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Exhibit A 40,MUNISERVICES MuniServices, LLC 7625 North Palm Ave Ste #108 Fresno, California 93711 Discover. Recover. Prosper, Phone: 800.800.8181 Fax: 559.312.2852 Info@MuniServices.com April 24, 2018 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92702 Re: Consulting Services for overall management of a 1% Transaction Tax measure and a Business License gross receipts Cannabis local tax ballot measure. MuniServices is pleased to present the following proposal to assist the City of Santa Ana with the management of two tax measures to go before the voters in November 2018. The scope of work will include project management, revenue forecasting and modeling, strategic consulting, planning and messaging around revenue enhancement measures in November of this year. We understand the City is exploring options for two measures: a transaction and use tax and a business license tax specifically for cannabis related businesses. Our firm has a history of working with cities on special tax measures and in addition to revenue forecasting, ordinance reviews, we are recommending two additional phases of activity. Phase I A research and planning phase will serve as the cornerstone of initial work. MuniServices will oversee this project and our team will include GrassrootsLabs and an opinion polling firm (Team) to conduct a baseline survey of resident attitudes to the issues at hand. Using this research, we will craft an assessment of the political environment of the City and necessary short and intermediate steps for the City to educate its residents. The poll should be crafted to gauge resident attitudes towards taxation and public services. The poll will test various components of these proposals against provisions desired by City officials. The poll will also explore resident awareness and attitudes towards City revenues and other key issues related to the potential regulations. To the extent other City administrative issues impact this assessment, or may appear on the same ballot, these will also be tested. A poll can be executed in 10-14 days and reviewed with City leadership. Utilizing this data, we will develop briefings with precinct -specific information for councilmembers, as well as a Citywide analysis. These briefings will also include broad analysis of revenue measures in peer cities and southern California as a whole. The briefings will be designed to sufficiently background the elected officials to deliberate the merits and viability of the potential measure.