2019/02/27 Council Agenda Packet

r Regardless of party control of Congress and the Administration,Holland&Knight provides effective representation and advocacy on behalf of local governments and delivers results. We have achieved success for our municipal clients in transportation,maritime,aviation,water, environment,sustainability,public safety,and housing/community development. One of the more significant evolutions in state/local funding from the federal government has been the transition from earmarks to grant solicitations. However,Holland&Knight has been on the forefront of these changes. From 2010 to the present,Holland&Knight has secured hundreds of millions in grants and programmatic funding for our clients covering the spectrum of local government issues,including over$400 million in Department of Transportation(DOT) BUILD grants,more than$25 million in Department of Justice (DOJ) COPS hiring,$16 million in Assistance to Firefighters (AFG)grants, over$40 million in SAFER grant funding for emergency responses,and almost$300 million in the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)WIFIA loans for our local government clients. Recent successes for some of our 42 local government advocacy clients include the following: Norfolk, VA: Holland&Knight has advised the second-largest city in Virginia for 14 years on issues related to Naval Station Norfolk-the largest naval base in the world. This counsel has included strategies to enhance the mission at the facility by homeporting Virginia class submarines there for the first time. The firm has also provided advice on protecting nearby Department of Defense facilities such as a master jet base in order to help protect the six aircraft carriers currently home- ported in Norfolk. Our work has also included securing federal funding for key infrastructure enhancements to ensure access to the base. Seattle WIFIA: Holland&Knight helped City of Seattle Public Utilities secure an EPA WIFIA loan of $197 million for its Ship Canal Water Quality Project.This project will control seven uncontrolled outfalls to prevent more than 60 million gallons of raw sewage and polluted storm water runoff from overflowing into the waterbody each year. We scheduled meetings with the EPA political and career staff to discuss the City's watershed needs and learn how to best frame their project application to meet the Administration's priorities for the most recent WIFIA round.Additionally,we drafted letters of support for the delegation to send to the EPA. Seattle was the only local government in Washington State to receive a WIFIA loan for the FY 2018 round. Philadelphia,PA: Holland&Knight has served the City of Brotherly Love since 2011. The successes and results Ms. Pollner and other advocates have achieved for the City during the past four years of our tenure as their federal advocate has included the City's designation as a Promise Zone,which helped bring federal investment and attention to historically underserved West Philadelphia. In addition,Holland&Knight helped the City receive$10.3 million in TIGER(now known as BUILD) funding for the"Closing the Gaps"Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Project. Finally,we recently secured a position for Mayor Jim Kenney as co-chair of the U.S.Conference of Mayors Hunger and Homelessness Taskforce. This post provides a platform for Mayor Kenney to help highlight one of his top priorities at the national level. Charlotte,NC: Holland&Knight was instrumental in securing a new airport control tower for the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in a tight fiscal environment. We worked closely with the Holland& Knight Confidential Presentation for the City of Everett I 4