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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JULY 15, 2013 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT FOR STATE <br />GOVERNMENT LIAISON SERVICES <br />WITH TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 1St Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement for state government <br />liaison services with Townsend Public Affairs in an annual amount not to exceed $50,000, subject <br />to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Local government agencies rely upon the expertise of state government consultants to represent <br />their respective government agencies in Sacramento. This service typically includes the review <br />and monitoring of state executive proposals and legislation, as well as administrative rules and <br />regulations that may affect cities. Townsend Public Affairs has provided this service to the City of <br />Santa Ana for the past 13 years. During this time, Townsend Public Affairs has served the City <br />well by advocating for legislation, policies and regulations that protect the City's interest. In <br />addition, Townsend Public Affairs has identified grant funding opportunities, and Proposition 84 <br />monies of which the City received five million dollars for the Roosevelt Elementary Park project. <br />Townsend Public Affairs represented Santa Ana's interests <br />numerous issues, including: the City's liabilities from the <br />agency, the state budget, the enterprise zone program and <br />proposals, local water quality issues, and numerous pieces <br />City and its operations. <br />in Sacramento this past year on <br />dissolution of the redevelopment <br />other local economic development <br />of legislation directly affecting the <br />25G-1