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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 19, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT FOR FEDERAL <br />GOVERNMENT LIAISON SERVICES <br />WITH THE FERGUSON GROUP OF <br />WASHINGTON, D.C. <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 1s` Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute <br />an agreement for government liaison services with the Ferguson Group for a six month period in an <br />amount not to exceed $37,500. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Ferguson Group has served as the City's representative in Washington, D.C. since 1987. The <br />service includes the review and monitoring of federal executive proposals and legislation, as well as <br />administrative rules and regulations that may affect the City. The Ferguson Group also assists the City <br />in identifying funding opportunities and grant applications and other special programs for which the City <br />may qualify. <br />In the current fiscal year, the Ferguson Group assisted in advocating for the City's Go Local Transit <br />Project, COPS and Homeland Security grants, and water-related projects for the city. Also the <br />Ferguson Group has worked to protect full funding for the CDBG Program, Workforce Development <br />monies and the Neighborhood Stabilization Program where Santa Ana received approximately $16.2 <br />million in the last three years. This past year the Ferguson Group was also instrumental in tracking the <br />Obama Jobs Bill, energy grants, healthy city initiatives, TIGER II monies for transportation and any <br />remaining federal stimulus dollars. <br />25K-1