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Alcalde & FayALCALDE & FAY GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONSULTANTS Id ALCALDE 8L FAY Federal Legislative Lobbyist Services for ' The City of La Quinta, California City of La ATTN: Jeremi Management 78495 Calle T T�a Quinta, Calif( 4 ALCALDE & FAY GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONSULTANTS 2111 WILSON BOULEVARD, 8TH FLOOR ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22201 (703)841-0626 POC EMAIL: PROWITT@ALCALDE-FAY.COM January 27th TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. COVER LETTER........................................................................................................PAGE 1 2. REFERENCES.................................................................................................................................PAGE 21 3. COMPLETE PRICING LIST.........................................................................................PAGE 23 4. LIST OF COMPLEMENTARY SERVICES OFFERED.............................................................PAGE 24 5. STAFFING AND PROJECT ORGANIZATION....................................................................PAGE 24 6. SUBCONTRACTING SERVICES...................................................................................PAGE 27 7. DISCLOSURES........................................................................................................PAGE 27 8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS ...................................................PAGE 27 9. NON -COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT....................................................................................PAGE 27 10. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ADDENDA............................................................................PAGE 27 11. ATTACHMENTS......................................................................................................PAGE 28 12. APPENDIX: ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS.......................................................................PAGE 28 1. COVER LETTER January 271h, 2023 Mr. Jeremy Griffin Management Specialist 78495 Calle Tampico La Quinta, California 92253 Dear Mr. Griffin: Alcalde & Fay, LTD is pleased to submit the following proposal in response to the RFP entitled Federal Legislation Lobbyist Services on behalf of the City of La Quinta, California. We are widely respected as a bipartisan government affairs firm, having worked closely for decades with Congressional leaders from both parties and with numerous Administrations in Washington for almost 50 years. No matter which way the political winds have blown, we have been able to successfully advocate and strategically position our clients to deliver positive results in support of their priorities. Our proposal provides a detailed description of our firm's history of representation of public bodies, including our particular expertise on behalf of cities ranging from small non -entitlement communities to large metropolitan areas. This year, Alcalde & Fay will be celebrating its 50th anniversary of dedicated federal advocacy since our founding in 1973. We are known for our long records of obtaining and preserving hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for our clients through appropriations, authorizations, grants, and the positive resolution of issues involving various federal departments and agencies in Washington, and similarly California state agencies and departments including the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) through the various California agencies and departments. In a recent study of 3500 federal lobbying firms undertaken by George Washington University, Alcalde & Fay was amongst the Top 10 Most Influential Lobbying firms. This study was not based on billings, but on Alcalde & Fay's distinguished work and longevity of retained clients. Many of our clients have retained us for 10, 20, and 30 years due to our excellent client service and provision of value for service. In the case of this proposal, we propose a $5,000 per month retainer to provide comprehenseive federal and state representation services to fulfill the requirements listed in the RFP entitled Federal Legislative Lobbyist Services. I would serve as the lead for the federal client team. I have decades of experience supporting the advocacy efforts of municipal bodies serving as the head of the City of Virginia Beach account for 30 years, Fairfax County for 12 years, the Port of Los Angeles for 9 years, Cities of Homestead, Fl (18 years), of Claremont, Ca. and Palm Springs, Ca., both for around 5 years, and Fresno County for 3 years. In addition to myself, the federal client team would also include Alcalde & Fay Vice Chairman and CEO Kevin Fay, Esq., Perrin Badini, Partner, and Senior Associate Jeremiah Van Auken. PAGE 1 We are honored also to have a strategic partnership with the Joe Gonsalves & Son firm. Because they already represent you at the state our established relationship would lead to a great synergy in the City's federal/state representation. In sum, we are confident that if given the opportunity we would provide the City of La Quinta with outstanding service for value. Especially with the significant increase in available federal dollars for transportation, water infrastructure, and public safety, with many of these dollars going to the State of California. As the President and Chief Operating Officer of Alcalde & Fay, I am duly authorized to enter into contractual agreements with proposers, and we would welcome the opportunity to advocate for the City of La Quinta's interests in Washington, D.C. Sincerely, Nancy Gibson Prowitt, President prowitt@alcalde-fay.com 2111 Wilson Blvd, 8th Floor, Arlington, Virginia 22201 Cell: (703) 909-5804; Fax: (703) 243-2874 FIRM'S BACKGROUND, QUALIFICATIONS, AND EXPERIENCE a. Number of Years in Business Alcalde & Fay was founded in 1973 and has been in business for 50 years. b. Taxpayer Identification Number FEIN/FTIN: 52-0996647 c. Number of Years Performing Federal Lobbyist Services Alcalde & Fay has been performing Federal Lobbyist Services since 1973. d. Resumes of the Project Manager and Key Personnel Resumes of the Project Manager and Key Personnel are included in Section 5. Staffing and Project Organization. e. Firm Ownership and Incorporated State Alcalde & Fay is an employee -owned company, incorporated in the State of Virginia on August 61n 1974. f. Parent Company Alcalde & Fay does not have a parent company. PAGE 2 g. Statement of Qualifications We have been federal advocates for public and private sector clients around the country across a variety of issue topics for almost 50 years. We are well qualified with a proven track record of successes to handle any federal legislative request the city currently has or may have. Below we have included details on some of the issue areas the City is seeking help with, as well as some short examples. CALIFORNIA EXPERTISE As mentioned briefly in our cover letter Alcalde & Fay has extensive experience in representing a range of California governmental entities. We have, at various times, provided federal representation to: the Port of San Diego; City of Palm Springs, City of Claremont, the Port of Los Angeles, the Counties of Contra Costa, Fresno, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Sonoma and Tulare; the Cities of Petaluma, Palm Springs, San Marcos and San Rafael; the Sonoma County Water Agency; the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District; the Kern Council of Governments; the Sonoma -Marin Area Rail Transit; the Transportation Agency for Monterey County; California Egg Farmers; and the Tulare County Association of Governments. Our relationships with many of these clients spanned nearly two decades, and in one instance over 25 years. The firm also has significant experience representing private sector interests in California particularly on industry related environmental issues. During Alcalde & Fay's tenure providing federal lobbying services for the Port of Los Angeles between October 2010 and August 2021, we worked with the port to help them secure a $16 million TIGER Grant for the West Basin Railyard project, as well as significant DHS Port Security grants. Additionally, and as referenced separately, we facilitated visits to the Port by Members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, including Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R -MO), and the Committee's Task Force on 21st Century Freight Transportation. We worked with the Port to develop a comprehensive strategy to address the equity problems of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and inclusion of Port -desired provisions in both the 2014 and 2016 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) legislation. We also were instrumental in helping to secure Port of LA Executive Director Gene Seroka's appointment to the Department of Commerce Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness in 2015. Also, representative of our ability to provide policy solutions not only securing millions of dollars, but also saving millions of dollars for our California clients, we helped our client the Association of California Egg Farmers obtain a multiyear transition in production requirements under the general outlines of Prop. 2. This saved the industry hundreds of millions in production costs, and allowed for an orderly transition that would otherwise have caused a drastic spike in prices for consumers with a shortage in supply, and forcing a number of large producers to permanently shut down their operations, or move out of the state with sizable losses of jobs. As a result of our long-term and successful representation of industry associations, the Port of Los Angeles, and other municipalities, we are steeped in California issues and engaged with many members PAGE 3 of the State's Congressional delegation. Our experience in the State extends to work with many parts of the state government, including the State Coastal Conservancy, Caltrans, the California Air Resources Board, the State Water Resources Control Board, and the State legislature, on a variety of matters. In recent years we have hosted many key California members of Congress for events at our office including Reps. Grace Napolitano (D -Ca) and Lou Correa (D -Ca), both of whom are good friends of the firm and are very familiar with our work on behalf of California entities. Our strategic partnership with Gonsalves & Son has been beneficial to our California clients. This collective experience has allowed us to develop a deep understanding of the region and the problems California localities face. We believe our experience, credentials, approach to representation, and track record in representing California municipalities is a reflection of truly effective federal representation with quantifiable results. TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE EXPERTISE With two-thirds of Alcalde & Fay's clientele being public bodies, which over time has included ports, local governments, transportation authorities, transit agencies, and transportation planning organizations, our firm has long-standing relationships with the Department of Transportation and the relevant Congressional committees overseeing public transit. Alcalde & Fay has been instrumental in assisting its clients to access funds for several highway and transit BA TS IN projects through the surface transportation'' ' reauthorization legislation, including the SAFETEA- TBE TRANSPORTATIONLINETUP"' LU (the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient _ceneR:r for Pubkim*nt Transportation Equity Act of 2005), MAP -21 (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21s' Century Act of 2012), the FAST Act (Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act of 2015), and the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (IIJA) signed into law on November 15, 2021. Alcalde & Fay has had distinct transportation successes throughout our history including: $65.8 million for the I-30 Bridge and $12,000,000 for the I-35 bridge, City of Dallas, TX. $16 million in TIGER Grant Program funding for the West Basin Railyard Project at the Port of Los Angeles. $5.2 million for Grand Lagoon Bridge Replacement Project, Bay County, FL. Secured authorizing language in the MAP -21 surface transportation reauthorization bill that requires States to consider certain criteria, including evacuation routes serving or adjacent to Armed Forced facilities, in allocating funds to certain highway projects. There are several legislative vehicles for securing federal funding for infrastructure projects, including through annual appropriations that now includes the recently reinstated earmarks process (rebranded as "community project funding") and the federal grants processes. With the ongoing rollout of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, we are actively monitoring the grant program guidance as comment periods end and those updated documents are released. Alcalde & Fay would work with you to provide input on guidance for programs of interest. With our extensive network of relationships that extend into the Executive Branch, we are able to craft and advance legislative and PAGE 4 administrative/regulatory solutions for our clients. These relationships include Nuria Fernandez, Administrator for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). We closely monitor the policy initiatives of federal agencies to determine how our clients will be affected, and how they may benefit from agency programs. The firm also offers comprehensive grant services, assisting clients in the preparation, review, and generation of support for competitive grant applications from most federal agencies. Our expertise also includes transportation grants such as: the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant, previously called Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) and Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER), and Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA): Port of Miami: $16 million under RAISE 2022 grant program for Cargo Mobility; $8 million under INFRA grant program for a rehabilitation and capacity expansion project; and, $22.7 million for the intermodal container rail access project through TIGER funding. JAXPORT: $10 million under TIGER for intermodal infrastructure improvements. Hillsborough Community College: $1.8 million Automotive Workforce Training Center, from the EDA. City of Virginia Beach: $200,000 for para -transit for the handicapped. $14.85 million for I-95 Interchange/Yamato Road Interchange Project for the City of Boca Raton, Florida. $25 million for East-West Rail Corridor in Miami -Dade County, Florida. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPERTISE Our teams have gained the expertise necessary to successfully pursue federal funding for economic development representation of a broad base of municipalities, transportation districts, transit agencies, airports, and seaports. Ultimately almost all of the projects we have worked on behalf of our public body clientele have components on promoting economic development. Examples of client economic development funding initiatives include: $26 million in FAA grants for Cecil Field conversion to a civilian airport for the Jacksonville Aviation Authority, FL. $34.4 million for the Florida Keys Water Quality Improvement Project, City of Key West, FL. $500,000 for the Tulare International Trade Center, Tulare County, CA. $779,200 for Melbourne Airport Access Road, Melbourne International Airport, FL. $107,000 for feasibility study of a dam, Mendocino County, CA. $1 million grant for design and construction of ferry boat facilities for the Ports of Tampa and Key West, FL. Our team also enjoys extensive relationships at various levels within the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) and have been working with our clientele on responding to the various funding opportunities that came out of the American Rescue Plan Act's $3 billion investment in the EDA. Grant programs through the EDA provide communities with flexible funding to address economic development needs and implement job creating projects, and are some of the only PAGE 5 federal grant programs that provides funding for construction projects, and the EDA has a history of investing in the transit -oriented projects that create jobs and lead to community revitalization. Beyond these new EDA grant programs, we have a strong history of assisting our clients through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), to help clients achieve their goals. We actively advocated and worked with national groups such as the National League of Cities and the National Association of Counties during the development and passage of the ARPA. There are several new or expanded federal funding opportunities included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), related to transportation- and transit -oriented economic development, including nearly $800 million for the Metropolitan Transportation Program which will allow Metropolitan Planning Organizations the ability to plan and meet the requirements of the Federal Transit Administration and the Federal Highway Administration. The IIJA also provides $68 million for a Pilot Program for Transit Oriented Development that will help support improving public transportation by providing funds to local communities so that they may integrate land use and transportation planning with a new fixed guideway or core capacity transit capital investment. ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTISE In light of the Biden Administration's focus on the inclusion of environmental justice and low -carbon energy policies, and the climate -related transportation programs included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) and the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), environmental expertise and contacts within the Administration's environmental team is more important than ever as a component of transportation projects. For over 30 years, Alcalde & Fay has worked on issues ranging from climate change and clean air policy to congressionally directed funding for energy efficiency and ecosystem restoration projects. Kevin Fay, the firm's Vice Chairman and CEO, heads up the firm's environmental practice. He is well known for his environmental industry advocacy within the Biden Administration and on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill. He is known internationally for his expertise and spearheads the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy, the Global Food Cold Chain Coalition (GFCCC), and Sustainable PFAS Action Network (SPAN) coalitions. Most recently, Mr. Fay, acting in his role as Executive Director for the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy, was able to help secure passage of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol passed in a 69-27 Senate vote. This amendment to the Montreal Protocol is the first climate agreement ratified by the U.S. government since 1992, and is the culmination of years of efforts by Kevin Fay and the Alliance. The Kigali Amendment will achieve an 85% global phasedown of the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by 2047, and is projected to reduce global warming by 0.5 degrees Celsius by the year 2100. He has twice been recognized by the EPA for leadership in global environmental protection and has extensive experience in dealing with the Administration, Congress, Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Council on Environmental Quality, and other departments and agencies on international and domestic environmental issues. A key component of the firm's work has been the intersection of economic development with environmental policy. Kevin works closely with all the leaders on the Biden Administration's EPA and environmental policy team, and can help clients navigate the environmental terrains, and through these deep connections we are in a great position to bring our client's projects and initiatives to the PAGE 6 Administration's awareness and work to include them favorably in pertinent legislation and/or help with regulations for environmental mitigation. Mr. Fay recently attended the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow on behalf of several environmental coalitions. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) includes funding to mitigate the negative effects of climate change, including for the Neighborhood Access and Equity Grants ($3 billion), Grants to Reduce Air Pollution at Ports ($3 billion) which will support the purchase and installation of zero -emission equipment and green technology at ports, and the Low Emissions Electricity Program ($87 million) to support low-income and disadvantaged communities as they work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through education on GHG emissions; and more, there will be ample opportunities for the City of La Quinta to receive funding in the coming years. Meanwhile, the IIJA included other climate change remedies and pushes funding for clean and equitable transportation options, particularly transit. The IIJA made Electric Vehicle acquisition and charging a key component in many of the Department of Transportation's grant programs, including; the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Discretionary Grant Program; Low or No Emission Grant Program; Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program; Competitive Grants for Rail Vehicle Replacement Program; and the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program. The IIJA also revised several existing grant programs, providing significantly more dollars available and expanded eligibility, including; the National Highway Performance Program ($28.4 billion), the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program ($12.5 billion), Carbon Reduction Program ($1.2 billion), the RAISE Grant Program ($1.5 billion), INFRA Grant Program ($1.64 billion), NEVI Grant Program ($5 billion), and more. Because of Kevin's close relationships with the EPA and the Administration policy leaders we think we can play an important role in bringing greater visibility to the need for federal investments in La Quinta's public transit in order to achieve the Administration's goal to reduce emissions, focusing on public transit as a means of achieving environmental justice and equity. h. Project Understanding and Approach At Alcalde & Fay, we pride oursevles on having a deep understanding of our clients and their needs. We know the City is currently facing an array of critical issues, including public safety, economic and transportation development, community development, Covid-19 recovery stimulus funds, revenue generation and environmental protection. Alcalde & Fay knows the impact direct federal dollars can have on all aspects of a city's economy and growth. Federal funding could be particularly critical to developing economic and transportation projects. We understand La Quinta's standing as a renowned golf and tourism destination. We have represented the cruise industry and ports for almost 50 years and work closely with tourism industry groups and congressional leadership. We advocated with the cruise industry for the inclusion of key travel and tourism provisions in the 2023 Omnibus bill, including provisions for the creation of a brand-new federal -level position of "Assistant Secretary of Travel and Tourism" within the Department of Commerce. The FY 2023 Omnibus bill also contained the Omnibus Travel and Tourism Act which is intended to assist the U.S. travel and tourism industry with a specific focus on recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R -Fl) from the Tampa Bay area is the Co -Chair of the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, of which Congressman Calvert PAGE 7 is also a member. We have worked closely with the Caucus and its members of behalf of the cruise industry and a number of public body clients who rely greatly on the tourism industry. Last year's National Chair of the U.S. Travel Association was the President of Carnival Cruise Lines, with whom we have an exceptional relationship. We worked closely with her and the Association along with the entire cruise industry in promoting U.S. travel and efforts to revitalize tourism after the COVID-19 pandemic. Our 50 years representing both large and small local governments and communities in Washington makes us uniquely suited to understand the value that an infrastrcuture or economic development projct can have on the local tourism industry. Many of the projects we are currently working on with our clients include components aimed at fostering increased travel and tourism, including through improving local roads and bridges that provide access to beaches, improving access to and the quality of bicycle/pedestrian paths, and beach renourishment projects designed to prevent the erosion of public beaches that serve as a key draw for tourists. Furthermore, our over 40 years representing the cruise industry and its key role in both the national and international tourism sector has provided us with significant experience working on key travel and tourism policy issue. We believe that with our expertise and the nature of your federal funding and advocacy needs, Alcalde & Fay can offer you assistance that few others can. We understand that La Quinta is facing a number of intertwining issues that will require various sources of federal funding. Infrstructure, transportation, community and economic development, public works, and energy efficiency/sustainbility are all complex but intertwining issues which will require extensive federal expertise. For example, homelessness is an issue that has impacted the entire state, with implications for public safety, economic development and infrastructure. Alcalde & Fay knows how to address such an issue head on, and the various ways in which federal funding can help the City tackle it. For example, we can help assist the City in the procurement of Department of Housing and Urban Development grants to fund programs that provide those that are homeless with temporary housing or shelter, or Department of Health and Human Services grants to provide funding for street outreach programs. The HOME Investment Partnership Program provides formula grants to States and localities to fund the purchase of, building, and/or renovation of affordable housing for low-income people. The American Rescue Plan of 2020 allocated nearly $5 billion in funds to help communities across the country create affordable housing and services for people experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness, which is allocated through the HOME Investment Partnerships Program. With the focus in the Administration's programs aiming to reach underserved communities we believe that the City of will be a strong candidate for workforce and economic development programs and opportunities, particularly those included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Through our experience we have helped clients secure funding through a number of Economic Development Administration grant programs, including workforce training funding for community colleges, and an $8 million grant for the City of Albany, GA, for the construction of underground utility electric and fiber optic infrastructure to serve facilities and businesses in a designated Opportunity Zone. PAGE 8 With the Biden Administration's efforts to preserve the environment, and the City's priority to do the same, we belive La Quinta is a strong candidate to receive funding from the recently passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). This legislation reflects the largest single investment in American energy security and climate change prevention in the history of the United States. The IRA will invest $369 billion into energy, greenhouse gas reduction, and clean -vehicle programs, with a goal of reducing American carbon emissions 40% by 