PREPARED BY: MATT RODRIGUEZ DATE OF MEETING: 03/18/2024
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CONSIDER CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO RATIFY A 2024 - 2025 STATE OF CALIFORNIA FUNDING REQUEST FOR CITY PRIORITY PROJECTS TRANSMITTED ON FEBRUARY 26, 2024 FROM SAN PABLO MAYOR PONCE TO THE CITY’S STATE REPRESENTATIVES (STATE SENATOR NANCY SKINNER (D-9th; AND STATE ASSEMBLYMEMBER BUFFY WICKS (D-12TH)
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Approve by Minute Order
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Compliance statements
Federal Budget Earmarks for San Pablo Projects is not an applicable policy item contained in the adopted FY 2023-25 City Council Priority Workplan, effective May 1, 2023.
BACKGROUND
The City Manager’s Office (CMO), in collaboration with the City’s lobbyist, Townsend Public Affairs (TPA), have been in direct communication with the following City State of California (CA) Legislature Representatives regarding potential one-time capital funding requests to be included in the forthcoming 2024-25 State CA Budget cycle to support active City infrastructure projects needing additional Federal funding support, as follows:
State of CA Legislature Representatives:
State Senator Nancy Skinner (D-9th District)
State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-12th District)
FY 2024-25 State Budget Funding Earmarks
In February 2024, TPA contacted the CMO to inform of the potential State Budget one-time earmarks that would be considered for City infrastructure projects during the upcoming 2024-25 State CA Budget funding cycle.
As part of this funding process, State of CA Legislature Representatives will carefully review all direct funding requests from their respective District representative cities. Only those State of CA Funding requests deemed appropriate for State of CA Budget funding support will be considered for potential funding via the State of CA Budget one-time earmark process. With guidance provided by TPA, CMO developed the following list of active City capital projects needing potential one-time State of CA Budget funding consideration to meet the City’s current project management and construction management goals, as follows:
SAN PABLO CAPITAL PROJECTS UNDER STATE OF CA FUNDING CONSIDERATION:
Project No.1: Rollingwood Community Center Improvement Project
Total State Funding Request: Up to $2 million
Project No.2: Expansion of Municipal Public Fiber/Wireless Network (Phase II)
Total State Funding Request: Up to $2 million
Project No.3: Chesley Avenue and Old Police HQ Building EV Charging Infrastructure
Total State Funding Request: Up to $2 million
Project No.4: Old FSNo.70 Site EV Charging Infrastructure Feasibility Project (City Fleet)
Total State Funding Request: Up to $1 million
Project No.5: Replacement of old San Pablo Archway Project
Total State Funding Request: Up to $2 million
NOTE: In January 2024, due to the State of CA current budget deficit of ($58M) looming for FY 2024-25, the Governor and State Legislature have indicated State of CA funding earmarks may be on the low-priority status for inclusion in the new 2024-25 State Budget adoption process subject to further negotiation.
City Manager Recommendation
CMO and TPA staff drafted an appropriate State of CA Budget Funding request letter with one-time capital funding requests and project narratives for execution by San Pablo Mayor Ponce to transmit to the City’s State of CA Legislature Representatives to meet the State of CA Budget Funding earmark funding deadline in mid-March 2024.
This evening, the City Manager requests formal ratification approval by majority vote (via minute order) of the attached letter from San Pablo Mayor Ponce (on behalf of the San Pablo City Council) to support the City’s requests for one-time State of CA Budget earmarks for the 2024 - 25 State of CA Budget cycle which was transmitted on February 2024 through our lobbyist, TPA, to the City’s Federal Representatives noted above.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact associated with this agenda item.
ATTACHMENT
Att A - Letter transmitted on February 26, 2024 from San Pablo Mayor Patricia Ponce re: 2024- 25 Federal Budget Funding Requests from the City of San Pablo to the City’s State of CA Legislature Representatives