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Authorizing appropriate City officials to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Primacy Strategy Group. (To be withdrawn.)
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WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Administrative Code Sec. 45.03 requires that all contracts for lobbying activities be first authorized by resolution of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor’s Office wishes to contract with Primacy Strategy Group to provide federal legislative lobbying services in 2021 to include, but not be limited to:
- Monitor and analyze activities related to the federal budget and Congressional appropriations process including HUD and EEOC and their impact on Saint Paul.
-Monitor and analyze TIGER grants or FAST grants for their alignment with city priority projects like (1) regional transit lines currently under study, (2) pedestrian, bike and other non-motorized transportation infrastructure improvements included in the Comprehensive Plan, (3) Eastbound Kellogg Rivercentre Bridge and (4) high speed rail from Chicago to the Union Depot.
- Monitor current public safety federal grants for Body-worn Camera, COPS Hiring, JAG Grants, Human Trafficking, and Port Security and funding for Violence Against Women Act grants.
- Advocate for priority parks projects including Urban Waters Initiative, EPA, Paddle Share NPS, NPS Headquarters, and the Great River Passage/Environmental Resource Center.
- Monitor, analyze and advocate for grant funding related to federal housing and community development programs to include: (1) CDBG, (2) HOME, (3) Emergency Shelter Grants, (4) Public Housing and Section 8, (5) Ending Veterans Homelessness and (6) Promise Neighborhood.
- Monitor, analyze, and advocate for: 1) federal COVID-19 related stimulus legislation; and 2) federal public safety assistance or reimbursement funding for May 2020 civil unrest.
- Other legislative priorities as may be identified by the Mayor and Council; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council authorizes appropriate City officials to enter into the attached professional services agreement with Primacy Strategy Group.