This Week in City Hall: December 9, 2024
CSDR Football to be recognized by the Mayor; City Council will consider streamlining the permitting process for pre-approved ADUs and the final reallocations of $7.2 million in ARPA funding.
CSDR Football to be recognized by the Mayor; City Council will consider streamlining the permitting process for pre-approved ADUs and the final reallocations of $7.2 million in ARPA funding.
Nonprofit groups say the ‘Nonprofit Resilience Fund’ will help address critical needs of residents. Critics argue ‘taxpayer money’ is better used for public work improvements.
Close to $3 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds could be used to provide loans to nonprofit organizations dedicated to serving city, residents.
The City Council is busy this week with an agenda that includes adopting an 8% tax on cannabis, extending the City Manager's contract by two years, a $500,000 partnership for a trial of autonomous shuttles, and reconsidering a $2.8 million nonprofit resilience fund agreement.
City Council will consider approving $7.1 million for new fire and service trucks, approving a $6.525 million CalTrans-funded sidewalk project in La Sierra, and designating the home of Miné Okubo an official City Landmark.
City Council does not meet this week. Instead, other boards and commissions will provide input on proposed spending and project plans.
Agendas are light and several meetings are cancelled this week due to the Fourth of July holiday. Council will consider updating pension contracts for Police leadership retirement cost sharing, and the Transportation Board will consider eliminating two permit-required street parking zones.
City Council is set to approve the City's next two-year budget, which, if approved, will take effect next Monday, July 1, 2024.
City Council will consider approving $8.6 million in federal HUD funding for housing and homelessness projects, $6.3 million for a quiet zone project at the Cridge St. railroad crossing, and $775,000 to kick off a five-year project for the beautification of Victoria Ave.
City Hall agendas this week include new student housing and the retail project behind the Mail Library Downtown, a workshop of State-licensed sober living homes in residential neighborhoods, and options for offering smaller residential trash bins at lower monthly rates.
City Council does not meet this week. The Transportation Board will discuss plans for a potential valet parking service downtown.
This week, the City Council will discuss a preview of the City's 2024-2026 budget, an increase in illegal fireworks penalties from $1,000 to $1,500, and the potential return of pedal boats to Fairmount Lake.
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