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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-01-23; City Council; 10462; OUT OF STATE TRAVEL REQUEST FOR CITY MANAGER,. 6* $F CARLSBAD - AGENDWILL fi- CL d * c I AB# I?, 4d iL 1 TITLE: I DEP~ MTG, /& d3- y& DEPT. CM OUT OF STATE TRAVEL REQUEST FOR CITY MANAGER CITY CITY c I I RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve out of state travel for City Manager to attend National League Cities Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.. ITEM EXPLANATION: The National League of Cities is hosting the Annual Congressional C Conference in Washington, D.C. from March 3-6, 1990. This conference was not included in the City Manager's 1989-1990 budget. accordance with City Council Pol icy #5, all unscheduled travel requests 'In be authorized by City Council if out of state." City Council authorizat is requested by this agenda bill. FISCAL IMPACT: The cost for the City Manager to attend the National League of Cit Conference has been estimated to be $1,530. EXHIBITS: 1. Information and agenda for National League of Cities Annual Conferencc Washington, D.C. a tL1 > 0 Be: eL 3 2 0 I. I 5 a 1 0 z 3 0 0 I EXHIBIT 1 m 0 4. UO LUES AND 'l'OWNS &ITER TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANY MOM DOES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MATTE1 TO CITIES AND Toms? ou know the answer. THE BUDGET AND THE DEFICIT HOUSING AND COMMUNITY Efforts to revise Mer a decade of disinvestment, the federal government might seem irrelevant to the nation's cities and towns. Many elected municipal officials no longer look to rhe federal government for leadership-or partnership. Instead, they look closer to home-to their own com- munities. to their own state governors and to their own state legislatures. Should municipal officials care about the federal government, when the federal government seem to care so little about aties? Yes. And because you care about what the federal government is doing to-and for-cities and towns, you need to be in Washington, D.C. on March 3 through 6, 1990. for the Congressional-City Conference. For while the federal government may do lide during the coming year in the %-a! of direct xsistance. much of what it will do will affect all cities and towns-yours included. There mill be pressure to eliminate any local role in federal housing assistance for low- and moderate-income families; that's a role for the states. some say. There will be pressure to eliminate any municipal role in the Community Development Block Grant program and to redirect the Funds to non-profit organiza- tions. There will be proposals [o end the fed- era\ gasoline tax close The Highway Trust Fund, and leave the future of highways, bridges. and public transpomtion up to the states. There will be pressure to strengthen environmental protection regulations by Imposing harsher civil and criminal penal- ties on cities and towns-thus compelling local governments to foot the bill for cleaning up the nation's waters. And there will be other pressures and proposals-to rid our streets of drugs, to make America number one in education, to provide a hirure for our children. But there won't be much talk about how we'll pay. That's where you come in. After all, somebody has to speak up for cities and towns. Faced with the task of cutting the federal deficit in excess of S40 billion to meet the Gramm-Rudman target, the federal gov- ernment will have to decide which pro- gram to cut, which taxes to raise. and which mandates to impose. The president's budget, offered to the Congress in January, will show us all what the president's priorities really are-exact- ly what resource he proposes to help as a partner to fight drugs, to provide housing and community development opportuni- ties. and to comply with federal environ- mental mandates. comes at an ideal time-just as Congress is considering what the president's budget means and what to do about it. Whatever the budget includes or excludes, and whatever Congress does about it. you know it will affect your com- munity-your water and sewer fees; your streets, roads, bridges, buses: your ability to issue debt and raise revenues; your ability to fight drugs and crime. And the Congressional-City Conference is your very best chance to explain all that to Congress. The Congressional-City Conference TAXES, TAXES, TAXES Only in Washington can the federal gov- ernment raise taxes without raising taxes. As the federal budget and the deficit become more and more inremined with federal tax policy? your community feels the effects-in something as complex as Section 89 or as simple as the collection of federal gasoline taxes on municipal vehicles. In the past decade, the administration, Congress, and even the Supreme Court have eroded the authority and ability of municipalities to issue debt to finance public operations and facilities. Today the federal government is once again trying to find new sources of rev- enues that do not seem like taxes: raising gasohe taxes but using the revenues for the general budget instead of highways and public transpomtion. imposing mandatory Medicare taxes. creating a national "tipping fee" for municipal solid waste. In federal fax policy, more than most for explanations. .4nd the best time to do that is