5PM City Council (Closed Session Begins @ 4:00 p.m.) [Updated 05/09/2022 @ 6:15 p.m.]
Meeting Time: 05-10-22 17:00
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5PM City Council (Closed Session Begins @ 4:00 p.m.) [Updated 05/09/2022 @ 6:15 p.m.] 05-10-22 17:00
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17. 2021 Housing Element Annual Progress Report File ID: 2022-00933 4 0 2 0
22. Fiscal Y ear (FY) 2022/23 Proposed Budget Overview File ID: 2022- 00735
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23. Fiscal Y ear (FY) 2022/23 Proposed Budget for the: Mayor and City Council; Charter Offices; Community Development; Community Response; Convention and Cultural Services; Finance; Human Resources; Information Technology; Public Works; Utilities; and Citywide and Community Support File ID: 2022-00729
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Agenda Item: eComments for 17. 2021 Housing Element Annual Progress Report File ID: 2022-00933 Overall Sentiment
richard harrison
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Submitted At: 9:27pm 05-09-22
The notion of allowing ADUs to be weekend or vacation getaways i.e. short term rentals is ridiculous. Didn't the Mayor, Council and Planning Dept. tout ADUs as part of the solution for the so called housing shortage? The real answer is: No. ADUs are not long term housing but instead a revenue source (taxes for the city to tap into) to create more nonsense special programs for the Mayor and Council to sprinkle out among their sycophants.
ZH Harrison
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Submitted At: 11:47am 05-09-22
If the City Council cares about fostering “community” in neighborhoods, it will oppose short-term rentals of ADUs.
Neighborhoods are delicate things and involve an investment of time (neighbors need a chance to get to know each other, find common interests). Short-term rentals work against this idea.
By the way, this issue should be a discussion item, rather than a consent calendar item. Lately, too many important issues are being packed on to the consent calendar without proper notice and opportunity for public input..
Bill Motmans
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Submitted At: 8:38am 05-09-22
ADUs must not be used as short term rentals. To do so would defeat the purpose of providing long term housing.
Elmhurst Neighborhood Association
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Submitted At: 1:33pm 05-06-22
It is our understanding that the Housing Element on May 10 with the same or a similar report given to the Planning and Design Commission on April 28.
This report to the Planning and Design Commission did not address the contradiction of allowing Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) to be used as short term rentals. There is no justification for promoting ADUs if they are not for permanent housing. Sacramento has a shortage of affordable housing NOT a shortage of hotel rooms, which is what short-term rentals are.
As we have discussed with you, the city needs to change its short-term rental ordinance to NOT allow: 1) any whole house short term rentals for homes that do not have a permanent resident or 2) any ADUs to be used as short term rentals.
Agenda Item: eComments for 22. Fiscal Year (FY) 2022/23 Proposed Budget Overview File ID: 2022-00735 Overall Sentiment
Paula Sugarman
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Submitted At: 9:17am 05-10-22
Last year I worked to get a responsible Climate Action Plan passed for Sacramento County. We used the City of Sacto Mayor's Emergency Declaration as an example of how to do it right. I'm disappointed to see that two years later, nothing has been accomplished. It isn't even in the City budget. The entire state and particularly Sacramento County residents rely on you to set an example. Please, as a council, live up to your responsibility. 1-Fund the 7 transportation projects that the city is considering to reduce VMT’s. 2-Seek federal money to fund climate change projects...there are many. 3-Expand staff & resources to finalize the CAP , which is almost 2 yrs behind.
Luke Wilson
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Submitted At: 8:54am 05-10-22
I support a robust budget for climate action.
After dawdling since you received the recommendations of the Mayors' Climate Commission you now have a chance to increase the budget for action on the climate. Just do it! Please show your support for a safe climate for our grandchildren in your budget.
We need more money in the budget so that we can obtain Federal funds to support things like transportation projects you have developed to decrease vehicle miles traveled. And thinking of vehicle miles traveled, what were you thinking when you approved lowering parking fees for cars, without stipulating that the parking fees would only be lowered for EV's and car pools? We need to integrate climate policy with all City projects and programs.
