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MAYOR ASHLEY SWEARENGIN
February 26, 2016
Ms. Amanda Brown-Stevens, Director, Conservation Finance
The Trust for Public Land
101 Montgomery Street, Suite 900
San Francisco, California 94104
Dear Ms. Brown-Stevens:
By this letter, the City of Fresno, Office of the Mayor officially requests technical advice
and assistance from your organization in connection with our efforts to develop a
program to finance land conservation, trails, parks, and a potential related ballot measure.
As part of your advice and assistance, I understand you may conduct public opinion
research, study local laws and recent elections, and evaluate the feasibility of acquisition,
in fee or through conservation easements, of key properties.
We are interested not only in the factual information that you can provide to us, but also
your organization’s opinions and recommendations on public funding measures available
to us and strategies to enact such measures. That would include understanding the
public’s priorities and attitudes regarding land conservation and other issues currently
facing the City of Fresno and how the public would respond to different methods of
presenting those issues. Although your submissions will be directed to Mayor Ashley
Swearengin’s attention, I understand that your responses to this request will be for the
general use of the City of Fresno.
This request will continue in effect for any advice you offer or presentations you submit
related to such matters. In addition, we would like to take this opportunity to request that
you continue to be available to provide technical advice and assistance in this area and on
related matters in the future.
Thank you for your organization’s contribution to the work of the City of Fresno.
Sincerely,

City of Fresno
2600 Fresno Street · Fresno, California 93721 · (559) 621-8000 · Fax (559) 621-7990 ·
www.fresno.gov

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MAYOR ASHLEY SWEARENGIN

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Ashley Swearengin
Mayor

City of Fresno
2600 Fresno Street · Fresno, California 93721 · (559) 621-8000 · Fax (559) 621-7990 ·
www.fresno.gov