PREPARED BY: CHARLES CHING DATE OF MEETING: 09/07/21
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CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO RATIFY A THANK YOU LETTER TRANSMITTED ON AUGUST 3, 2021 FROM SAN PABLO MAYOR ELIZABETH PABON-ALVARADO TO US SENATOR ALEX PADILLA REGARDING A REQUEST FOR FUNDING TO THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE UNDER THE FY 2022 SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,000,000 FOR THE SAN PABLO AVENUE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND INTERSECTION REALIGNMENT PROJECT
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Approve by Minute Order
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
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
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 State of California's Federal US Senate Representatives regarding federal earmarks for infrastructure funding being supported by the US Congress:
CA US Senate Representatives:
US Senator Dianne Feinstein
US Senator Alex Padilla
FY 2022 Appropriations Requests and Congressionally Directed Spending
On April 26, 2021, Senate Appropriations Committee (Committee) Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced his intent to restore one of Congress' constitutional powers, the power to approve Congressionally-directed spending items, and to do so with enhanced transparency and accountability. Accordingly, in addition to accepting programmatic requests which the Committee does every year, the Senate Appropriations Committee will on a bi-partisan basis accept requests for Congressionally-directed spending items for Fiscal Year 2022.
As part of this funding process, the Committee will carefully review all direct member requests. Only those requests that comply with Committee and Senate rules and are deemed appropriate for federal support will be c...
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