at the Congressional-City Conference. The regulations themselves will come out in very fine print. and if you're not prepared. the fine print will catch you every time. other nrens of law. it is imporrant to ask DEVELOPMENT For a lot of Americans. affordable housing is among the top priorities. The rise in homelessness and the depletion of low- and moderate-income housing stock has reached a crisis level. and both the House and Senate will have to deal with it during this session of Congress. Currently before the Congress are two authorization billsihe Yational Affordable Housing Act. sponsored by Senators Cranston and DAmato, and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1989, sponsored by House Banking Secretary Jack Kemp has proposed vari- ous reforms that would radically change the fundamental goals and objectives of the Community Development Block Grant program. Many of the Kemp proposals will be considered in the final reauthoriza- tion bill. These bills and reform proposals will be high on the agenda at the Congressional-City Conference. The ques- tions to be explored include the emphasis of the new housing bill (on homelessness, homeownership, preservation); the impact of changes in the CDBG program on cities and towns; and the role you can play in the debate over housing policy. Chairman Henry Gonzalez. .%nd HUD A NEW SURFACE TRANSPORTA~ON PROGRAM? Federal surface [ramporration programs reach the end of the line on September 31. 1991, and the discussions of the route they will take after that have already begun. Along the way, you can expect increasing fiscal pressures on federal transportation excise tax revenues, con- flicts between states and local govem- ments over how to spend the funds that are available, and effom to stretch these limited resources by easing federal resuic- tions on spending federal Funds. Your voice is critical to making sure that Congress and the Department of Transportation understand why local gov- ernments need an increased voice in deciding how public funds are spent in your community. WHERE CAN WE PUT OUR GARBAGE? You can pick it up. but you can't put it down-or so it seems to many local offi- cials as [hey see the ;Lmount of solid waste outgrowing their dhiliry to dispose of it. disposal law are a1 Capitol Hill, and y~ affected. There arc interstate transpori for all cities and t( governments be fil with closed landfil' requirements for si impose federal COI for solid waste dis WHAT 1 TO iw 0 Little headway, if : waste, require spe the nation's ever+ Congress and the appear able to ma unpopular-but n get federal suppol where the probler back other domes help prevent drug individuals. During this sess reexamining the IT federal assistance administration ack lems of funneling through state govt you to bring homl ties of the local e> costs of the war a, don't, Congress w The federaysta is anorher issue th nity. A matching I those who have r are in the best fisc izes those who h; stantial efforts on greatest problem capacity. But Con; the problem unle: lacs-and-cents fact you to raise taxes CABLE Consumer compk sion rates and ser while local officia respond. Congres plaints. and some LO help local govt some sway over ( cable in your ciF future-you neec over Lvhar cities 1 hrak rhe cable 11 communications. Conference. fill out the registration form Each delegate, guest. speaker, member of the press, and any other conference participant must register. (There is no charge for spouse, youth. or press regis- trations.) No telephone regismions or cancellations will be accepted. Deadline for advance registration is January 31, 1330. Payment must be included with advance registrations. People unable to meet the January 31 deadline will have to register on-site at the meeting and make their own hotel reservations. Refunds will be made for cancellations received by February 9, 1330, subject to a $30 cancellation charge. Cancellation let- [ers must be postmarked by this date. NO telephone cancellations will be accepted. No partial refunds will be made if you decide not to attend particular functions. If you need hotel accommodations, please check the appropriate box on the registra- tion form. NLC will not make a hotel reservation for you unless you have regis- tered for the conference. Rooms will be assigned on a fit come. fmt served basis. The conference will be held at the Washington Hilton Hotel. LOCAL EXCHANGE NLC's international messaging and database communications network. LOCAL. EXCHANGE will be demonstrated during conference reprration hours. If local government problems. then be sure to see what LOCAL EXCHANGE can do for you. LOW EXCHAKGE offers NLC, FTI, ICIU GFOA and &USA databases, fax capability, on-line conferencing, leg- islative news and more. Come see what your community is missing! GUARANTEED LOWEST AIR FARES NLC Conference Travel Center guarantees to book you on the lowest available air fare at the time of reservations. This air fare may be a restricted published dis- count or an unpublished unrestricted spe- cial negotiated fare, whichever best suits your &vel needs. Air fare discounts could range from 5 percent off any applicable fare with resuictions to the unpublished unrestricted negotiated fare of 40 percent off coach. For more information call NLC Conference Travel Center at (800) 36% 3239 or (703) 471-0460. Monday through Friday. 