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Exhibit A enFocus Fellowship Project Proposal - Property Tax Study Company Engagement Overview Engagement The City of South Bend (City) has supported enFocus through project Terms engagements since the fall of 2012. enFocus has placed the highest value on this relationship and this has resulted in technology and August 2016 innovation -based projects for the City. The City has furthered its commitment to technology innovation by establishing the Office of Page Innovation and Technology (OIT) led by Santiago Garces (Project 7 of 10 Champion). This document details the proposed shape of the 2016- 2017 engagement. The focus area for this engagement will be on the City's revenue from property taxes. Project Description Background The City, along with St. Joseph County, seeks to engage enFocus to investigate avenues to maximize local property tax revenues. Both the City and the County are heavily dependent on revenue from local property taxes to fund their operations and services. However, this revenue often does not align with expectations and the organizations affected are interested in understanding the underlying reasons for this. The City of South Bend's Office of Innovation and Technology asked enFocus to submit a summary for a project in which enFocus, a neutral third -party, would investigate the issue and facilitate stakeholder engagement, as part of the 2016-2017 enFocus Fellowship Program. enFocus met with the St. Joseph County Auditor and the Penn Township Assessor to discuss the feasibility of the engagement and talk through the areas in which enFocus could provide the most impact as an additional resource. Both were enthusiastic about the project and the prospect of working with both enFocus and the City on it. enFocus 7 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This document and its contents are confidential. If you have received this document in error, please destroy immediately.