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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
​2018
 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 $
​30,000.00
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
1/18/2019 9:34:00 AM

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; securing funding for Military Construction (MILCON) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Springfield Air National Guard Base in future years; supporting efforts that will make it easier to use third-party financing and other creative alternatives to funding construction on military bases; amending Title 10 of the U.S. Code to add a requirement to address Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques in the Milestone B and C Summary Reports for Major Defense Acquisition Programs; encouraging the Department of Defense to increase use and funding of the Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques Center of Excellence; urging the Air Force to speed up hiring for the civilian acquisition workforce; allowing Foreign Military Sales surcharge funds for construction or lease payments; authorizing defense laboratories to use unobligated expired funds from other Defense Department programs for infrastructure improvements; requiring a baseline study on military construction funding for defense acquisition functions, including science and technology; supporting funding and operation of the Air Force Minority Leaders Research Collaboration Program by the Air Force Research Laboratory; requiring an outside review of Department of Defense policy on rotation of members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) in science and technical fields; supporting the site selection for the F-35 Hybrid Product Support Integrator organization; opening an office in the Dayton region of the Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental (DIUx) program; supporting the Wright-Patterson Medical Center; supporting locating the current Air Force One aircraft at the National Museum of the United States Air Force when the aircraft is retired and opposing attempts to move Presidential aircraft that are currently on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force; supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs implementation of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed in 2017 to establish a history office and heritage center in restored historic buildings on the campus of the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Dayton, including approval of documents necessary to formally create the office and filling the position of VA Chief Historian; reauthorizing the National Aviation Heritage Area; urging the National Park Service to purchase the two original Wright Company Factory buildings for the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park; 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; increasing funding for National Heritage Areas; supporting H.R. 4449, and its companion bill, S. 2377, to name the Dayton federal building and United States Courthouse as the Walter H. Rice Federal Building and United States Courthouse; supporting S.690, extending the time for HUBZone Redesignated areas from three years to seven years; increasing the Airport Passenger Facility Charge (PFC); supporting H.R.1098 and S. 384, New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2017; expanding the New Markets Tax Credit program to include a Manufacturing Communities Tax Credit; supporting S.3172, a bill to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service.

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

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

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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Suffix
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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
City
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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