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Fw: Maribel Cruz 95127 - Agenda Item 3.5, 3/14/23, Measure T's water quality funding:
Lake Cunningham
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Mon 3/20/2023 2:17 PM
To:Rules and Open Government Committee Agendas <[email protected]> From: San Jose United <
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2023 9:49 PM
To: < City Clerk <[email protected]>; District2 <[email protected]>; District3 <[email protected]>; District4 <[email protected]>; District5 <[email protected]>; District 6 <[email protected]>; District7 <[email protected]>; District8 <[email protected]>; District9 <[email protected]>; District 10 <[email protected]>; District1 <[email protected]>; The Office of Mayor Ma Mahan <[email protected]> Subject: Maribel Cruz 95127 - Agenda Item 3.5, 3/14/23, Measure T's water quality funding: Lake Cunningham Dear San Jose City Council
I am writing to you regarding an environmental equity issue. Do not shift funding that would allow the city to take a step toward improved water quality at Lake Cunningham. Further delaying any action would be a continued injustice.
I ask that you not shift the $3.2 million in funding previously designated for water quality improvement that would allow the City to begin a path to improved water quality at Lake Cunningham. This 50-acre open space is a vital resource for all San Jose residents. After years of deteriorating water quality and major fish die-offs, the lake was closed down, taking away open space and unmatched recreational activities for families and residents of all ages. Our families deserve more access to open space, not less.
Our families deserve investments in water quality improvements. Our families deserve nearby access to recreational activities. Now is the time to begin working toward improved water quality, not time to shift these funds to potential construction projects or other potential uses.
Maribel Cruz
95127
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Fw: Eric Barajas 95112 - Agenda Item 3.5, 3/14/23, Measure T's water quality funding:
Lake Cunningham
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Subject: Eric Barajas 95112 - Agenda Item 3.5, 3/14/23, Measure T's water quality funding: Lake Cunningham Dear San Jose City Council
I am writing to you regarding an environmental equity issue. Do not shift funding that would allow the city to take a step toward improved water quality at Lake Cunningham. Further delaying any action would be a continued injustice.
I ask that you not shift the $3.2 million in funding previously designated for water quality improvement that would allow the City to begin a path t o improved water quality at Lake
Cunningham. This 50-acre open space is a vital resource for all San Jose residents. After years of deteriorating water quality and major fish die-offs, the lake was closed down, taking away open space and unmatched recreational activities for families and residents of all ages. Our families deserve more access to open space, not less. Our families deserve investments in water quality improvements. Our families deserve nearby access to recreational activities. Now is the time to begin working toward improved water quality, not time to shift these funds to potential construction projects or other potential uses.
Eric Barajas
95112
You may not use my contact information for any purpose other than to respond to my concern regarding the topic listed above, nor may you share my address with any other organization(s) or individual(s).
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Fw: Bingyu lin 95127 - Agenda Item 3.5, 3/14/23, Measure T's water quality funding:
Lake Cunningham
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Mon 3/20/2023 1:18 PM
To:Rules and Open Government Committee Agendas <[email protected]> From: City Clerk <[email protected]>
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Subject: FW: Bingyu lin 95127 - Agenda Item 3.5, 3/14/23, Measure T's water quality funding: Lake Cunningham From: District 5 United <
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2023 6:48 PM
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Subject: Bingyu lin 95127 - Agenda Item 3.5, 3/14/23, Measure T's water quality funding: Lake Cunningham Dear San Jose City Council
I am writing to you regarding an environmental equity issue. Do not shift funding that would allow the city to take a step toward improved water quality at Lake Cunningham. Further delaying any action would be a continued injustice.
I ask that you not shift the $3.2 million in funding previously designated for water quality improvement that would allow the City to begin a path t o improved water quality at Lake
Cunningham. This 50-acre open space is a vital resource for all San Jose residents and especially those in East San Jose. After years of deteriorating water quality and major fish die-offs, the lake was closed down, taking away open space and unmatched recreational activities for families in East San José and residents of all ages. Our families deserve more access to open space, not less. Our families deserve investments in water quality improvements. Our families deserve nearby access to recreational activities. Now is the time to begin working toward improved water quality, not time to shift these funds to potential construction projects or other potential uses.
Bingyu lin
95127
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Fw: Support a San Jose budget for All!
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Thu 3/23/2023 9:55 AM
To:Rules and Open Government Committee Agendas <[email protected]> From: Vince Zapata <
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:39 AM
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Subject: Support a San Jose budget for All!
San Jose City Clerk Toni T
aber,
Please support the San José Budget for All asks — as put forth by many community organizations, including Silicon Valley Rising, the South Bay Labor Council, the Latina Coalition, the Asian Law Alliance, and Planned Parenthood (Mar Monte).