2030 and includes billions of dollars for transitioning to clean/green vehicles, improving energy efficiency in affordable housing, and tax credits for solar and wind services implemented in low-income communities. In addition, given La Quinta's and California's demonstrated commitment to electric vehicles, we also believe the city is well-positioned to benefit from the Administration's "Building a Better Grid" Initiative to address climate change and foster cooperation at the national, state, and local levels. The initiative will provide funding to enhance transmission planning and to identify high-priority areas while conducting a national -scale transmission planning analysis leveraging analytical tools and technology expertise. Most recently, this initiative has produced the Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid program, meant to strengthen and modernize America's power grid against wildfires, extreme weather, and other natural disasters exacerbated by the climate crisis. Other programs and transmission projects will be financed through more than $20 billion in federal financing tools. Alcalde & Fay is able to provide the comprehensive scope of services identified by the City, as it reflects the fundamental components of our lobbying business and work for the public entities we have represented for nearly 50 years. The proposed Alcalde & Fay team for La Quinta will be Nancy Gibson Prowitt, Kevin Fay, Perrin Badini, and Jeremiah Van Auken. While team manager and primary contact Nancy Gibson Prowitt will handle all daily communication and oversee the ongoing advocacy this team will all work interchangeably. Each of these individuals has substantial experience in Washington public policy with years of experience, and bring a wealth of knowledge of municipal, regional, California, and national government issues to the La Quinta Client Team. This team is available and able to serve for the duration of the contract, and furthermore our entire firm serves as a resource for each client. We regularly reach out to other members of the firm to help in our advocacy campaigns depending on their extended outreach on the Hill and in the agencies. We anticipate briefing City officials of developments, and formally submit written reports to City officials as requested. In addition we produce a weekly insider briefing document, This Week in Washington which highlights recent activities in Congress and provides a compilation of pending federal grant solicitations. A sample copy of This Week in Washington has been provided in the appendix. Upon commencement of our contract, we would immediately begin working with La Quinta to fully understand the City's needs and the nuances of your agenda. Together, we can then establish strategies for working toward the adoption of each of its elements. In doing so, we will provide a candid appraisal of your objectives and, with you, prepare briefing documents, funding requests, talking points, congressional correspondence, and other advocacy materials that are required to communicate your objectives in Washington. We are very familiar with the required services and scope of work identified by in the RFP, as they reflect the fundamental components of our lobbying business. Alcalde & Fay has the experience and PAGE 9 expertise to address your requirements, interests, and needs. From strategy development and implementation, to access, advocacy and communication, we can continue your aggressive program, helping assure that La Quinta achieves its priority policy objectives and, ultimately, secures the funding needed. Our approach for providing the services requested by the City includes: Clear identification of objectives and funding requirements; Development of strategy that fits into the agendas of Congress and the Executive Branch agencies; Disciplined analysis of appropriations and authorization bills; ❖ Continuous communication with you and those in government we wish to influence; and Strategic and tactical use of your resources/personnel to amplify advocacy. If chosen to represent the City, we will be your eyes, ears and voice in Washington D.C. — representing you before Congress and the Executive Branch, guiding your issues and projects through the various processes, whether it is obtaining specific funding for a project or helping you shape federal policy i. Scope of Work Alcalde & Fay is readily equipped to help the City of La Quinta achieve its development goals with as much federal assistance as possible. The 2022 Legislative Policy Guide lays out the City's goals for economic development, environmental conservation, public health and public safety. Alcalde & Fay has experience in all the relevant areas to help La Quinta achieve these goals efficiently and effectively with as much federal assistance as possible. Our relationships in the federal government will help to ensure all possible avenues are being pursued for to help these goals will be met and surpassed. Annual Appropriations We would assist in establishing La Quinta's federal funding priorities and goals to be achieved through the annual appropriations process. Our firm is adept at working with congressional offices to ensure that our clients receive federal funding through the appropriations process, especially now with the return of community project funding requests, also known as "earmarks." As previously mentioned, and further explained in detail in the New York Times article available in the appendix, Alcalde & Fay had become a recognized leader in Washington in the "earmarking" practice. With Washington's resumption of congressionally -directed spending appropriations (i.e. earmarks) in 2021, the firm drew on years of experience to help our clients navigate the renewed process, and submit projects across the range of available appropriations bills. House Members were limited to only ten total projects. Thus, we guided our clients to not only meet basic submission requirements, but also strategically select among their top priorities those that were most likely to succeed, showcasing specific needs and value to withstand additional scrutiny. As a measure of Alcalde & Fay's success, last year we assisted our clients in submitting over a hundred community project funding requests for Congressional Member consideration, resulting in over $25 PAGE 10 million in federal project funding included in the FY 2022 Omnibus Appropriations spending package, and for FY 2023 Appropriations our clients have pending this year over $23 million in total project funding pending. The member "community project funding" requests that we helped our clients secure last year, and those that are currently pending in this year's spending bills, represent a wide variety of municipal and community needs, ranging from funding for transportation and water infrastructure, emergency response and public safety, community and economic development projects, and parks and recreation. As your consultants, our goal is to ensure the requests remain within the parameters outlined by Congress, assist in defining the merits of the project to the community, support the preparation of the requests and carry out the submission, as well as conduct necessary outreach and follow-up with Members. At this point, both the House and Senate are still organizing final Committee and Subcommittee placements and memberships, with complete rosters to be released in the coming days. We understand that Congressman Calvert will remain on the Appropriations committee, serving as Chair of the Defense Subcommittee and retaining his seat on the Energy and Water Subcommittee. California's Senators will also retain their roles on Committees of particular importance to local governments, with Senator Feinstein continuing to serve as one of the most senior Democrats on the Appropriations Committee while Senator Padilla will continue his work on the Environment and Public Works Committee which has jurisdiction over many of the critical transportation and infrastructure policies and programs of interest to local communities. If awarded the contract with the City of La Quinta, we would immediately begin working with City staff to plan Community Project Funding requests to be submitted to Congressman Ken Calvert (D -CA - 41) and Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla. These discussions would include an evaluation of the City's priorities and an analysis of similar CPFs that have been successful in the past. We would assist the City with securing project funding as part of the upcoming FY 2024 Appropriations cycle. As described in the City's RFP and 2022 Legislative Guide, Alcalde & Fay understands that the City of La Quinta is looking for solutions to foster economic development, ensure environmental conservation, and ensure public safety and health. In both the FY 2022 and FY 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bills, Alcalde & Fay was successfully able to advocate on behalf of our clients Community Project Funding requests including: $4 million for water infrastructure projects in the City of Albany, GA; $2 million for septic to sewer water improvements in the City of Homestead, FL; $1 million for downtown revitalization and resilient electrical infrastructure in the City of Homestead, FL; $3.612 million for the CR -466A 4-laning completion project in Lake County, FL; $1.217 million to improve the resiliency of the City's master water pump station in the City of Treasure Island, FL; $1.304 million for the Washington Street Outfall Stormwater Project in Seminole County, FL; $3 million for Driskell Park's improvements and renovations in the City of Albany, GA; $900,000 for the Middle River Water Quality Improvement Project in Fort Lauderdale, FL; $500,000 for Peer Mentoring Programs in the Broward County Public School System, FL; PAGE 11 ❖ $400,000 for Stormwater Drainage Infrastructure Improvements in the City of Coral Springs, FL; $595,000 for Security Technology Enhancements in the City of Deerfield Beach, FL; $750,000 for Homestead Police Department's Body Worn Camera Program in the City of Homestead, FL; $285,000 for the Sanborn Square Renovation Project in Boca Raton, FL; $606,000 for the Stormwater Management Project in the City of Pinecrest, FL; $6 million for the Phase III of the Centerville Turnpike in the City of Virginia Beach, VA. In the Appendix section of this proposal, our ALCALDE & FAY - SUCCESS LIST showcases our 50 - year history of helping our municipal clients secure millions of dollars in appropriations funding for their priority needs, and that we could similarly achieve for the City. Authorizations In addition to federal appropriations, specific policies or projects can be secured through authorizing legislation. Authorizing bills are generally taken up every few years, and establish federally authorized projects that are a prerequisite for federal funding. Moreover, they determine priorities, provide for necessary studies, enable greater flexibility, and direct funding for projects. Alcalde & Fay has had tremendous success in securing funding and policy changes for our clients in these authorization bills, the most prominent among them being the Water Resources Development Acts (WRDA) and Surface Transportation Reauthorization ("Highway Bill") Acts. We believe that these authorized programs could greatly impact the economic development of the City of La Quinta, creating good -paying jobs and attracting new residents to the city as they work in the supply chain and infrastructure field. Alcalde & Fay has had success in assisting our clients to obtain critical funding in transportation authorization bills for their transportation needs. We helped secure hundreds of millions of dollars for our clients for roadway improvements; bridge repairs; retrofits or construction; safe routes to schools; traffic calming; bicycle and pedestrian trails, as well as for bus and bus facilities, bus service, and light rail. Additionally, similar to the FY 2022 Appropriations bills, the House passed INVEST Act contained "Member Directed Spending", equivalent to "community project funding." While the INVEST Act was ultimately scrapped in favor of the Senate's Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Alcalde & Fay is proud to have supported over $53 million for road, bridge, transit, trail, safety, and other priority transportation projects, and we are still advocating that they be included in other germane legislation. For instance, Alcalde & Fay's clients have received: $112 million authorization for beach erosion control and hurricane protection project for the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; $105 million authorization for wastewater infrastructure improvements for the City of Albany, Georgia included in the Water Resources Development Act, 2023; Helped to secured $7.6 million for the City of Homestead's Multimodal Transit Center by investigating a new 2016 DOT FHWA earmark repurposing initiative that provided for the reallocation of unused historic earmarks for new projects; PAGE 12 $70 million authorization for federal improvements to the Alafia Channel, despite Administration's opposition; $1.7 million authorization community project funding request for medical advanced technology — spinal cord injury treatment research for The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis; Secured language in the FY2012 House Homeland Security Authorization Act ensuring consideration of unique South Florida risk factors in the allocation of DHS UASI funding. In addition to these projects, Alcalde & Fay has supported projects in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) to provide authorization and funding assistance for a variety of water and United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) projects, including the reform of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. We were also successful in efforts to provide $30 million for the City of Virginia Beach, VA, Lynnhaven River Basin Ecosystem Restoration Project, one of only five New Start projects funded in the entire country, and the only one under the Environmental Restoration category. This language enabled the Corps to provide a credit to nonfederal sponsors for the federal share of completed dredging work, and provisions that modify Corps policies to lift barriers to nonfederal participation in navigation projects allowing the Tampa Big Bend project to move forward to the construction stage and position it to successfully compete and be designated as one of four new start construction projects in 2017. We are also adept at funding water -resiliency projects, including $49.1 million over several years for study and construction of ecosystem restoration project of wetlands; secured language for PortMiami in the 2018 WRDA to enable the Corps to provide a credit to nonfederal sponsors for the federal share of completed dredging work; Aided in the establishment of the Donor and Energy Transfer Ports Program in WRRDA 2014 which provided for more equitable treatment of HMTF donor ports by authorizing payments to such ports for expanded uses or rebates to shippers; and an authorization for the Daytona Beach Stormwater Retention and Flood Protection Project in the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act. Federal Grants Prior to the reinstatement of earmarks in 2021 called Community Project Funding, there were no earmarks for a decade, Alcalde & Fay developed creative solutions to provide federal aid to our clientele. This funding was found through the billions of dollars available in federal dollars available for local community needs in the form of formula and competitive or discretionary grant programs directed by federal departments and agencies. In fact, both the American Rescue Plan and the Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act, have provided millions of additional dollars in available grant funding. As such, Alcalde & Fay fully employs our grant expertise as part of our lobbying services toward the successful pursuit of securing federal funding for our clients. Alcalde & Fay utilizes a multi- dimensional approach to assisting clients in the pursuit of grant funding. This includes comprehensive grant services to identify grant opportunities, assist in the drafting, writing, and preparation of applications, and securing delegation support for submissions. First and foremost, your Alcalde & Fay team will outline the standard funding opportunities that exist and are frequently pursued by local governments. PAGE 13 Second, Alcalde & Fay continuously prospects and monitor for grants from federal departments and agencies on a daily basis. Further, we directly identify federal grants for our clients through routine contact with agency staff. From our research and contacts, we will send you Alcalde & Fay Grant Alert's, which are a compilation of recently issued federal grant opportunities. These grant alerts are also included in our This Week in Washington newsletter, which highlights relevant legislative events and funding opportunities each week that Congress is in session. Moreover, as a grant lobbying strategy, we will frequently meet with federal department staff prior to the issuance of grant availabilities. Engaging in coordinated visitations with key developmental offices can be critical to a successful grant strategy. These meetings raise the visibility of our clients' projects and priorities, and can shape grant criteria and guidelines while they are being formulated to account for unique client circumstances and needs. Meeting with department staff also helps us advocate for specific criteria that will improve spending uses and eligibility for grant applications. Also, we often will glean advance notification of grant criteria and expected dates of issuance. This allows our clients to gain a head start in developing an application, refining their proposals, and submitting an application that is as strong as possible, and ensuring that it reflects Administration funding objectives. To bolster any competitive grant application that you submit, we will secure congressional support for the City's applications in the form of letters of support from your congressional delegation. Finally, our grant assistance is comprehensive as we provide post -grant award debriefings and reviews of scoring for future grant submissions, and assistance with any issues in drawing down awarded dollars. Recent grant successes that Alcalde & Fay is proud to have helped facilitate include: $8 million grant for undergrounding electric utilities from the Economic Development Administration, City of Albany, GA; $8 million under DOT's Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary grant program for a rehabilitation and capacity expansion project, Port of Miami, Miami -Dade County, FL; ❖ $6 million under U.S. Department of Education (Ed) Department of Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) office to bolster the STEM pipeline from developmental math up to four-year degree completion, the largest grant award in its history of this category, Hillsborough Community College, FL; $1.9 million under FEMA's Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) to hire additional firefighters, City of Miramar, FL; $1 million under DOJ Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Grant Program to hire eight new police officer positions, City of Fort Lauderdale, FL; $844,487 under National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Regional Coastal Resilience Grant Program to implement strategies to mitigate sea level rise and $99,621 in NOAA Prescott Grant Funds for ongoing Stranded Marine Mammal project, City of Virginia Beach, VA; $302,000 under DOJ Body Worn Cameras grant program, City of Virginia Beach, VA. $310,000 for the Fresno County District Attorney's Methamphetamine Initiative, Fresno County, CA; $300,000 for Gang Prevention, Fresno County, CA; $100,000 for the District Attorney's Methamphetamine Initiative, Fresno County, CA. PAGE 14 Last year, the Biden Administration and Congress worked to pass the single -largest investment in energy security and fighting climate change. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will invest $369 billion in various energy sectors and greenhouse gas reducing technologies in order to lower American carbon emissions and transition the American economy to rely more heavily on renewable resources. The City of La Quinta is well-positioned to competitively apply for these opportunities, given the region's positive sustainability reputation and actions that the state has taken to encourage electric vehicle use. The legislation will be implemented through expanded formula and competitive grant program opportunities including: $3 billion for Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grants to address the disproportionate environmental and public health hazards related to pollution and climate change; $3 billion for the Neighborhood Access and Equity Grant Program to support neighborhood equitable, safe, and affordable public transportation options through competitive grants to reconnect communities divided by existing infrastructure barriers; $1 billion for the Clean Heavy -Duty Vehicles program to cover the incremental cost of zero - emission school buses, garbage trucks and transit buses with a focus on vehicles serving communities in nonattainment areas; $27 billion to support a clean energy and sustainability accelerator through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund; $1.5 billion for Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Programs to provide multiyear grants for the purpose of planting trees in urban areas, in order to facilitate community connection by increasing recreation opportunities, cooling cities, lowering electric bills, and reducing heat -related death and illnesses; and, $50 million in competitive grants for investments in urban parks, for localities to acquire, develop, or improve recreational facilities to create or significantly enhance access to outdoor recreation in urban areas. In 2021, Congress also passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, which included the reauthorization of surface transportation projects typically taken up every five years. The act, which contains a total of $1.2 trillion dollars, also includes some great opportunities for funding the projects listed above through formula and new competitive grant funding: $400 billion for surface transportation projects that repair roads, bridges, and other transformational projects. $107 billion for public transit systems including grants for low and no -emission buses, and upgrading aging rail and bus fleets. $65 billion for broadband expansion in rural and low-income communities. $16.7 billion for Ports and Waterway projects including those that directly impact the national supply chain such as: a. $2.25 billion for the Port Infrastructure Development Program to move cargo through and around ports $23.4 billion for Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Funds providing below-market rate loans to fund local water infrastructure improvements. PAGE 15 $7.5 billion to build significantly more electric vehicle charging stations across the nation. $7.1 billion for Western Water projects that improve water storage, water recycling or reuse, desalination, or replace aging infrastructure. $5 billion for electric and clean bus fleet replacement programs in low-income and rural communities. Congressional and Executive Relationships Over the course of our 50 -year history, Alcalde & Fay has cultivated a reputation as a bipartisan firm, with partners and associates drawn from both political parties, and having close working relationships with key legislators and staff on both sides of the aisle. While Senators Feinstein and Padilla and Representative Ken Calvert will provide the primary base of support for for implementing the federal legislative agenda of La Quinta, it is critical to have a solid working relationship with other senior members of Congress. With our extensive current and former public and private client list, the Cruise Lines International Association, and an array of municipalities, Alcalde & Fay has relationships across the country. This is Alcalde & Fay's most unique and significant attribution. Our longevity as a firm, paired with our dedicated, experienced, and well-respected staff, provides us with a level of influence and connection that is hard to rival. We are known as lobbyists that know their way around Capitol Hill, with contacts across the Legislative and Executive branches of government, and can provide innovative solutions to complex municpal problems. Whoever the City employs is likely to have a good relationship with its own Delegation, because they are representing an important constituent; La Quinta! It cannot be over -emphasized, however, that it is critical for your lobbyist in Washington to work well with key chairmen, and Alcalde & Fay has extensive experience working with leadership and senior staff including the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Appropriations, Transportation and Infrastructure, Environment and Public Works, Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Finance, Judiciary, and Ways and Means Committees, Select Committee on Climate Crisis. With over 45 years representing the cruise industry and its diverse interests on issues ranging from transportation and infrastructure, tourism, tax policy, and regulatory issues, undeniably brings some unique access to targeted Congressional offices, including both congressional leadership and senior staff. Illustrative of this is the tremendous working relationship the firm has with the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R -MO) along with other senior committee members, whom we have gotten to know from our work with air and sea ports, major bridge and transportation authorities, and our other public body clientele. We have hosted a number of high- ranking members in our offices, including former Chairman Peter DeFazio, as well as having coordinated meetings for Chairman Graves and former Water Resources Subcommittee Chairman Bob Gibbs (R -OH) to do site visits to our clients, including the Port of Los Angeles. Senior Partner, Former Congressman Skip Bafalis (R -FL), served on the committee (formerly known as the Public Works Committee) and can provide insight into daily operations and the decision-making processes within the Committee. We have worked closely with the former Chairwoman of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Representative Kathy Castor (D -FL). Our continuing relationship with Senator Mark PAGE 16 Warner (D -VA) will be critical in achieving the City's infrastructure, housing and economic goals, given his place on the Senate Finance and Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committees. Representative Lou Correa (D -CA), former Chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Management & Accountability is also a close contact. Ms. Prowitt and Mr. Badini have worked closely with Members of the California, Texas, and Virginia delegations as well as the entire Florida Congressional delegation. As a result of our years of experience, our partners and associates have formed personal and professional relationships with the individuals that could promote the federal priorities of the City of La Quinta. Kevin Fay, Vice -Chairman & CEO of Alcalde & Fay, has extensive experience in dealing with the Administration, Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Council on Environmental Quality and has worked closely for years with the California Air Resources Board (CARB). As Executive Director of the International Climate Change Partnership, Mr. Fay is an internationally -recognized specialist on environmental and energy issues with particular emphasis on governmental policies involving the atmosphere and climate, and his expertise in this area allows us to provide clients with a unique perspective on energy and environmental issues through close relations with executive branch officials at