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Approach, Continued J <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA — July 2004 to present <br />Description of services includes, but not limited to: <br />• Leading the efforts for City -sponsored legislative proposals; <br />• Leading the efforts for City sponsored funding proposals; <br />• Providing strategy and advice regarding effective means to successfully accomplish <br />City's priorities with the Governor, the Legislature, and the various branches of State <br />government; <br />• Representing the City in legislative committee hearings, meetings with agencies, and <br />with administrative officials; <br />• Arrange, support, lead and then follow up from meetings with City officials in <br />Sacramento; <br />• Work closely with the City Manager and Agencies, to draft the annual legislative <br />priorities, sponsorship proposals and advocacy efforts for the upcoming year; <br />• Closely monitor the State Budget and report out on efforts to secure or protect funding <br />per the City's interests; <br />• Provide weekly legislative updates and bill tracking matrices; <br />• Provide an annual report on work completed the past year; and <br />• Address other unforeseen matters as they appear. <br />Successful work completed: <br />• Over the course of our relationship we have secured over $14 million dollars in state <br />funding awards and efforts included drafting applications, submitting applications, and <br />then creating a successful lobbying strategy. Funds were secured for public safety <br />initiates, parks and recreation projects, community centers, and transportation projects. <br />• In 2010, TPA sponsored AB 191 (Solorio) on behalf of the City of Santa Ana which <br />exempted select cities from Highway User Tax Account (gas tax) deferrals, if the <br />deferrals create a hardship for the city. This measure resulted in the City collecting <br />hundreds of thousands of dollars that the State otherwise would have delayed payment <br />to the City under the provisions of the State budget. <br />• In 2011, led the efforts to pass a State Budget Earmark: Water Infrastructure <br />Improvements related to Diamond Park Mutual Water Company which secured $2 <br />million in funding. <br />References: <br />• Mayor Pro Tem Sal Tinajero (714) 647-5400 <br />• Council Member Vince Sarmiento (714) 393-4388 <br />Proposal for State Legislative Advocacy Services I City of San Leandro Page 25 <br />