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3.0 SALES TAX INFORMATION & CONSULTING <br />MRC shall continue providing to the City a Sales Tax Inquiry System, <br />STARS reports and support services, further described as follows: <br />3.1 SALES TAX INQUIRY SYSTEM <br />MRC shall continue to install and update quarterly the City's sales tax <br />registration and allocation data and train as necessary authorized City staff <br />in the use of the Inquiry System and an easy -to -follow user manual, also <br />furnished by MRC. Because the Sales Tax Inquiry System contains <br />confidential information, access is limited to authorized personnel by <br />making the System password - protected. <br />3.2 STARS (SALES TAX ANALYSIS & REPORTING SYSTEM) REPORTS <br />MRC shall continue providing the City with a quarterly updated set of <br />bound STARS reports. <br />3.3 SUPPORT SERVICES <br />In conjunction with the Sales Tax Inquiry System and STARS reports <br />described above, MRC shall provide support services to include: <br />■ Providing City staff with sales tax orientation: <br />o Conducting technical seminar on California's local sales tax <br />distribution process; and <br />o Training staff in the fundamentals of sales/use tax allocation <br />auditing should the City desire to assume responsibility for <br />future maintenance of retail accounts internally. <br />■ Preparing and analyzing a list of the City's major sales/use tax <br />generators to assist the City in developing a public relations program <br />to prevent the loss of these important businesses. <br />■ Profiling for Economic Development/Community Redevelopment <br />personnel the most economically desirable/undesirable types of <br />developments/business uses and the reasons why. <br />■ Assisting in defining specific geographic areas for which the City <br />would have an interest in knowing the sales/use tax produced (e.g., <br />within Redevelopment Agency project areas). <br />20 <br />