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ORIGINAL VOLUNTARY COLLECTION AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX THIS VOLUNTARY COLLECTION AGREEMENT (the "Agreement') is dated J O 1 N 3 2018 and is between AIRBNB, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Airbnb") and THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA (the "Taxing Jurisdiction"). Each party may be referred to individually as a "Party" and collectively as the "Parties." RECITALS: WHEREAS, Airbnb represents that it provides an Internet -based platform (the "Platform") through which third parties offering accommodations ("Hosts") and third parties booking such accommodations ("Guests") may communicate, negotiate and consummate a direct booking transaction for accommodations to which Airbnb is not a party ("Booking Transaction"); and WHEREAS, the legal rights, remedies and obligations of Airbnb, Hosts and Guests using the Platform are specified in a document entitled "Terms of Service" (the "TOS") and other policies and procedures available at www.airbnb.com, including, but not limited to, certain TOS provisions to which Hosts and Guests have agreed that when or if Airbnb determines to assist with collection and remittance of occupancy taxes in a given jurisdiction, users grant Airbnb authority to register, report, collect and remit the applicable City of Redwood City Transient Occupancy Tax ("TOT") imposed by Article IV (Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax) of Chapter 32 (Taxation) of the Redwood City Code (the "Code") and pursuant to this Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Taxing Jurisdiction and Airbnb enter into this Agreement voluntarily in order to facilitate the reporting, collection and remittance of applicable TOT imposed under the Code, on behalf of Hosts for Booking Transactions completed by Hosts and Guests on the Platform for accommodations located in the City of Redwood City (the "Taxable Booking Transactions"). NOW THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL COVENANTS, PROMISES AND AGREEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS: (A) Solely pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including only for periods in which this Agreement is effective (defined below), and solely for Taxable Booking Transactions completed on the Platform, Airbnb agrees contractually to assume the duties of a TOT operator as described in the Code solely for the collection and remittance of TOT (hereinafter ATTY/AGR/2018.075/AIRBNB AGREEMENT REV: 04-27-18 PR Page 1 of 7