On February 27, 2023, ECOS submitted comments on the lack of public participation and regulatory compliance in GSA implementation of the Annual Reporting requirements under Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).
Category Archives: ECOS comment letters
ECOS Support for City of Sacramento Transportation Infrastructure Adaptation Plan Grant Application
On February 22, 2023, ECOS submitted a letter of support for the City of Sacramento Transportation Infrastructure Adaptation Plan Grant Application to The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program.
Below is an excerpt.
Sacramento is one of California’s oldest cities and our city’s transportation infrastructure is some of the oldest in the region. Sacramento is also home to over a half million people and three-quarters of the region’s disadvantaged communities. This older infrastructure is not ready for the current and worsening strain of climate change. Award of this funding would allow the City to begin the necessary work to ready our community’s transportation network for the increasing risk associated with climate change and ensure a high level of service to our most vulnerable community members.
Water Bank Comments
On February 22, 2023, ECOS submitted our comments regarding the document titled “Sacramento Regional Water Bank Proposed Goal, Objectives, Principles, and Constraints” dated February 13, 2023.
ECOS Support for Sacramento Regional Transit’s TIRCP Cycle 6 Grant Application
On February 1, 2023, ECOS submitted a letter of support for Sacramento Regional Transit’s TIRCP Cycle 6 Grant Application.
On behalf of the Environmental Council of Sacramento (ECOS) I am pleased to provide this letter in enthusiastic support of Sacramento Regional Transit District’s (SacRT) application for the 2023 Cycle 6 TIRCP Grant for their Increasing Ridership Through System Enhancement (IRTSE) program.
This three-part project will increase ridership, reduce green-house gas emissions, and add light rail service to a new affordable housing project in Sacramento’s River District. Together, these system enhancements are an important step in a series of efforts to modernize the transit system that serves nearly 1.6 million people in California’s Capital County.
ECOS Letter to City of Sacramento re Truxel Bridge over American River
On January 31, 2023, ECOS submitted a letter to the City of Sacramento regarding the Truxel Bridge over the American River.
ECOS Support for Stockton Boulevard Multimodal Partnership Project
On January 27, 2023, ECOS submitted a letter of support for the Stockton Boulevard Multimodal Partnership Project.
We applaud the collaboration by the City of Sacramento, County of Sacramento, and SacRT to undertake this project. It will transform Stockton into a pedestrian and bicycle friendly multimodal corridor with bus rapid transit (BRT). The grant funding will enable the completion of the environmental clearance and design and ready the project to compete for additional federal and state funding.
