Subject: RE: CAF
From: "Neil Callahan" <[email-masked]>
To: "'Eric Schwerin'" <[email-masked]>, "'Hunter Biden'" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:51:37 -0400

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Neil Callahan

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From: Eric Schwerin [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 5:42 PM
To: Hunter Biden; [email-masked] Archer
Cc: Neil Callahan
Subject: CAF

For discussion tomorrow at 10:30am.

Here's what we should propose to CAF.   The deal was for approx an $800K
success fee as I recall.  This always (as standard operating procedure) was
contingent on the actual award and when the money is obligated by Amtrak.

Amtrak has so far only allocated $25.8m of the $258m contract.  (It is a
five year contract at $258m, with the first year only being valued at 10% of
the total, $25.8m).   So, we would only be receiving 10% of the $800,000
anyway had we had a signed agreement on the success fee.  And by the way,
$800,000 is .2% of $298m.   Way, way below the going rate for these types of
things.

I think we should send CAF a letter saying that per our agreement we want to
memorialize our understanding on payment of success/sales percentage fees.
We should ask for our $80,000 now (the 10%) and agree that the rest is paid
out as the money in obligated.   We could also look at increasing our annual
retainer by $80,000.   

We should also agree to help them with the following things:

1) Advice and strategy related to Amtrak

2) Advice and strategy as related to work CAF can do to help Amtrak secure
financing for the remaining 90%

3) NY State relations - including work with the Governor (to include a press
event ASAP in Elmira)

4) Federal Government Strategy (no lobbying, but this could include a
recommendation to hire a lobbyist)

5) Labor Relations

We may even want to look at expanding the relationship to focus on Light
Rail.

FYI, Lorenzo wants to schedule a trip to Spain in September to talk to Jesus
about this.  I don't think we should go until this is finalized.

 

Eric D. Schwerin

Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC

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Suite 705

Washington, DC 20007

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