8:OO a.m. to 7:OO p.m. (EST). you're looking for new answers to familiar li&l Vl PRO( SA%IAY, MARCH 3 NLCs Standing Policy Committees will meet on Saturday at the 1330 Congressional-City Conference, a day ear- lier than has been the me in the past. Each Comrmrree meeting will bep with a seminar open to all conference delegates focusing on a single topic of major impor- tance to the Committee in its future national policy development work. Tentative topics are: Energy, Environment and Natural Resources: STRATEGIES TO aVAGE THE SOLID WASTE CRISIS Finunce, Administration and Intergotemmental Relations: FINANCING UNFUNDED FEDERAL MANDAES Community and Economic Development: FINANCING LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT Human kdopment: DEVELOPING A NATIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM Transportalion and Communications: FINANCING OPTIONS TO REVITALIZE OUR HIGHWAYS. TRANSIT SYSTEMS AND AIRPORTS In each of these seminars, atrendees will hear short background presentations dealing with the problems and issues pre- sented for cities and towns across the nation. Presentations will be made by elected city and town officials on how municipalities have responded to the issues. the innovative solutions that have emerged from their efforts and the new directions for national policy suggested by their experiences. Out of their deliberations, each com- mnee will develop a reporr identfying the key problem and issues that NLC should address over the course of the year. the policy options that ought to be studied to address each major problem, and the specific. successful experiences of individual cities and towns on which to build in developing a national policy position. AL( .. . r' '. UVL. 'RAT J - - - - SLPJDAY, MINORITY CAUCU! BREAKFAST 730 a.m. - 900 a.m Registrationfie: $2: NLCS Minority c up of the hian Pac Municipal Officials, Officials, National I Elected Officials, ar Government) will c Annual Breakfast o from 7:30 a.m. to 9 speaker will addre: mon concern. Everyone is inv An aduancefee of ($30 on-site). - - - - MONDA Pnorities General will outline the Le ties For 1990. Workhops: Mom shops will cover I latory issues, the i in Congress and and the points to Delegates' Lunch' leader will set fo key issues. - - - - "UTSD Congressional hc Capitol Hill: Dell attend Congressi Hill. State munic a1 delegations tc on key issues. ( director about 5 like NLC to schl you on the Hill appointments r firmed before t service will be Hotel to the CJ a1 city officials 7 (202) 626-3020 - , P4 1 Vb W LJbLMb - A 1 v,! w LVfVbrn331ulv/if,-tl1 y tulvpmuy\l e * ,f""l","ll"""""l""""",",,,""" REGISTRYITON FORM Please type or print HOTEL ACCOMMOCATIONS RESERVATION REQUEST Name Sex M F (Please type or print) Title 0 Please make my hotel reservation as indicated below. City or Organization 0 I do not require hotel accommodations. E4 To accommodate your special needs, e.g., wheelchair Mailing Address rooms, please contact the Conference Registration Cel &rival Date -/- /- -l Departure date / / 1 I WILL BE SHARING IMY ROOM WITH: City State Telephone ( 1 Address Zip Co-Occupant Name Family Members Attending (No regismtion fee required): Spouse Full Name Sex M F Child Age - Child Age 1.0 This is my first Congressional-City Conference. 2.0 I would like travel assistance from the NLC Conference Travel Center. Check applicable Conference Registration fee and enter total fees in the right hand column: ADVANCE RESERVATION FEES (Postmarked by January 31, 1930) 0 $2 50 Direct Member Fee' 5 0 $250 Associate Member Fee' s 0 $325 Non-Member & Indirect Member Fee'* $ 0 $325 Other" s SPECIAL EWT City State Zip- Telephone ( ) CREDIT CARD AUTHORIZATION The NLC Conference R< Credit Card Company and/or the >IC Conferc C-4 hII,-hOr are authorized to use ct L*lU IYUIIIVCI guarantee my hotel res( Bank Number issue airline tickers rex Expiration Date attend this conference. Card Holder Signature Date date unless I have canc one night's mm cbarg through this card if I fa my m~gned housing o with the hotel at least I Indicate your first-choice hotel with the number 1. I aiso undersad that ' Number other horels from 2 to 9 in order of your ~d~r~~~~~~~ preference. You must number all hotels. cellation unless the fan Consult the Conference Regmation Center for by the airline carry a c. information on suites. CHOICE HOTEL SINGLE Embassy Row (A) 137 Hampshire Hotel (B) 99 Highland Hotel (C) 92 Hilton Hotel (D) 92-132 Hilton Towers 175 Mayflower Hotel (E) 119-155 Omni Georgetown (F) 105 Oualitv Hotel (GI 88 .I @ $25 Minority Caucus Coalition Breakfast $ Ritz-Carlton (H) 150 Shoreham Hotel (I) 114 TOTAL s 'On-site fee 5285 afterJanuary 31, 19% "Onsite fee SM afterJanualy 31, 1330 - Make check payable for the total amount of the conference registration fees to: p*- reNrn *' fo* WI* sour NATIOKAL LEAGUE OF CITIES * Cancellation letten must bepostmarked by Februarv 9. 1990 and regismdon payment to: - - all cancellations are subject to a $30 cancellationfee. >IC Conference Regrwnl~on Gnrer P. 0. Box 17413 * No telephone registrations or cancellations will be accepted. DuUrs In!enulioml Airpon Washmgon. D.C. ?@XI Phone (202) 026-3100 * All sessions will be held at the Washington Hilton. IrnWL'i!!