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accomplishments and current developments to ensure a fully -integrated and consensus driven approach to our efforts. 2. Develop a government relations strategy to support the promotion of the City of New Brighton's projects in all government and local channels. 3. Implement the proposed strategy through regular communication and high level meetings with selected federal agencies and congressional leadership. 4. In addition, we will continually evaluate, with the City of New Brighton, the progress of the government affairs strategy through conference calls and meetings. Adjustments will be made, after review, to ensure your objectives are being fully met and priorities served. Section III Our Approach The FACE/mCapitol team has the resources and relationships to assist the City of New Brighton in its goal of pursing funding for the Northwest Quadrant Redevelopment Project. In pursing the City's priorities in Washington, D.C., it is essential to build strong coalitions of support. The combination of our comprehensive contacts within the U.S. Congress, the Administration, trade groups, nonprofit organizations, and other entities, coupled with our relationships with the Minnesota Congressional Delegation, make us particularly well positioned to build and support priorities of the City of New Brighton in Washington, DC. If the City of New Brighton chooses to retain us, we would work to progress through an aggressive campaign to educate decision -makers in Washington who are positioned to assist in our efforts. These constituencies would include: ➢ Members and staff of the Minnesota congressional delegation — Our lobbyists have years of personal and working relationships with members and staff of the Minnesota delegation in both the House and Senate. Through professional work, Washington, D.C. connections, and client representation, our team has the ability to coordinate meetings at the highest levels in the congressional offices that the City of New Brighton will need to gain support for its projects. ➢ Democratic and Republican leaders from the House and Senate and their staff - Our lobbyists have long standing relationships with Democratic and Republican leaders in both the House and Senate. We are positioned to facilitate meetings with House Minority leader John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and other leaders of both Democratic and Republican parties. ➢ House and Senate Appropriations Committees- We have extensive relationships with members and key staff on the House and Senate Appropriations Committee. These staffers have an enormous amount of power in determining what gets funded and what does not. mCapitol Management Vice President, Christine Heggern, a former professional staff member from the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations would assist in these efforts. 3