NAIOP - Colorado Chapter

CCF Talking Points
About Robert Moody (Executive Director)
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Talking Points for Members

Following are talking points to use when speaking with or writing to your clients and customers about the CCF.

Established in 2001 by the NAIOP-Colorado Board of Directors, the purpose of the Common Cents Fund is to give property owners and their customers a voice in the public policy issues that affect their ability to conduct business in Colorado.
The CCF specifically seeks to influence only those issues that are of benefit to our members and their customers, the tenants in their buildings. Initially we identified these target issues to be growth (including transportation, land use and other quality of life issues), affordable housing, taxation and water issues. To this have been added economic development and other issues which affect the development and operation of our buildings.
The primary funding mechanism of the CCF is very simple: one cent per square foot of property owned or managed.
Contributions to CCF are voluntary.
Contributions from associate members (who do not own or manage property) are welcomed and encouraged, as public policy issues affect everyone's ability to conduct their business.
The amount contributed by each owner is relatively small in comparison to the potential benefits of lower property taxes, sound growth management legislation, affordable housing and proper water storage, conservation, and management.
NAIOP believes that contributions can be passed through to customers as part of operating expenses based on language already included in most commercial leases for the following reasons:
- Lobbying efforts of the CCF will be of direct benefit to your customers.
- Any lobbying by NAIOP which cannot be justified to your customers (for example, forced access) will be undertaken by NAIOP directly and not the CCF.
- Your customers ultimately pay higher rent due to increased development costs caused by unfavorable public policy decisions.
- Your customers and their employees ultimately bear the burden of poor planning through higher priced housing, traffic congestion and transportation problems, and other social consequences that affect our quality of life.
- The cost of higher property taxes and increased operating costs are also ultimately passed on to the tenant/customer.
- As the voice of commercial real estate we are able to represent your customers and their industry as an influential and unified front in order to address the issues that affect these costs.
The Common Cents Fund is based on the highly successful "Penny Per Square Foot" program created by the Minnesota chapter of NAIOP ten years ago. Most property owners in Minnesota pass through the penny per square foot to their customers, and few have ever been questioned during expense audits.
NAIOP Colorado and the CCF have the full support of our National organization and their full-time staff person who is devoted solely to state and local issues.

Robert Moody
Executive Director, Legislative Affairs
National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Colorado Chapter

Robert Moody is the Executive Director of Legislative Affairs for the Colorado Chapter of NAIOP. As such he directs the legislative affairs program of the 550 member chapter as well as the Common Cents Fund, the funding vehicle for the Chapter's legislative efforts. Appointed by the board of directors of NAIOP in 2000, Bob directs the lobbying, public relations, government affairs, and educational efforts on behalf of the Chapter. He is also responsible for the Chapter's Political Action Committees.

Bob has been active in the Colorado chapter of NAIOP since 1983. He has served on the local Board of NAIOP for many years and was twice elected President of the Colorado chapter. He also served for six years as a member of the NAIOP National Board and serves on several National Committees. Bob's role with the Common Cents Fund and the Chapter is further evidence of the Chapter's strong commitment to become the "voice of commercial real estate" at the State Capital and selected local jurisdictions and to help shape sound public policy in Colorado.

Bob is a senior commercial real estate professional with extensive experience in all aspects of real estate including financing, development, sales, leasing and management. Prior to becoming Executive Director, Legislative Affairs, Bob was the Executive Vice President of Cantwell, Moody & Associates where he was responsible for the company's new loan production, representing institutional lenders including Allstate, ING, State Farm, Fortis, and Kansas City Life. When the company aligned with Johnson Capital Group of Colorado in early 2000, Bob sold his share of the business to allow himself the opportunity to concentrate on loan production and service to his clients. Prior to his tenure with Cantwell, Moody, Bob was with GWL Properties (a subsidiary of Great West Life) and was involved in the leasing, renovation and disposition of the company's problem real estate.

A native of Canada, Bob earned his Colorado Real Estate License in 1983. He enjoys cycling, running, swimming and spending time with his granddaughters. Bob resides in Denver, Colorado. He and his wife Cheryl have two grown sons.

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