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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: December 7, 2015 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:15-643 PRESENTATIONS <br />Agenda Number:3.A. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Lianne Marshall <br />Assistant City Manager <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for 2016 Draft State Legislative Platform and Summary of 2015 <br />State Legislative Activities <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />It is recommended that the City Council review and adopt the attached 2016 Draft State <br />Legislative Platform and Summary of 2015 State Legislative Activities <br />BACKGROUND <br />On October 21, 2013, the City Council authorized the creation of a City Council Ad-Hoc <br />Committee to provide guidance on the development of a state legislative platform as well as a <br />process through which a consultant would be selected to provide state-level advocacy <br />services on behalf of the City. <br />Following a competitive request-for-proposals and consultant selection process directly guided <br />by the Ad-Hoc Committee, on February 18, 2014, the City Council unanimously authorized the <br />City Manager to execute a 1-year consulting services agreement with Townsend Public Affairs <br />(TPA) for state-level advocacy services. The scope of work for this agreement includes all <br />aspects of state level advocacy, including legislative analysis, strategy and development, <br />grants assistance, development of relationships with state law makers and agency staff, and <br />other related work. Based upon the excellent services that were provided by TPA during the <br />first year of its contract, on February 17, 2015, the City Council directed the City Manager to <br />extend the City’s contract for an additional year of services, through February 29, 2016. <br />Analysis <br />Over the past year, the Mayor, members of the City Council and City staff have worked <br />closely with Townsend Public Affairs on a range of legislative initiatives at the state level. <br />Now that the 2015 state legislative session has ended, staff requests that the City Council <br />review and adopt the attached documents. The first attachment (“2015 State Legislative <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/1/2015