the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy, as well as key congressional committees. Currently, Mr. Fay is working extensively on environmental issues in California as part of a newly formed coalition, the Sustainable PFAS Action Network (SPAN). This year, SPAN's work has led to extensive dealings with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), Governor Newsom's office, and members of the state legislature. This has brought critical insight into the advocacy strategy of California environmental groups, as well as how local and state environmental regulations coincide with EPA and federal regulations. Our long-term bipartisan relationships also extend into the ranks of political appointees and senior career staff in many of the federal departments. We have contacts and significant experience in dealing with the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Transportation, along with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, among others. These relationships are an asset to the City in your efforts to secure grant funding, fight burdensome regulations, cut through bureaucratic red tape, obtain federal permits, and solve City problems that fall under federal jurisdiction. We have developed excellent relationships with the intergovernmental and policy staffs at most executive branch departments and we maintain contact with senior career staff in federal departments and agencies. As we have seen, Presidential elections can drastically change the federal executive landscape however, our team's bipartisan relationships and experience underscores our ability to work with every agency and department regardless of what party is in office. Meetings in Washington, D.C. with Congress and the Executive Branch While members of the Client Team and our other colleagues will be regularly meeting and communicating with the City's Congressional Delegation and federal department officials, we would also encourage the City to make at least one trip to Washington D.C. over the course of the year to personally meet with their delegation and agencies of interest. PAGE 17 In doing so, Alcalde & Fay will arrange for you and your team to meet with these Members, relevant Committee staff, association and stakeholder groups, and officials in agency offices. Prior to any visit by La Quinta officials, we will discuss and prepare background documents that articulate the City's objectives, and provide those to Capitol Hill offices and agency staff so that all parties are prepared to have a comprehensive and meaningful discussion. At the conclusion of your Washington trip, we will conduct follow up communication with each visited office and provide a summary memorandum to you. We would organize a fly -in trip for you to meet with your delegation and emphasize the priorities of the City. If particular issues impacting the City were to come to the forefront of Congress or an Agency at other times in the year, we would counsel the City and advise if travel to Washington is necessary and timely to promote (or oppose) legislation or Administration policy, and coordinate meetings or appearances at any committee, agency office or hearing. Alcalde & Fay will advise you of upcoming hearings of interest and monitor them, while also preparing for testimony for our clients to give before various committees, should that be necessary. Kevin Fay has experience in this field, as he has testified before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. We are also prepared to work with the City to arrange visits from pertinent Members of Congress, including your own Delegation Members and staff along with those from key committees, and other Federal officials to see your operations and gain a better understanding of your objectives. As previously noted, we brought then House Transportation and Infrastructure Water Resources Subcommittee Chairman Bob Gibbs (R -OH) to the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) for his first formal trip to a port as a new member of Congress, as well as facilitating visits to the Port by current House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Sam Graves (R -MO) and former Chairman Peter DeFazio (D -OR). Visits of this nature provide high visibility for both the City and its projects and, in briefing agency officials prior to an application submission, can be an important component of an educational campaign that details La Quinta's needs and the issues challenging the City. We will coordinate closely with Gonsalves & Son to coordinate state and federal initiatives on your behalf. Also, we will assist with official correspondence, emails, and our full videoconference and teleconference capabilities, along with web applications such as Zoom for lobbying outreach as offices continue to teleworking for the time being. Attached in the appendix is an Alcalde & Fay Washington, D.C. "Fly -In" itinerary. In addition to all activities in Washington, your Alcalde & Fay Client Team will assist in securing on-site visits to the City of La Quinta by congressional members and staff, and provide your City Council and staff with updates on federal initiatives and advocacy efforts. j. Implementation Plan LOBBYING AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE TIMELINE Please find included below our ALCALDE & FAY - LOBBYING AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE TIMELINE ACTION ITEMS CHART. This chart provides an overview of our intended advocacy on behalf of the City of La Quinta, based on existing federal and fiscal year timelines, and our experience in working on Capitol Hill on the behalf of other municipalities. PAGE 18 Time Period Legislative Agenda — Assessment and Development, Projects, Action - January - March ■ Confer with City Manager, Government Affairs Liaison, Department 2023 Directors and other staff to discuss federal priorities and advise of Congressional outlook and federal funding availabilities. ■ Assess projects, update project information, local match, project status, regional impacts of projects that would add (or hinder) federal or state support for defined initiatives. ■ Arrange for Alcalde & Fay Client Team "in person" and video meetings for La Quinta to meet with management and staff. ■ Report on President's State of the Union, and Administration Budget Proposal ■ Inform City of relevant legislation, rulemaking, agency guidance, and policy that could impact the City. ■ Communicate and meet with City's Congressional delegation and advocate priorities and project requests, including possible arrangement for elected officials for a "La Quinta Day in Washington DC" to meet with members of the California delegation. Provide Alcalde & Fay's This Week in Washington Legislative Update and Grant Alert or Local Governments. March - May 2023 ■ Possible scheduling and arranging for targeted "Washington Fly -in" of City officials to Washington to further advocate the City's federal agenda, and specific appropriations or authorization priorities, including community project funding requests. That can also be as an adjunct to attendance at National League of Cities Conference. ■ Continue to provide Alcalde & Fay's This Week in Washington legislative update and Alcalde & Fay Grant Alert for Local Governments. ■ Monitor and advise of Appropriations project submissions, committee hearings and markups including program funding, and specific City "community funding project" requests. ■ Continue to inform City staff of relevant legislation, rulemakings, and policy that could impact the City. ■ Monitor relevant House and Senate Appropriations Committee hearings and markups. June - August ■ Continue federal legislative advocacy of City priorities in 2023 Appropriations subcommittee and full committee mark up. ■ Propose to Washington legislative staff to do sight visits to La Quinta projects during August recess if they will be traveling in the district to view City needs and priorities when legislative staff are available to join district staff for district office meetings PAGE 19 PAGE 20 ■ Apprise the City of August recess Congressional "Town Hall" and other district events as additional opportunities to interact with Congressional Members and reemphasize City priorities during the August "work period." ■ Schedule August recess videoconference/teleconference to report on existing outcomes and strategize regarding the final months of the federal legislative session. September - ■ Advocate on currently pending federal Appropriations, including November 2023 through Continuing Resolutions and possible Omnibus Appropriations. ■ Teleconference and travel to the City of La Quinta to meet with City Officials and staff to develop and refine federal legislative agendas for the second session of the 118th Congress. ■ Possible trip during the 118th Congress for City officials to come to Washington to underline pending federal "community project funding" requests and other key issue items. ■ Monitor and advocate as to ongoing negotiations of spending legislation and other legislation important or impacting the City. ■ Begin providing City officials with Alcalde & Fay's This Week in Washington legislative updates that include Alcalde & Fay's Grant Alert for Local Governments, advising of Congressional developments, upcoming hearings, agency actions, and notices of funding availabilities. November - ■ Continue Advocacy on pending federal Appropriations, Continuing December 2023 Resolutions and possible Omnibus Appropriations. ■ Further discussions and finalization of City's federal legislative agenda, in anticipation of the second session of the 1181h Congress. Early January ■ Follow up discussions with City Management about current projects 2024 and federal priorities. ■ Additional appraisal of federal priorities and objectives, and projects to be added, updated or reassessed as to priority. ■ Provide updates on status of Appropriations and Authorizations with start of Congressional session. ■ Continue providing Alcalde & Fay's This Week in Washington legislative updates that include Alcalde & Fay's Grant Alert for Local Governments January 2024 ■ Preparation for federal appropriations "community project funding" requests to the City's congressional delegation for FY 2025 appropriations legislation. ■ Identify federal programs of interest to the City to advocate as the President gives State of the Union Address, and prepares to issue the President's budget proposal for the next fiscal year. PAGE 20 The following tasks are ongoing during an entire Congressional Session: Annual Session of ■ Communicate regularly with City personnel regarding relevant Congress legislative and federal department and agency developments including providing monthly, and even more frequent reports, notifications, and alerts. ■ Provide grant notices of funding availabilities, and grant application support services. ■ Facilitate visits to Washington by City elected officials and staff. ■ Arrange for Congressional staff briefings and site visits of projects to garner additional federal support. ■ Leverage established relationships with associations such as the National League of Cities, United States Conference of Mayors, to advocate and support the La Quinta legislative and agency priorities 2. REFERENCES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES As required by the terms of the RFP entitled Federal Legislative Lobbyist Services on behalf of the City of La Quinta, California, Alcalde & Fay is pleased to provide you with the following references of communities to speak to our record of past performance and the legislative consulting expertise set forth in this proposal. City of Virginia Beach, Virginia Name and Title: Bob Matthias, Former Assistant City Manager Phone: (757) 385-8267 Email: cigarunner@gmail.com Address: 2401 Courthouse Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23456 Project Date: 1991 - November 2021 Services Provided: Federal consulting services on appropriations, transportation, national security, environment, and economic development. Staff Assigned: Nancy Gibson Prowitt, Kevin Fay, Perrin Badini, Paige Mellerio Final Outcome: Alcalde & Fay is proud of the work we conducted and the advocacy efforts we were successful in on behalf of the City of Virginia Beach, VA. Throughout our thirty-year tenure with the City, we assisted in the award of countless financial, authorizing, and grant funding victories, as well as several significant rulemakings and rule amendments providing the City with increased eligibility to programs throughout the federal government. Some of those successes are listed below. $6 million in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for the Phase III of the Centerville Turnpike; PAGE 21 ❖ $111.427 million in cumulative appropriations for construction of a Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection Project; ❖ Helped secure 50 -year authorization for Army Corps of Engineers maintenance of the Rudee Inlet, ensuring federal cost participation for 50 years without being subject to the current $4.5M cap; ❖ Helped to secure language to continue funding Sandbridge Beach project periodically for 50 years; ❖ $12.933 million for the renourishment of Sandbridge Beach; ❖ $4 million - construction funds for Hurricane Protection project's 79th St Outfall; ❖ $12 million in competitive grant and congressionally directed funding from COP Interoperable Communications Technology Program for the purchase of communications equipment, enhancements to communications infrastructure, and project management expenses. City of Homestead, Florida Name and Title: Jerry Estrada, City Manager Phone: (305) 224-4436 Email: jestrada@cityofhomestead.com Address: 100 Civic Court, Homestead, FL 33030 Project Date: August 2003 - Present Services Provided: Federal consulting services on appropriations, transportation, public safety, infrastructure, economic development, and smart grid issues. Staff Assigned: Nancy Gibson Prowitt (Team Lead), Kevin Fay, Jeremiah Van Auken, Andrew Bemus Final Outcome: As this is an ongoing contract for federal lobbying services, Alcalde & Fay is still actively representing the City of Homestead. With that in mind, Alcalde & Fay has had distinct successes in recent years, assisting the City in submission and reception of Community Project (Earmark) Funding, specifically $750,000 for Body Worn Cameras directed towards the City in the FY22 Consolidated Appropriations Act. Other significant wins for the City of Homestead include: $7.6 million for a Multimodal Transit Center through 2016 DOT FHWA earmark repurposing initiative that permitted the allocation of unused historic earmarks for new projects: Helped to secure authorizing language in MAP -21 that directs each State to consider certain criteria when allocating funds to highway projects. This criterion includes funding evacuation routes serving or adjacent to Armed Forces facilities; ❖ $5.6 million for the widening of SW 328 from SW 137 Avenue to 152 Avenue; ❖ $2 million for the widening of SW 320 (Mowry Drive) from Flagler Avenue to SW 187 Avenue; $500,000 for Emergency Wireless Law Enforcement Technology. Port of Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles Harbor Department, City of Los Angeles) Name and Title: David Libatique, Deputy Executive Director of Stakeholder Engagement Phone: (310) 732-0426 PAGE 22 Email: dlibatique@portla.org Address: 425 S. Palos Verdes Street, San Pedro, California 90731 Project Date: October 2010 — August 2021 Services Provided: Federal consulting services on for water infrastructure improvements, specifically on the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, surface transportation appropriations and authorization legislation, defense (Coast Guard) authorization and appropriation legislation, interactions with the Federal Maritime Commission, port labor and workforce development legislation. Staff Assigned: Nancy Gibson Prowitt, Kevin Fay, Paige Mellerio, Perrin Badini, Lois Moore Final Outcome: Secured a $16 million TIGER Grant for the West Basin Railyard project, as well as significant DHS Port Security grants. Developed comprehensive strategies to address equity problems of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. Worked with the Port and the Committee on ... to have Port -desired provisions included in the 2014 and 2016 Water Resources Development Act. Assisted in the appointment of Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka to the Department of Commerce Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness in 2015. City of Claremont, California Name and Title: Collin Tudor, Former Assistant City Manager (Current Position: Vice President for Administration of Claremont Mckenna College) Phone: (909) 720-4940 Email: Colin.Tudor@claremont.edu Address: 888 North Columbia Ave, Claremont, CA 91711 Project Date: July 2015 — July 2018 Services Provided: General federal consulting services on transportation projects, federal appropriations, grant development and grant support, economic development, and public safety. Staff Assigned: Nancy Gibson Prowitt, Paige Mellerio Final Outcome: Alcalde & Fay no longer provides federal lobbying services on behalf of the City of Claremont as the City opted not to retain any federal lobbyists and remains without a registered lobbyist. We worked successfully with City of Claremont to stop the FCC efforts against net neutrality, and ensure continuation of local control of wireless facilities. We also worked with the Department of Transportation to amend the Train Horn Rule regulation. We have attached the letter to the FCC in the Appendix of this proposal. 3. COMPLETE PRICING LIST For the scope of services described in Alcalde & Fay's proposal responding to the City of La Quinta, California's RFP for Federal Legislation Lobbyist Services, Alcalde & Fay would propose a monthly retainer of $5,000/month. This monthly retainer is inclusive of out-of-pocket expenses for services such as travel, lodging, meals telephone tolls, copying, messenger service, parking, transportation, and postage. Other partners and associates of Alcalde & Fay may be utilized on an as -needed basis based on their particular expertise or contacts, to complement the efforts of our La Quinta Client Team when such PAGE 23 efforts would benefit the client. There will be no additional charge for such work, as access and utilization of all of our firm's resources to achieve our client's goals is a hallmark of our representation. 4. LIST OF COMPLEMENTARY SERVICES OFFERED BY PROPOSER Alcalde & Fay is offering the full scope of this RFP for federal level lobbying. We are known for our abilities to take on whatever may be helpful to our clients which may include creative means to bring visibility to the client and its unique issues - arranging visits to the city or brining staff and legislators from key committees to emphasize unique issues or generate some "buzz" on these issues. Due to our close relationship with Gonsalves & Son, we feel confident that we would be able to easily assist the City of La Quinta on State and Federal joing lobbying issues that go beyond the terms of the contract. Our mission is to always help the client achieve their goals - whatever it takes! 5. STAFFING AND PROJECT ORGANIZATION As with any good organization, our greatest strength and your best assurance of our successful service on behalf of La Quinta resides in the team that we would assemble to represent your interests in Washington. Although different members of the client team may take the lead on various projects, each of the team members would be knowledgeable about the City's objectives. To achieve the goals of the City as outlined in Section 1. Cover Letter - Subsections G through J of the RFP entitled Federal Legislative Lobbyist Services, Alcalde & Fay is pleased to propose the below client team comprised of Nancy Gibson Prowitt (Team Lead), Kevin Fay, Perrin Badini, and Jeremiah Van Auken. Each has substantial experience representing public bodies in Washington and brings a wealth of knowledge of municipal government issues to the La Quinta Client Team. NANCY GIBSON PROWITT, PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Nancy Gibson Prowitt, President & Chief Operating Officer, has earned a reputation for being one of Washington's top -tier government relations experts. In her more than three decades with Alcalde & Fay, Ms. Prowitt has successfully led lobbying and public relation efforts for various types of clients, both public (in particular cities and community colleges) as well as private sector companies. Prior to assuming her role as President & COO, she served as Managing Partner from 1994 - 2015. Before joining Alcalde & Fay, Ms. Prowitt served as a legislative assistant to a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee from Virginia both as a personal office staffer, and then as an Appropriations Committee staffer. She also served as a Regional Communications Manager for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce based in the Chicago suburbs working with the Chairmen of the Chamber implementing the Chamber's messaging throughout the Midwest on public relations tours. Ms. Prowitt's in-depth knowledge of the Congressional process, combined with her nationwide contacts at both the regional and local levels, gives her a unique perspective in the formulation, communication PAGE 24 and implementation of legislative strategies and initiatives. Her appropriations background as a staffer on the Hill has helped ensure positive results, particularly for public body clients seeking federal funding. She has also worked in a leadership role on the firm's largest private sector client, the Cruise Lines International Association account. She has an extensive background in association management, and "grass roots" communications campaigns having led a number of the firm's campaigns over the years serving as the Executive Director of the Alliance for Clean Energy (ACE) on acid rain control which was operated out of the firm. A native of Chicago, Ms. Prowitt holds a B.A. degree from DePauw University in Indiana. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Congressional Award Foundation, and on the Arlington Women's Civic Alliance for 20 years, most recently as President. In 2017, she was appointed by former Governor Terry McAuliffe of Virginia to serve a four-year term on the 16 -member Board of Visitors at George Mason University, Virginia's largest public university, and was recently appointed by former Governor Ralph Northam for a second term. KEVIN FAY, VICE CHAIRMAN AND CEO Kevin J. Fay, Vice -Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, is recognized as a successful businessman, community leader, and as one of the foremost global environmental policy advocates, with significant experience in public policy and association management. For over three decades, he has been providing association management services to a variety of coalitions and trade associations. By way of example, as Executive Director of the Alliance for Responsible CFC Policy, Mr. Fay provided critical industry leadership and perspective on the negotiation and implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the United States Clean Air Act. The Montreal Protocol is widely regarded as one of the most successful multi -lateral environmental agreements (MEA) ever achieved. Also, as Executive Director of the International Climate Change Partnership (ICCP), he has served as one of the most visible policy voices in the effort to address global climate change. While advising significant Fortune 100 industries, he is frequently consulted by governments, industry, nongovernmental organizations, and media representatives on a variety of issues. Mr. Fay also is active in and around the community. Since 2003, he has served as a member of the Board of the Fairfax County Park Authority, a $100 million independent agency responsible for the management of more than 22,000 acres of parkland, athletic facilities, and cultural and natural resources in Fairfax County, Virginia. He is also Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Governors of Bishop O'Connell High School, in Arlington, Virginia, one of the largest private schools in the Baltimore -Washington area and in the State of Virginia. A prolific fundraiser, Mr. Fay has worked with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society since 1993, raising millions of dollars as part of the Washington, D.C. Leukemia Ball, and as a board -member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's (LLS) National Capital Chapter. In 2012, he was honored by LSS with the inaugural James L. Eichberg Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also helped raise millions PAGE 25 of dollars for schools, church, youth sports leagues, and other charitable endeavors, and was named one of the Northern Virginians of the Year in 2012 by Northern Virginia Magazine. A media trained spokesperson, Mr. Fay has appeared on "Nightline" and "Crossfire" televisions shows, and has done numerous radio and TV call in shows, including CNN, as well as significant editorial briefings on a wide range of environmental issues. A lawyer by training, Mr. Fay is an honors graduate of the University of Virginia (1977), and received his law degree from the American University Washington College of Law (1981). PERRIN BADINI, PARTNER Perrin Badini, Partner, has more than a decade of experience working on behalf of many of Alcalde & Fay's transportation, municipal, education, and private sector clients on a broad range of issues including various modes of transportation, water resources, economic development, public safety, and infrastructure. Mr. Badini has been effective in helping public clients secure millions of dollars in Federal funding for projects ranging from transit and road improvements, flood damage mitigation and technology for law enforcement personnel to environmental initiatives, poverty reduction programs and city-wide "Green" programs. In his capacity working with some of our private sector clients, he has organized both large and small fundraising and charity events across the country. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Badini worked for a prominent political media firm that specialized in research, planning and placement of political ads, including many for high profile Federal candidates. During this time, Mr. Badini managed the coordination and distribution of campaign finances to media outlets across the country, and worked closely with media buyers to ensure the proper placement of campaign ads was achieved. He has also planned and organized fundraising and charity events for numerous organizations. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Mr. Badini holds a bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, where he majored in Political Science. JEREMIAH VAN AUKEN, SENIOR ASSOCIATE Jeremiah Van Auken, Senior Associate, supports several private and municipal clients on a broad range of issues including national security, healthcare, workforce and economic development, public safety, and transportation. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Van Auken served as a staff member on the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, providing assistance to three subcommittees including the Subcommittee on Defense. Mr. Van Auken began his public affairs career in local politics as a Field Organizer for the 2017 re-election campaign of Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley, and thereafter as the Political Director for the re-election campaign of an Ohio State House Member. PAGE 26 Mr. Van Auken is a native of South Bend, Indiana and a Cum Laude graduate of Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. While working on his Bachelors of Arts degree in History, he interned for Senator Rob Portman of Ohio (R -OH), then soon after began interning for Cincinnati City Councilwoman Amy Murray, and became a member of the Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society. At Alcalde & Fay, he assists clients in advancing their appropriations and authorizations priorities through the legislative process. 