/Update/Action: HUD regulations and their impact on operations

  • NAHRO article HUD Work Requirement and Term Limit Rule

  • NAHRO article HUD Mixed Family Rule

  • ProPublica article on proposed rules

  • HUD Official Website Page printed

  • Mixed Family data for impacted IVHA residents

  • Budget concerns for IVHA Housing Choice Voucher Program

d) Discussion/Action: Update Tankless water heater project

7)         NEW BUSINESS

a) Informational: State of California’s reporting requirement for Housing Choice Vouchers

b) Discussion/Action: Resolution 25-020 Charge Off of Vacated Delinquent Accounts

c)      Discussion/Action: Consideration to approve providers

  • Health Insurance Baja Plan - SIMNSA

  • Dental–Ameritas

d) Discussion/Action: Resolution 25-022 authorizing Michelle Flores to attend LCW Public Employment Law Conference on January 21-24, 2026, in San Francisco

2) ADJOURN FROM THE MEETING OF THE IMPERIAL VALLEY HOUSING AUTHORITY AND CONVENE THE meeting of the Board of Directors of Imperial Valley Affordable Housing Development Corp.

  1. Update

3) EXECUTIVE SESSION
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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: 1 case