As a San José resident, I am writing to ask for your support in shaping a City Budget that prioritizes the needs of working families and upholds our values as a community. In order to properly address economic, racial, and social inequality, we need a budget that ensures we are building a City for every resident, family, and neighborhood.
I, like many others, was disappointed by Mayor Matt Mahan’s budget message released on March 13th which pays lip service to multiple priorities, while still excluding a large number of residents — in particular Black, Latino, and AAPI communities as well as other immigrant and low-income residents whose neighborhoods are historically underfunded.
Moreover, the focus on “cleaning up” and other short term solutions such as using a large chunk of resources on only interim housing, rather than both interim and permanent housing, merely hides and postpones our housing crisis, raises questions regarding whose priorities are reflected in this message — the people of San José or the real estate interests aligned with the Mayor?
We cannot afford a San José budget that does not address the most urgent needs of our most vulnerable communities. I am joining together with my community to ask you to prioritize a City Budget that includes workers, parents and children, includes all neighborhoods, and our most vulnerable residents. A budget that goes beyond the surface, and addresses the root causes of inequality in our City.
Vince Zapata
San Jose, California 95120-5313
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Subject: FW: Support a San Jose budget for All!
From: Juan Turner <
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 5:08 PM
To: City Clerk <[email protected]>
Subject: Support a San Jose budget for All!
San Jose City Clerk Toni T
aber,
Please support the San José Budget for All asks — as put forth by many community organizations, including Silicon Valley Rising, the South Bay Labor Council, the Latina Coalition, the Asian Law Alliance, and Planned Parenthood (Mar Monte).
As a San José resident, I am writing to ask for your support in shaping a City Budget that prioritizes the needs of working families and upholds our values as a community. In order to properly address economic, racial, and social inequality, we need a budget that ensures we are building a City for every resident, family, and neighborhood.
I, like many others, was disappointed by Mayor Matt Mahan’s budget message released on March 13th which pays lip service to multiple priorities, while still excluding a large number of residents — in particular Black, Latino, and AAPI communities as well as other immigrant and low-income residents whose neighborhoods are historically underfunded.
Moreover, the focus on “cleaning up” and other short term solutions such as using a large chunk of resources on only interim housing, rather than both interim and permanent housing, merely hides and postpones our housing crisis, raises questions regarding whose priorities are reflected in this message — the people of San José or the real estate interests aligned with the Mayor?
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We cannot afford a San José budget that does not address the most urgent needs of our most vulnerable communities. I am joining together with my community to ask you to prioritize a City Budget that includes workers, parents and children, includes all neighborhoods, and our most vulnerable residents. A budget that goes beyond the surface, and addresses the root causes of inequality in our City.
Juan Turner
San Jose, California 95138
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Fw: Support for the Arts - City Council Item 3.5 - March 21, 2023 Agendadesk <[email protected]>
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To:Rules and Open Government Committee Agendas <[email protected]> From: Esther Young <
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Honorable Mayor and City Council,
My name is Esther, and I am an Arts Advocate. I am writing to you today regarding Item 3.5 on your agenda for Tuesday, March 21, Approval of the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Mayor's March Budget Message.
As an Arts Advocate, I believe that arts and culture are essential to the economic, social, and civic wellbeing of our city. I appreciate the Mayor’s intention in his March Budget Message to explore additional funding to support our arts community and other initiatives to improve the vibrancy and quality of life in San José (p. 25).
In order to achieve the Mayor’s goals and create a more sustainable arts and cultural community in San José, I call on you to take the following actions:
1. Direct the City Manager, beginning in Fiscal Year 2023-2024, to reapportion the current General Fund allocation from the City’s Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) equally across the remainder recipients of TOT funding: the Office of Cultural Affairs — including Cultural Grants Programs — the Convention and Visitors Bureau (Team San José), and Convention and Cultural Facilities;
2. Direct the City Manager to work with local stakeholders including SJAA to identify budget policy
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. strategies to guide the long-term investment of the TOT to better serve the arts, culture, entertainment, and hospitality industries — which play a large role in generating the TOT — and return to Council within the next fiscal year with strategies for consideration and implementation;
3. Direct staff from the Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs to develop a framework for a Private Percent for Art policy, common in other Bay Area cities, which has been on the City Council’s priority list for more than three years; and
4. Direct staff to explore a pilot program to employ Artists in Residence within City departments to apply a creative, problem-solving lens to some of the City’s intractable challenges and help build deeper civic engagement in the policy making process.
I am proud to stand with San José Arts Advocates to support these priorities for preserving, protecting, and promoting our creative community, which collectively generates hundreds of millions of dollars of economic impact for our city, creates thousands of jobs, inspires us to engage, and improves the quality of life for all of our residents.
Thank you for your service and for your consideration.
Regards,
Esther Young
San Jose 95112