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MILLER <br />& COMPANY P.C. <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br />4929 MAIN STREET <br />KANSAS CITY, MO 64112 <br />816.561.4999 <br />FAX 816.561.5999 <br />E-MAIL intllaw@millerco.com <br />WEB www.millerro.com <br />April 22, 2008 <br />Ms. Linda Summers <br />Economic Development Director <br />City of Santa Ana, California <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, M-25 <br />Santa Ana, California 92702 <br />1875 1 STREET N.W., 5" FLOOR <br />WASHINGTON, DC 20006 <br />233 BROADWAY, SUITE 2702 <br />NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10279 <br />Re: Proposal — Foreign -Trade Zone Revitalization <br />Dear Ms. Summers: <br />Scott Taylor and I enjoyed the opportunity of conferring with you last week. <br />This proposal identifies the substance of our discussions. You asked that we assist <br />your organization in structuring all of the basic documentation necessary to <br />activate facilities that have been authorized as general-purpose zone areas within <br />the City of Santa Ana's foreign -trade zone project with U.S. Customs and Border <br />Protection. We would propose to undertake this activity in two stages. <br />Stage 1 is the preparation of an Application for Activation document <br />structure to be completed by individual firms, a basic Foreign -Trade Zone <br />Operations Manual describing exactly how operations would be undertaken, and <br />explanatory information pertaining thereto. The concept is to create a "step-by- <br />step" process or "how-to" for small firms in Santa Ana wishing to initiate foreign - <br />trade zone operations. In this first phase, the structure will be a simple <br />warehousing operation with no assembly, production, manipulation, or other <br />activities that might change the nature of products arriving to or being shipped <br />from the facility. You asked that we prepare the basic documentation and utilize <br />as an example of one firm to validate the basic process. <br />Our second stage effort would be to take the basic documentation package <br />that has been structured and enhance it to provide documentation necessary for a <br />wider range of foreign -trade zone activities. We would create PowerPoints and <br />train City officials in all of the intricacies of marketing and operating foreign -trade <br />zones. Finally, we would restructure your general-purpose foreign -trade zone <br />project. The project, as currently structured, encompasses physical locations that, <br />because of changes, can no longer accommodate zone activity. As a result, it <br />PLEASE REPLY TO THE KANSAS CITY OFFICE <br />