PREPARED BY: MATT RODRIGUEZ DATE OF MEETING: 04/19/21
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CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO RATIFY LETTERS FROM SAN PABLO MAYOR PABON-ALVARADO TO U.S. CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE MARK DESAULNIER (11TH DISTRICT) AND BOTH CALIFORNIA U.S. SENATORS DIANNE FEINSTEIN AND ALEX PADILLA REQUESTING FEDERAL EARMARK FUNDING SUPPORT FOR: (1) SAN PABLO AVENUE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND INTERSECTION PROJECT ($8M); AND (2) SAN PABLO AREA FOR RECREATION AND COMMUNITY (SPARC) PROJECT ($2.45M)
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Approve by Minute Order
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
San Pablo Avenue Bridge Replacement and Intersection Project and San Pablo Area for Recreation and Community Project (SPARC) are not specific projects listed as an adopted policy item contained in the adopted FY2021-23 City Council Priority Workplan, effective March 15, 2021.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project as defined by CEQA as a budget or financing mechanism pursuant to 14 Cal. Code of Regulations section 15378(b).
BACKGROUND
In early March 2021, the City Manager's Office in consultation with the City's lobbyist, Townsend Public Affairs (TPA), received notification that U.S. Congressional Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and U.S. Senator. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations committees, had reached a deal on the rules governing federal funding earmarks in this legislative year's spending bills for 2021.
The following preliminary information on Federal funding earmarks for Community Acting Funding Program by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees was provided to local government through TPA:
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
* Each member can recommend only 10 projects TOTAL.
* Each of the 10 appropriations subcommittees listed between 2 and 10 funding accounts they would permit earmarks in. .
OTHER ADVICE
* Requests should be practically achievable.
* Requests should ideally already have significant dedicated funds.
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