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Cori Takkinen, Senior Director: Cori brings 12 years of legislative advocacy and public policy experience to TPA. Cori has extensive experience writing grants for various local, regional, state, and federal opportunities. Cori has expertise in the policy sectors of transportation, water resources, infrastructure, sanitation, local governance, parks and recreation, and economic development. Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. Senior Director 2011-Present Throughout her tenure at TPA, Cori has been responsible for securing millions in competitive grant funds for local public agency clients. In addition to her expertise on municipal and water infrastructure issues, Cori has a strong network of relationships with State Legislators, key staff, and various state agencies. Some of Cori's accomplishments include the following: Cori worked with the City of Santa Ana to secure a direct funding allocation in the FY 2018- 19 State Budget in the amount of $4 million to upgrade water infrastructure within the City. TPA worked with the City's legislative delegation, staff from the Assembly and Senate Budget Committees, and the Department of Finance to ensure funding was included in the State Budget for this critical project to allow the City's water customers to have real- time access to their water usage, which will help facilitate water conservation and reduce customers' utility bills. Cori worked with the Orange County Water District and the Orange County Sanitation District to sponsor AB 2022 (Gordon). The bill allowed for limited bottling of the highly treated and recycled GWRS water for educational purposes. The bill was the first legislation in the nation that allowed for the direct bottling of advanced treated recycled water. TPA secured bi-partisan support for the legislation and it was signed into law. Cori leveraged her relationships with the Santa Ana Legislative Delegation as well as Assembly and Senate Budget Committees and Legislative Leadership to secure a $10 million State Budget Earmark in FY 2019 to build a parking structure to facilitate additional visitors as well as an expansion of the Discovery Cube Orange County in Santa Ana. Cori worked closely with the State Legislature and Administration on the development and implementation of Proposition 68, the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018. Cori worked in support of a variety of clients to create specific funding opportunities to achieve desired results. Specifically, relevant to Santa Ana, Cori worked closely with the Discovery Cube Orange County to include language in Proposition 68 that created a grant funding program specifically for nonprofit museums in specific counties. Following passage of Proposition 68, Cori worked with Discovery Cube Orange County to submit a competitive grant application to the program and was successful in securing $3.46 million to fund science education at the Discovery Cube Orange County. In the FY 2019-20 State Budget, Cori worked with 5 municipal clients and 1 nonprofit client to secure $20.2 million in budget earmarks for priority projects, including funding for a stormwater treatment facility, historical renovations, park and trail improvements, fire prevention, and children's science education. 0 Statement of Qualifications for State Legislative Advocacy Services I City of Santa Ana Page 11