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Home My WebLink About1995-03-28 - AGENDA REPORTS - FEDERAL LOBBYIST SERVICES (2)AGENDA REPORT City Manager Approval Item to be presented by: Michael P. Murphy M em UNFINISHED BUSINESS DATE: March 28, 1995 SUBJECT: Federal Lobbyist Services DEPARTMENT: Management Services BACKGROUND At the meeting of February 28, 1995, the City Council endorsed federal legislation, H.R. 924 and S. 393, prohibiting conveyance of Angeles National Forest lands out of federal ownership for use as a solid waste landfill. The Council also directed staff to evaluate other means for supporting the bills, including retention of federal lobbyists. In an effort to maximize support for the legislation, it is appropriate that Santa Clarita retain a Washington, D.C. based legislative advocacy firm The City staff, in consultation with Representative McKeon and public affairs consultant Bill Hussey, discussed a number of approaches and spoke to representatives of approximately 10 legislative advocacy firms. Based upon these conversations, the following approach has been developed and is recommended for adoption by the Council. The City should continue to utilize the federal lobbying services of Jerry M. Patterson, a partner with Burke, Williams and Sorensen and a former Member of Congress. Mr. Patterson has previously been retained by the City to advocate the City's position on issues of federal interest. Mr. Patterson should continue to be utilized on an individual contact basis. His fee will be maximum of $4,000. To ensure an immediate ability to be responsive to changing dynamics in Washington, the staff also recommends the retention of John O'Donnell of Murray, Scheer and Montgomery. Mr. O'Donnell has previously worked at the National Center for Municipal Development and has extensive experience working with municipal governments and environmental issues; Mr. O'Donnell's fee will be a maximum of $3,000 per month. J pF DYEI Agenda Item: �7 The legislation could be considered in the appropriate subcommittees as quickly as late April. The duration of the time for lobbyist services will be from April 1, 1995 through October 31, 1995, the anticipated duration of the first session of the 104th Congress. Therefore, the maximum combined total will be $25,000. The total appropriation for the remainder of Fiscal Year 1994/95 is $13,000. The funding source for this expenditure should be a transfer from the Contingency Reserve Account 01-4101-290 to the Elsmere Account 01-6600-230. The $12,000 appropriation for Fiscal Year 1995/96 shall be incorporated into the budget process. RECOMMENDATION Authorize the City Manager to approve federal lobbying activities related to S. 393 and H.R. 924 of Mr. Jerry M. Patterson of Burke, Williams and Sorensen under existing agreement. Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract retaining the federal advocacy services of Mr. John O'Donnell of Murray, Scheer and Montgomery. Authorize the transfer of $13,000 from Contingency Reserve Account. 01-4102-290 to Elsmere Account 01-6600-230. ATTACHMENT Background Profile: Mr. Jerry M. Patterson Background Profile: Mr. John O'Donnell MPM.tedlegad LAW OFFICES BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN LOS ANGELES OFRCE 3200 PARK CENTER DRIVE FRESNO OFFICE 811 WEST SIXTH STREET SUITE 760 7108 NORTH FRESNO STREET SUITE 2800 SUITE 401 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017 COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA 92626 FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 53720.2938 12131 2390900 17141 545-5559 12051 2910153 VENTURA COUNTY OFRCE TELECOPIER: 17141 755-6648 BURKE, WILU"S. SORENSEN & GAAR 2310 PONDEROSA DRIVE LIGHTON PLAZA SUITE 1 7300 COLLEGE BOULEVARD CAMARI480 CALIFORNIA 93010 SUITE 220 OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS 68210 18061 98]-3488 (9131339-6200 BIOGRAPHY OF JERRY M.PATTERSON Former Congressman Jerry M. Patterson is a member of the law firm of Burke, Williams & Sorensen. Mr. Patterson specializes in public law, and legislative and regulatory advocacy. Burke, Williams & Sorensen has offices in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura and Fresno Counties in California. Jerry Patterson is City Attorney for the Cities of Dana Point and Lake Forest. He has also acted as Special Counsel for Huntington Beach, Santa Ana, Bell, Alhambra and other cities on legislative matters. Congressman Patterson served in the U.S. House of Representatives representing the 38th District of California from 1975 to 1985. As a senior Member of the House of Representatives' Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, he worked on virtually every piece of urban affairs legislation for ten years and authored many amendments. Mr. Patterson also was a senior Member on the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs where he worked on environmental legislation and served on the Water and Power Subcommittee. Mr. Patterson chaired the House Subcommittee on International Development during the first four years of the Reagan Administration. Mr. Patterson worked with key members of the Treasury Department and White House Staff. He always guided international legislation through his Subcommittee in a bipartisan fashion and never had a dissenting vote from any of his subcommittee colleagues. Mr. Patterson earned his Juris Doctor degree from UCLA Law School in 1966. He also holds a B.A. degree, majoring in Political Science and Public Administration, from California State University, Long Beach, and completed 35 units of graduate work in Public Administration at the University of Southern California. Jerry Patterson's professional career includes four years of service in the U.S. Coast Guard, a private law practice in Orange County since 1967, and service as the Placentia City Attorney between 1972 and 1975. Prior to his election to the 94th Congress, Mr. Patterson was a City Council Member of Santa Ana for six years and Mayor in 1973 and 1974. He - also served as Chairman of the Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency. He served as Vice President of the Orange County League of California Cities and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Southern California Association of Governments. He is married to Linda Moulton -Patterson and they have four adult children. ORANOE3204.1 NCMU/CITY OFFICES iD:2022955109 John O'Donnell MAR 22'95 12:10 No.001 P.02 John O'Donnell was a principal with the National Center for Municipal Development from 1980 to 1995. He has been a Washington public affairs and local government advocate for more than fourteen years. The primary foci of his advocacy work are surface transportation, environment, water management, port and airport development, trade and public safety. Before representing local governments, Mr. O'Donnell worked for local, state and federal governments in New England, North Carolina, Washington State and Alaska. He managed the federal relations programs for the Office of Coastal Zone Management in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1977 until 1980 and served on a special detail with the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development in 1979 assisting with the development and reauthorization of the National Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1983. From 1972 until 1977, Mr. O'Donnell was a consultant at the ACTION Agency. He was a senior trainer for Volt Corporation, a deputy director of training for Control Systems Research Corporation and the Deputy Chief of Training for the ACTION Agency in Region X, Seattle, Washington. Mr. O'Donnell served in the Governor's office in the State of New Hampshire from 1970 to 1972 directing the State's VISTA program after serving as a VISTA Volunteer for more than two years in North Carolina and Vermont. Mr. O'Donnell received a Bachelors of Arts in English from Saint Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana, attended the Graduate School of Public Communications at Boston University and received a Masters in Public Polity from the University of Washington in Seattle..