BOARD MEETING DATE: January 7, 2005
AGENDA NO. 21
Legislative Committee
SYNOPSIS:
The Legislative Committee held a Special Meeting on December 1, 2004 and held its regular meeting on Friday, December 10, 2004. The next Legislative Committee meeting is scheduled for Friday, January 14 at 8:00 a.m. in Conference Room CC8.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Receive and file this report.
Beatrice J.S. LaPisto-Kirtley, Chair,
Legislative Committee
Regular Meeting of December 10, 2004
Attendance [Attachment 1]
The Legislative Committee met on December 10, 2004. Present were Vice-Chair Jane Carney, in attendance via videoconference were Committee Chair Beatrice J.S. LaPisto-Kirtley, and Committee Members Michael Antonovich, Jan Perry, and Roy Wilson. Committee member Bill Postmus was not in attendance due to a conflict of interest.
Interview and Execute Contract for Legislative Consulting Services in Washington D.C.
Committee members interviewed three firms: Copeland, Lowery, Jacquez, Denton & Shockey; Fabiani & Company, LLC; and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP. The Committee felt that the current legislative representative, Copeland, Lowery, Jacquez, Denton & Shockey most strongly presented their depth and knowledge of issues of importance to the AQMD and how best to represent this agency in Washington, D.C.
The Legislative Committee voted unanimously to recommend that the Governing Board award a contract for Legislative Representation in Washington, D.C. to Copeland, Lowery, Jacquez, Denton & Shockey, LLC for one year, with an option to renew up to one additional year, for an amount not to exceed $131,000 per year. [Please refer to the January 7, 2005 Board Agenda Item # 3 for additional information on this item.]
Other Business: None
Public Comments: None
Attachments:
1. Attendance Roster
Special Meeting of December 1, 2004
A special meeting of the Legislative Committee meeting was held on December 1, 2004. Present via teleconference were Committee Chair, Beatrice J.S. LaPisto Kirtley, Vice-Chair Jane Carney, and Committee Members Michael Antonovich, and Roy Wilson. Committee Members Jan Perry and Bill Postmus were absent.
The purpose of this special meeting was to execute a sole-source contract to California Strategies for legislative representation in Sacramento, California. The recommendation of the legislative committee was then forwarded to the Governing Board for their approval on December 3, 2004. [Please refer to the December 3, 2004 Board Agenda Item # 3b for additional information on this item.]
No other business was conducted at this meeting.
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