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Staff:
Anthony Valdez, Assistant to the City Manager
Committee Members:
Councilmember, Bruce Freeman - Chair
Councilmember, Andrae Gonzales
Councilmember, Manpreet Kaur
Regular Meeting of the
Legislative and Litigation Committee
of the City Council - City of Bakersfield
Thursday, December 7, 2023
10:00 a.m.
City Hall North, First Floor, Conference Room A
1600 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield CA 93301
Agenda Summary Report
Meeting called to order at 10:04 a.m.
1. ROLL CALL
Committee members present: Councilmember Bruce Freeman
Committee members absent: Councilmember Andrae Gonzales
Councilmember Manpreet Kaur
City Staff: Christian Clegg, City Manager
Josh Rudnick, Deputy City Attorney
Anthony Valdez, City Manager's Office
Scott Andrews, City Manager's Office
Juan Heredia, City Manager's Office
Julie Drimakis, City Clerk
Joe Conroy, City Manager's Office
Jennie Byers, Economic & Community Development
Additional Attendees: Members of the public and other City Staff
2. PUBLIC STATEMENTS
a. Agenda Item Public Statements
None.
b. Non -Agenda Item Public Statements
None.
3. ADOPT NOVEMBER 8, 2023, SPECIAL AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT
City Clerk Drimakis announced at the request of staff the item is being moved to the
next meeting due to no Quorum.
4. NEW BUSINESS
A. Discussion of the City's Recent Selection of Federal Legislative and Funding
Advocate Summit Strategies.
(Information item only, staff recommends receive and file presentation.)
Anthony Valdez, Assistant to the City Manager's Office, made staff comments
Mark Dederick, Teddy Huebert, and Ramon Ramirez, Summit Strategies, made
comments.
Discussion of Quarterly Legislative Update from the City's State Legislative and
Funding Advocate Renne Public Policy Group.
(Information item only, staff recommends receive and file presentation.)
Anthony Valdez, Assistant to the City Manager's Office, made staff comments.
Dane Hutchings and Jake Whitaker, Renne Policy Group, made comments and
provided a PowerPoint presentation.
Councilmember Freeman recessed the meeting at 10:34 a.m. and reconvened the
meeting at 10:37 a.m.
5. COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None.
6. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 10:52 a.m.
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LEGISLATIVE AND LITIGATION COMMITTEE
ATTEST:
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JU IE DRIMAKIS, MMC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
Legislative and Litigation Committee
Regular Meeting December 7, 2023, Agenda
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