File #: RES 2019-020    Name: 2019 Federal Legislative Agenda
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 1/8/2019 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 1/24/2019 Final action: 1/24/2019
Title: A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK'S 2019 FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
Sponsors: City Manager
Indexes: Legislative Agenda, Resolution
Attachments: 1. RESOLUTION 2019-020-2019 Federal Legislative Agenda, 2. EXHIBIT A-2019 Federal Legislative Agenda
Related files: RES 2020-017

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A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK’S 2019 FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

 

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BACKGROUND:

The City of Coconut Creek creates a Federal Legislative Agenda each year to be submitted to the City’s federal lobbying consultants. 

DISCUSSION:

 

Coconut Creek’s 2019 Federal Legislative Agenda was created with input from staff and the City’s federal lobbyist, Van Scoyoc Associates.  It lists the City’s objectives for legislative action at the federal level on issues that may affect the City of Coconut Creek, its residents, and its businesses over the next year. 

 

A public workshop will be held at 6:00 p.m. on January 24, 2019, where the City’s federal lobbyists from Van Scoyoc Associates will present and discuss the City’s proposed 2019 Federal Legislative Agenda with the Commission and request input for any proposed changes. 

 

Upon approval by the City Commission at the January 24, 2019, Commission Meeting, the City of Coconut Creek’s 2019 Federal Legislative Agenda will be submitted by Van Scoyoc Associates to the City’s federal legislative delegation and will be utilized by Van Scoyoc Associates to represent the City at the federal level over the next year.  

RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends approval of this resolution.         

FISCAL IMPACT:  N/A