Sacramento council to weigh housing, road, water and salary items

Federal housing plan and neighborhood project budgets

What

2027 One-Year Action Plan for CDBG, HOME, ESG and HOPWA funds, plus amendments to prior years' plans

Project budgets

$300,000 each for Dixieanne Alleyways, Fruitridge Road Improvements Phase 1 and Reichmuth Basketball Court Lighting; $350,000 for 24th St Bypass Park Playground

Funding source

CDBG Fund (Fund 2700)

Who administers

Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency would act as the city's agent

Source

Agenda, item 25

The council would approve the 2027 plan that decides how the city spends federal community development, housing, homelessness and AIDS housing funds. It would also amend earlier years' plans.

The item would raise budgets for four neighborhood projects paid from the federal community development block grant fund.

The housing agency would be authorized to adjust budgets if federal awards come in higher or lower than expected, and to submit the plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Public hearing on closing part of an alley near Stockton Boulevard

Where

3200 block of Stockton Boulevard, District 5

What

Vacating a 16-foot-wide portion of the public alley west of Stockton Boulevard between 7th and 8th avenues

Proceeding

VAC26-0003

Source

Agenda, item 24

The council would hold a public hearing and then vote on whether to close a 16-foot-wide strip of public alley.

Vacating an alley removes it as public right-of-way. The agenda does not describe what the land would be used for afterward.

Bigger sewer contracts for regulatory support and pipe rehab

Regulatory support

Contract with Larry Walker Associates would grow by up to $2,167,139, for a total of $2,760,241, and run through Oct. 31, 2030

Del Rio sewer

Change order with Insituform Technologies up to $2,331,084, for a total of $19,297,287

Del Rio location

District 7

Source

Agenda, items 14 and 16

One contract covers help meeting rules for the city's combined sewer system. The amendment extends the agreement and raises its total cap.

The other adds money to a contract rehabilitating the Del Rio sewer force main. A force main is a pipe that pushes sewage under pressure.

Both items also reset how much the city manager can approve in later changes without returning to the council.

Electric vehicle charger project gets federal money

Federal funds

$4,300,000 from the US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration

General fund

$500,000 transferred from the State and Federal Grant Match Program

Project

Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Project (C15001600)

Source

Agenda, item 17

The city would accept $4.3 million in federal highway money for electric vehicle charging equipment.

It would also move $500,000 from the general fund out of a grant-match program and into the charger project.

More money for Envision Broadway in Oak Park

Where

Broadway between Franklin Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, District 5

Contract

Supplemental Agreement No. 10 with Mark Thomas and Company, up to $1,616,348, for a total of $2,628,816

Budget

Project budget up $1,101,000 in other capital grants; $1,326,530 moved from the Transportation Corridor Program

Source

Agenda, item 20

The item adds design work and money to the Envision Broadway in Oak Park project.

The project budget would grow from two sources: other capital grants and road maintenance and rehabilitation money moved from the transportation corridor program.

New salaries proposed for three charter officers

Positions

City Treasurer John Colville, City Auditor Farishta Ahrary and City Clerk Mindy Cuppy

Also

A revised citywide salary schedule would be approved

Source

Agenda, items 29, 30 and 31

Three separate motions would set new salaries for the city's treasurer, auditor and clerk. The agenda does not list the proposed amounts.

The treasurer item also includes a resolution approving a revised citywide salary schedule and lets the city manager fix minor errors in the exhibits.

Housing moves: Colfax Street, a new nonprofit and Broadway bonds

Colfax Street

Exclusive right to negotiate with Mutual Housing California over a potential sale of 2225 Colfax Street, District 2

New nonprofit

Formation of Canopy Housing, Inc. to hold property under the Housing Authority

Bonds

Housing agency general revenue pledge as credit support for bonds to buy The Maven on Broadway, 230 Broadway, District 4

Source

Agenda, items 26, 27 and 28

One item would let the city negotiate exclusively with a housing group over a possible sale of a Colfax Street property. It does not commit the city to sell.

Another would create a nonprofit corporation controlled by the Housing Authority to hold property.

The third would have the housing agency pledge general revenue as added backing for bonds used to buy an apartment property on Broadway.

Routine contracts, grants and budget changes grouped together

Grazing contract

Extend Legacy Ranching vegetation control through Dec. 31, 2028, total up to $641,675, Districts 1, 2, 3 and 8

Demolition

Non-emergency demolition contracts totaling $800,000; emergency demolition contracts totaling $400,000

Fire grants

Up to $339,861.48 for Hurricane Helene, $115,500 for Texas flooding and $50,000 for Hawaii floods alert

Other

Water and sewer contract changes, grant applications, curbside recycling payment of $190,338 and repeal of the Urban Forest Plan working group

Source

Agenda, items 1–23

Most items sit on the consent calendar, which is voted on in one motion unless a council member pulls an item for discussion.

They include park vegetation control, contracts to secure and demolish dangerous buildings, federal reimbursements for the city's urban search and rescue team deployments, and utility contract changes.

Also included: applications for road safety and transportation grants, a $190,338 recycling payment, and a proposal to rescind the working group for the Urban Forest Plan.

Stanford Settlement anniversary and staff award

Recognition

90th anniversary of the Stanford Settlement, presented by Vice Mayor Talamantes

Award

City staff honored for the Institute for Local Government 2026 Beacon Leadership and Innovation Award, presented by Mayor McCarty

Source

Agenda, special presentation/general communications

The meeting opens with two recognitions before the council takes up business.