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EXHIBIT "A" PROPOSAL FOR BOND COUNSEL OR DISCLOSURE COUNSEL SERVICES of QUTNT&THIMMIG LI.P presented to the CITY OF REDWOOD CITY INTRODUCTION spur, California. The two partners are sup- parted by ane associate attarney and a We are pleased to provide the following seven person support staff. The firm is par- in response to the request by the City of ticularly proud of its Closing Department, Redwood City(the "City")far proposals for which illustrates the flexibility the firrn has bond caunsel services and disclosure coun- in tailoring it� practice to the requirements 5el services in connection with the praposed of the municipal bond business. Three refunding of the Ci of Redw�d City Pub- highly trained para-professionals, and one lic Financing Au�ority Water Revenue administrative assistant work with th Bonds, Series 2�6A (the Refunding partners in connection with pre-closing, Bonds"), We would like to be considered for closing and post-clasing logistics and both roles but our preference would be for greatly alleviate the stress and strain which the band counsel role. We believe that is typical af many bond closings. Other Quint & Thimmig LLP is fully qualified to support services include on-line research serve as bond counset or disclosure counsel services, high-speed networked word proc- to the City, essing and document rnanagement capabili- ties, as well as Internet e-mail and web FIRM QUALIFICATIONS CO��cations capabilities. General Background 4verall Firm Experience Since the inceptian of the firm, Quint & Quint & T'himmig LLP was established Thimmig LLP has acted as bond counsei, in March of1997, by Brian Quint and Paul disclosure counsel or underwriter`s counsel Thimmig• Mr. Quint and Mr, Thimmig are for aver 1,400 long-term bond issues recognized in the public finance community cluding general and special fixnd lease(fi- as two of the leading bond attorneys in Cali- nancings and certificates of participation, as fornia and have worked as bond counsel for well as multifarnily housing, tax allocation, more than a combined sixty-seven years. district hospital revenue, nonprofit hospital Bath Mr. Quint and Mr. Thimmig are li- revenue, assessment, censed to practice law in California. Marks-Raos bands), and over 4(?0 shart term note financings. These financings have The firm's entire business effort is di- an aggregate principal arnount in excess of rected toward the delivery af the highest $35 billion. In rnost cases, the firrn has quality bond caunsel, disclosure counsel served as bond counsel to the public agency and underwritefs counsel services. The issuing the debt obligations. A listing of is- firm's practice is lunited exclusively ta the sues completed by the firm during any p�- area of municipal finance, including ta�cable riod is available upon request and tax-exempt issues for local government entities. This speaalization allaws the firm In connection with the transactions to orient its practice to the peculiar re- completed by Quint & T'himmig LLP, we quirernents of public finance, without the have developed significant expertise with need to accornmodate other,unrelated areas respect to the federal tax aspects of munici- of the legal business. pal bond financings. The transactions for which the firm has acted as bond counsel, The firm maintains one office at 900 and have pravided the relevant tax opinian, Larkspur Landing Circle, Suite 270, in Lark- inclucle highly complex refunding transac- -1- ATTY/AGR.2015.059lQuint&Thimmig-Water Revenue Refunding Bonds 2015