PREPARED BY: MATT RODRIGUEZ DATE OF MEETING: 07/16/18
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CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING RATIFICATION OF CORRESPONDENCE ON THE PROPOSED U.S. FEDERAL 2019 BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS AND POTENTIAL BUDGET REDUCTIONS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE US CONGRESS WHICH FUND A VARIETY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES TRANSMITTED ON JUNE 27, 2018 TO CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN MARK DE SAULNIER, AND US SENATORS DIANNE FEINSTEIN AND KAMALA HARRIS
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Approve by Minute Order
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
FY2018-21 Council Priority Workplan Compliance Statement
Economic Development, Fiscal Sustainability, Infrastructure, Neighborhood Improvements, Public Safety, Services for Families, Seniors and Youth, and SPEDC/Workforce Development Programs are adopted strategic policy initiatives and policies contained in the FY 2018-2021, effective November 1, 2017.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
BACKGROUND
On June 25, 2018, the City's contract lobbyist, Townsend Public Affairs (TPA), advised the City Manager's Office through e-correspondence of impending budget reductions/cuts being proposed by the President's FY 2019 Federal Budget Request under consideration by the US Congress for the upcoming federal fiscal period (FY) 2019 (See Attachment).
Over the next 90 days, the US Congress intends to debate all budget appropriation bills before FY 2019 begins on October 1, 2018. TPA is monitoring any potential roadblocks to the passage of all federal budget appropriation bills prior to September 30, 2018, which the US Congress has only been able to do without an extension four (4) times in the last 40 years. If history is any indication, and with a US Congress currently wrought with increased political division and turmoil along partisan lines, the City may see similar federal budget delays, or the potential for future federal government shutdowns beginning ...
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