6. SUBCONTRACTING SERVICES Alcalde & Fay does not anticipate needing to subcontract any services requested through the City of La Quinta, California's RFP for Federal Legislation Lobbyist Services, as preferred by the City of La Quinta, California. Should subcontracting services be required, Alcalde & Fay will alert the City and work closely with City staff to ensure full transparency on the decision to subcontract. 7. DISCLOSURES As required by the City of La Quinta, California's RFP for Federal Legislation Lobbyist Services, Alcalde & Fay is pleased to report that we are not involved in any significant prior or ongoing agreement failure, any civil or criminal litigation or pending investigation, or have been judged guilty or liable within the last five (5) years. 8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS (ATTACHMENT 2) As required by the City of La Quinta, California's RFP for Federal Legislation Lobbyist Services, Alcalde & Fay acknowledges that, if selected, we will provide the minimum insurance coverage and indemnification noted in Exhibits E and F, respectively, of the City's Agreement for Contract Services included as Attachment 1. Our acknowledgement is included in Section 11. Attachments of this proposal. 9. NON -COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT As required by the City of La Quinta, California's RFP for Federal Legislation Lobbyist Services, Alcalde & Fay has included an executed Non -Collusion Affidavit, executed by an official authorized to bind the firm, included as Attachment 3 in Section 11. Attachments of this proposal. 10. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ADDENDA As required by the City of La Quinta, California's RFP for Federal Legislation Lobbyist Services, Alcalde & Fay has provided a signed Acknowledgement of Addenda (Attachment 4) in Section 11. Attachments of this proposal. PAGE 2% 11. ATTACHMENTS As required by the City of La Quinta, California's RFP for Federal Legislation Lobbyist Services, Alcalde & Fay has included as attachments to this proposal the completed documents to be returned with this proposal. EXHIBIT B - SCHEDULE OF COMPENSATION EXHIBIT D - SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS (ATTACHMENT 2) NON -COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT (ATTACHMENT 3) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ADDENDA (ATTACHMENT 4) 12. APPENDIX: ADDITIONAL AND REQUIRED DOCUMENTS ALCALDE & FAY - STATEMENT OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AT ALCALDE & FAY ALCALDE & FAY - THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON ALCALDE & FAY - NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE ALCALDE & FAY - SAMPLE "WASHINGTON FLY IN" ITINERARY ALCALDE & FAY - CLIENT LIST (JANUARY 2023) ALCALDE & FAY - SUCCESS LIST PAGE 28 ATTACHMENTS 1. Agreement for Contract Services 2. Insurance Requirements Acknowledgement Must be executed by proposer and submitted with the proposal 3. Non -Collusion Affidavit Must be executed by proposer and submitted with the proposal 4. Addenda Acknowledgement Must be executed by proposer and submitted with the proposal S. Evaluation Criteria 6. 2022 Legislative Policy Guide Page 9 of 14 ,& Qa44a Exhibit B Schedule of Compensation With the exception of compensation for Additional Services, provided for in Section 2.3 of this Agreement, the maximum total compensation to be paid to Contracting Party under this Agreement is not to exceed Sixty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($ 60,000/year ) ("Contract Sum"). The Contract Sum shall be paid to Contracting Party in installment payments made on a monthly basis and in an amount identified in Contracting Party's schedule of compensation attached hereto for the work tasks performed and properly invoiced by Contracting Party in conformance with Section 2.2 of this Agreement. Exhibit B Page 1 of 1 Exhibit D Special Requirements [insert Special Requirements or indicate "None" if there are none] None. Exhibit D Page 1of1 Za Qa44a ATTACHMENT 2 INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Must be executed by proposer and submitted with the proposal I Nancy Gibson Prowitt confirm that Alcalde & Fay, LTD. (Name) hereby acknowledge and (Company) has reviewed the City's indemnification and minimum insurance requirements as listed in Exhibits E and F of the City's Agreement for Contract Services (Attachment 1); and declare that insurance certificates and endorsements verifying compliance will be provided if an agreement is awarded. I am President & Chief Operating Officer of Alcalde & Fay, LTD. (Title) (Company) Page 11 of 14 Commercial General Liability (at least as broad as ISO CG 0001) $1,000,000 (per occurrence); $2,000,000 (general aggregate) Must include the following endorsements: General Liability Additional Insured General Liability Primary and Noncontributory Commercial Auto Liability (at least as broad as ISO CA 0001) $1,000,000 (per accident) Personal Auto Declaration Page if applicable Errors and Omissions Liability $1,000,000 (per claim and aggregate) Worker's Compensation (per statutory requirements) Must include the following endorsements: Worker's Compensation Waiver of Subrogation Worker's Compensation Declaration of Sole Proprietor if applicable Cyber Liability/Technology Errors and Omissions Liability $1,000,000 (per occurrence/loss) Page 11 of 14 Client#: 1530925 ALCALFAY ACORD.. CERTIFICATE OF LIABILITY INSURANCE DATE (MM/DD/YYYY) CERTIFICATE MAY BE ISSUED OR MAY PERTAIN, THE INSURANCE AFFORDED BY THE POLICIES DESCRIBED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO ALL THE TERMS, 1 7/05/2022 THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED AS A MATTER OF INFORMATION ONLY AND CONFERS NO RIGHTS UPON THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER. THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT AFFIRMATIVELY OR NEGATIVELY AMEND, EXTEND OR ALTER THE COVERAGE AFFORDED BY THE POLICIES BELOW. THIS CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE ISSUING INSURER(S), AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OR PRODUCER, AND THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER. IMPORTANT: If the certificate holder is an ADDITIONAL INSURED, the policy(ies) must have ADDITIONAL INSURED provisions or be endorsed. If SUBROGATION IS WAIVED, subject to the terms and conditions of the policy, certain policies may require an endorsement. A statement on this certificate does not confer any rights to the certificate holder in lieu of such endorsement(s). PRODUCER CONTACT Daina Mitchell NAME: USI Insurance Services, LLC PHONE 703 698-0788 FAX A/C, No, E.1): A/C, No): 3190 Fairview Park Dr. Ste 400 E-MAIL usi.certrequest@usi.com ADDRESS: Falls Church, VA 22042 INSURER(S) AFFORDING COVERAGE NAIC# 703 698-0788 INSURER A: Travelers Indemnity Company 25658 INSURED INSURER B: Travelers Property Cas. Co. of America 25674 Alcalde & Fay, Ltd INSURER C: Travelers Casualty and Surety Company 19038 2111 Wilson Blvd, Suite 850 Executive Risk Indemnity Inc. INSURER D : Y 35181 Arlington, VA 22201 INSURER E: Travelers Indemnity Co of America 25666 INSURER F: COVERAGES CERTIFICATE NUMBER: REVISION NUMBER: THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE POLICIES OF INSURANCE LISTED BELOW HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO THE INSURED NAMED ABOVE FOR THE POLICY PERIOD INDICATED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY REQUIREMENT, TERM OR CONDITION OF ANY CONTRACTOR OTHER DOCUMENT WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE ISSUED OR MAY PERTAIN, THE INSURANCE AFFORDED BY THE POLICIES DESCRIBED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO ALL THE TERMS, EXCLUSIONS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH POLICIES. LIMITS SHOWN MAY HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY PAID CLAIMS. 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The ACORD name and logo are registered marks of ACORD DXMFS 4VQalea ATTACHMENT 3 NON -COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT FORM Must be executed by proposer and submitted with the proposal INancy Gibson Prowitt (Name) hereby declare as follows: I am President & Chief Operating Officer of Alcalde & Fay, LTD. (Title) (Company) the party making the foregoing proposal, that the proposal is not made in the interest of, or on behalf of, any undisclosed person, partnership, company, association, organization, or corporation; that the proposal is genuine and not collusive or sham; that the proposer has not directly or indirectly induced or solicited any other proposer to put in a false or sham proposal, and has not directly or indirectly colluded, conspired, connived, or agreed with any proposer or anyone else to put in a sham proposal, or that anyone shall refrain from proposing; that the proposer has not in any manner, directly or indirectly, sought by agreement, communication, or conference with anyone to fix the proposal price of the proposer or any other proposer, or to fix any overhead, profit, or cost element of the proposal price, or of that of any other proposer, or to secure any advantage against the public body awarding the agreement of anyone interested in the proposed agreement; that all statements contained in the proposal are true; and, further, that the proposer has not, directly or indirectly, submitted his or her proposal price or any breakdown thereof, or the contents thereof, or divulged information or data relative hereto, or paid, and will not pay, any fee to any corporation, partnership, company, association, organization, proposal depository, or to any member or agent thereof to effectuate a collusive or sham proposal. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Proposer Signature: Proposer Name: Proposer Title: Company Name: Address: Nancy Gibson Prowitt President & Chief Operating Officer Alcalde & Fay, LTD. 2111 Wilson Blvd, 8th Floor, Arlington, VA 22201 Page 12 of 14 Za Qa44a ATTACHMENT 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT OF ADDENDA Must be executed by proposer and submitted with the proposal; If no addenda has been issued, mark "N/A" under Addendum No. indicating Not Applicable and sign ADDENDUM NO. SIGNAffTURE INDICATING RECEIPT N/A� Page 13 of 14 ALC,' LDF & FAY t:11, -Ifs I : t I .k PI'^.I: It .t::%IR.: I'i. 14.I I, ti,, Diversity and Inclusion at Alcalde & Fay Minority representation has been a key component in our hiring practices at Alcalde & Fay since its founding by Hector Alcalde 48 years ago. To that end, Alcalde & Fay prides itself on being one of the most diverse government and public affairs firms in the Washington, DC area. Without exception, Alcalde & Fay provides an equal employment opportunity and equal access for all persons without regard to race, color, sex, religion, creed, age, marital status, sexual preference/orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin or disability. In addition to the diverse political and professional backgrounds of our staff, we have always recognized the strength that our firm's diversity brings to the table and we have always sought to expand on that whenever possible. As a minority -controlled firm, we are particularly sensitive to the need to consider equal employment opportunities in our hiring and promotion practices. I I I V, I I • 1 1 N f i-• I' 1 1. .i K., ti I, I I• i i :2 . i u I I N i. i .. l .l __ +5 P I I 1- 3• X 4 1 11 S: = S: I A• ' 41 4 1 -; n i l ALCALDE&FAY GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC AFFAIRS FIRM :6 THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON Week of January 9 —January 13, 2023 Late last week the House of Representatives elected Representative Kevin McCarthy (R -CA) as Speaker of the House for the 118th Congress, following a tumultuous week in which McCarthy failed in 14 previous votes to secure the top spot. The final confirmation vote came early Saturday (just after midnight) after McCarthy was able to secure the support from 216 of his fellow House Republicans (including nearly a dozen who 'flipped' to support him earlier that day), as well as 6 "Present" votes from the final outliers from his party. As previously reported, McCarthy's success last week was contingent on several significant changes to House rules sought by several members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus (HFC), including increased regional representation on the GOP Steering Committee that selects Committee leadership and assignments as well a reported agreement to place several HFC members on the critical Rules Committee. Additional procedural changes were also secured during the negotiations and were included in the official House Rules for the 118th Congress approved on Monday in a vote of 220-213. The Rules package includes the following notable changes to previous procedures: allowing lawmakers at least 72 hours to review legislation before it goes to the floor for a vote; imposes rules to limit spending, including blocking legislation that would increase mandatory spending; establishes new investigative committees; and restores a provision that permits a single lawmaker to force a vote to "vacate the chair," and remove the Speaker. During the remainder of the week, House Republicans advanced several bills targeting key campaign promises (repealing funding for 87,000 IRS agents, limiting oil reserve sales to China, abortion) although none are expected to be considered by the Senate. Separately, throughout the rest of the week, the GOP Steering Committee met to decide Committee Chairs for several key House Committees that were still undecided. The full list of Republican Committee Chairs and Democrat Ranking Members is included below (full Committee and Subcommittee membership is expected to be finalized in the coming days/weeks): HOUSE COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP Committee Chair Ranking Member Agriculture Glenn Thompson (R -PA) David Scott (D -GA) Appropriations Ka Granger (R -TX) Rosa DeLauro (D -CT) Armed Services Committee Mike Rogers (R -AL) Adam Smith (D -WA) Budget Jodey Arrington (R -TX) Brendan Boyle (D -PA) Education and the Workforce Virginia Foxx (R -NC) Bobby Scott (R -VA) Energy and Commerce Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R -WA) Frank Pallone (D -NJ) Foreign Affairs Michael McCaul (R -TX) Gregory Meeks (D -NY) Homeland Security Mark Green (R -TN) Bennie Thompson (D -MS) Judiciary Jim Jordan (R -OH) Jerry Nadler (D -NY) Natural Resources Bruce Westerman (R -AR) Raul Gri'alva (D -AZ) Small Business Roger Williams (R -TX) N dia Velazquez (D -NY) Transportation and Infrastructure Sam Graves (R -MO) Rick Larsen (D -WA) Ways and Means Jason Smith (R -MO) Richard Neal (D -MA) WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES (WOTUS) On December 30th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers announced a final rule establishing a new definition of "Waters of the United States," or WOTUS, used to decide which waterways are protected under the Clean Water Act. The Trump Administration had previously repealed the 2015 Obama-era rule that expanded federal authority under the Clean Water Act and had faced widespread criticism from state and local governments, due to perceptions that it would lead to the increased regulation of "ditches" and therefore give the EPA authority over nearly all bodies of water. Furthermore, the Trump Administration in early 2020 also finalized a new that essentially included a new WOTUS definition clarifying that most ditches, groundwater, and non - navigable, isolated lakes/ponds would not qualify for federal oversight. The latest rulemaking would revert back to a definition closer that tries to strike a balance between the two previous iterations, although it does appear to revert back to a definition that would provide greater protections (akin to the 2015 version). Of note, the rule is expected to face several legal challenges, and is likely to be impacted by an upcoming Supreme Court ruling (Sackett v. EPA) that could limit the EPA's authority to regulate certain wetlands (a key point of contention in the WOTUS rulemaking efforts). For your reference, a pre -publication version of the Final Rule is available here, a detailed Fact Sheet is available here, and additional information (including industry -specific fact sheets, economic analysis, and technical support) is available here. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) - OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND EXTERNAL CIVIL RIGHTS ❖ Environmental Justice Government -to -Government Program (EJG2G) The Environmental Justice Government -to -Government Program (EJG2G) Program works to support and/or create model state activities that lead to measurable environmental or public health results in communities disproportionately burdened by environmental harms and risks. These models should leverage or utilize existing resources or assets of state agencies to develop key tools and processes that integrate environmental justice considerations into state governments and government programs. This program was started to meet the goals of the Biden Administration's and the EPA's commitment to achieving environmental justice and embedding environmental justice into Agency programs. Eligible Entities: State, Local, and Tribal Governments, U.S. Territories, and Freely Associated States. Total Program Funding Available: $70 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: No Cost Sharing or Match Required. Application Deadline: April 101h, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Additional program information here. ❖ Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem -Solving Cooperative Agreement Program The Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem -Solving Cooperative Agreement provides financial assistance to eligible organizations working on or planning to work on projects to address local environmental and/or public health issues in their communities. The program assists recipients in building collaborative partnerships with other stakeholders to develop solutions that will significantly address environmental and/or public health issues at the local level. Some examples of stakeholders are local businesses and industry, local government, and medical service providers. This program was started to meet the goals of the Biden Administrations and the EPA's commitment to achieving environmental justice and embedding environmental justice into Agency programs. Eligible Entities: A community-based nonprofit organization, or a partnership of community-based nonprofit organizations. Total Program Funding Available: $30 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: No Cost Sharing or Match Required. Application Deadline: April 1011,1 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Additional program information available here. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY - FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) ❖ Fiscal Year 2022 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program The Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program provides federal financial assistance to fire departments, nonaffiliated management agencies, and state fire training academies (SFTA) for critically needed resources to acquire or replace equipment for emergency response activities. These funds can be used to improve fire department operations and safety, vehicle acquisition, procurement of needed fire fighting tools and technology, and for regionally focused emergency response projects. The program intends to protect the public and firefighters from injury or harm from fire and fire -related hazards. Evaluation criteria and factors include the immediate need of the applicant, age and condition of the equipment requested, economic challenges facing the entity, types of infrastructure to be protected, volume of calls and response, and the overall extent of the reduction of injuries, deaths, and property damage from fires and fire -related hazards that could be achieved. A full list of AFG Grant Application Webinars can be found here. Eligible Entities: Fire Departments; Nonaffiliated EMS Organizations including clinics, medical centers, medical college or university, infirmaries, surgery centers, and any other institution providing medical services for the sick or injured, State Fire Training Academies; and Non-federal airport and/or port authority fire or EMS organizations. Total Program Funding Available: $324 million to be awarded to 2,000 applicants. Required Cost Sharing or Match: This solicitation requires a cost match. • Population of 20,000 or less: 5% of total grant funding awarded. • Population between 20,000 and 1 million: 10% of total grant funding awarded. • Population larger than 1 million: 15% of total grant funding awarded. Application Deadline: February 101h, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST. Additional program information here. ❖ Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention- Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships The Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant program supports online, in-person, and hybrid programs that address the threat of online promotion of violence as well as the threat of violence in physical spaces. The reason for this program is due to the fact that American communities continue to be vulnerable to the treats of targeted violence that affects the safety of Americans. The Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) works as well to help prevent targeted violence and terrorism through funding, training, and increased public awareness and through partnerships across every level of government and the private sector. The grant program provides financial assistance to eligible applications to develop sustainable, multidisciplinary -targeted violence and terrorism prevention capabilities in local communities. Eligible Entities: Local governments, Indian Tribes, Nonprofits, Institutions of higher educations, and State governments Total Program Funding Available: $20 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: Cost Sharing not required. Application Deadline: April 25, 2023, 11:59pm EST. Additional program information here. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION ❖ Areas of Persistent Poverty Program The Areas of Persistent Poverty Program purpose is to provide funds to entities that are eligible to assist Areas of Persistent Poverty or Historically Disadvantaged Communities. The program seeks to provide funding for planning, engineering, technical studies, or financial plans that will result in improved public transportation, new routes and facilities, and innovative technologies in communities experiencing a high poverty rate for projects eligible under Chapter 53 of title 49 U.S.C. in areas of persistent poverty. An eligible project for this program is defined as a planning study (for example, an environmental study), and engineering study, a technical study, or a financing plan. Eligible Entities: State governments and recipients or sub recipients located in Areas of Persistent Poverty or Historically Disadvantaged Communities. Total Program Funding Available: $20 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: Cost sharing is not required, and an application may request up to 100% Federal funding. Application Deadline: March 10th, 2023, 11:59pm EST. Additional program information here. BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES AND THE GLOBAL DESIGNING CITIES INITIATIVE (PRIVATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES) ❖ Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure The Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure (BICI) is a competitive grant program that intends to foster change in city bicycling infrastructure. In partnership with the Global Designing Cities Initiative, funding from the BICI will help cities implement ambitious bicycling projects, setting a new precedent for what is possible in this mode of transportation for cities. The BICI will support projects that dramatically re -imagine infrastructure or create new facilities that put bicyclists first; create complete networks that allow people of all ages and abilities to bike safely and conveniently; show the possibilities associated with bicycling infrastructure; experiment with new materials, technology, or implementation methods in ways that make bicycling networks easier to build; and centers people above all else by taking into consideration the risks, choices, and tradeoffs residents face when traveling by bicycle through their cities. Winning applicants will be awarded between $400,000 and $1 million. Eligible Entities: Cities with more than 100,000 residents. Funding Available: Selected applicants will receive between $400,000 or $1,000,000 to implement ambitious bicycling infrastructure projects. Required Cost Sharing or Match: No matching requirement. Application Deadline: February 3=a, 2023. Additional program information here. Public Art Challenge The Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge intends to provide funding to create temporary public art projects that address important civic issues. Proposed projects will be evaluated on their ability to generate public- private collaborations, celebrate creativity and urban identities, and strengthen local economies. The program will provide 10 winners with up to $1 million in funding to execute their projects, which may include multiple installations in a single city. Funding can cover a wide range of project -related expenditures including development, execution, and marketing. Eligible Entities: City Governments with 30,000 residents or more. Funding Available: Selected applicants will receive up to $1 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: No matching requirement. Application Deadline: February 15th, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST. Additional program information here. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE — NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION ❖ Fiscal Year 2023 Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program The mission of the Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program is to support the development of technological solutions and changes in fishing practices designed to minimize bycatch of fish and protected species (including Endangered Species Act -listed fish, marine mammals, seabirds, and sea turtles) and to reduce impacts to invertebrates. Funding will be given to non-federal researchers working to benefit U.S. fishermen and fisheries, including aquaculture, by the development of improved fishing practices and innovative gear technologies. The five high-priority areas projects may address include: 1) Developing innovative and effective technologies, gear, programs and techniques, to reduce bycatch impacts, 2) Testing and development of technologies that have been piloted, 3) Improving understanding and reduction of post -release and other indirect mortality, 4) Developing techniques to reduce interactions between fishing gears and corals, sponges, and other invertebrates, and 5) Conducting comprehensive international bycatch analyses or research. Projects should produce outcomes that can directly influence management needs of federally managed living marine resources. BREP may also support projects that quantify post -release mortality and identify ways to minimize mortality and injury of bycaught species. Eligible Entities: State, County, City, and Local units of government; Institutes of higher education, and nonprofits. Total Program Funding Available: $2.3 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: This solicitation does not require a match. Application Deadline: April 3=d, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Additional program information available here. