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�- i 51 � . Attachmerit 1 B EXHIBIT `A" SCOPE OF SERVICES Consultant shall provide consulting services in connection with the offering and sale of the Bonds. Consultant agrees to pertorm the following: 1. Meet and confer with City staff, council members and consultants to ascertain the scope of the project and the financiai objectives of the City; 2. Recommend a plan of finance that will, in our opinion, best achieve City objectives and provide financial analyses in support of our recommendations; 3. Recommend either a competitive or negotiated sale of securities in order to best further the City's objective of obtaining capital on the most advantageous financial terms. 4. Recommend a security structure and relevant marketing features that will achieve the City's objectives and which will, in our opinion, result in the highest compatible rating and associated lowest feasible interest rates; 5. Assist in the selection of the financing team (e.g., trustee, feasibility consultants, and other necessary consultants or service providers, etc.); 6. Prepare a schedule of events for accomplishing the proposed financing, assign duties to the appropriate parties and manage all details of the financing to assure a successful closing; 7. Prepare memoranda and reports as is necessary on behalf of staff for senior management and council members in connection with the financing; 8. Review the credit profile of the financing to assess the credit strength of the issue and determine the marketability of bonds, the suitability of the credit for a rating request and the strength of the credit for a bond insurance submission; 9. Solicit and negotiate on behalf of the City credit enhancement, if available and cost effective; 10. Attend public hearings and participate in meetings and other negotiations which may bear upon the approval of the financing and the sale of the securities; 11. Arrange for all services incidental to the financing, such as trustee, registrar and paying agent, rating, bond printing or book entry services, official statement printing and distribution, insurance (if cost-effective or otherwise desirable), etc.; 12. Meet and confer with bond counsel and other members of the financing team to assure appropriate and timely preparation of all financing documentation; 13. Review and comment on all documents pertaining to the financing, the security therefor and the project to be financed; Attachment 1 B-9