For City Council Meeting [August 10, 2021]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Sean Grayson, Fire Chief
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Request City Council to Provide Direction to Staff Regarding the Various Federal Funding Requests and Authorization of Required Local Funds for Projects Included in the Federal 2022 Fiscal Year Budget.
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BACKGROUND
On March 15, 2021, the City was notified of pending appropriations funding requests (formerly referred to as earmarks, now called Community Project Funding) from federal legislative programs. The deadline for submission was March 29, 2021. Staff reviewed the requirements for submission within the various funding bills, existing or former grant requests that met the requirements and new department specific projects that would meet the stated requirements. A tentative list of projects, both transportation and non-transportation, were presented to the Economic Development Committee for consideration on March 24, 2021. The EDC made recommendations to both eliminate and add projects from Staff's proposed list. Project funding requests were submitted and staff subsequently worked with congressional staff to refine submissions consistent with funding requirements. Several funding requests have been supported by legislators and are moving through the federal budget process.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
Funding requests were required to be categorized by federal appropriations bill, agency and account and were subject to maximum funding restrictions. Unlike previous allocations from the State budget process most federal funding requests were subject to matching funds. Matching funds would be allocated from department budget funds, existing project funding or in-kind funding depending upon the source and legislative program providing the federal funding.
Submissions within Congressman Aguilar's district (CA-31) included:
Alder Avenue Improvements at Interstate 210 Interchange
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