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RESOLUTION NO. Alt 0 5
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER: TO EXECUTE AN
AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING AGREEMENT, IN A
FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH
KATZ, KUTTER, ALDERMAN, HAIGLER, BRYANT &
YON, P.A. AND RICHARD- L. SPEES, P.A. TO
EXTEND THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT AT THE SAME
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE PROVISION OF
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LOBBYING AND CONSULTING
SERVICES TO THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR A .PERIOD
OF ONE (1) YEAR, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2000;
ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR, IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $100,000, INCLUSIVE OF EXPENSES,
FROM ACCOUNT CODE NO. 920216-270, FOR SAID
SERVICES.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") continues to have a
need for federal government lobbying and consulting services to
assist in achieving its legislative objectives at the federal
level; and
WHEREAS, a Request for Qualifications No. 97-98-055 was
issued on April 27, 1998, for the purpose of obtaining federal
government representation and consulting services; and
WHEREAS, the law firm of Katz, Kutter, Alderman, Haigler,
Bryant & Yon, P.A. ("Katz, Kutter"). was one of two firms
selected to provide these services to the City for a period of
one (1) year; and
CITY COMMSSSIOR
I EETING OF
9 6 2000
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Motion No. 98-768, adopted
July 21, 1998, the City Commission authorized the City Manager
to execute a Professional Services Agreement with said law firm,
in an amount not to exceed $100,000, inclusive of expenses; and
WHEREAS, Katz, Kutter has been a resource for the
Administration on federal issues involving an intergovernmental,
multi -use Community Training Center and the Empowerment Zone;
and
WHEREAS, funds are available from Account Code
No. 920216-270 for said services;
NOW,. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF .THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the
Preamble to this Resolution are hereby adopted by reference and
incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorizedll to
execute an amendment to the existing agreement, in a form
acceptable to the City Attorney, with Katz, Kutter, Alderman,
Haigler, Bryant & Yon, P.A. and Richard L. Spees, P.A. to extend
the term of the agreement at the same terms and conditions for
the provision of federal government lobbying and consulting
services to the City of Miami for a period of one (1) year,
�i The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all
requirements that may be imposed by the City Attorney, including but
not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter and Code
provisions.
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effective October 1, 2000, with funds therefor, in an amount not
to exceed $100,000, inclusive of expenses, from Account Code
No. 920216-270, for said services.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor2/
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of November 2000.
JOE CAROLLO, MAYOR
In accordance with Narni Code Sao. 2.3 , eince the Mayor r^,id not
'his legislation by signing it in the designated ¢Mere provided, z.ald
becomes effective with the elapse of ten ( day . i• m the dat , f Cc, nmissl _. ,cn
regarding semen without the Mayoricer isi a o.
ATTEST:
WALTER J. FOEMAN
CITY CLERK
APPROV ZTOFOR
L D ILARELLO
C Y ATTORNEY
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CORRECTNESS:
If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, -it shall become effective
at the end of ten calendar days from the date it was passed and
adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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CITY*OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
FROM:
m ez
City
DATE: FILE:
NOV 2 -
SUBJECT:
Federal Lobbying Services —
Katz Kutter Contract Extension
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
Recommendation:
It is respectfully requested that the City Commission extend the contract for a one (1)
year period with Katz, Kutter, et al and Richard L. Spees, P.A. for federal lobbying
services.
Background:
After an extensive Request for Proposals process, an evaluation committee recommended
that the City award the contract for federal lobbying and consulting services jointly to
two proposers —Katz, Kutter, Haigler, Alderman, Bryant & Yon, P.A. in conjunction
with Richard L. Spees, P.A. and Greenberg, Traurig, P.A. The City Commission, upon
receiving the same recommendation from the City Manager, accepted the
recommendation and authorized the City Manager to execute an agreement with the two
firms for a one-year period. That contract expired on September 30, 2000. The City
Commission reserved the right to extend the contract upon consideration of the
accomplishments of the firms. The following are the areas of responsibility of the
Consultant pursuant to this Agreement: 1.) Unfunded Mandates, 2.) Empowerment
Zones, 3.) Inner City Development, 4.) Preemption of City powers, 5.) Housing and
Urban Development, 6.) Homeless Programs, 7.) Human/Social Service Issues, 8.)
Planning and Development —Growth Management Issues, 9.) Telecommunications, 10.)
Finance and Taxation, 11.) Refugee/Entrant Funding, 12.) Immigration Reform
Implementation, 13.) General Government Property Rights.
Attached please find an activity report summarizing the efforts taken on behalf of the
City during the last term of the contract. This renewal request was delayed to
accommodate the additional opportunity anticipated in the budget process because of the
election year. In light of the success the firm has enjoyed in its representation of the City,
we believe that renewal is warranted.
