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BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
Mayor Darrell Steinberg, Chair
Eric Guerra, Vice Chair, District 6
Rick Jennings, II, District 7
Mai Vang, District 8
COMMITTEE STAFF
Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk
Howard Chan, City Manager
Jorge Oseguera, City Auditor
Matthew Ruyak, Assistant City Attorney
Leyne Milstein, Assistant City Manager
Emily A. Combs, Finance Director
Budget and Audit Committee
City Hall-Council Chamber
915 I Street, 1st Floor
Published by the Office of the City Clerk
(916) 808-5163
CORRESPONDENCE
Description of Attached: Correspondence received after publishing the Agenda.
For the Meeting of: Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.
Agenda Item: Discussion Item 7
7. Adoption of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022/23 Operating Budget and 2022-2027 Capital Improvement Plan
File ID: 2022-01127
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Pass a Motion forwarding to City Council for consideration the FY2022/23 Operating Budget and the 2022-2027 Capital Improvement Plan.
Contact: Howard Chan, City Manager, (916) 808-7488,
[email protected], Office of the City Manager, Emily Combs, Director of Finance, (916) 808-5574, [email protected], Department of Finance
From: Kate Wilkins
To: Eric Guerra; District8; Rick Jennings; Darrell Steinberg Cc: Public Comment; Ilonka Zlatar
Subject: 350 Sacramento - Comment Letter on City Budget, Budget Committee 3pm Meeting (Item 7) Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2022 8:01:44 AM
Attachments: 350 Sac - May 31 Budget Committee Letter.pdf Good morning Councilmembers Guerra, Vang, Jennings and Mayor Steinberg, On behalf of 350 Sacramento, please see the attached letter for today's discussion on the proposed FY 2022-2023 budget. We urge the Budget Committee to fund additional staff positions that specifically support the acceleration of climate action at the city.
Thank you,
Kate Wilkins
https://350sacramento.org/
April 27, 2022
Subject: Budget Committee Meeting May 31, 2022, Agenda Item 7 Dear Councilmembers Guerra, Jennings, Vang and Mayor Steinberg:
We ask that the Budget Committee fund additional staff positions that specifically supportthe acceleration of climate action.With this action, the city will be better prepared to implementthe Climate Action Plan and carry out the programs and projects needed to meet the City’s climategoals. 350 Sacramento has been directly advocating for the city to act on climate change since the Mayors’Commission on Climate Change was first convened in November 2018. We celebrated thecommission’s final report in June 2020 and City’s commitment to include the recommendations inits Climate Action Plan.
It’s now been almost two years since that commitment.. We have no CAP and city staff are stillworking to spend the initial $4.4 million dollar allotment given in the 2021-2022 mid year budget.Some programs are funded but haven’t been carried out due to lack of staff capacity. The City hastouted last year’s investment as well as other funding for Public Works and CIP projects (many longplanned, some state mandated) as major progress. This is progress, but nothing to match theurgency the city expressed in their 2019 Climate Emergency Declaration. Especially when the Citydoes not have its guiding climate action plan to lead the way, or the staff capacity to execute it.
We ask that you make climate action a priority and increase funding for staff to help move the city’sclimate work forward.
Thank you,
350 Sacramento
From: Steve Wirtz
To: Rick Jennings
Cc: Darrell Steinberg; [email protected]; Eric Guerra; Public Comment Subject: 2022-2023 budget item: The city needs to fund more staff positions that specifically support the acceleration of climate action
Date: Friday, May 27, 2022 11:27:34 AM
Council member Jennings,
Please get serious on climate action! I understand this Tuesday’s Council meeting is the last opportunity for new items to be added to the 2022-2023 budget. The city needs to fund more staff positions to support the acceleration of climate action. Specifically, funds/staff are needed to start work now on active transportation, building electrification and community health & resilience, and to jump start action when the city CAP is released this summer. There’s a whole host of solutions that are known today that we should already be implementing. The City Council is investing in youth development but isn’t prioritizing investing in the biggest threat to youth – climate change!!
The City’s climate action plan (CAP), the roadmap for the city’s efforts to be carbon neutral by 2045, is over 18 months late and is slated for release this summer. We need enough funding and staff capacity to act now and begin implementing the specific CAP measures once the plan is finalized. Don’t allow the city to miss future federal, state and city funding opportunities because of a lack of staff capacity. Don’t wait any longer to kick off important projects like tree planting and building community resilience.
Take ACTION NOW with a meaningful investment in staff now to address global warming locally! Steve Wirtz
[email protected]
916-421-2418
95831
From: Steve Wirtz
To: Rick Jennings
Cc: Darrell Steinberg; [email protected]; Eric Guerra; Public Comment Subject: Re: 2022-2023 budget item: The city needs to fund more staff positions that specifically support the acceleration of climate action
Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2022 11:20:36 AM
Council member Jennings and City Council members,
Today's Budget Committee meeting is the day to VOTE TO DIRECT FUNDS within the proposed city budget FOR STAFF to prioritize and implement action to address global warming. Although late, it is not too late to make sure action can be taken now and as the CAP is completed and implemented. Please act today to take urgent and meaningful action to ensure our city does its part in slowing the terrible ongoing consequences of global warming.
Thank you,
Steve Wirtz
[email protected]
95831
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From: Steve Wirtz <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, May 27, 2022 11:27 am
Subject: 2022-2023 budget item: The city needs to fund more staff positions that specifically support the acceleration of climate action
Council member Jennings,
Please get serious on climate action! I understand this Tuesday’s Council meeting is the last opportunity for new items to be added to the 2022-2023 budget. The city needs to fund more staff positions to support the acceleration of climate action. Specifically, funds/staff are needed to start work now on active transportation, building electrification and community health & resilience, and to jump start action when the city CAP is released this summer. There’s a whole host of solutions that are known today that we should already be implementing. The City Council is investing in youth development but isn’t prioritizing investing in the biggest threat to youth – climate change!!
The City’s climate action plan (CAP), the roadmap for the city’s efforts to be carbon neutral by 2045, is over 18 months late and is slated for release this summer. We need enough funding and staff capacity to act now and begin implementing the specific CAP measures once the plan is finalized. Don’t allow the city to miss future federal, state and city funding opportunities because of a lack of staff capacity. Don’t wait any longer to kick off important projects like tree planting and building community resilience.
Take ACTION NOW with a meaningful investment in staff now to address global warming locally! Steve Wirtz
[email protected]
916-421-2418
95831