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Proposal Letter City of Santa Ana 1-Yr. AT&T and 3-Yr.Time Warner Review Communications Support Group, Inc. SECTION D FEE PROPOSAL CSG proposes to perform a complete agreed-upon procedures review of franchise fee and PEG fees for a three year period of Time Warner for an amount not to exceed $45,000. CSG proposes to perform a complete agreed-upon procedures review of franchise fee and PEG fees for a one-year period of Time Warner for an amount not to exceed $15,000. We propose calendar years 2008-2010 for Time Warner and calendar year 2010 for AT&T (however, the City may wish to consider making this 2009 to capture an extra year given DIVCA's three year statute of limitations, thereby, reserving a review of 2010 for next year. We agree to perform all services on an hourly basis at the rates set within our 2011 contract with the City. We will invoice the City monthly for our services. Invoices are payable on presentation. A finance charge of 1% per month will be added to fees billed but not received before the end of the month following the month of our invoice. This corresponds to an Annual Percentage Rate (APR) of 12%. No finance charge will be imposed on unpaid finance charges. Also, our fees will be payable in full regardless of findings that result from this engagement. Provisions for Adjustment in Fixed Fee Arrangement The quotes stated above for each of these phases is estimated based upon the following assumptions: AT&T and Time Warner will complete, sign and return all of our questionnaire addenda, together with all requested documents and AT&T and Time Warner prepared schedules. AT&T and Time Warner will have personnel available who are knowledgeable regarding franchise fees, PEG fees, and video users tax reporting to work with DE&CO and CSG and DE&CO.. • No travel time or expenses to either AT&T corporate offices in Texas or and Time Warner's corporate offices in Stanford, CT. Should AT&T and Time Warner not provide the requested questionnaires, information or documents, or should we need to travel to out of state, we will communicate these circumstances to the City in writing. We may request that the City approve a fee increase to cover any additional services or expenses that may be involved. We agree to not incur additional expenses without express written consent of the City. ©2011 Communications Support Group, Inc. Page 8 of 9 25F-13