CAG/MLW
® CITY OF MIAM1. FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
DATE:
Linda Haskins, Director November 7, 2000
Budget SUBJECT:
Federal Lobbyist Funding
=ROf /) /� � / /� REFERENCES
Nary�at/LV` Wiley ENCLOSURES:
Special Assistant t e City Manager
The City Manager's Office has confirmed the availability of funds ($200,000) in the FY
2001 Budget for renewal of the federal governmental consulting services contracts with
Greenberg, Traurig, et al and Katz, utter, et al.
Bud
Linda Haskins, Director
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Marva Wiley
FROM: Rick Spees
Mike Abrams
DATE: June 29, 2000
SUBJECT: Activity Report
Thank you for requesting a report on our activities on behalf of the City of Miami. We
have been actively pursuing a number of projects. In fact, Mike Abrams was in Washington this
week and met personally with Congressmen Deutsch and Boyd, and Congresswomen Ros-
Lehth= and Meek to push the City's agenda The meetings were successful.
Regarding the status of specific projects.requested by the City, they are in the legislative
process. Congress is in the muddle of writing the Fiscal Year 2001 budget. There are 13
appropriations bills that together make up the discretionary parts of the federal budget. None of
the 13 bills have yet passed this year. Thus, we do not know at this time which Miami projects
will be funded by Congress, or at what level. The federal budget year starts on October 1. Most,
if not 4 of the appropriations bills will be resolved by then.
The projects we have been actively pursuing include:
1. Brownfields Monies --The City is seeking S150,000 to inventory 110 brownfields sites.
We are pursuing funding for this through the EPA appropriations bill. We are also monitoring the
eRiorts to reform the nation's Superfund law. The House Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee reported out a comprehensive Superfund bill last year by a vote of 69-2. The House
bill would amend the Superfund law to encourage development of urban brownfields.
Unfortunately, that bill, which has wide bipartisan support, also includes a tax on oil and chemical
companies to pay for abandoned toxic dump sites (the original Superfund bill had a similar tax,
but it expired.)
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Congressman Archer, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and who
represents parts of Houston, is adamantly opposed to the. taxes. He has successfully blocked floor
consideration of the bill.
In the Senate, the Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, has
introduced a bill to develop brownfields only. This bill, which has significant democratic support,
avoids the pitfalls of the taxes by only addressing brownfields issues. There is universal support
for the brownfields provisions. Unfortunately, a number of other Senators object to any
Stgwfund bill unless it is comprehensive. In other words, they do not favor passing a brownfields
measure, unless it is part of the broad comprehensive Superf and reform bill.
We will continue to monitor this legislation. If either the House comprehensive
Superfund, or the narrow Senate Brownfields bill passes; it will provide money and authority to
revitalize brownfields.
2. Justice Funding and the COPS program --Miami has several requests before Congress
for money from the Justice Department. These include support for continuation of the COPS
program, and for two important juvenile justice programs --the Little Haiti After School
Diversionary Program and the Miami Love Youth At Risk Project. Funding for all three items
should be included in the Justice Department Appropriations bill.
3. Parks --Earlier this year the House passed legislation to restructure our nation's lands
purchases. The bill would take the proceeds of offshore oil drilling taxes and apply them to a
number of specific purposes, including urban parks. if this bill gets enacted into law, .it would
provide additional resources for urban parks throughout the country.
The Senate has yet to pass the bill. if it does, the President has indicated he will sign it
(provided the Senate does not change the bill drastically). If the bill becomes law, we will work
with the City to insure that it gets some parks money.
4. Reimbursements for City expenses associated with the Elian Gonzales case --The City
wants reimbursements totaling $2,222,607 for expenses incurred handling the F,lian Gonzales
case. We have been in contact with the Justice Department regarding this matter. There is an
existing fund at Justice that can be used to cover these expenses. Submissions are made to the
Department for approval by the Attorney General- To date, we have helped identify the right
procedures and right people to get the petition before the Attorney General.
We. will continue to monitor the situation. If necessary, we will mobilize Congress to
support the City's request.
5. Flagler Marketplace --We are also working to find fiords for the Flagler Marketplace
project. When complete, this project will renovate the commercial core in downtown Miami.
The project includes, Flagler, North First and South First Streets connecting Downtown Miami's
Bayliont to the Miami River.
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6. Enterprise Zones--N iarni was chosen as a stational Enterprise Zone in the wwnd round
of Competition by the Clinton Administration. Unfortunately, the Congress has yet to provide the
funding that was originally promised when the program was created. Last year, we worker) with
other "second round" cities to get an appropriation of $3.5 million for each city.
We continue to work with the same coalition to get full funding for the enterprise
program.
On a longer term, we are working to authorize a police multidisciplinary training center.
We do not believe the project will be successful this year, but we are working to get it included in
the FY 2002 budget.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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