Sacramento Set to Receive Over $69 Million in Federal Appropriations Funding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
CONTACT: Alexis Marks or Mara Lee
(202) 225-7163
Rep. Doris Matsui Secures Vital Funds for Sacramento Priorities
Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) helped secure over $69 million in federal funding for Sacramento's top priorities, included in the fiscal year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act passed by Congress that President Barack Obama is expected to sign in the coming days.
Congresswoman Matsui voted for this bill when it passed the U.S. House of Representatives on February 25th; the U.S. Senate approved the measure last night. In total, the bill will fund $69,059,000 in Sacramento-area programs for Fiscal Year 2009.
Rep. Matsui worked throughout this past year to ensure that Sacramento's interests would be protected in the face of increased economic insecurity and an unstable economy. The bill included funds for Sacramento's top priority initiatives: flood protection; public transit; community safety; education and children's health.
"In the face of the current economic situation, it is vital that we continue to bring federal resources to Sacramento," said Congreswoman Matsui. "These resources are critical to immediately help important local projects as well as to lay the foundation for our prosperity for years to come by investing in the health and safety of our community. I will work with our local and community leaders to implement these projects and with my colleagues in Congress to continue providing important resources for all Sacramentans."
Rep. Matsui was successful in securing significant funding for important projects in the following issue areas for 2009:
ENERGY AND WATER
andbull; Five Local Projects Totaling $59,467,000:
andbull; Sacramento River Bank Protection Project - $22,967,000 to repair critical erosion sites along the Sacramento River and tributaries;
andbull; American River Common Features - $13,500,000 to widen levees near Jacobs Lane, raise levees between Howe Avenue and Watt Avenue, strengthening levees near the confluence of the Natomas East Main Drainage Canal/American River, address seepage around utilities, and continue work on the American River Common Features General Re-evaluation Report, which will help Natomas;
andbull; South Sacramento Streams - $12,000,000 to fund both levee and channel improvements, ecosystem restoration, recreation features, and detention facilities;
andbull; Folsom Dam Outlet Modifications - $9,000,000 to construct an auxiliary spillway which will provide greater efficiency in managing flood storage in Folsom Reservoir;
andbull; Folsom Dam Raise - $2,000,000 to raise Folsom Dam to help achieve 200-year-flood protection for the region.
TRANSPORTATION AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
andbull; Two Local Projects Totaling $7,950,000:
andbull; South Sacramento Light Rail Extension - $7,000,000 to extend Regional Transit's South Corridor light rail service 4.3 miles from existing terminus at Meadowview Road to Cosumnes River College;
andbull; Sacramento Intermodal Transportation Facility Rail Relocation - $950,000 to relocate the existing track at Amtrak depot, allowing the intermodal transit center project to continue.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE AND SCIENCE
andbull; Three Local Projects Totaling $500,000:
andbull; Sacramento Youth Gang Intervention/Prevention Program - $200,000 in funds for the Sacramento Police Department's intervention and prevention services for youth and their families involved in gangs in the City of Sacramento;
andbull; Sacramento County Sheriff In-Car Camera and Information Integration Project - $150,000 for the recording and archiving of video data effected on all traffic stops and other events; as well as the recording of prisoners while detained or transported in the back seat of the vehicle;
andbull; Sacramento County Methamphetamine Enforcement - $150,000 to target meth production and sales in Sacramento County. These funds will be used to purchase equipment used in investigation and seizure of clandestine meth laboratories, and for drug interdiction efforts.
INTERIOR
andbull; One Local Project Totaling $500,000:
andbull; City of Sacramento Combined Sewer System Improvement Project - $500,000 to fund a comprehensive, multi-faceted project to reduce combined sewer overflows (CSO's) and outflows of combined wastewater into streets and properties during storms.
LABOR-HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND EDUCATION
andbull; Three Local Projects Totaling $642,000:
andbull; Cosumnes River College GreenForce Center/Los Rios Community College District - $238,000 will establish the GreenForce center for outreach, recruitment, and retention of students in technical training disciplines focused on clean energy disciplines. This will also strengthen the capacity of science and mathematics courses and grow the GreenForce student body;
andbull; Boys andamp; Girls Clubs Missing Program - $214,000 will provide select middle schools and after-school programs in the 5th Congressional District and the greater Sacramento area with the engaging and interactive Missing! Program which is designed to teach teenagers how to safely use the Internet and lower the risk of kidnappings based on information found on the Internet;
andbull; School Health Education Programs at Roberts Family Development Center - $190,000 will fund two interrelated programs at the Center driven by the California Department of Health Services which work to reduce the risk of chronic diseases, cancer, heart disease and obesity.