Let's get serious about the climate crisis. Now is the time to support the Earth in your budget.
Rosie Yacoub
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Submitted At: 6:23am 05-10-22
I was glad the City Manager recognized that Climate Change isn’t a priority if it isn’t in the budget at the Committee meeting last week. Now Council needs to act in a way that reflects the intent laid out by the Mayor’s Commission, in a way that demonstrates that the City doesn’t just sign an Emergency Declaration and put it in a drawer, in a way that pushes forward the transportation big ideas for transportation discussed in Council in February, in a way that advances the policies being written into the CAP . We need a budget that supports more work by city staff across departments. We need a budget that allows the City to compete for resources to get transportation funds that will reduce congestion, pollution, and increase public health. Because climate change is not waiting for our documents to be finalized, we need a budget that advances the policies being advanced in the CAP , like building electrification in a way that is equitable and creates new opportunities for employment.
Tess Townsend
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Submitted At: 9:37pm 05-09-22
I own a marketing/PR business in Sacramento. Along w/other climate-concerned taxpayers, I urge you to treat climate as a priority.
1-Expand staff & resources to finalize the CAP , which is almost 2 yrs behind 2-Take advantage, this year, of CA & fed infrastructure/climate funding opportunities. Identify matching funds; providing staff & resources to scope & design projects includ. the “7 big idea” transpo projects The most compelling reason 4 action could be the immediate local impact of weaning off of fossil fuels. We rank among the worst US cities 4 air quality. Most of our ozone comes from cars, trucks, etc I often regret living & growing my biz here b/c of the air. I have asthma. Bad air is making entire neighborhoods sick w/lung & heart illnesses. Who wants 2 live w/this? Let’s be honest: Some can’t. It’s deadly.
As CA capital, Sacramento has a responsibility to serve as a leading example 4 other jurisdictions. Plz—as a council—live up to your responsibility. -Tess Townsend
Nancy McKeever
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Submitted At: 12:43pm 05-09-22
Please refer to the attached letter. In summary:
1) Substantially increase funding for programs and additional staff positions needed to accomplish the urgent climate efforts identified by the Mayor’s Climate Commission. 2) Set aside money for match funding for future state and federal grants including huge active transportation projects the Council supported in February.
3) Revise the management structure to create a Climate Office from which priorities and resources can be more clearly managed and tracked and cross-department and regional work products can be managed. A Climate Office will be better able to integrate climate efforts into other City priorities, especially economic development and the capital improvement plan. Aggregating climate resources and programs into one office also will enhance grant competitiveness because federal and state funding sources will be more comfortable with simplified cost benefit and outcome tracking requirements.
Kathryn Webb
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Submitted At: 8:31am 05-09-22
Good evening,
My name is Katy Webb with 350 Sacramento. Last week I made public comment at the budget committee, urging city council to adopt climate action as a budget priority. I appreciate the support expressed at the budget committee to provide more staffing, accelerate climate action, and raise climate as a priority.
It is important that city council does not address climate change in a silo, rather, we ask you to focus on addressing climate that has co-benefits for other priorities such as equity and public health.
Therefore, we are urging city council to adopt climate action as a priority and to make sure this is clearly reflected in the budget. Thank you.
Agenda Item: eComments for 23. Fiscal Year (FY) 2022/23 Proposed Budget for the: Mayor and City Council; Charter Offices; Community Development; Community Response; Convention and Cultural Services; Finance; Human Resources; Information Technology; Public Works; Utilities; and Citywide and Community Support File ID: 2022-00729 Overall Sentiment
Liv Moe
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Submitted At: 8:53am 05-10-22
On behalf of the Sacramento Alliance for Regional Arts I would like to ask that you reconsider the proposed $2.6 million in cuts to the Office of Arts and Culture. Eliminating these funds sets a dangerous precedent and sends the signal that the city does not see the arts as essential to Sacramento's vitality. The city made substantial investments in our sector during the pandemic for which we are grateful. These funds have helped us to preserve an industry that employs tens of thousands of individuals and is a key player in the effort to draw citizens back downtown to reactivate the core, drive tourism, and generate parking revenue. The arts are and have been invested in making Sacramento a place people want to call home. This is no time to diminish the city's commitment to a sector that does so much for the community.
