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LOBBYING REPORT

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

1. Registrant Name Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual
DAYTON DEVELOPMENT COALITION

2. Address

Address1
2111 WILSON BOULEVARD, #700
 Address2
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City
ARLINGTON
 State
VA
 Zip Code
22201
 Country
USA

3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)

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4a. Contact Name b. Telephone Number c. E-mail
​Mr.
​MICHAEL GESSEL
​7038758650
​mgessel@daytonregion.com
5. Senate ID#
​82658-12
7. Client Name Self Check if client is a state or local government or instrumentality
​DAYTON DEVELOPMENT COALITION
6. House ID#
​363700000
TYPE OF REPORT 8. Year
​2016
 Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) Q4 (10/1 - 12/31)

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

10. Check if this is a Termination Report Termination Date
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13
12. Lobbying 13. Organizations
INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were:
Less than $5,000
Less than $5,000
$5,000 or more $
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$5,000 or more $
​40,000.00
Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options.
Method A. Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only

Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code

Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code

Signature
Digitally Signed By: MICHAEL GESSEL
 Date
10/20/2016 7:11:58 PM

LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code ECN

16. Specific lobbying issues

Funding for economic development of Dayton, Ohio region; supporting the fiscal year 2017 presidents budget request for $12.6 million to construct a new gate house at Gate 26A of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; securing funding for Military Construction (MILCON) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in future years; supporting the Air Force celebration of the McCook Field Centennial; authorizing the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) to accept civilian students for cyber education in critical national security fields; supporting the Air Force Development Planning process; increasing Air Force RDT&E funding for hypersonics and autonomy research; supporting funding for the Air Force Minority Leaders program of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL); supporting the AFRL program to transfer laboratory-generated technology to industry partners for military and commercial use; supporting the realignment of funding for the Air Force Civilian Acquisition Workforce to the RDT&E accounts from the O&M accounts; permitting the administrative fund from Foreign Military Sales to be used for construction; ensuring that the Defense Department has the right of first refusal for excess real and personal property that it helped develop; maintaining the presidential aircraft collection at the National Museum of the United States Air Force; reducing the barriers to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base participating in the Ohio Department of Administrative Services Cooperative Purchase Program; supporting a provision in the FAA Reauthorization Act that will secure parity for Ohio with FAA UAS test ranges; encouraging continued collaboration on research involving UAS among the Department of Defense, NASA, and the FAA; H.R. 810, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2014-amend section 403 to add the Secretary of Defense among the required NASA partners on UAS research; urging the Department of Veterans Affairs to locate its national archive on the campus of the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center and to commit to constructing the facilities; supporting the fiscal year 2017 presidents budget request to fund the purchase by the National Park Service of the two original Wright Company Factory buildings; urging the National Park Service to update the General Management Plan for the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park and to complete Historic Structure Reports for the Wright Factory Company buildings, Hawthorn Hill, and the Paul Laurence Dunbar Memorial; encouraging the Department of Defense to open an office in the Dayton region of the Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental program. Also, the following items in H. Rep. 114-537: Development Planning, page 184; Technology Transfer, page 76; Interagency Unmanned Aerial System Research, page 85; increasing PE 0602201F, AF RDT&E, Aerospace Vehicles Technologies; increasing PE 0602202F, AF RDT&E, Human Effectiveness Applied Research. Also the following items in H.R. 4909, FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, as reported: Authorization of $12.6 million to relocate Entry Control Facility 26A at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Section 2852, Renaming Site of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, Ohio. Also, in H.R. 4974, VA-MILCON Appropriations Bill, FY 2017, appropriation of $12.6 million to relocate Entry Control Facility 26A at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Also in H.R. 5293, Defense Appropriations Bill, FY 2017, increasing PE 0602201F, AF RDT&E, Aerospace Vehicles Technologies.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

First Name Last Name Suffix Covered Official Position (if applicable) New
Michael
Gessel
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

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21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

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22. New General description of client’s business or activities

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LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

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ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address:

Name Address Principal Place of Business
(city and state or country)
Street Address
City State/Province Zip Country
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State Country

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

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FOREIGN ENTITIES

27. Add the following foreign entities:

Name Address Principal place of business
(city and state or country) 		Amount of contribution for lobbying activities Ownership percentage in client
Street Address
City State/Province Country
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State Country
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization

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