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Home My WebLink About253033 1/11/16 1y u�GAq�F �/ 1 CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA VENDOR: 366912 ONE CIVIC SQUARE ROB DEROCKER CHECK AMOUNT: $**•'10,000.00' ,9. �a; CARMEL, INDIANA 46032 3 WARNER LANE CHECK NUMBER: 253033 �',«oN�° TARRYTOWN NY 10591 CHECK DATE: 01/11/16 DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT PO NUMBER INVOICE NUMBER AMOUNT DESCRIPTION 1203 R4340401 32713 10,000.00 PUBLIC RELATIONS ROB DEROCKER & ASSOCIATES 3 WARNER LANE TARRYTOWN, NY 10591 917-658-4653 INVOICE Date: Jan. 1, 2016 Client: City of Carmel For: Public Relations Services, Dec. 1-31, 2015 Professional Fees: $109000.00 TOTAL: $109000.00 CITY OF CARMEL MONTHLY REPORT - DECEMBER 2015 ROB DEROCKER & ASSOCIATES 3 WARNER LANE TARRYTOWN, NY 10591 917-658-4653 Public Relations Program for the City of Carmel, IN Monthly Report. December 2015 Media-Results Stuttgatter Nachrichten November 27, 2015: "Americans are on foot again. Jim Brainard, Republican mayor in the United States, fighting against climate change and reinvents his city - Next week he visits Stuttgart." Story in this major Southwest Germany newspaper (500,000 circulation) appeared in advance of the Mayor's speaking engagements in Germany. We provided info to political reporter Michael Weilienborn 20151127_STN_F_S TN_003.pdf (English translation at end of this report). Ad Equivalency (est): $25,000 Editorial Impact (est): $125,000 Cumulative Program to Date Ad Equivalency: $864,603 Cumulative Program to Date Editorial Impact: $4,318,515 Activities • With 5th Anniversary of the official opening of the Palladium coming up in January, began pitch for both the Mayor and Tania Moskalenko for stories focusing on "The arts as a tool for economic development." Those pitched included Serge Kovaleski and Jane Levere, who write for The New York Times. 1 ROB DEROC �=R • In the wake of the Paris climate change accord, and noting that San Diego, which is also led by a Republican Mayor, has launched aggressive initiatives to reduce its carbon footprint, pitched Carmel anew to some three dozen media covering those issues. • Pitched Mayor Brainard and Carmel in response to a query for a story featuring urban planners. • Followed up with Fenton staffers regarding potential CNN Broadcast featuring Carmel. • Continued following up on potential speaking engagements for Mayor Brainard, including P3 Conference early next year. January Work Plan • Arrange media and possible site consultant appointments for Mayor Brainard for his time in Washington for the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting. • Arrange media appointments for Tania Moskalenko during her conferences in New York in mid-January; Subject: The arts as a tool for economic development, noting 5th Anniversary of • Continue to pitch U.S. environmental media in wake of the Mayor's trips to India and Germany in November and December, as well as Paris climate accord and other related developments. • Further merchandise recent stories on Carmel in attempt to generate additional media coverage • Continue outreach to site consultants with Carmel and an invitation for them to consider Carmel for the corporate expansions and relocations they are managing. • Share (with the Mayor and Nancy Heck) appropriate media leads that come my way; follow up appropriately. • Continue outreach for potential speaking engagements for the Mayor and/or other Carmel representatives in business and economic development forums, including the P3 Conference next spring. 2 ROB DEROCKER Stuttgarter Nachrichten November 27, 2015 Americans are on foot again Jim Brainard, Republican mayor in the United States, fighting against climate change and reinvents his city - Next week he visits Stuttgart STUTTGART/ Carmel. All Republicans in America doubt the consensus of the scholars, that the world of man-made Global warming is approaching. All Republicans? No. Jim Brainard says: "Climate change is a major challenge of our time." He is a Republican and mayor of the suburban city of Carmel, 30 kilometers north of Indianapolis in the heart of the Midwest State of Indiana. For 20 years now, Brainard has included the fight against air pollution with the aim of making his city a more livable community. Brainard's ambitious plan: In Carmel's heart, an old 1837 community founded by the Quakers, a completely new city center with offices, homes and theaters, narrower