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Resolution approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Letter of Engagement with Squire Patton Boggs to extend an existing contract for national advocacy and policy services, for a term through June 2021 and for an amount not to exceed $90,000.
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WHEREAS, the firm Squire Patton Boggs has provided the City of South San Francisco ("City") with national advocacy and policy services since 2017; and
WHEREAS, the City entered into agreements with the Washington, D.C. firm with the purpose of engaging a federal government relations advocate to assist the City on pending and future federal issues; and
WHEREAS, Squire Patton Boggs has provided technical assistance and advocacy as the City developed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) relative to sea level rise; the City's sea level rise project is approved by USACE and included in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA); and
WHEREAS, regularly provided staff with notice of federal grant funding opportunities with key deadlines and summaries; and
WHEREAS, Federal advocacy for local government financial assistance related to COVID-19 including real time information relating to all federal stimulus packages and potential relief for local governments; and
WHEREAS, Squire Patton Boggs continues to advocate on Sea Level Rise work including advocacy with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and
WHEREAS, these services would continue to benefit the City, particularly during the COVID-19 crisis and the accompanying need for the City to obtain funding and related assistance; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends executing an Engagement Letter, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A, with Squire Patton Boggs to extend the 2017 contract through June 2021, for a not-to-exceed amount of $90,000 for the 2020-2021 extension.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of South San Francisco that the City Council hereby take the following action...
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