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EXHIBIT A—SCUPE OF SERVICES <br /> ATTACHMLNT 1 <br /> Utility Users Tax Cotnpliance and Revenue Protect[on Program <br /> MuniServices,LLC ("MuniServices")agrees to provide the City with certain professional services in <br /> furtherance of a comprehensive utility users ta��/franchise compliance and revenue protection <br /> program ("Program"), with broad participation by California public agencies, that is designed to <br /> preserve,protect,and enhance its utility users tax("UtIT")and utiliry franchise revenues. <br /> Article 1-Objectives and Methods <br /> MuniServices Utility Users Tax Standard Program, described in Article 2 Section A, wiil <br /> provide cornpliance reviewing, geocoding, infarmation, and assaciafied services and sldlis, in <br /> conjunction with the legal and "protective" services of the City's outside counsel, Donald H. <br /> Maynor,A Professional Law Corporation("Law Firm"},to establish and implement a Program <br /> that will allow the City and other participating California public agencies to preserve,protect <br /> and enhance their llUT and utility franchise revenues focusing on three areas: <br /> • Campliance Review Services; <br /> • Revenue Frotection and Bnforcement;and <br /> • Client Support Services. <br /> An aptional UUT Prennium Program described in Articie 2 Section B,MuniServices offers City- <br /> Specific Auditing and Provider Specific Geo-Cading Services. These services include <br /> campliance and associated activities designed to establish and impiement a Compliance <br /> Program that will allow participating California public agencies ta preserve, protect and <br /> enhance their UUT revenues through a combination of auditing, geacoding, tax application <br /> compliance, business detection, ordinance madernization with election approval update, <br /> legislative monitoring, technology updafie, and other essential compliance and protective <br /> services. An effective Campliance Pragram will assist the City, and other participating public <br /> agencies, in identifying and correcting errors/amissions causing revenue deficiencies, and <br /> thereby produce new or previously unrealized revenue for such parCicipants. The Program's <br /> tax preservation services will help protect the City's existing UUT revenues from erosion due <br /> to new legislation, new technotagies, autdated ordinance �anguage and inaccurate <br /> information. By offering these essential services through a comprehensive Program, with <br /> widespread participation, there are the additional benefits of: i� achieving Iawer individual <br /> costs for such joint activities; and, ii) developing consensus-based decisions regarding <br /> ordinance interpretations and tax implementation that utility industries require of California <br /> public agencies,including coordznated responses to praposed state and federal Iegisiation. <br /> Article 2-Scope af Work <br /> A. [,TLIT Standard Program <br /> 1. Compliance Review Services <br /> ATTY/A�R/2013.094JWlUNI SERVICES(UUT) <br /> REV:06-04-13 MLG <br /> Page 10 of 19 <br />