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY - OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY Water Power Projects: Innovative Technologies to Enable Low Impact Hydropower and Pumped Storage Hydropower Growth The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Section 41006. Water Power Projects: Innovative Technologies to Enable Low Impact Hydropower and Pumped Storage Hydropower Growth grant program will fund eligible projects related to: Hydropower retrofits for non -powered dams; Innovative pump storage hydropower technologies; and Hydropower R&D by Emerging Organizations. Funded activities will support the sustainable development of hydropower and pumped storage hydropower systems, and will also support the development of long duration energy storage to maximize the benefits of clean energy. The ultimate goal of the Hydropower Program will be achieved through research, development, demonstration, and commercialization of environmentally sustainable hydropower and storage technologies. Applications should include innovative solutions to retrofit Non -Powered Damns (NPDs); address development and testing technologies that mitigate challenges to Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH) deployment; and encourage emerging organizations to support hydropower development. Eligible Entities: State and local governments; Native American tribal governments and organizations; For -Profit entities; Educational institutions, and nonprofit entities. Partnerships with hydropower owners/operators are encouraged. Total Program Funding Available: $14.5 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: No required match for Institutions of Higher Education and Non -Profit Organizations. All other eligible applicants must provide at least 20% of the total project cost. Application Deadlines: Concept Paper Deadline: December 15t, 2022 at 5:00 PM EST. Application Submission Deadline: March 5th, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST. Additional program information available here. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ❖ Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities The Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities program will assist communities facing brownfields challenges by assessing, cleaning up, and preparing brownfield sites for redevelopment. The technical assistance provided by these awards will cover technical support on various brownfields subject areas and moving those sites toward cleanup and reuse. Technical assistance grants will provide advice and support, in the form of specialized knowledge, to a person or organization with the goal of advancing the cleanup and development of brownfield sites and related subject matters. Eligible activities under this program include the review and explanation of technical reports related to site sampling and analysis; provision of information about science, environmental policy, and other matters; assistance to communities to understand and communicate the health risks associated with brownfield sites; facilitate meetings between the local community, developers, lenders, and others involved in cleanup and reuse activities; facilitate redevelopment efforts; provide application review services; and provide compliance assistance to brownfield grant recipients. Applications must include technical assistance in each of the following six subject areas or applications will be rejected and not considered for award: Community Involvement; Health Impacts of Brownfield Sites; Science and Technology Related to Brownfields Assessment, Remediation, and Site Preparation; Integrated Approaches to Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment; Brownfields Finance; and State, Territorial Tribal, and Local Government Brownfields Programs. Eligible Entities: County, City, and other Local units of government; school districts; a public agency or any agency or instrumentality of a local government; Land clearance authority; Redevelopment agency chartered or sanctioned by a state; nonprofit organizations; and qualified community development entities. Total Program Funding Available: $53 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: This solicitation does not require a match. Application Deadline: February 14th, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Additional program information available here. Fiscal Year 2023 Guidelines for Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grant The Fiscal Year 2023 Guidelines for Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grant Program will award funding to projects that provide training, research, and technical assistance to facilitate the inventory of brownfield sites, site assessments, remediation of brownfield sites, community development, or site preparation. Grants awarded will help communities, organizations, government agencies, nonprofits, and others tackle the challenge of cleaning up and revitalizing brownfield properties. The EPA is interested in supporting research projects, which will provide a fuller scientific knowledge or understanding of the subject studied through qualitative or quantitative analysis and can also include activities involving the training of individuals in research techniques; and technical assistance projects, which will deliver direct ongoing advice and support with the goal of guiding applicants through a particular process or by helping them understand complex brownfields-related subject matter. Eligible Entities: County, City, and other Local units of government; school districts; a public agency or any agency or instrumentality of a local government; Land clearance authority; Redevelopment agency chartered or sanctioned by a state; nonprofit organizations; and qualified community development entities. Total Program Funding Available: $4 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: This solicitation does not require a match. Application Deadline: February 14th, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Additional program information available here. ❖ Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program UPDATED SUBMISSION DATE: The Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program provides funding to entities for projects that are designed to build and transform solid waste infrastructure to equitably reduce waste and manage materials to achieve a circular economy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and create cleaner, resilient, and healthier communities. This project will enable the EPA to help partners significantly transform their post -consumer management infrastructure. Projects will create new capacity to optimize the existing capacity of, or identify strategies that result in an increase in management of post -consumer materials. Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate innovative solutions and programs that provide or increase access to prevention, reuse, recycling, anaerobic digestion, and composting opportunities in areas that currently do not have access. Applications must establish, increase, expand, or optimate collection and improve materials management infrastructure; fund the creation and construction of tangible infrastructure and technology; establish, increase, expand, or optimize capacity for materials management; demonstrate a significant and measurable increase in the diversion, recycling rate, and quality of materials collected for municipal solid waste. Eligible Entities: County, City, Township, Parish, and similar units of government that have executive and legislative functions to be political subdivisions of states. Total Program Funding Available: $40 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: This solicitation does not require a match. Application Deadline: February 151h, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Additional program information available here. Consumer Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program UPDATED SUBMISSION DATE: The Consumer Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant Program will fund projects that support the National Recycling Strategy and assists in the building of a circular economy to reduce material use, redesign materials to be less resource intensive, and recapturing waste as a resource to manufacture new materials and products. Projects will improve consumer recycling education with the goal of achieving separate collection of recycled material across the nation, maximizing the efficient reuse of materials, and identifying strategies that otherwise result in an increase in volume of recyclable materials. This funding opportunity will also fund projects that include recycling education and outreach projects that address environmental justice concerns and focus predominantly on addressing the disproportionate and adverse human health, environmental, climate -related and other cumulative impacts, as well as the accompanying economic challenges of such impacts, resulting from industrial, governmental, commercial and/or other actions that have affected and/or currently affect people/communities of color, and other socioeconomic factors. All projects must encourage the collection of recyclable and reusable materials and must also: inform the public about residential or community recycling programs; provide information about recycled materials that are accepted as part of community recycling programs; and increase collection rates and decrease contamination in community recycling programs. Eligible Entities: State, County, City, Township, Parish, and local government entities; Native American Tribal Governments; Nonprofit organizations; and public-private partnerships. Total Program Funding Available: $30 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: This solicitation does not require a match. Application Deadline: February 15th, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Additional program information available here. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION ❖ Research Grants to Inform Firearm -Related Violence and Injury Prevention Strategies The Research Grants to Inform Firearm -Related Violence and Injury Prevention Strategies grant program is intended to fund investigator -initiated research to improve prevention strategies to reduce the burden of firearm -related violence (firearm -related violence includes mass shooting incidents, other firearm homicides/assaults, firearm suicides/self-harm, unintentional firearm deaths and injuries, and firearm -related crime). Research funded by this grant is meant to develop prevention programs, policies, or practices that have the potential to substantially reduce firearm -related violence, injuries, death or crime within populations or settings experiencing elevated risk. This NOFO offers two funding options to address the research objective. Funding Option A will fund research projects that rely on existing data and do not support implementation of prevention activities, and will be funded up to $350,000 per year for up to 2 years. Funding Option B will fund research projects that require support for new data collection activities and/or the implementation of prevention activities, and will be funded up to $650,000 per year for up to 3 years. Eligible Entities: State, County, City or Township Governments; Special District Governments; Independent School Districts; Public and State Controlled Institutes of Higher Education; Native American Tribal Governments; Public Housing Authorities; Private Institutes of Higher Education; and Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status. Total Program Funding Available: $9 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: This solicitation does not require a match. Application Deadline: February 16th, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Additional program information available here. Research Grants to Rigorously Evaluate Innovative and Promising Strategies to Prevent Firearm -Related Violence and Injuries The Research Grants to Rigorously Evaluate Innovative and Promising Strategies to Prevent Firearm -Related Violence and Injuries program intends to fund investigator -initiated research to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of innovative strategies to prevent all forms of firearm -related violence and injuries (firearm -related violence includes mass shooting incidents, other firearm homicides/assaults, firearm suicides/self-harm, unintentional firearm deaths and injuries, and firearm -related crime). This funding will support research to evaluate the effectiveness of strategies to keep individuals, families, schools, and communities safe from firearm -related violence, injuries, deaths, or crime. This NOFO offers two funding options to address the research objective. Funding Option A will fund research projects that rely on existing data and do not support implementation of prevention activities, and will be funded up to $350,000 per year for up to 2 years. Funding Option B will fund research projects that require support for new data collection activities and/or the implementation of prevention activities, and will be funded up to $650,000 per year for up to 3 years. Eligible Entities: State, County, City or Township Governments; Special District Governments; Independent School Districts; Public and State Controlled Institutes of Higher Education; Native American Tribal Governments; Public Housing Authorities; Private Institutes of Higher Education; and Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status. Total Program Funding Available: $15 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: This solicitation does not require a match. Application Deadline: February 16th, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Additional program information available here. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ❖ Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program The Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) grant program aims to improve and expand access to health care in rural areas by developing new, sustainable rural residency programs or rural track programs (RTPs) to address various physician workforce shortages and challenges faced by rural communities. This program provides start-up funding to RRPD award recipients to create new rural residency programs that will ultimately be sustainable long-term through viable and stable funding mechanisms, such as; Medicare, Medicaid, and other public or private funding sources. Rural residencies are defined as accredited allopathic and osteopathic physician residency programs that primarily train residents in rural training sites for greater than 50 percent of their total time in residency, and focus on producing physicians who will practice in rural communities. This includes Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Rural Track Program (RTP) designation Type 1 (Separately Accredited Program), and/or Type 2 (Expansion of an Existing Program with a New Rural Site). This grant will provide funding for two pathways of healthcare services: l) General Primary Care and High Need Specialty Pathway, which will support the development of new rural residency training programs in family medicine, internal medicine, preventive medicinel, psychiatry, and general surgery; and 2) Maternal Health and Obstetrics Pathway, which will support the development of new rural residency programs with a focus on obstetrical training to broaden residents' training and scope of practice to provide high quality, evidence -based maternity care and obstetrical services. These programs must have the faculty clinical expertise to prepare family medicine residents for the independent practice of obstetrics in rural communities. Eligible Entities: City, County, Township, and Special District Governments; Rural hospitals; Rural community-based ambulatory patient care centers, Health centers operated by a tribe or tribal organization; Graduate medical education consortium; and faith -based and community-based organizations. Total Program Funding Available: $11.25 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: No required match. Application Deadlines: January 27th, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Additional program information available here. DEPARTMENT OF THE HOMELAND SECURITY - FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Fiscal Year 2022 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grant Program makes federal funds available to eligible entities for the purposes of performing hazard mitigation activities, with the recognition of the growing hazards associated with climate change and the need for natural hazard risk mitigation activities that promote climate adaptation and resilience with respect to those hazards. FEMA intends to award financial assistance for the following activities: (1) Capability- and Capacity -Building activities, which enhance the knowledge, skills, and expertise of the current workforce to expand or improve the administration of mitigation assistance; (2) Hazard Mitigation Projects (construction), for cost-effective projects designed to increase resilience and public safety, reduce injuries and loss of life, and reduce damage and destruction to property, services, facilities, and infrastructure from natural hazards; and (3) Management Costs, to provide financial assistance to reimburse the recipient for eligible and reasonable indirect costs, direct administrative costs, and other administrative expenses associated with specific mitigation measures or projects. The BRIC program aligns with the Biden Administration's goals of promoting resilience and adaptation in light of current and future risks posed by climate change. Eligible Entities: States; Territories; and Federally Recognized Tribal Governments. Communities, including local governments, townships, cities, counties, special district governments, and tribal governments (who choose to apply as sub - applicants) are considered sub -applicants and must apply through the agency designated by their state/territory/tribal government. Total Program Funding Available: $2.133 billion (estimated) for the National Competition for Hazard Mitigation Projects, with each sub -application capped at $50 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: This solicitation generally requires a cost match of 25%. Application Deadlines: January 27th, 2023 at 3:00 PM EST, however, applicants should review their state -specific deadlines since sub applications are reviewed first by their designated state agency. Additional program information here, a fact sheet here, and the full NOFO is available here. ❖ Fiscal Year 2022 Flood Mitigation Assistance The Flood Mitigation Assistance Program makes funding available to eligible entities to reduce or eliminate the risk of repetitive flood damage to buildings and structures. The FMA program recognizes the growing flood hazards associated with climate change, and also recognizes the need for flood hazard risk mitigation activities that promote climate adaptation, equity, and resilience with respect to flooding. These include acute extreme weather events and chronic stressors which are expected to increase in intensity and frequency in the future. FEMA intends to disperse these funds to: instill equity as a foundation of emergency management; lead the whole of community in climate resilience; and promote and sustain a ready FEMA and prepared nation. Funding activity caps for FMA Capability and Capacity Building (C&CB) activities per sub -application are: $100,000 for Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plans with maximums of $50,000 for state multi -hazard mitigation planning or $25,000 for local multi -hazard mitigation planning; $50,000 for Technical Assistance to States; $900,000 for Project Scoping; and $300,000 for Additional C&CB Activities (Partnership Development, Enhancing Local Floodplain Management, SRL/RL Strategy Plan Development, and other eligible C&CB activities). The federal funding activity cap for a Localized Flood Risk Reduction Project is $50,000,000 per project. Eligible Entities: States; Territories; and Federally Recognized Tribal Governments. Communities, including local governments, townships, cities, counties, special district governments, and tribal governments (who choose to apply as sub - applicants) are considered sub -applicants and must apply through the agency designated by their state/territory/tribal government. Total Program Funding Available: $800 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: This solicitation generally requires a cost match of 25%. Application Deadlines: January 271h, 2023 at 3:00 PM EST, however, applicants should review their state -specific deadlines since sub applications are reviewed first by their designated state agency. Additional program information here, a fact sheet here, and the full NOFO is available here. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE (NPS) ❖ Fiscal Year 2022 Historic Preservation Fund — Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program The Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants Program is intended to foster economic development in rural communities through the rehabilitation of historic buildings. Eligible projects include (but are not limited to) theatre preservation through a State Historic Preservation Office, economic development -focused projects through an agency in a Certified Local Government (CLG) county, or preservation of historic anchor commercial buildings administered by a regional non-profit organization. The program provides recipients (referred to as prime grantees) with a single grant that is then administered in smaller amounts to individual projects (subgrants). Prime grantees must determine the focus and criteria for the subgrant program they wish to administer and describe this program in the application, and then design and administer the subgrant program with the goal of supporting economic development goals in their chosen service area. Eligible subgrant properties must be listed in the National Register of Historic Places or determined eligible for listing at the National, State, or local level of significance and located within rural (non -urban) communities with populations less than 50,000. Eligible Entities: State, County, City or Township Governments; Native American Tribal Governments; and Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status. Total Program Funding Available: $10 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: This solicitation does not require a match. Application Deadline: February 711,, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Additional program information available here. ❖ Land and Water Conservation Fund Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program The U.S. National Park Service's Land and Water Conservation Fund Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program will provide funds through states to local governments for projects that will provide outdoor recreation opportunities to the public through the acquisition of lands and waters for parks and other outdoor recreation areas, as well as through the development of new, or the renovation of existing, outdoor recreation facilities. To be eligible for LWCF grants, states must maintain an approved Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) which are used to assess the supply and demand for outdoor recreation resources and set priorities for the use of LWCF funds. The ORLP Program intends to provide new or significantly improved outdoor recreation opportunities in economically -disadvantaged communities. The ORLP Program will prioritize projects that: provide new recreational opportunities, particularly those that increase access to green spaces and shady areas; empower and engage members of the target community in project design and development; create or expand public-private partnerships that leverage matching share resources; benefit from a high degree of public coordination; and advance the goals identified in local, regional, or state recreation plans. Eligible Entities: State Governments. Local units of government are eligible to receive funding through a recipient state. Total Program Funding Available: $192 million Required Cost Sharing or Match: ORLP grant projects must be cost -shared with non-federal funds at a minimum ratio of 1:1. Application Deadlines: May 315, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Additional program information here. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ❖ Fiscal Year 2023 Justice for Families Program The Justice of Families Program is intended to improve the response of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, on in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. The grant program aims to provide funding to projects and activities that improve the capacity of courts and communities to respond to families affected by the targeted crimes: court -based and court -related programs; supervised visitation and safe exchange by and between parents; training for people who work with families in the court system; civil legal services; and the provision of resources in juvenile court matters. Applicant projects should take a coordinated approach to helping families victimized by domestic violence and other priority areas. Projects will fall under two categories: Standard; or, Comprehensive, and contain activities listed within 34 U.S.C. e 12464. Standard projects must propose activities either under purpose area 1 (supervised visitation) or 5 (courts). If the applicant is proposing to provide visitation services, the applicant must propose activities under at least one additional purpose area. Projects under purpose area 5 can be addressed in combination with another purpose area or on its own. Comprehensive projects are required to propose activities under purpose areas 1, 5, and 6, and may include additional purpose areas in a comprehensive project plan application. Applicant projects should advance racial equity; increase access to justice for all survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; and improve outreach services, civil and criminal justice responses, prevention, and support for survivors of violent crime. Eligible Entities: State, County, City, and Local units of government; Native American Tribal Governments, Courts, Nonprofit Organizations, Legal Services Providers, and Victim Service Providers in the United States or U.S. Territories. Total Program Funding Available: $14 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: This solicitation does not require a match. Application Deadline: February 131h, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Additional program information available here. Landmarks of American History and Culture Program The Landmarks of American History and Culture Program supports a series of one-week residential, virtual, and combined format workshops across the nation to enhance and strengthen how K-12 educators, higher education faculty, and humanities professionals incorporate place -based teaching and learning in the humanities. Workshops should examine a range of topics, in multiple forms, occur in-person and/or virtually, and include multiple place types, over a period of five to seven days. The workshop must also be divided into separate sessions for two different groups of participants. The academic -year calendar should be considered in the scheduling of workshops to allow for easier access by interested groups. The workshops should offer participants: • Enhanced knowledge of content through humanistic inquiry, experiential learning, discussions, readings, lectures, and multimedia presentations. • Place -based learning activities, such as visits to museums, libraries, archives, monuments, memorials, national parks, historic homes and buildings, walking tours, and public performances. • Access to essential source materials, including primary texts, documents, oral histories, artifacts, archival resources, and digital media. • A community of inquiry that encourages dialogue and the exchange of ideas. • Opportunities to examine and design implementation strategies; work with digital resources and tools that emphasize place -based teaching, learning, and research in the humanities; and collaborate on the creation of educational materials. • A team of humanities scholars: topic experts, local organizations, community partners, and faculty with K- 12 education experience (where required), who contribute to all phases of the program. Eligible Entities: Nonprofit organizations recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, accredited institutions of higher education (public or nonprofit), state and local governments and their agencies, federally recognized Native American Tribal govenunents Total Program Funding Available: $2.5 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: No, unless federal matching funds are requested. Application Deadlines: February 1St, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Additional program information available here. