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ITEM #16 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 21,2005 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Josefina M. Kenline, Principal Management Analyst City Manager's Office SUBJECT: Approve a One -Year Agreement with David Turch & Associates for Legislative Advocacy. DATE: June 21, 2005 On April 1, 2001, the City retained legislative advocacy services from David Turch & Associates to advance the City of Colton's federal agenda in Washington, D.C. Besides working to secure federal appropriations funding for City projects, David Turch & Associates also have worked on a number of issues for the City, including the Delhi Sands flower -loving fly and perchlorate groundwater contamination. Below is a list of the appropriations funding the City that has been secured to date: 0 $2,000,000 for the Mount Vernon Avenue grade separation and bridge expansion (In House -passed H.R.3/TEA-LU) 0 $500,000 to construct grade separations at Washington Ave & UPRR crossing east and Washington Ave & La Cadena Drive (In House -passed H.R. 3/TEA-Lu) 0 $4,000,000 for the Rialto -Colton Basin Perchlorate Demonstration Project (Administered by the Pentagon's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program with at least one test site to be located in Colton) 0 $600,000 for 3-5 Storm Drain * $200,000 for Colton's Police Activities League 0 $ 100,000 for Colton Police Communications Equipment 0 $2,500,000 for Wellhead Treatment under the Armyu's RDT&E Account. Funding will be administered through the Environmental Sedur (A list of proposed requests for funding in FY 06/07 is attached.) Their services to the City of Colton are ongoing. Appropriations projects are due in February of each year. David Turch & Associates complete the appropriations forms for each of the City's projects and advance them with our congressional delegation in the House and Senate. In addition, they organize and coordinate the City's Washington, D.C. advocacy trips, usually in late winter or early spring, and work with Members of Congress and their staffs throughout the appropriations cycle — February through September (and beyond if Congress does not complete its budget by September 30th) . They begin to work on the City's next fiscal year federal strategy and appropriations requests beginning in October or November of each year. Additionally, they visit