Allison Cagley
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Submitted At: 7:53pm 05-09-22
Please consider restoring the funding to the Convention and Cultural Services budget (specifically the Office of Arts and Culture) to continue to advance the goals of the Creative Edge Culture Plan and stabilizing the creative economy. Sacramento's vitality and thriving economy depends on the arts and culture sector to generate revenue to the City which will, in turn, generate jobs and redevelopment in all districts. Reducing the budget from $3.3 million to just $839,000 negates any progress made in the last 4 years. Thank you for your thoughtful deliberation and consideration of this request.
Philip Sherman
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Submitted At: 6:19pm 05-09-22
We are in a climate emergency, and we need to be investing in solutions like alternatives to fossil fueled vehicles; rapid electrification of buildings; creation of climate resiliency centers; investment in energy retrofits for the disadvantaged and most impacted; promotion of urban agriculture; and carbon sequestration, among others. The climate emergency response needs to be a high priority in each year's annual budget. And $4.4 million is a drop in the bucket compared to the costs of inaction.
May 8, 2020
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SUBJECT: Request for Increased Climate Action Funding and Administrative Authority - May 10 Sac City Council Agenda Item 22 (Fiscal Year 2022/23 Proposed Budget)
Mayor Steinberg and Council Members:
We commend the Council for adopting the new building electrification ordinance which will help to reduce the cost of buying and maintaining a home and improve public health in newly-constructed residential developments as soon as 2023. This forward-thinking leadership is one excellent example of how investment in staff and programs centered on reducing greenhouse gas emissions also advance multiple City objectives and improve the overall quality of life for all Sacramentans.
However, a two-person office is not sufficient to address other equally urgent climate issues. Passage of the electrification ordinance demonstrates how much education, outreach, and logistics are necessary to implement change. The lack of appropriate staffing has delayed the Climate Action Plan and implementation of previously funded council actions such as tree planting. Inadequate staffing has also left the City seriously disadvantaged for successfully competing for federal and state funding.
The City of Sacramento’s climate effort is dramatically underfunded and inadequately established within the City management structure to successfully produce the results expected from what the Mayor’s Climate Commission defined as an urgent, high-priority effort.
We ask that the City act on its own acknowledgement of the urgency of climate action, cite the multiple benefits of funding climate action including promoting economic development, public health, affordable housing, and social equity, and:
1) Substantially increase funding for programs and additional staff positions needed to accomplish the urgent climate efforts identified by the Mayor’s Climate Commission.
2) Set aside money for match funding for future state and federal grants including huge active transportation projects the Council supported in February.
3) Revise the management structure to create a Climate Office from which priorities and resources can be more clearly managed and tracked and cross-department and regional work products can be managed. A Climate Office will be better able to integrate climate efforts into other City priorities, especially economic development and the capital improvement plan. Aggregating climate resources and programs into one office also will enhance grant competitiveness because federal and state funding sources will be more comfortable with simplified cost benefit and outcome tracking requirements.
Every increment of GHGs kept from the atmosphere today does more to meet the City’s climate goals and reduce the adverse effects of climate change than reductions made later. Quoting from the Mayor’ Commission final report, “Turning this plan into action rests on more than just ideas and good intentions.
It requires residents, businesses, City government, and other institutions to urgently rise to the challenge of making big changes”. The time is now to provide ample resources to allow the City to fully partner with the state and federal government, SMUD’s nation-leading zero carbon efforts, and many community-led efforts.
Thank you for considering our comments.
Respectfully,
Kathy Les, Nancy McKeever,
Curtis Park Electric Stars, Founder Curtis Park Electric Stars, Community Outreach
Curtis Park Electric Stars is a neighborhood-led effort, now in partnership with SMUD and the Oak Park Neighborhood Association, to promote residential electrification.