Posted by Jennifer Gartung · December 14, 2021 6:27 PM
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A majority of the new spending in the bill goes directly toward repairing the country's
aging transportation system. The White House has said that 173,000 total miles of
America’s highways and major roads and 45,000 bridges are in poor condition.
The bill also includes a substantial investment in bridges – the Biden team said the $40
billion set aside in new funds for bridge repair, replacement and rehabilitation is the
single largest dedicated investment since the construction of the interstate highway
system. Transportation: $312 billion
Roads, bridges, major projects: $109 billion
Safety: $11 billion
Public transit: $49 billion
Passenger and freight rail: $66 billion
Electric vehicles: $7.5 billion
Electric buses/transit: $7.5 billion
Reconnecting communities: $1 billion
Airports: $25 billion
Ports and waterways: $16 billion
Infrastructure financing: $20 billion
Other infrastructure: $266 billion
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Posted by · October 22, 2021 12:25 PM
Vacaville council to discuss affordable housing, use of pandemic relief funds
From the Daily Register Printed in the October 24, 2021 edition on page A13 | Published on October 24, 2021
VACAVILLE — The City Council on Tuesday will discuss affordable housing and infrastructure issues that face the city. Council members will also open discussion into how to apply federal pandemic relief funds.
The body will hear a presentation about the Housing Element of the city’s General Plan, with an emphasis on affordable housing challenges. It will also hear the annual report about the homeless facility, Opportunity House. [...read more]
City Council meeting in person again
The council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The Zoom link is Cov.zoom.us/s/98956232808?pwd=K3RQcm82TURNN3F0LzV5bmE5RGFuQT09, and the password for first-time users is 639925. Participants may also join by phone by dialing 267-831-0333 or 301-715-8592 or toll-free at 877-853-5257 or 888-475-4499. Participants may dial *67 before the number if they wish to keep their number from being displayed on the screen.
The meeting may also be viewed on Channel 26 or online at Youtube.com/user/CityofVacaville/videos.
In response to recent legislation regarding the posing of campaign reporting statements and local jurisdiction’s switch to electronic filings in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vacaville City Council will consider amending city code to require paperless filings of campaign disclosure statements at its Tuesday meeting.
According to a staff report by City Clerk Michelle Thornbrugh, the item is in response to Assembly Bill 571 by Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, D-Daly City, which went into effect Jan. 1. Among other things, the legislation requires Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) election reporting statements to be posted on jurisdictions’ websites within 72 hours of each applicable filing deadline.[...read more]
