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Febtuary16,2001
Mayor Judith Valles
City of San BemardiPo
300 N. D Street, Sixth
Sill BemardiDo, C
I would cxptMS DIY apptecialion for your recent visits to my WasbingUm
office. Our cJ;...."'...OIIS were ~y helpful in vrri1ll a I""~tive on the most
~.usmg Deeds for the City of San Bemantino 8Dd how the federal government might
playa role: in addressing them.
As the largest city in the county, San Bemantino's noed5 an: ccrtlIinly many and
variad, md it is DOt always easy to di8cem which sbou14 be the top priorities whal1hey
an: coasideml tor federal dollan and lICtion. I 11lIlSt say, our of!ice bas m";ntav,,.t! a very
prodIImve xelatinnabw with city officials and your W..lril'lgloD ,")" I! -1,tiVcs. But 1heIe
is DO substitute for face-to-face discI1ssions with the mayor to help 11& undc:maud the
complexities of such issues as the Lakes IIId Sm:ams pIOject and the city's role in the
mlevelopment ofNormn Air Fon:e Base.
. I am familiar with the city's plans for xefurbisbiDg the historic Santa Fe Depot,
apd we have JI1lIde eftOrts in the past to be b..Jr'lll wi1h tIIat pmject. But it was tbJough
01Il' c:ooversatioDs 1Nt I = 10 UDdetstand what a vita/role: the depot can play ill
dcve1opU1g the city's West Side 8Dd Old San Bemardino. I have been intcrl8ely itMIlved
in negotiations on the cleanup of the Btmker Bill Buin, but our persoual discussions
were es&...tial in showing the city's dc&Y",8le 1leed for a complete resolution. And it wu
chiefly tbJoUJh your _1m";""", that I have leamed of the vanendous success the city
has bad wi1h the Route 66 Re:adezvous and how we migIlt play a role: in that in the future.
Mayor Valles, each congreuional otlice aDd federal agency hears ftom thousands
of interest groups and local agcocics each year, each with a compe1ling case for a need
for federa1 aid or action. We do our best to IaDain. ~ in addrcssin& those
noed5. But it is a weJl-docwnemod fact that the cities that an: moat successfiIl in ll"mn,g
atteDtion in Washington are tho$c whose chiefadvocate ahoW5 a high level of
commitment by aw-i4g in pcrscm. You are cenain1y one orthe best advocates I have
worked with fOr the noed5 of San BemardiDo, and I coauneod you on your efforts on
behalf or your city.
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Mayor Judith Vallc5
February16,:ZOOl
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I 100Ic farwani to future JDCCI1'1gl' IIDd to worlcing with you wwaro a successfill
completion oftbe projeclS on whieh we have j~ forces to benefit San Bema1'diDo.
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