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Re: NEC Coalition and Financial Interests

Agreed - Hunter, see Peter's points about finance firm involvement. You and Devon should discuss this week about how we could be helpful there (and how we'd get paid - assume as an IB relationship). Eric D. Schwerin Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC 1010 Wisconsin Ave., NW Suite 705 Washington, DC 20007 (202) 333-1880 eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com P Consider the environment before printing this email. On Apr 18, 2011, at 9:47 AM, Michael Muldoon wrote: > See below. Interesting point from Peter on setting up private > consortium in the NEC. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jeffrey Parker <jeparker@hntb.com> > Date: Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 6:24 AM > Subject: Fw: NEC Coalition and Financial Interests > To: "mmuldoon@rosemontseneca.com" <mmuldoon@rosemontseneca.com> > > > Mike > Fyi > Jeff > > From: John Parola > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 06:27 AM > To: Peter Gertler; Jeffrey Parker; Todd Schultz; Brad Guilmino; Steve McElligott > Cc: Doug Mann; Bob Sutton - BOS > Subject: RE: NEC Coalition and Financial Interests > > I support this suggestions. However, I would want one more call where > we identify who will contact who specifically and by when and any > other details flushed out. Jeff Parker will set it up and he and I > will attach our thoughts as to who will contact who and who will be > included in this first pass. John > > ________________________________ > From: Peter Gertler > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 11:13 AM > To: John Parola; Jeffrey Parker; Todd Schultz; Brad Guilmino; Steve McElligott > Cc: Doug Mann; Bob Sutton - BOS > Subject: NEC Coalition and Financial Interests > > All: I am in the air today and wont be able to attend the NEC HSR > Call today. However below are some thoughts for your consideration: > > > > 1. I read the draft of Jeff’s Coalition White Paper and think > it is Good To Go. As discussed, last week I think we are ready to > outreach to our sister firms and set up some “back room” meetings to > roll out Coalition Concept and begin the process to generate some seed > funding. Given the current state of affairs with federal funding, > timing is of the essence and now is the time to rally the industry. > > > > ACTION: I recommend that I contact my national counterparts at PB; > URS; AECOM; HDR; HMM and John contact Gannett Fleming as an initial > “test the waters” group. We can plan a meeting either during the > Practicum on early May in Baltimore, MD or earlier if possible. I > assume what we provide at the meeting is an Exec Summary of the White > Paper. > > > > > > 2. Over the last three days as part of the Kiewit/Granite DB > Team pursuing the CAHSR $6B DB contracts, I have represented HNTB in > one to one meetings between the Kiewit/Granite Team and over 15 other > firms, suppliers; investment advisors and banks; operators; > concessionaires, interested in forming potential P3 Consortiums for > the next phase of the CAHSR. The objectives of these meetings were in > part an early teaming discussion and in part intel gathering. It was > very informative about the status and hunger of the industry for > private investment in HSR. As part of those meetings, I was able to > have several side-bar 1 to 1 discussions with many of these > representatives and suggested that we do the same without > Kiewit/Granite focused on NEC. My suggestion, is that we select a few > representative companies to have 1 to 1 sessions with HNTB to discuss > private financing options, interests, and hunger for the NEC. > Initially, my suggestion would be to invite, Goldman Sachs; Meridian; > and Maquerie to these discussions, since they gave me indication they > would be interested. Ultimately, these firms may be interested in > participating in the Coalition above, but more directly we can further > enhance our leadership position by gaining knowledge and relationships > with these firms early in helping to develop a private financing > solution for the NEC. This is particularly relevant given the current > political and funding environment. > > > > ACTION: I recommend that I work with Brad to develop a short list of > firms and schedule a series of 1 to 1 meetings in the next weeks to > discuss our interests; teaming opportunities; Coalition development; > and intel gathering. > > > > I would appreciate your feedback on these ideas and concurrence to > move forward with actions suggested above. > > > > > > > > Peter Gertler, AICP > > Senior Vice President > > > > HNTB Corporation > > 1111 Broadway, 9th Floor > > Oakland, CA 94607 > > Tel (510) 587-8648 > > Cell (510) 851-1867 > > Fax (510) 208-4595 > > > > www.hntb.com > > P Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – Think before you print > > > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential > and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity > to whom they are addressed. > > If you are NOT the intended recipient or the person responsible for > delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, > be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, > dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying this e-mail is strictly > prohibited. > > > -- > Mike Muldoon > Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC > 1010 Wisconsin Ave., NW > Suite 705 > Washington, DC 20007 > (202) 333-1880 > mmuldoon@rosemontseneca.com <?xml version=.0" encoding=TF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version=.0"> <dict> <key>conversation-id</key> <integer>103347</integer> <key>date-last-viewed</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>date-received</key> <integer>1303136450</integer> <key>flags</key> <integer>8590195713</integer> <key>remote-id</key> <string>43586</string> </dict> </plist>