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ❖ Campus Cyberinfrastructure The Campus Cybersecurity program invests in coordinated campus -level cyberinfrastructure improvements, innovation, integration, and engineering for science applications and distributed research projects. Science -driven requirements are the primary motivation for any proposed activity within this program's purview, and learning and workforce development (LWD) in cyberinfrastructure will be explicitly addressed. Projects that help overcome disparities in cyber -connectivity associated with geographic location, and thereby advancing the geography of innovation and enabling populations based in these locales to become more nationally competitive in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research and education are particularly encouraged. Grants will be awarded for seven program areas: 1) Data -Driven Networking Infrastructure for the Campus and Researcher, 2) Regional Connectivity for Small Institutions of Higher Education, 3) Network Integration and Applied Innovation, 4) Campus Computing and the Computing Continuum, 5) Regional Computing, 6) Data Storage, and 7) Planning Grants and CI -Research Alignment. Eligible Entities: Non-profit, non-academic organizations, such as independent museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies and similar organizations in the U.S. associated with educational or research activities; Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US (international branch campuses of US IHEs may apply, but must follow special instructions within NOFO). Total Program Funding Available: $20 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: This program does not require cost sharing. Application Deadlines: March V. 2023. Additional program information available here. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ❖ Fiscal Year 2022 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Airport Improvement Program Supplemental Discretionary Grants The Airport Improvement Program Supplemental Discretionary Grants will assist eligible applicants in undertaking airport construction projects, associated airport capital planning, noise planning and noise mitigation projects, and energy and environmental sustainability projects. Eligible projects include: improvements to airport security, safety, capacity, planning, and terminal development; planning for the feasibility of and options for unleaded aviation fuel infrastructure; airport projects associated with pavement rehabilitation and reconstruction; projects to reduce community exposure to emissions from leaded aviation fuel; and other emission reduction projects. At least 50% of the funds made available shall be for grants at nonhub, small hub, reliever, and nonprimary airports. $25 million will also be made available for Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE) projects and Zero -Emissions Vehicles (ZEV) projects. The FAA will prioritize projects that are complete usable -units -of -work, to include construction of eligible airport development, acquisition and installation of equipment, acquisition of rolling -stock equipment, and procurement of actionable plans. Eligible Entities: State, County, City, and Special District Governments; and other airport sponsors eligible for AIP grants. Total Program Funding Available: $268.73 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: A cost match of at least 5% is required. Application Deadline: January 31St, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST. Additional program information available here. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION ❖ Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost -Saving Transportation (PROTECT) — Formula Grant Program Please note that a separate competitive grant solicitation under the PROTECT program authorization will be issued later this year. The below overview refers to the formula funding portion of the program and we strongly recommend reaching out to your respective State Department of Transportation and/or Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) if available to discuss further. The Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost -Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Grant Program aims to help States and communities better prepare for and respond to extreme weather events including wildfires, flooding, and extreme heat. This program will make funding available to States to ensure that transportation infrastructure becomes more resilient to future weather events and natural disasters by focusing efforts on planning, construction improvements to existing infrastructure, shoring -up evacuation routes, and through addressing at -risk highway infrastructure. Eligible improvements can involve the adaptation of existing infrastructure or new construction to ensure community safety by ensuring its ability to withstand extreme weather and physical hazards. Eligible project choices may include the use of natural or green infrastructure to buffer storm surges and provide flood protection, as well as aquatic ecosystem restoration. Projects funded through the PROTECT formula program can also improve the resilience of transportation networks that serve traditionally underserved and underrepresented communities, particularly during natural disasters and evacuations. Local communities are encouraged to be in touch with their MPO's and State DOT's about this formula grant funding. Eligibility: A State may only use its PROTECT Formula Program funds for eligible activities and eligible costs for — • highway projects eligible under Title 23, U.S.C.; • public transportation facilities or services eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, U.S.C.; or • port facilities, including facilities that connect ports with other modes of transportation, improve the efficiency of evacuations and disaster relief, or aid transportation. [§ 11405; 23 U.S.C. 176(c)(3)(B)] Total Program Funding Available: $1.403 billion in FY 2022 Required Cost Sharing or Match: This solicitation generally requires a cost match of 20%. Additional program information available here. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION ❖ Fiscal Year 2022 Federal -State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grant Program for Projects Not Located on the Northeast Corridor The Federal -State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grant Program for Projects Not Located on the Northeast Corridor (FSP Program) provides Federal funding to improve American passenger rail assets to expand or establish new intercity passenger rail service, including privately operated passenger rail service, reduce the state of good repair backlog, improve performance, and enhance rail safety. Awards will support projects that improve safety, economic strength, global competitiveness, equity, climate and sustainability, and the transformation of local community infrastructure. The Federal Railroad Administration seeks to fund projects under the FSP Program that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and are designed with specific elements to address climate change impacts. Also, the FSP Program supports projects that create good -paying jobs with the free and fair choice to join a union and the incorporation of strong labor standards and training programs. This grant program is specific to eligible entities outside of the Northeast Corridor. Eligible Entities: State; a Group of States; an Interstate Compact; a Public Agency or Publicly chartered authority established by one or more states; Political subdivisions of states; Amtrak; Federally recognized Indian tribe; or any combination of the above eligible entities. Total Program Funding Available: $2.28 billion. Required Cost Sharing or Match: This solicitation requires a cost match of 20%. Application Deadline: March 7th, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST. Additional program information available here. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - MARITIME ADMINISTRATION ❖ Fiscal Year 2023 Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) The Fiscal Year 2023 Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) provides funding on a competitive basis to assist in funding eligible projects for the purpose of improving the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods through ports and intermodal connections to ports. Grants may be used for projects located within a port or be directly related to port operations including projects related to: the loading and unloading of goods at the port; the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port, such as for highway or rail infrastructure and digital infrastructure systems; operational improvements; environmental and emissions mitigation measures; port electrification or electrification master planning; development of port or terminal microgrids; worker training to support electrification; electric vehicle charging or hydrogen refueling infrastructure; and other port related infrastructure related activities. Eligible Entities: State, County, City, and Special District Governments; Port Authorities; Special districts with a transportation function; or a multistate or multijurisdictional group of entities. Total Program Funding Available: $662.2 million. Required Cost Sharing or Match: A cost match of at least 20% is required. Application Deadline: April 281h, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Additional program information available here. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION ❖ Fiscal Year 2023 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant Program This week DOT released an updated/finalized Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Fiscal Year 2023 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant Program. The RAISE Grant Program is intended to provide funding for surface transportation projects that will have significant local and regional impacts. $75 million will be made available for planning, preparation or design of projects eligible for RAISE Grants that do not result in construction with FY 2023 RAISE funding. At least $15 million will also be allocated to projects in areas of persistent poverty or historically disadvantaged communities. In addition to improving surface transportation, projects should improve safety, economic strength and global competitiveness, equity, and climate and sustainability in a way that is consistent with the Department of Transportation's strategic goals. The RAISE Program also hopes to improve equity and environmental justice by addressing transportation -related disparities and their climate change -related consequences. At least 40% of resources and benefits will be allocated towards low- income communities, disadvantaged communities, communities underserved by affordable transportation, or overburdened communities. The minimum RAISE grant award is $5 million in urban areas and $1 million in rural areas. Grants may not be greater than $25 million. Eligible Entities: State, County, City, and Local units of government; a public agency or publicly chartered authority established by 1 or more states; a special purpose district or public authority with a transportation authority, including port authorities; a federally recognized Indian Tribe; a transit agency; and multi -State or multijurisdictional group of entities. Total Program Funding Available: $1.5 billion. Required Cost Sharing or Match: This solicitation requires a cost match of 20%. Application Deadline: February 28",,2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Additional program information available here. Reprinted from �etv f ork �iineo VOL. C:LV.. No_ 53, 628 S UNDAY, JULY 2" 2006 Hiring obb ists#for Federal Aid, bwns Learn That Morey Talk TREASURE lSiAND, Fla. — Rzbuffed ori several requests for state and Federal financing to help rebuild its crum- bling bridge, this small resort tuw'n was all but resigned to raising the money by doubling the 50 -Lent bridge toll, increas- ing property taxes and issuing bonds, But in a last-ditch gambit, city officials hired a Federal lobbyist who had known the local congressman for four decades_ Within weeks, the congressman, Rcpre- sentative C. W. Bill Young, called the mayor to say he had slipped a special $50 million appr3primion, known as an ear- mark. into an omnibus bill The city had originally sought $15 mil- lion. But Mr• Young — a Republican who was then the all-powerful chairman of the Appropriations Committee and, as his lohbyi;t friend knew, believes public roads should bo free— raised it to elimi- nate the it) ll. Since that %vindfall Lhrte yrafs ago, Treasure Island has, continued to pay SS,000 a month to the lobbying firm, Alcalde & Fay, and has cominucd to reap ear narks: $500.0(x) to fix a sewer plant. 5625,OCO to repair woodcn walkways over the dunes, $450,004 for pedestrian ti loss walks. "Thcp -re worth every penny they get " said Mayor Diary Maloof, who led a parade of antique cars to open the new bridge on June 10. " W- hen we started talk- ing about it, there wort plenty of eye- brow-, raiwed that we would be doting such a thing. But it's turned out to be a valu- able tool for he]ping us cover costs.' Citi{.s and towns — and school dis- tricts and transit authorities and utility agencies — across the country are increasingly reaching for that same tool- box, putting lobbyists an retainer to levcr- age their lural tax dollars into federal tax dollars_ Since 1998, the number of public end - ties hiring private #ums to represent them in Washington has nearly doubled is 1,421 from 763, as places like Treasure Island, population 7,514, have jumped onboard with behemoths like Miami that have lung hart lobbyists, Most of these new clients had never sought earmarks — same had never even heard of them — bcforc someone knocked on their door, essentially offer- ing big pats for a pittance. Others had read in the rlt w'spaper about neighbors with lobbyilsrs building bridges or beach walks and fe4 pressure to keep up with the run is ipal Janeses. `We're all in competition for the same dollars, and you want all the advantages you can have.," said John Litinn, city manager in Lake Mary. Fla., about 20 utiles north of Orlando. The collective bill over eight years has topped $644 rnillion. Fulisied almost exclusively to land earmarks, lobbyists For local governments have boomed alongside a broader explo- sion in such appropriations, to 12,852 items worth 564 billion last year from 4,219 pet projects totaling $27.7 billion in 1999. The prolific earmarking does not change the overall budget's bottom line, but how the pie is cut: dollars are doled out, often in secret, at the whirrs of a lone legislator — often under the influence of By JODI RL-DOREN and ARON PILHOFER a lobbyist — rather tl*an through a com- petitive. process. It is against the law to use federal money to hire lobbyists. Yet local offi- cials' near -unanimous justification is that the lobbyists pav for themselves many times over through the infusion of federal funds. Ronald D, Utt, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation and a frequent urilic of earmarks, said ]tie was most troubled at seeing firms solicit public clients, with virtual guarantees that they could deliver "dollars for pennies" (or billions for mil- lions). "The mystery to me is tate way they are able to promise returns," Mr_ Cltt said, pointing to the revolving door between Congressional appropriators' payrolls and lobby shops, as well as to lobbyists' gen- erotis campaign contributions. "It goes b-eyond mere influence peddling to just outright, classic third -world uorruption." The must Vivid cash of etuznark-related corruption came with the conviction this year of Jack Abramofl- for trading hu tg fees from Indian tribes for influence with lawmakers. Public entities have also played a prominent role in the cu=i federal investigation. of the ]inks between Representative Jerry Lewis, tyle current Appropriarions Committee chairman, and the lobbying firm Copeland Lowery Jacquez Denton & White, leading to sub- poenas of several of the firm's govern- rncnt clients in Mr_ Lewis s Southern California district.. Lobt)yists say there is nothing improp- er in their polilic,al activity. In fact, they use it as a selling point. Ina 2042 propos- al io the City of Pembroke Pines, an Alcalde lobbyist pointed to monthly fund-raisers the firm held at its offices in Arlington, Va., and said auandiiig events "very frequently" for Republicans and Democrats alike "doa5 allow us to better aur local government clients." Although local officials are rarely active in the campaign -contribution race that accompanies the earmaiks derby, rho firm's emplovees have given upward of 5200.000 to Faure than 100 politicians since 1997, nearly half in Florida and in other states where it has clusters of public e Bents. "Because we enjoy a considerable clientele from the private sector," the Alcalde proposal read, "we are able to significantly participate in the political and futid-raising process that might ai times better enable us to access public policy makers on behalf of all the firm's clients." Bevand any question of quid pro quo, however, some critics say the nein ubiq- uity of private lobbyists paid with public money perverts basic democratic tenets, Of the 250 top-grox sing firms in Washington. 48 have state, local and tribal governments as their leading source of revenue, far more than any other sec- tor, according to the Center for Public Integrity, which monitors lobbying_ Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity, one of several Washington watchdog groups critical of earmarks, said it was local politicians' rnandate to make their needs known — and the job of members of Congress to look out Rob MOitgnh Jqr The New YDrk limes Mayor bialy MWOA of Treasurc island, Fla,, celebrated Life opening of a new bridge last mouth that was fiaanced by the federal government after the town hired lobby)ars to repre- serLt it in Washingnon. -they're worth every prnuy they get." lots. lWoof said. for t1hern, "If you're a mayor or a city council- man and you have, to hire a Iobbyist, what a gross admission of failure on your Pam" Mt. Phillips said. -1 would think they have a fiduciary responsibility to not put taxpayer dollars into lobbyists when they're elected to be, really, the lobbyist for the people.,' The mayors and city council mernbens. though, point to the special appropria- tions as proof of their fiscal prudence. Alcalde & Fay is one of three firms — along with Patton Boggs and the Ferguson Group — that collected $25 million from public clients in the past eight years, much more than any other lobbyists. Aclose look at Alcalde & Fay's 44 public clients in Florida alone shows that, since 2041, $9.8 rnillion in loboying fees Lranslated into 5173 million in ear- marks, or a return of $18.41 on every dol- lar spent. In Treasure Island, each dollar to Alcalde & Fay yielded $2S5.93 in federal money. A Game Changed To understand how the game has changed, consider the visit of West Virginia University leaders to Senator Robert C'_ Byrd's office one day ill 1989, They went to see Mr. Byrd — a Democrat long known e,3 the "prince of pork" for pumping; nionev into boinetowvri projects, and then the chairman of the Appropriatiom Committee — ab -out a research center. When the senator learned the delegation included several Iobbyisrs, he directed them to wait in the lobby. Mr. Byrd asked for an $18 rnillion ear- mark, then withdrew the request after an article ill The Washington Post revealed that the lobbying firm, Cassidy & Associates, was the origin of the univerNi- ty's idea for where to seek the money. "I'm on the Appropriations Committee — if I can't der it, nobody cart," The Post quoted Ivlr_ Byrd as saying. "WLy do you waste your money on a lobbyist when Frn heing paid to be your senator?" These days, such comments seem quaint. Some lawmakers still insist that lobby- ists are unnecessary for local govern - mems, but far from being kicked out of meetings on Capitol Hill, the lobbyists typically arrange them. When Ms. _Maloof, the Treasure Island mayor, makes her annual pilgrimage to Washington to press her case, her lobby- ist, L. A. Bafalis — a former Repaablican Congressman from Florida — picks her up at the airport and esc03ts her through the day's meetings, paying for lunch in the Capitol's members -only dining roam. A typical monthly rclainer is $5,OOD, with raises over time — and success. For that, according to interviews with more than a dozen Alcalde & ;~ay clients, the firrn sends weekly e-mail messages deWling available federal grants and arranges once -a -year visits to Washing- ton. In between, some clients speak to their lobbyists weekly, while others get a month or more without a phone call. The Kinicipalities practice Group at Alcalde, which accounts for about half the ftrrn's client roster and a third of its $12 million annual revenue, wvas bnrn with the firm, in 1973. Hector Alcalde had been chief of staff to a congressman from Tampa for a dozen years, and his first client was the Tampa Port Authority, which still pays the firm about $80,04D a year, accurding to Snuate reports. The City of Tampa eventually signed on, too. And the surrounding county, Ilillsbaraugh. Then the neighboring county, Pinellas. The City of Clt�arwattr, 23 miles west of 'pampa, became a client in the 1990's, and it was A]calde & Fay's success in getting Clearwater $22 million in 2000 to replace its own bridge that gat Treasure Island's attention. And so on, In the 2402 pitch to Pembroke Pines, Alcalde & Fay boasted of having 35 pub- lic clients en its roster, including tnany of the town's neighbors. Now it has 85. C'muinued on Page 2 Pure a THE NEW YORK TIMES ---- SUNDAY, WILILY 2, 2006 Con11n4edfrom Page 1 "All of them Say, *We're paying taxes, this is a way for ug to get back our fair share of what we're paying into,"' said Andy Wablquist, a partner who handles several of the firm's public clients in Florida. Noting the pmliferalion of earmarks, Kevin Fay, the farm's president, said, "They're compelled to try to get some of that money if the programs are out there." A snapshot analysis shows that hiring a lobbyist seems to help. Looking at the 10 Florida cities with populations closest to Treasure Island's, none have lobbyists registered with the Senate; tyre Drily earmark among them was $25,0100 last year for a veterans' memorial at Alachua City Hall, I arth Miami Beach and Homestead, Alcalde &: Fay clients with about 40,fW residents each. got a combined $13 million in carma-rks in the past five years, while six cities of similar size got none. (Dunedin, papulation 35,691, lacked a lobbyist but got three earmarks totaling $2.7 million while its congress- man. Mr. Young, ran the Appropriations Comrnimt c.) Local leaders say they lack both the knowledge of bureaucratic procedures and the political contacts to navigate the complex world of federal appropriations. Besides, they are thousands of miles from Washington, picking up garbage and run- ning recreation programs and putting police officers on beats. Cyndie Goudeau, the Clearwater city clerk, said she could comfortably approach her own congressman, Mr. Young, `hut if walk into arepresentative or a senator's office that's not fi,)m this area, they don't know me from a man on the mann.,, "But they know Danielle, they know Rector Alcalde, they knaw that firm," Ms- Goudeau said, referring to Danielle McBeth, the Aicalde partner who handles Clearwater's account. "If we didn't have one, we wouldn't be getting the funding W ,'rc getting." In the past five years, Clearwater has collected 37 earmarks totaling some $30 million, or $26_21 for each dollar paid to Alcalde & Fay, Besides the sleek, curva- ceous bridge leading from downtown to the city's island beaches, the city collect- ed $4 million to transform the street-seape along the water, $1.5 mill inn far a home- less shelter, $1 million for police technol- ogy and more. "In a perfect world, you wouldn't need them," Ms. Goudeau said as she showed off the bridge one recent morning. "But the world's not perfect." Flying to Washington in February, Jnr - A. fardnex, chairman of the Miami - Dade County Commission, studied biog- raphies of members of the transportation committee lie hoped to persuade to finance a new commuter rail line. He noticed one, Representative Ccxinile Brown, from Florida, but she is a Democrat — he is not — and from Jacksonville, the other end of the state, 5a he called Mr, Alcalde. It turns out that Ms. Brown's daughter, Shantrel Brown Fields, is an associate at the fine, "I had a meeting with her the next day," Mr. Martinez said of Representative Brown. "I got results." Last year, Miami -Dade spent mare than any other governmcnt entity on lob- byltlg, $1.36 million. Totaling fees for the past eight years, it ranks sixth, with S6.7 million; topping the charts are the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Gila River Indian Community, which each spent more (flan $10 million. Spreading The health In general, the largest states had the most public entities with lobbyists — and the biggest fees — but there are notable exceptions: Louisiana ranks fifth, for example, with its government agencies spending nearly S24 million from 1998 to 2005, and Puerto Riga ranks nin(h, with S19 million, about the same as Michigan, Tllinnis and Pennsylvania, which have two or three times Puerto Rico's 3.8 mil- lion people. Mr. Martinez said that after taking over as Miarni-Dade chairman last year, he decided to slash the lobbying budget in half, fire 8 of the 1 I ftrtns on contrdc:t and send his own employee to open a Washington offtue. But that employee dues not have the contacts. Mr. Martinez said- "He doesn't have access to all these people.,, Largo governments like MLami-Dade — along wish ports, airports and public utilities — have long had people in Washington looking out for their inter- ests, What has changed in The past few years is the nurnber of smaller entities looking to get in on the action. The number of cities with lobbyists, for example, has grown to 511 from 234 in 1.99$, and the number of counties has also doubled, to M6 from 95. Fifty-nine public school districts had lobbyists last year, up from 19 in 1998, while the num- ber of police and fire dtpartments with their own paid representatives jumped to 16. from just 1 In Florida, Lake Mary, population 13,122, signed up for $5,000 a month in 2002, joining the two nearby county gov- ernments, the local airport, the waste- water authority and the nearby towns of Sanford {population 49,252) and Oviedo (population 30,800) on Alcalde &. Fay's client list. But after three years, $220,000 and half a dozen requests for money, all Lake Mar} got was a $100.000 clock tower that plays Christmas and wedding music. So the City Council terminated the contract last year, then promptly hired another lobbyist, based in Orlando. IL% e felt that if we were going to invest that kind of money, we wanted to attempt t0 rry to get more return on our invest- ment," _Nir. Litton said, "5trmetimes in the bigger firms you kind of envision yourself as just a notnber." Of Alcalde's 44 Florida government clients, half a dozen laoi no earmarks in the past five years: five more got less than a dollar back in earmarks for every dollar spent on lobbying. The City of Tampa and Orange County also recently fired ,Alcalde & Fay uppn changes in their elected leadership. "1f there's a long list of clients that have something in common with Orange County, i.e.. being a local government in central Florida or the stale of Florida, then it would ficcur to me that there's the potential, at least, 10 dilute your effect ive- ness," said the county's ncvw mayor, Richard T. Crotty. "There's only SO moth money to go around, and if you cut the Hiring Lobbyists, Winning Federal Dollars More and more public entities like cities, counties, states, utilities and Jndian tribes are hiring firms to lobby Congress. One goal of such lobbying is to place earmarks—rrvaney dh5cred toward a specific project — into appropriation bills - Thr amount spent by public anfllieS an lobbying has climbed steadily aver the past eight yearn ... $120 rrriHid r '98 'OO '04 ... whHe at the same 11me earmarks mitran ttd both public and private entitles) have bacome much larger. $83 billion ....... Cities dominate among public clients of lobbyists Citiesaaoaunt far mare than a third of the 1,421 public e0liesthat had lobbyists in 2005 devulosme,nt 4% EducaUon 4% u oiity 3% City ar tome 36% Gourti;p 1356 Water 7% Other 8% �Z"=W mn. silm Tribe 10% Transit B% For' 4% Slate 296 Aiiport 3% Cities that lobtdtad received large earmarks Between 1996 and 2005, cities large and small spent at least $161 million on iobbyirg, and r*C8iv6d at least $2.57 billion in earmarks. Here are some examples. CITY KPULATION _OBBYM5 S'ENRI*16 E.