Federal Legislation Committee

Agenda

1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. REGULAR AGENDA
4. 1. Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Federal Legislation Committee meeting held Tuesday, January 6, 2015.
   Agenda Item
   Action: approve recommendation Passed

   A motion was made by Chair Richardson, seconded by Member Gonzalez, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote:

5. 2. Recommendation to receive and file Government Affairs by the Numbers for FY 15.
   Agenda Item
   Action: approve recommendation Passed

   A motion was made by Chair Richardson, seconded by Member Gonzalez, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote:

   Roll Call (3 votes)

   • Councilmember Richardson Yes
   • Councilwoman Mungo Yes
   • Councilwoman Gonzalez Yes
6. 3. Recommendation to receive and file staff recommendations for the City's 2016 Federal Legislative Agenda, and forward the Federal Legislation Committee's recommendations to the City Council for adoption.
   Agenda Item
   Action: approve recommendation Passed

   A motion was made by Chair Richardson, seconded by Member Gonzalez, to receive and file staff recommendations for the City's 2016 Federal Legislative Agenda and request staff to review the City's 2016 Federal Legislative Agenda to eliminate any redundancies and outdated statements; reorganize the Agenda to ensure that each Council directives correlates to the objectives under each focused category; change the following Council directives: [1] Economic Development No. 3 to include language adding any other streets that qualify for Federal funding, striked-out No. 13 to state support legislation that creates a more competitive business environment for all businesses in Long Beach, striked-out No. 16 to state support efforts to optimally position Long Beach to support high paying manufacturing jobs; and add a directive to support legislation and potential funding for administration of start-up Visas program; and [2] Public Safety Council Directive No. 7 to include language supporting human life; and return to the Federal Legislation Committee by end of December to be forward to the City Council for adoption. The motion carried by the following vote:

7. PUBLIC COMMENT
8. ADJOURNMENT
9. I, Jonathan Nagayama, City Clerk Assistant, certify that the agenda was posted not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting. ________________________ Date: _____________
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13. CALL TO ORDER (4:02 PM)
14. ROLL CALL (4:03 PM
15. REGULAR AGENDA (4:04 PM)
16. ADJOURNMENT (4:36 PM)
17. FINISHED AGENDA & MINUTES
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