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Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP Federal Relations October 20, 2009 Federal Representation Update, Action Items, and Recommendations The City also submitted the same requests to Senator Klobuchar in hopes that she would consider the requests and forward them onto the Senate Committee for possible inclusion in the Senate appropriations bills. In the end, Senator Klobuchar ended up requesting the following Congressionally Directed Spending items for the City of New Brighton: • $1 million — Northwest Quadrant Soil Corrections -Former Refuse Site Project (To Remediate soil at a former refuse site) • $1 million — Northwest Quadrant Soil Remediation Project (To Remediate contaminated soil) • $1 million — Northwest Quadrant Transportation Improvements — East Side Project However, Senator Klobuchar's requests for the City of New Brighton were not included in any of the Senate's appropriations measures. Although the House and Senate have yet to complete the fiscal year 2010 appropriations process, the opportunity to include individual projects in the funding measures has passed. With this said, the correspondence, meetings, phone calls, and other forms of communication recommended by LGN and acted on by the City have put you in a good position should you desire seek federal funding through the fiscal year 2011 appropriations process. Recommended Action Items: The following recommended action items seek to keep the City of New Brighton's projects in front of Members of Congress and their staff in order to remind them about the community and regional benefits that they will provide: • Seek a meeting with Senator Klobuchar's staff in New Brighton or at her metro office • Seek a meeting with Senator Franken's staff in New Brighton or in his metro office (Request made) Consider a visit to Washington, DC at a time that corresponds with critical points in the transportation authorization process or the fiscal year 2011 appropriations process Conclusion Once again, we look forward to continued opportunities to work with the City of New Brighton to assist you in achieving your federal goals. We will continue to provide you with periodic updates and timely recommendations as the transportation authorization and appropriations process proceeds. In addition, we will continue efforts to identify other federal funding sources which may be beneficial to New Brighton. If you have questions about this memo, the appropriations process, authorization process or your individual projects, please do not hesitate to contact us by phone or email. 5