+WARK,S RECEIVE13 Cityof Pharr Loatflei Groul7 reports =05, EST.I 1IM-2006] (Fr9CX 1999-2OC6, MILLIONS) Laradb,T2x. 193,1117 $1,542.5001 $44 S#- LOuig on its behalf, Intarnkonal Brides_ 1,317,OW ...amu 45 W_ _ San Antonio _339.211 1,214.725 1,280,0W I 22 Portland. Cha. 808,544 1,215.875 9lf Sandy City, Utah 89.219 1.012,ODl� 12 Pembroke Pirses. FI&. 151,ad5 184,400 a Treasure island, Fla. 7,514 .. _� 184,400 S1 _..._...----.._............ Honwttead, Fla. _ ^ 013,396 ........_._,.........._ f 40,040 I _._..._._._...__.._.. .�__......_ _, _ � _ _ Cocoa, Fla. 17,646 00,0Z., 1 How It works Labbying paid off for the city of Pharr, Tex. (populalion 57.000), whiCh Spent $344,000 or) lobbying over three years and reoeiveo a $1 million earmark for improvements to the bridge that connects it wwilh Reynosa, Vaxioo- I-OceyING rOL P, =3 DEC. 31, = IDEC. a1, 2444 MAY 31, 2006 ACTIVITY Cityof Pharr Loatflei Groul7 reports LoelllerGroup re- City Pharr ands hires the Loeffler lobbying for (r3nSporldlion ports having rob- its lobbying Group to Lobby pfoiects irbcluding Pharr bied rin H.R. 3554 r&lation5hlp wi111 on its behalf, Intarnkonal Brides_ and H.R. 4818. the LoeHlet Gro-jp_ L ceaywc SPEN09- .�' 2008.- 070Ao0 2404; $415%w 2005: 660.0m 2sb3 2004 4,W* tARN PAKS APRrL 2, 20M DEC. 61 2004 H. Fl. 3550 passed try Hcuse with $10 million President signs H. R. 4818 into earmark for connecting Pharr International law, including $1 rnilhan bridge to U.S- Route $3. Earmark later rdmoved Cdrmark for imprcvements to irr Senate; bill has not teen passed by Senate. Pharr Irre.-national Bridge. Sdm err: CarAk for PJAc Mrapny_ Senors Odnro n+ Puo&,c FF cords: C22em Ageinst Gartwamenr Waste. Owwxs0mrAPCst6'Chse " Ja.mea Sruzrwn and Arun PLlhuferiThe tiny Yurh Ti :lex pie 40 ways instead of two ways, that's not as good.a deal." If Alcalde & Fay has cornered the Florida market, Bradley Arant Rose White dominates Alabama, its home state. Robertson. h'lonagle & Eastaugil, an Anchorage firm. represents near[y half the public entities in Alaska with lohbv- ists. Then there are firms like Marlowe & Company, in 1Vashingten, which sells itself as an expert in getting money to pre- vent beach erosion. Rather than creating a conflict of inter- est, partners of Alcalde &. Nay said that having a geographic cluster of clients allowed them to concrziratr on a certain Cougressional delegation. They said they inert careful to present cacti client's pri- orities and, as Mr. Wahiquist put it, newer "go to the Hill ;with more than one client in mind-" A Need for Professionals The four -lane, 1.4 -mile bridge con- necting this Spit of land with St. Petersburg was built in 1939, when Treasure Island was unincorporated and had just a handful of homes. By 2003, it rated 3.3 out of 100 on a standard bridge raling. "At Lero, you're in the water," said Don Hambidge, the public works director. Chuck Coward, the former cite manag- er, said the city planned to issue S25 m[1 - [ion in bands backed by toll revenue, and co seek 515 million from the fccierAl gov- ernment and $10 million from the state. But, he said; "Treasure Islands a very Gmall city. It's not savvy in federal politics." "We, thought we had a worthy project, we thought there were a ]at of attributes to it, but we were not skilled in presenting those," NIT. Coward said, recalling sever- al years of requests without results. "After talking with Clearwater, we Lhought very certainly same professional assistance would he appropriate_" Mr. Bafaiis, the lobbyist assigned to Treasure Island, had served in the State Legislature and in Congress with Mr. Young before a failed bid fur the gover- nor's nomination in 1982, Ne mentioned Mr. Young's aversioii to tolls when he first met with r- Coward on Sept- 23, the day before Mr_ Coward met withIr. Young about the bridge. Like Mr Bafalis, Mr. Young declined to be interviewed For this article. But his chief of staff, Harry Glenn, said the removal of the roll had peen key to obtaining the earrllark, not hiring the con- gressman's old friend. "When asked the question whether a city or county needs to hire a lobbyist, he has always tDid them they don't need to hire a lobbyist to work with their own congressman," NIT. Glcnn said. "That's his job. Those are the people he was elect ed to represent- Ife doesn't need to work through somehody else to schedule a meeting with a mayor or a city council member." At the bridge cerremcrly, inhere, resi- dents nibbled "no toll house cookies," it was Mr. Young who got thanked; not Mr. Bafalis. A 1927 fire engine was the first vehicle to roll across, fol lowcd by a forest green Ford Tudor Deluxe as old as the original bridge and two dozen more clas- sics, like a 1459 turqucise impala arid a 1967 cher-• Camaro convertible, both cornplete with fuzzy dice. Though only one lane flowed in each direction — the two other Tants should be done by next summf r — residents were relieved to have their evacuation route reopened in time for hurricane season, and to be able to cut as much as 40 min- utes from their commute into town. Tiro City Council, rne,anu'hile, May yet consider raising property taxes this sum- mer_ Without the toll, they would other- wise have no motley for maintenance of the new bridge. Unless Alcaide & Fay helps find another earmark. Jodi Rudorert reported _from Treasure Island. Fla.. and Washington for fftJs e3ei- cW. and Aron Pllhofer frorn New York. C.opyrtght 6-1 20M The New York TSmes Co. Rr"tW with priminstion. ALCALDE & FAY C I I 15' 114 N N1 I N I ( PI: 11 L. I C A I- I- A I k i C e ti%k'I I % N IN MUNICIPAL CLIENT FLY -IN SAMPLE SCHEDULE WASHINGTON, D.C. ITINERARY Mayor c): City Manager, c): Nancy Gibson Prowitt, President, Alcalde & Fay c):(703) 841-0626 Jeremiah Van Auken, Associate, Alcalde & Fay c): (574) 855-9711 Flights: Arrive at DCA: Depart from DCA: 8:45 am Preview Briefing and Strategy Meeting Conference Room The Capitol Hilton 1001 16th St NW Washington, DC 20036 9:30 am - Professional Staff Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee 2165 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 10:45 am Senior Director, Office of Regional Affairs Economic Development Administration U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, D.C., 20004 11:45 am Lunch U.S. Capitol House Members Dining Room III k%II t:1ti 13 i i" I I. t'•. 1�_. 81'kI l'I tic. is .%uI IN, i I.ti. \.k ._=1`I I-11 17. 1i I x I L II f,=0 J'.x♦ i1',. `.7;. •t.'a ALCALDE & FAY 4i 115' 114 N NI I N I ( P I' 11 L. I t'A I- I- A I k i C e ti%k'I I % N IN 12:45 pm Fire Program Specialist, AFG Grant Programs Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist Section Chief, SAFER/FP&S Grant Programs Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 500 C ST. SW, 6NE-0108 Washington, D.C. 20024 1:30 pm Associate Administrator for Safety Associate Administrator for Operations U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration East Building, Administrator's Conference Room, E87-302 1201 4th Street, SE Washington, D.C. 20003 2:30 pm Senior Policy Analyst Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) 145 N St., NE Washington, D.C. 20530 3:30 pm Congresswoman Kat Cammack (R -FL) 1626 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 4:30 pm Senator Rick Scott (R -FL) Legislative Director - Jonathan Foltz 716 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 5:30 pm Senator Marco Rubio (R -FL) Legislative Director — Lauren Reamy 284 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 III k%II t:1ti 13 i i" I I. t'•. i�_ i 81'kI l,I,�c, is .%uI IN, i I.ti. \.k ._=1`I I-11 17. Ii I x I L II f,=0 J'.x♦ i1',. `.7;. •t.'4 ALCALDF, & FAY CIIN' 1:k tillI•I k E'1141.11AI-I-i1 Hti Ci IN ti k I'-1%IN CURRENT CLIENT LIST (Updated January 2023) Alachua County, FL Albany, GA, City of Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy Applied Research Associates Boca Raton, FL, City of Broward County Public Schools, FL The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis Coral Springs, City of, FL Cruise Lines International Association Daytona Beach, FL, City of Deerfield Beach, FL, City of Fort Lauderdale, FL, City of Global Food Cold Chain Council (GFCCC) Greater Piedmont Realty Hallandale Beach, FL, City of Hampton, VA, City of Henry County, VA Highline College, WA Hillsborough Community College, FL Homestead, FL, City of Intel International Climate Change Partnership Jacksonville Aviation Authority, FL Lake County, FL Lauderdale Lakes, FL, City of Lehigh University Miami -Dade County, FL Miami -Dade Transportation Planning Organization Miramar, FL, City of Mondy Global, Inc. Operation Warm Oviedo, FL, City of Palm Bay, FL, City of Pinecrest, FL, Village of PortMiami, FL Refrigerants Import Committee Riviera Beach, FL, City of Sanford Aviation Authority, FL Seminole County, FL Sensible PFAS Action Network Treasure Island, FL, City of Waste Connections U.S. Holdings, Inc. III V-1 + 1 1 ti f i.• I' I 1.%- , ti I, I I- . i i i .2 . i u I I N i. i .. l .l __ +5 A l l 1- -3 - x 4 1 11 S: = S: I A• ' 41 4 1 -; n i l History of Client Successes At Alcalde & Fay, we have a demonstrated history of effective representation on behalf of our public and private sector clientele. A partial record of our clients' successes is highlighted below. Alachua County, Florida Helped secure over $4 million in SAFER grants (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response) Assisted in the appropriation of over $1 million for a county -wide drug involved offender initiative Secured over $500,000 for land conservation acquisitions throughout rural Alachua County Worked with EPA and Congress to expedite the cleanup of the Cabot -Koppers Superfund Site Alonzo Mourning Charities, Florida ❖ $450,000 for the Overtown Youth Center Art of Leadership Foundation, Michigan $175,000 for curriculum development and training $100,000 for mentoring programs City of Albany, Georgia $4 million in FY 2023 Community Project Funding for water infrastructure improvements $3 million in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for Driskell Park improvements and renovations $2.2 million in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for the Ritz Theater and Cultural Center $5 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for a new transit center Assisted in securing over $30 million in CDBG-DR (Disaster Recovery) funding for recovery efforts related to two back-to-back tornadoes in January of 2017 Worked to preserve the FAA's Contract Tower program which services the tower at Albany - Dougherty Regional Airport (ABY) Worked with community groups and the U.S. Postal Service to preserve operations at the Downtown Albany Post Office $8,000,000 from the Department of Commerce - Economic Development Administration (EDA) to underground electric utility and fiber optic infrastructure in designated downtown "opportunity zone," providing high-speed internet and reliable electric power to support new businesses, and create employment throughout the region. ❖ $350,000 for cleanup and remediation of downtown Belk Building -Brownfield Site as future home of Albany Museum of Art, as their prior location was previously destroyed by tornado damage. $800,000 to fund revolving loan fund to address community -wide Brownfield Sites. Helped secure an extension from HUD of $450,000 in expiring Economic Development Initiative (EDI) funds for an industrial park with updates on project plans that satisfied HUD to allow the project to move forward. City of Baytown, Texas $500,000 for Water and wastewater infrastructure improvements $400,000 for the Flyover Connecting Highway 146 and Spur 330 Worked to advocate for full remediation of the San Jacinto Waste Pits. Assisted in accelerating disbursement of federally administered local resources following Hurricane Harvey. City of Boca Raton, Florida $175,000 in FY 2023 Community Project Funding for the protection of environmentally sensitive lands and preservation activities ❖ $285,000 in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for the Sanborn Square Renovation Project ❖ $1.39 million for a Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Facility ❖ Helped to extend federal participation in beach renourishment project for up to 50 years $200,000 reimbursement for the preparation of a Design Memorandum for Central Beach $500,000 for city traffic calming $950,000 for the Pearl City Master Plan ❖ Helped to secure a Special Temporary Authorization from the Federal Communications Commission for continued use of the City's police, fire and rescue wireless services, relieving the City of large fines while the City finished its application materials Helped to secure Appropriations language to ensure continuation of the FAA (for the specific designation) Contract Tower Program $1.6 million for an Automated Traffic Management System $350,000 for a multi -modal transportation program $14.85 million for I-95 Interchange/Yamato Road Interchange Project $13 million for beach renourishment (Including $4.179 in 2014 for past reimbursement, and $2 million toward current North Beach Segment renourishment based on projected cost). ❖ Helped to expedite a U.S. Army Corps permit for marina redevelopment project ❖ Prevented closure and relocation of downtown Boca Raton Post Office ❖ Designation of a Boca Raton census tract as an "Opportunity Zone" (2018) Helped stop a proposed Department of Homeland Security plan to transport migrants from the U.S.-Mexico to South Florida communities Broward County Public Schools, Florida $525,000 in FY 2023 Community Project Funding for program expansion within local Innovative Learning Labs in existing middle schools $500,000 in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for Peer Mentoring Programs Worked with Congressional Delegation to secure passage of a provision to reinstate a three-year statute of limitations on FEMA's ability to reclaim grants provided to state or local governments following a declared disaster when there is no evidence of fraud, waste or abuse. Contra Costa County, California $1 million in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for the Contra Costa County Crisis Service Hub $1.1 million in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for the Mobil Crisis Response Team Expansion Project ❖ $1 million total in FY 2022 Community Project Funding requests for the Veterans Memorial Building Improvements $750,000 in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for the JUST Transition program $1.5 million in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for a Fire Station $2.95 million over 7 years in funds unbudgeted by Administration to study levee improvements Authorization of new rail start ❖ $19.491 million over twelve years for maintenance dredging, 2 $8.089 million over 10 years in study funding of dredging project generally unbudgeted by Administration $41.170 million over 12 years, $3.4 million above Administration request, for maintenance dredging $2.063 million over four years for a Countywide police communications system. $1.687 million over five years for unbudgeted construction of "new start" flood control project $1.266 million over six years for flood control study, $966,000 over Administration request $72,000 for youth literacy program $14 million for construction of new highway $1 million for bike/hike trail $1.187 million over 2 years, unbudgeted by Administration, for clean-up of mercury mine $121,000 for library at juvenile hall $14.569 million over 3 years for levee stabilization construction not requested by Administration Help to secure legislation allowing work to proceed on flood control/environmental restoration projects, with assurance County could be credited for expenses incurred prior to approval of project Authorized Army Corps of Engineers to study the beneficial use of dredged materials for levee maintenance and ecosystem restoration $978,000 over two years to assist children exposed to domestic violence $200,000 to combat methamphetamines $750,000 Justice Department 2ne Chance Act grant for reintegration/recidivism reduction program City of Coral Springs, Florida $400,000 in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for stormwater drainage infrastructure improvements $727,272 in FY2021 Assistance to Firefighter Grant award to acquire a critically needed air/light/rehabilitation firefighter vehicle apparatus City of Dallas, Texas $97.31 million, ($95.31 million above Administration requests) over ten years, including "new start" not requested by Administration, for flood control project, with statutory language each year requiring Corps to fund project opposed by Administration $8 million for construction of a new bridge $13.925 million for construction of a replacement bridge $83.15 million for construction of a replacement bridge $11.019 million over ten years, $6.791 million over Administration request, for study of major flood control project $1.452 million for water reclamation project not requested by Administration. $298 million authorization of flood control project, prior to completion of Army Corps study process. Corps process would likely have resulted in a project with more limited scope and federal share of $51 million $2.55 million for Army Corp investigations in Dallas Floodway/Upper Trinity River Basin Facilitated construction of flood control project and highway bridge over flood plain by securing legislative relief from federal historic designation Despite Congressional earmark ban, secured authorization required to overturn unfavorable Army Corps interpretation of previous legislation, thus allowing Corps participation in interior drainage project not generally in its purview 3 City of Daytona Beach, Florida $600,000 for the Widening of West International Speedway Boulevard (US -92) Authorization for the Daytona Beach Stormwater Retention and Flood Protection Project in the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act Worked with the City to submit communities for consideration under the Opportunity Zones Program as established by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and administered by the Department of Treasury City of Deerfield Beach, Florida $595,000 in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for security technology enhancements $2.8 million for State Road A -1-A improvements ❖ Assisted in successfully challenging the 1996 Census increasing the population to over 50,000, enabling the City to become eligible for federal funding for which they were not previously considered $450,000 Universal Hiring Program grant from the Department of Justice $490,000 for a Hurricane Mitigation Operation Center $1.5 million for the Dixie Highway Flyover Bridge $224,834 for firefighting equipment from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program $1.682 million for the preparation of a General Reevaluation Report for Beach Segment 1 $28,860 in competitive grant funding under the FEMA Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) program to implement a "fall prevention" education program for their elderly population $500,000 in competitive grant funding under the 2014 COPS Hiring Program to hire 4 new officers. $50,000 under the 2014 Florida Recreational Trails program to improve Johnnie McKeithen Trail including pathway renovation and extension of an exercise trail. Secured an expedited U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construction permit that preserved a $1.8 million Florida Inland Navigation District grant award toward the Sullivan Park expansion project Secured an expedited U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit for construction of an artificial reef, thereby preserving grant funding that otherwise would have expired. Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County, Florida ❖ Assisted CSC in securing $2.5 million for the Bridges Beacon Center at Highland Elementary School through the Full -Service Community Schools Program. $190,000 for the Early Childhood Literacy Program. $90,000 for a Nurse Family Partnership evaluation. Escambia County, Florida ❖ Assisted with drafting and passing into law the RESTORE Act (Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act) adding language directing significantly larger percentage of funding directed to Florida to the 8 panhandle coastal counties most directly affected, with approximately $3.46 billion allocated among the 5 Gulf Coast States Secured language in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) allowing Escambia County and the US Navy to engage in a land swap regarding a landing field used for training purposes ❖ Passed legislation through the House in multiple congresses allowing for fee simple title transfer of leased lands on Santa Rosa Island C! Florida A&M University, Florida $1.4 million for Future Affordable Multi -Utility (FAMU) Materials for the Army Combat System $2 million for the Biological Control and Agricultural Research Program. ❖ Helped to secure language directing FEMA to work with the State University System to fund the Hurricane Mitigation Project Fort Lauderdale, Florida $900,000 in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for the Middle River Water Quality Improvement Project - Joint sanitary sewer water project for Fort Lauderdale, Oakland Park and Wilton Manors. ❖ $428,010 in competitive grant funding under the FEMA 2014 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program for wellness and fitness programs. $1,000,000 in competitive grant funding under the 2016 COPS Hiring grant program for hiring of eight officers. $600,000 in competitive grant funding under the Bureau of Justice Administration FY2016 "Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program" for acquisition and implementation of body worn cameras. ❖ Designation in 2018 of 4 census tracts as "Opportunity Zones" ❖ Assisted in securing $191 million in funding for new Fort Lauderdale Federal Courthouse ❖ $238,031 in competitive grant funding under the Bureau of Justice Assistance 2018 - Sexual Assault Kit Initiative ❖ Ensured that $60 million Lockhart Stadium - Inter Miami Stadium (DRV PNK) received FAA approvals as to Air Traffic Obstruction Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, California ❖ Helped to secure policy revision to permit nonfederal monies spent on seismic retrofit of bridge work to count toward local share of federal funds utilized in future. This provision was critically needed to allow retrofit work to commence Worked with US DOT headquarters to overturn decision made in region and so allow transportation monies to be used for rail restoration of immediate importance to freight railroad $169.058 million through legislative earmarks and/or the Secretary's discretionary program for seismic retrofit of Golden Gate Bridge Helped to secure legislation making maintenance of ferry channel a federal responsibility. $3.34 million in unbudgeted funding for the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge a ferry channel $500,000 for the Golden Gate Bridge Ferry Berth Facility $1.44 million over two years for movable median barriers on Bridge $475,000 for parking improvements at ferry terminal facility $1.46 million - Assisted with successful DOT grant application for funding of a ferry fuel system $2.4 million - Assisted with successful grant application that resulted in funding for ferry terminal passenger access improvements. Assisted in securing provision in transportation reauthorization bill that expanded District's eligibility for federal aid from just Bridge program to all of Title 23 Assisted in securing provision making suicide deterrent systems eligible for federal highway funding, resulted in over $50 million in funding Hallandale Beach, Florida 5 $1,461,000 in FY 2023 Community Project Funding for the construction of an all -Electric Bus Fleet and EV Transit Parking and Charging Facility $298,570 in competitive grant funding under the FEMA 2014 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program under a Regional Grant application for Self -Contained Breathing Apparatus equipment Engaged in a successful multi-year lobbying effort to reverse a denial by FEMA of additional time to utilize grant dollars for a flood mitigation project. After going through the full appeal process, an extension of fifty-two months (4 years and four months) was secured preserving $9.3 million in mitigation dollars that were otherwise in jeopardy, with the City allowed sufficient time to design, permit, and construct the unfinished portion of its NE/SE-SW drainage project. $12,858 in competitive grant funding under the FEMA 2016 Fire Prevention and Safety Grant (FP&S) program for an interactive robot and updated safety "mascot" to conduct outreach to the City's families and children. ❖ $70,000 in competitive grant funding under the FEMA 2016 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program to acquire twenty-two P-25 compliant mobile interoperable radios as part of an eight city $722,273 regional request award. City of Hampton, Virginia $1,500,000 in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for the Coliseum Drive Phase B Project $250,000 for program for police cruiser cameras and interoperable communications $250,000 for risk identification, planning, communication, response coordination, and modeling activities for disaster mitigation. Hillsborough Community College, Florida $6 million in competitive grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education to beef up HCC's STEM pipeline from developmental math to 4 year degree completion. As the only Hispanic - serving institution in Tampa Bay - largest grant in its history in this category $340,000 for the Information and Instructional Technology and Innovative Technology Program $676,000 for the Veterinary Technology Program $100,000 for Community Oriented Police Training Facility equipment. $200,000 for the Public Safety Training Center $1.68 million cumulative under EDA for workforce training center $285,000 for the Community Dental Clinic $200,000 for Building Exterior Skin Replacement at the Brandon Campus $498,815 competitive grant through the Employment Training Administration Technology Based Learning Initiative Grant program ❖ Assisted the College to successfully apply for and participate in the U.S. Cleantech Trade & Investment Mission in France and Belgium through the Economic Development Administration and the International Trade Administration. $602,354 in competitive grant funding under the FHWA Transportation, Community and System Preservation Program (TCSP) for Leroy Avenue Entrance Improvements $350,000 under EDA to establish Diesel/Marine Diesel/Transit Training Center City of Homestead, Florida $2,000,000 in FY 2023 Community Project Funding for the replacement of existing aging overhead electric facilities T $1,000,000 in FY 2023 Community Project Funding for expansion of the City's septic to sewer project $750,000 in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for Homestead Police Department's Body Worn Camera Program $1.25 million in 2022 COPS Hiring Program Awards through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services $10 million in the form of a FEMA Disaster Relief Reimbursement to repay the city for projects undertaken to repair the damages occurring from Hurricane Irma $750,000 for the East-West Bus Connector $1.05 million for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements $690,000 for facilities and equipment at the William F. 