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29 City of Sunny Isles Beach RFP #26-01-01 Professional Lobbying Services February 18, 2026 utilizing technology to ensure our advocacy message is resonating among key stakeholders. Our proposed team has the knowledge and long-term experience essential to preparing and introducing legislation, both general bills and amendments, in support of the City's activities and services through the House, the Senate, and the Governor's Office. Our team of lobbyists and attorneys has drafted all manner of legislation, ranging from major pieces of legislation to small but important amendments and everything in between. We approach this task as early as possible to ensure we have time to achieve the desired results. The GrayRobinson team maintains excellent relationships with legislators and staff who will advocate on behalf of the City on policy issues, and established relationships with leadership in the current and future Senate and House. Helping to orient the City to Florida’s ostensibly improving fiscal climate is one example of the many services the team provides. Over the past four years, Florida’s economy has provided the state with a significantly better fiscal position than in prior years. As a result, all boats have risen to some degree. However, much of the growth in state revenue has been used to back-fill cuts made during adverse fiscal periods. Even a large amount of growth can be consumed quickly, especially as the Legislature addresses significant property insurance issues and pursues multiple tax reduction proposals. Likewise, local governments often find themselves participating in an ever-increasing competitive process for state fiscal resources, including securing eligibility for grant funding. Concerning constitutional and statutory issues, the team is highly attuned to the natural political and policy tensions between state and local governments. While local elected officials continuously seek to provide strategic enhancements desired by their local communities or necessary enhancements that may originate from trying circumstances, the Legislature often steps in beyond what local officials consider appropriate or contrary to local efforts. This inherent tension is often the source of discord between local and state governments. GrayRobinson team members have accumulated decades of experience and countless valuable relationships through lobbying the Florida Legislature, both offensively and defensively, on behalf of public and private entities. In addition, many of our attorneys and consultants began their careers as staff to the Florida Legislature, Governor's Office, and state agencies, providing our clients with a unique perspective on the most efficient means of meeting their legislative goals. We also maintain excellent working relationships with all agency heads in the current DeSantis administration and Cabinet, and we will utilize these relationships to help inform the City on the political outlook of the Governor and legislators, as well as the impacts of key policies and programs within Florida as they apply to the City. The following is the overall proposed approach we will take in our representation of the City of Sunny Isles. We will amend this approach based on the specific preferences of City designees. OBJECTIVES DESCRIPTION OF WORK/ACTION ITEMS TIMING Legislative Workshop A comprehensive assessment of the needs and assets of the City, including priority initiatives, political allies, policy goals, legislative and regulatory concerns, state-funded initiatives, and recent accomplishments. First 60 days of engagement