BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Approve Recommended 2021 Legislative Policy Proposals and Legislative Guiding Principles.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve Recommended 2021 Legislative Policy Proposals and Legislative Guiding Principles for the first year of the two-year legislative session in the Legislature, and the first year of the two-year session in the 117th Congress; and for local and regional legislative efforts.
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SUMMARY:
Annually, the Board reviews and adopts legislative policy proposals and legislative guiding principles that form the framework for advocacy efforts at the local, regional, state, and federal levels. Based on these Board-adopted policy proposals and guiding principles, the Office of Government Relations (OGR) develops strategies to achieve the outcomes outlined in the proposals. These strategies may include advancing Valley Water's interests through legislative, administrative, or regulatory means. OGR uses the guiding principles as the foundation that drives Valley Water efforts in influencing the outcome of numerous legislative and budgetary items that affect Valley Water or its interests.
Process for Development of Legislative Proposals and Priorities and Guiding Principles
OGR solicited legislative proposals and guiding principles from Valley Water staff and the Leadership Team through an interview process in June and July 2020. OGR reviewed the submissions and conducted a planning meeting on September 10, 2020, with the Management Leadership Team and staff who submitted proposals, to review and make recommendations on the submitted proposals as well as the existing proposals and principles. Following the planning session, the recommendations were presented to the Chiefs on September 25, 2020, for discussion, review, and direction. The final recommendations are hereby presented to the Board of Directors for review and approval.
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