Speaker 1: Thank you to the council. Next, we're moving on to item ten.
Speaker 0: Adam tense communication from Vice Mayor Richardson, Chair of the Federal Legislation Committee. Recommendation to require City Council approval of the 2022 federal legislative agenda as recommended by the Federal Legislation Committee.
Speaker 1: Thank you. Vice Mayor Richardson, are we also going to get a staff report on this? Absolutely.
Speaker 3: We'll have Dr. Tyler Curley provide a brief overview of this item.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Mayor, both mayor and council. Just very briefly, did want to provide an overview of some of the changes that we're recommending in the legislative agenda this coming year. First is that we are trying to restructure the agenda a little bit to make it more user friendly. Specifically, we're trying to streamline some of the categories and make it clearer how some of the existing directives in the agenda align with some of our priorities. So we've added sections like environment, housing, technology, transportation, some of the key issues that were already in the agenda. But it was a little bit difficult to find where some of those items were located. And we're also trying to think about the agenda more as a strategic advocacy plan. So in addition to sort of the, you know, ongoing directives that we have in both the federal and the state legislative agenda, we are trying to prioritize and emphasize at the beginning of the agenda what our core values are underlying each of the different issue areas. So in that we've tried to highlight in this year's agenda some of the core values of preserving local control, which of course was its own section in the former agenda. Second would be around advancing equity and inclusion. And third would be to ensure the city's long term resilience and adaptability. So those are core themes that we think kind of align throughout each of the directives and policy areas that we were hoping to highlight earlier in the agenda, as well as calling out some of our focus statements for 2022. So those would be themes or subjects that we can really target and focus our attention on in this coming year. And from staff recommendations and our communications with departments. Two themes really stood out. Those would be around infrastructure and long term recovery. And essentially for infrastructure. As you know, there are a lot of investment opportunities from the federal and the state government around infrastructure, but there are likely to be a number of projects that we prioritize locally that may not have direct funding opportunities and that we wanted to call out and make sure that we're continuing to advocate for those infrastructure priorities beyond the existing legislation. The other piece, as mentioned, was, is recovery. And we know, of course, we've had a very successful, you know, year and a half or so with the CARES Act programs and then rollout of the recovery plan. But a lot of that is one time sort of pilot program funding. And so we want to make sure that we're advocating for long term resources to keep some of those programs going. And in addition to those, we have recommended a number of specific policy directives and changes in addition to what was outlined by the committee's report . So I'm happy to answer any questions or follow up from that, and I'll turn it back over to you. Thank you. Thank you personally. RICHARDSON Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just like my comments, here's chair. First of all, thank you to the fabulous committee for taking the time to work through this agenda. We attempted to the committee attempted to make sure that we infused a lot of what we heard at council as priorities. And, you know, our relationship with the federal government, state government, county government is incredibly important, particularly given if it weren't for additional support from Fed and state government, we wouldn't be where we are today as it relates to our ability to respond and recover from this pandemic. So a few things I want to highlight that the committee left it up and included. It's important as infrastructure dollars come that we may have some pain, some level of local flexibility. If all of the funds are, you know, driven through state programs, it's hard for us to prior verified locally what we may say our infrastructure needs. It could be streets and sidewalks. It could be bridges. So we we wanted to maintain as much local control over infrastructure funding as possible. I think we lifted up funding to advance the supports. Zero emission transition is incredibly important and there is significant need. I tell you as chair report today can be enforceable from an interest infrastructure trust standpoint. There is significant need. So we lifted that up. We also there are a number of incredible bills that didn't make it through, but there's still one in the works and that's to protect the right to organize act. So we lifted that up as it has a priority in this committee agenda. You know, there's been significant emphasis across the entire city about funding to acquire additional land to close the park equity gap. So we re-emphasized that here as a part of the committee motion, we added language to support the preservation of the Queen Mary. That's been a priority for a number of the council members here. We lifted up Project Homekey and our need for additional funding moving forward on hotel conversions, tiny homes, housing choice vouchers and administrative funding for the city. We lifted up the need for additional funding for local capacity around mental and behavioral health. We added that the committee added some some details to requests around the sexual assault response team. And it's overall, we think this is a good comprehensive agenda that we have and we look forward to continuing to engage with our federal leaders. We want to thank Congressman Lyfebulb and Congresswoman Barragan for being a good partners with us, and we look forward to continuing to advocate on behalf of the city that you have, as with most. Thank you. Vice Mayor. Councilwoman Sara.
Speaker 2: Just seconding it. Supporting that item by my second.
Speaker 1: We're thinking. I do want to think the work of the Committee on the Federal Budget gender. And just a quick question also to the staff. I know that the team is working on some kind of materials that would kind of put all our Fed pledge kind of needs, as I imagine we'll do on the state legislative as well, into some some type of brochure or materials that we're able to take when we are advocating for projects. And I know that that's something that's really important that lawmakers like. And as is easy for staff, is that something with the progress of things? Yes, absolutely, Mayor. So we do have, of course, a focus on projects that will be related directly to the infrastructure legislation from late last year. So there's an effort to try to identify those most competitive projects for the existing infrastructure grant opportunities that will become available even starting now and throughout this year and moving forward. And then in addition to those, we will be also trying to identify other projects for potential state surplus or potential congressional earmarks this coming year as well. And we would love to be able to showcase those projects and make sure that through advocacy, we're getting all of the city's priorities in front of our delegation. So we will continue working on those. Great. Thank you. Dr. CROWLEY. To make sure that I know that the Fed led committee is working on putting together an annual legislative lobbying visit, which is always important. And just to make sure that when by the time that that happens, I don't know that it's been set yet. Whenever that happens, I imagine will be soon. It's in the spring that all those materials and pamphlets and stuff are ready for that. Okay. Absolutely. Thank you. If we can have any public comment, madam, quick hit there.
Speaker 3: Any members of the public that would like to speak on this item, please use the raise hand feature or dial star nine. CNN. That concludes public comment.
Speaker 1: And we'll do a roll call piece.
Speaker 0: Councilwoman Cindy has.
Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 0: Councilwoman Allen.
Speaker 2: I.
Speaker 0: Councilwoman Price.
Speaker 2: I.
Speaker 0: Councilman Sabina.
Speaker 1: Hi.
Speaker 0: Councilwoman Mango.
Speaker 2: Hi.
Speaker 0: Councilwoman Sara.
Speaker 2: I.
Speaker 0: Councilmember Otunga.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 0: Councilman Austin.
Speaker 1: Hi.
Speaker 0: Vice Mayor Richardson.
Speaker 1: I.
Speaker 0: The motion is carried nine zero.
Recommendation to respectfully request City Council approval of the 2022 Federal Legislative Agenda as recommended by the Federal Legislation Committee.