'Bill" Dickinson Senior Center $5.6 million for the widening of SW 328 from SW 137 Avenue to 152 Avenue $2 million for the widening of SW 320 (Mowry Drive) from Flagler Avenue to SW 187 Avenue $500,000 for a water utility upgrade project $500,000 for the YMCA Energy Efficiency HVAC and Building Management Control $500,000 for Emergency Wireless Law Enforcement Technology Helped to secure authorizing language in MAP -21 that directs each State to consider certain criteria when allocating funds to highway projects. This criterion includes funding evacuation routes serving or adjacent to Armed Forces facilities $7.6 million for a Multimodal Transit Center through 2016 DOT FHWA earmark repurposing initiative that permitted the allocation of unused historic earmarks for new projects Designation of Homestead Air Force Base in FAA's Military Airport Program for a 5 -year period Indiana University of Pennsylvania $182,000 for equipment acquisition and curriculum development for a mine safety course $2 million for Rapid Forensic Evaluation of Microbes in Biodefense research program $1.1 million for a Correctional Education Clearinghouse and Educational Program Jacksonville Aviation Authority, Florida Worked with officials in the Federal Aviation Administration and helped to secure a $2.2 million discretionary grant for runway improvements Helped to secure designation of the Jacksonville Airport within the FAA's Military Airport Program. This makes the airport eligible for grants for capital improvements for a five-year period Received report language directing the FAA to fund a new taxiway $7.17 million for airport access road $722,000 for Cecil Field Lake County, Florida $3,612,000 in FY 2023 Community Project Funding for the expansion of CR 466A to complete the 4- laning of roadway project $1,000,000 in FY 2023 Community Project Funding to complete Phase II of the Citrus Grove Road improvement and expansion project $11.6 million for the widening of State Road 50 $200,000 for construction of the Citrus Ridge Library 7 Obtained a congressional directive to fund the County's drinking water study and a substantive directive that makes the County eligible to receive grant funding through USDA's Rural Development Programs even though the County does not technically meet program criteria $1.8 million for an Emergency Operations Center $1,702,500 for Law Enforcement Technology $750,000 for Palatlakaha Bridge Replacement $44,550 for Smart Occupancy Sensing Thermostat Energy Retrofit project under the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - 2015 Energy Efficiency for Public Buildings grants (along with $9,912 match) — toward $54,462 project ❖ $1,774,980 million in competitive grant funding under the 2015 FEMA SAFER Grant Program to hire 15 new firefighters to fully staff firefighter crews $154,745 in FY2021 Assistance to Firefighter Grant award to fully outfit extraction and other critical firefighter equipment for new ladder truck City of Lauderdale Lakes, Florida $196,514 for Business Resource Center and Business Development Training $200,000 for library renovation and construction of a new educational and cultural addition $164,500 for Law Enforcement Technology $750,000 for Emergency Operations Center $1,570,920 under the 2012 SAFER Grant program to restore five career firefighter positions $250,000 under the 2013 COPS Hiring Program to hire two additional officers $125,000 under the 2014 COPS Hiring Program to hire an additional officer. $250,000 under the 2016 COPS Hiring grant program for hiring of two officers. LeHigh University $5 million in FY 2023 programmatic appropriations for the University's Lightweight High Entropy Metallic Alloy Discovery (LHEAD) Program $3 million in FY 2022 programmatic appropriations for the University's Lightweight High Entropy Metallic Alloy Discovery (LHEAD) Program Marin County, California $700,000 in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for the East Sir Francis Drake Bike Path Miami -Dade County, Florida $25 million for East-West Rail Corridor $5 million for the North Rail Corridor $9.5 million for buses and bus facility $8 million for construction of Miami -Palmetto Metrorail Helped to enable U.S. Customs Service to continue to use the surplus in the customs user fee account to fund up to 50 inspector positions Assisted in establishment of the McKinney/Homestead homeless facility with funding under the Defense Base Closure Act Assisted in identifying unspent HUD dollars which were targeted for rescission by congress and ensured that the dollars were obligated so that the County did not lose them Helped to successfully strike rescission provision that would have reduced Port of Miami Tunnel funding by $5.8 million of the total $10.3 million project amount Restored $19 million in targeted assistance funding for immigration support programs in welfare reform legislation Stripped provision adverse to the County, which would have reduced assistance for legal aliens from immigration reform bill Helped to secure authorization for credit & reimbursement for costs of work related to the Agricultural & Rural Lands Retention Plan & the South Biscayne Bay Watershed Study which are contained within the Everglades & South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Critical projects. $4.1 million for the Miami -Dade County Juvenile Assessment Center National Demonstration Project ❖ $4 million for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements ❖ $1 million for a mosquito helicopter ❖ $30 million in reprogrammed funds from the Army Corps of Engineers ❖ $3 million for Miami port tunnel ❖ $500,000 for the 7h Avenue Transit HUB ❖ $700,000 for the Miami -Dade Transit Bus Procurement Plan ❖ $33.36 million for Metrorail Orange Line Expansion ❖ $125 million dredging authorization ❖ Language that exempts the Miami Harbor General Reevaluation Report (GRR) from 2004 revised cost sharing rules governing GRRs. Miami was one of only two ports provided with the exemption language by the WRDA conference report Authorization allowing credit for work accomplished by non-federal interests in advance of the execution of the Project Cooperation Agreement $475,000 for Bus Procurement $1.139 million cumulative for Biscayne Bay Water Quality Assessment Model and Feasibility Study $30.289 million for dredging of Miami Harbor Channel Miami -Dade County Water and Sewer Department, Florida $1 million for preliminary work on proposed water reuse facility. $1.3 million for sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) study. Miami -Dade Seaport, Florida Helped to secure language directing the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge the Port $23 million for the completion of high -span bridge connecting downtown Miami to the seaport $300,000 for a General Reevaluation Report (GRR) to study further channel improvements. $15 million for reimbursement to the Seaport Department for dredging work already completed at the Seaport's expense $3.9 million for specific environmental mitigation work which has already been accomplished at the Seaport's expense The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine $1.7 million in FY 2023 Community Project Funding to conduct various spinal cord medical research projects through the Department of Defense The authorization of $1.7 million in FY 2023 Community Project Funding to authorize the research into spinal cord research projects through the Department of Defense E ❖ Language in the FY 2023 Omnibus - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill that encourages the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to research spinal cord injury prevention and treatment ❖ $40 million in FY 2023 programmatic appropriations to support spinal cord research through the Department of Defense's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program $40 million in FY 2022 programmatic appropriations to support spinal cord research through the Department of Defense's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program City of Miramar, Florida $100,000 in FY 2023 Community Project Funding to fund the City's Public Safety Mental Health Program $80,400 in grant funding through the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act Implementation Projects in 2022 $198,308 in 2022 Community Policing Development (CPD) Program Award funding through the Law Enforcement Agency De -Escalation Grants program. $16.3 million in cumulative Urban Area Security Initiative grant funding: ($5.4 million in 2011, $5.4 million — 2012, and $5.5 million — 2013) $1,985,160 in competitive grant funding under the 2012 (awarded in 2013) FEMA SAFER Program to hire 12 new firefighters to staff a new engine company in the City $240,000 in competitive grant funding under the FEMA Assistance Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program for the purchase of an Advanced Life Support Ambulance $60,000 in competitive grant funding under the Scotts Miracle -Gro GRO1000 Gardens and Green Spaces Award Program to enhance a community garden Secured unanimous support of the Florida Congressional delegation for a floor amendment to the FY2012 House Homeland Security Appropriations that reversed a provision that would have eliminated all UASI grant funding for South Florida Secured language in the FY2012 House Homeland Security Authorization Act ensuring consideration of unique South Florida risk factors in the allocation of DHS UASI funding $1.5 million 2013 Broward County Redevelopment Program Grant for the redevelopment of Shirley Branca Park (amphitheater) and median, streetscape, and drainage improvements $41,000 in competitive grant funding under the Florida EMS Grant program for mechanical CPR equipment Secured an agreement from GSA and ICE to construct a parking structure at the Miramar ICE facility and provide access to bathrooms and water fountains and establishment of a true appointment system to alleviate hazardous street parking and provide individuals access to basic facilities. City of Missouri City, Texas $893,676 in competitive grant funding under the 2011 COPS Hiring Grant program to hire four police officers to address increasing gang activity $500,000 in competitive grant funding under the 2015 COPS Hiring Grant program to hire four police officers to combat gang violence Village of Oak Lawn, Illinois $100,000 for Law Enforcement Technology 10 $1,347,952 million in competitive grant funding under the 2016 FEMA SAFER Grant Program to hire 7 new firefighters to fully support the Village's firefighting requirements. City of Ocoee, Florida $1,408,412 in FY 2023 Community Project Funding for the expansion of wastewater collection and treatment systems $361,075 in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for the Lakefront Park Restroom/Concession Building City of Oviedo, Florida $900,000 in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for Percolation Pond Decommissioning $180,000 for law enforcement technology upgrades $140,778 for a Firefighters Assistance Grant $2,885,500 for State Road 426/County Road 419 City of Pinecrest, Florida ❖ $640,000 in FY 2023 Community Project Funding to connect 149 homes in the City to public water supply ❖ $606,000 in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for a stormwater management project City of Plantation, Florida $500,000 for the Multi Use Recreational Trail (MURT) system $337,500 for a community amphitheater ❖ Obtained a congressional directive to fund the City's stormwater management plan and a subsequent directive that makes the City eligible to receive grant funding through the Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Programs even though the City does not technically meet program criteria $1.288 million for the Central Transit Greenway System $282,000 for digital police radios City of Riviera Beach, Florida $750,000 for police communications equipment $1.3 million for a traffic calming project $600,000 for a stormwater management plan $502,500 for an urban retail development project $500,000 in grant funding from EPA for operation of the City's airstrippers Reversed position of Environmental Protection Agency mandating that they adopt and implement a plan to actively treat and remove contamination from the City's drinking water The estimated cost of the remedy is $865,000 Initiated an investigation by the EPA Ombudsman of the EPA's handling of the City's contaminated water problem. This action led to the EPA's decision to cover the operation and maintenance costs of the City's air strippers, relieving the City of an $880,000 expense $2 million for Blue Heron Boulevard improvements $394,000 for law enforcement technology 11 $625,000 in competitive grant funding under the 2014 COPS Hiring Program to hire five additional new officers. Secured reinstatement by the Department of Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI) of the City's 2014 New Market Credit Tax application that had been unfairly disqualified after being deemed a common enterprise with another application Achieved agreement from the Department of Justice - Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) that the City's 2015 MOU with the Palm Beach School District adequately sets forth discipline and privacy issues, thereby avoiding a delay in the deployment of officers until after the beginning the school year. $158,736 under the 2014 Assistance to Firefighters Grant program for self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) equipment for firefighter personal protective equipment. Helped secure 2016 release of federal interest by the Department of Health and Human Services for Spanish Courts property, and allow for its redevelopment for Senior Housing and an adjoining public market. $138,885 in competitive grant funding under the Bureau of Justice Administration FY2016 "Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program" for acquisition and implementation of body worn cameras. ❖ $1,335,761 million in competitive grant funding under the 2016 FEMA SAFER Grant Program to hire 9 new firefighters to fully support the City's firefighting requirements. Sonoma County, California $1.6 million in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for the Accessing Coordinated Care and Empowering Self Sufficiency (ACCESS) Program $2.75 million over three years for construction of park and ride lots ❖ $6 million for intermodal transportation facilities ❖ $1.5 million for construction of Visitor's Center ❖ $37.85 million to widen Highway 101 Authorization of new rail start Help to secured funding for installation of radar at County airport $1 million to assist with construction of a bus garage ❖ $500,000 for a landfill gas conversion facility ❖ $500,000 for a CNG fueling facility upgrade ❖ $225,000 for sewage improvements for local community $500,000 for sewage improvements for local community $1.218 million for purchase of CNG transit buses $1 million, discretionary grant for airport runway improvements ❖ $635,000 discretionary grant to attract service to airport, from the Small Airport Assistance Program. ❖ $5.6 million for highway widening Help to secure legislative remedy to overcome Homeland Security Administration refusal to provide security screeners at County -owned airport $500,000 toward purchase of park $190,000 for integrated emergency operations center $650,000 competitive grant from the Department of Transportation to facilitate an additional route through a small airport 12 $8 million in emergency funding from USDA to prevent the spread of European grapevine moth (EGVM) in California, including Sonoma County Worked to secure legislative provision facilitating maintenance dredging of small harbors, and then secured about $5 million not included in Administration budgets, to carry out the project ❖ $5.6 million appropriated for preparation of dredge material site, with a statutory requirement that old dredge materials be used to construct a new public park, and dredging of a bay Administration had requested $1.9 million for a dredging project Work annually to continue small federal program that returns a portion of geothermal royalties to the county of origin. Brings the County over $1 million each year Sonoma County Water Agency, California $1 million to replace septic systems with sewage hookups $750,000 for expansion of capacity at a sewage treatment plant Initiated effort to establish Pacific Coastal Recovery Fund. Worked extensively with Administration, and developed coalition with other coastal states and their congressional delegations. The Program was funded at $58 million its first year. $500,000 for a Bureau of Reclamation Project to reuse recycled water, not requested by the Administration ❖ $9.139 million to study four ecosystem restoration projects, budgeted by Administration at $6.695 million. Each project was initially a new start not requested by the Administration $60.504 million in operation and maintenance funding of a dam, including substantial additions over budget request for improved fish hatchery operations not requested by the Administration $87.5 million federal share of authorization for largest environmental restoration project west of the Mississippi River, adding $52 million in authorization to project approved by the Army Corps $3.35 million for environmental restoration of salt marsh, compared to Administration 1.975 million $1.495 million for a regional water reuse project of the Bureau of Reclamation, not requested by the Administration. $49.911 million for operation and maintenance funding of a dam and dam facilities $4,538,270 for operations & maintenance at Coyote Valley Dam $7,767,230 for operations & maintenance at Dry Creek (Warm Springs) Lake and Channel $500,000 for Army Corps investigations at the San Pablo Bay Watershed $7 million for Army Corps construction at NAPA River Salt Marsh Restoration project Assisted in development of strategy to secure greater Army Corps assistance in implementation of biological opinion, and to request new start feasibility studies of importance to the client as part of their budget request, and then with Congress to overturn its previous policy against funding such new starts. Resulted in $300,000 in Corps work plan for new starts. Secured Army Corps new start funding for 2 Sec. 1135, Project Modifications for the Improvement of Environment projects critical to accelerate implementation of work under a biological opinion. Worked to secure $120,000 in Corps work plan for additional hatchery work at Corps facility despite Congressional earmark ban, secured Army Corps authorization aimed exclusively at project that will allow Corps participation in project essential to the implementation of a Biological Opinion entered in pursuant to the Endangered Species Act Seminole County, Florida $1,304,000 in FY 2023 Community Project Funding for the Seminole County Washington Street Outfall Stormwater Project 13 $644,000 in FY 2023 Community Project Funding for the E.E. Williamson Road Trail Connect Pedestrian Bridge $688,000 in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for the Little Wekiva River Restoration Project $1.425 million for commuter bus stations $970,000 for State Road 46 regional evacuation route South Seminole & North Orange County Wastewater Transmission Authority, Florida $30 million authorization for the rehabilitation of the wastewater system $650,000 for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements Project Tampa Port Authority, Florida The Main Channel deepening project was, upon its completion, the largest public works project in the state of Florida. This was completed at 100 percent federal government expense, with a total cost in excess of $200 million Obtained an exemption from limitations placed on the use of tax-exempt bonds for the acquisition of property for the Tampa Port Authority $175,000 for improvements to the Alafia Channel, despite the opposition of the Army Corps of Engineers $2 million grant from the Economic Development Administration for navigational improvements necessary for business expansion at the Seaport $1 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration for the construction of ferry docks $1 million for economic development and revitalization efforts at the Garrison Seaport. $3.2 million for dredging the Ybor Turning Basin $70 million authorization for federal improvements to the Alafia Channel, despite Administration's opposition Helped to secure an authorization for improvements to the Port Sutton Channel Helped to secure the conveyance of the Department of Navy property to the Tampa Port Authority $500,000 for improvements to the disposal areas $12 million for the dredging of the Big Bend Channel $200,000 for continuing the General Re-evaluation Report (GRR) $202,000 for a terminal expansion $2.5 million for the widening of a portion of the main channel. Also helped to secure language directing the Army Corps of Engineers to widen portion of channel Obtained authorization for new construction work at CUT B $950,000 for construction at Tampa Harbor $9.565 million for operations and maintenance at Tampa Harbor Helped secure language requiring the Secretary of the Army to reimburse the Authority for the Federal share of the dredging work carried out for the Tampa Harbor Big Bend Channel project. City of Treasure Island, Florida $1,217,000 in FY 2023 Community Project Funding to reconstruct and elevate the City's master pump station $50 million for the Causeway Bridge $1 million for wastewater and sewer system upgrades $500,000 for a beach access project $450,000 for signalized crosswalks to increase pedestrian safety 14 City of Virginia Beach, Virginia $6 million in FY 2022 Community Project Funding for the Phase III of the Centerville Turnpike $112 million authorization for beach erosion control and hurricane protection project $111.427 million in cumulative appropriations for construction of a Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection Project Helped secure 50 -year authorization for Army Corps of Engineers maintenance of the Rudee Inlet, ensuring federal cost participation for 50 years without being subject to the current $4.5M cap Helped to secure language to continue funding Sandbridge Beach project periodically for 50 years $12.933 million for the renourishment of Sandbridge Beach ❖ $4 million - construction funds for Hurricane Protection project's 79th St Outfall ❖ Coordinated efforts for Commerce decision to allow construction of Lake Gaston water pipeline ❖ $800,000 for funding of innovative homeless activities ❖ $1 million for the study of a new intermodal center $7.399 million for the Rudee Inlet Navigation Maintenance Project $7 million for construction of Southeastern Parkway and Greenbelt $198,000 appropriated to reimburse City for unauthorized fees imposed by the Department of Interior, and helped secure a congressional authorization for this action in the WRDA $400,000 for the Norfolk Avenue Bike Trail and $800,000 for Atlantic Avenue Trails $150,000 for the Providence Road Trail Project $4.773 million for the Environmental Restoration for Lynnhaven Inlet project Helped secure language allowing sand from nearby channel to finish hurricane protection project $200,000 for para -transit for the handicapped $500,000 for traffic light signalization projects $12 million in competitive grant and congressionally directed funding from COP Interoperable Communications Technology Program for the purchase of communications equipment, enhancements to communications infrastructure, and project management expenses. $150,806 for the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center's Chesapeake Bay Champions (CBC) project under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) B -Wet Program $363,900 for Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center's Stranding Program from the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program via National Marine Fisheries Service $250,000 to initiate construction of a marine mammal stranding center. $112,500 in 2002 for the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center's general operations under the General Operating Support grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services $425,000 for the Marine Science Museum Science Camp $48,000 for the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center "Beyond the Aquarium' program Worked with HUD to remove City from the Administration's FY 2003 Budget list for 50% reductions in CDBG that would have devastating effect on critical local low-income housing and affordable housing for military personnel programs Helped secure language in 2005 National Defense Authorization Act ensuring a study would be done on the state of TRICARE to provide health and support services for "exceptional family member program" enrollees in high-density military areas such as Virginia Beach $11.4 million for I-264/Lynnhaven Parkway/Great Neck Road Interchange Worked with Department of Homeland Security to have the Hampton Roads region designated eligible for Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Homeland Security Grants $988,000 for Public Safety Interoperability Technology Upgrades 15 $1.245 million for the Lynnhaven Inlet, Bay and Connecting Waters Maintenance Dredging $750,000 for the Lesner Bridge Replacement project ❖ Helped to secure language that would allow the City to use its own funds for beach renourishment. ❖ Helped to secure authorizing language in MAP -21 that directs each State to consider certain criteria when allocating funds to highway projects. This criterion includes funding evacuation routes serving or adjacent to Armed Forces facilities $844,000 to finish an analysis to address and prepare for emergencies related to sea level rise from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Regional Resilience Grant Program Worked with congressional delegation, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Environment and Public Works Committee to support New Start determination language in the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations bill to continue to allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers greater flexibility in selecting projects for its work plan ❖ $10 million in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Start funds for the Lynnhaven River Basin Ecosystem Restoration; one of only 5 New Start projects funded in Fiscal Year 2018 $17.6 million as part of the USACE FY 2018 Work Plan construction funds for the Virginia Beach Hurricane Protection program for beach maintenance and dredging $925,000 total as part of the USACE FY 2018 Work Plan operations and maintenance funds for shoaling, maintenance, and dredging of the Lynnhaven Inlet $720,000 total as part of the USACE FY 2018 Work Plan operations and maintenance funds for shoaling, maintenance, and dredging of the Rudee Inlet $3 million as part of FY 2018 Civil Works Budget short-term construction project funds for Sandbridge Beach Town of Windermere, Florida $750,000 for traffic calming measures $200,000 for a stormwater management plan $240,000 for bicycle and pedestrian improvements 16 2111 WILSON BOULEVARD, 8TH FLOOR ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22201 PH (703) 841-0626 • FAx (703) 243-2874 www.alcalde-fay.com