streets, but wide sidewalks -- unlike the faceless shopping malls with their huge parking areas —to invite citizens to stroll. "We are returning to a more traditional city plan, where you can walk or bicycle to work and get daily necessities (without a car)" explains Brainard, a lawyer by profession, who developed his ideas while studying in England. This urban planning closely was closely linked to the creation of more than 50 roundabouts. Traffic lights and stop signs were dismantled and roundabouts built(by next year Carmel will have 100). The result is a significant reduction in the time when car engines idling while waiting for lights to change, with gasoline consumption and environmentally harmful emissions and even the number'of accidents reduced. Carmel has 200 km of cycle paths. The city's car fleet of the city runs on hybrid drive or alternative fuel. The city's wastewater is transformed into a new supply of energy, creating fertilizers and simultaneously reducing methane emissions. Carmel's redevelopment, which has been recognized throughout the United States, was possible thanks to a 750 million-euro partnership between the public sector and private investors. With EUR 280 million in debt the city 3 ROB DEROCKER launched the establishment of the new downtown district and City Center. There are Town Hall, a large ultra-modern concert hall and two theaters. And what drives the mayor to this -- atypical by American standards - Urban revolution? He wants to make Carmel a world-class city. "We have neither oceans nor mountains, so we have to work a bit harder to attract the best and brightest" says Brainard regarding his economic policy. We target well- paid jobs in his community. And the Republican Mayor has success. In his nearly 20 year tenure the city has grown from 31,000 to 85,000 inhabitants. The unemployment rate is low, the schools are good, the houses still affordable. And despite harsh criticism from conservative opponents about the 280 million Euro in debt citizens just elected him for a sixth term. "The people in this town support what he does," says Carmel. Brainard is also one of only four Republicans sitting on President Barack Obama's Local Climate Protection Task Force. He recalls the fact that it was once the Republicans (who were at the forefront of environmental protection). Theodore Roosevelt set aside vast tracts of land for the creation of national parks and it was Richard Nixon who created Environmental Protection Agency — much maligned by Republicans today— along with numerous environmental protection laws. Even with climate change Republicans should again lead," says the moderate pragmatist. "Conservative" has something to do with preserving." His explanation for the political self-paralysis in Washington: "There's an impression in all of America that it's a Republican dominated Congress blocking a paralyzed and Democratic president. But (really) the officials there are too far away from the citizens and do not understand what the majority in the country expect from their government." "The cities function in this country. For there is no Democratic or Republican way to collect the garbage." On Wednesday Brainard presents his ideas for combating climate change At the German American center (DAZ) in Stuttgart (Registration required under: an meld ung(a_daz.org). It is the prelude to the Program series "American Spaces," from the US Embassy promoted for a better understanding of the United States in the German public. 4 \NT NO. Prescribed by State Board of Accounts City Form No.201 (Rev.1995) ALLOWED 20 .ACCOUNTS PAYABLE VOUCHER IN SUM OF$ { CITY OF CARMEL i An invoice or bill to be properly itemized must show: kind of service,where performed,dates service rendered, by whom, rates per day, number of hours, rate per hour,number of units,price per unit,etc. Payee — i Purchase Order No. ATION FOR Terms Date Due Invoice Date Invoice# Description Amount nd AMOUNT Board Members Dept. Fund# (or note attached invoice(s)or bill(s)) 1 $10,000.00 1 hereby certify that the attached invoice(s), or 01/01/16 INVOICE $10,000.00 1203 101 bill(s) is (are)true and correct and that the materials or services itemized thereon for which charge is made were ordered and received except ' Sunday, January 03,2016 1 !1 ation if I hereby certify that the attached invoice(s),or bill(s), is(are)true and correct and I have audited same in accordance V fund with IC 5-11-10-1.6 20 Clerk-Treasurer