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2007-08-13 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF PEARLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF PEARLAND MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING August 13, 2007 CITY OF PEARLAND § STATE OF TEXAS § DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF PEARLAND § Call to Order A special meeting of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Development Authority of Pearland (the "Authority"), a non-profit corporation organized to aid, assist.and act on behalf of the City of Pearland, Texas (the "City"), was held at City Hall, 3519 Liberty Drive, Pearland, Texas, on Monday, August 13, 2007 commencing at 4.04 p.m. and a quorum was established. Written notice of the meeting including the date, hour, place and agenda for the meeting, was posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act. The following Directors were present when the meeting was called to order Chair Tom Reid, Bill Sloan, Tom Pool, and Henry Stanaland. Also in attendance were Bill Eisen, Rick Witte, Lynne Humphries, Gary Cook, Drew Pelter, Ryan O'Hara, Claire Manthei, Young Lorfing, and Dana Townsend. Approval of Minutes Chair Reid presented the minutes of the Development Authority Board meeting held on July 16, 2007 for approval. A motion was made by Director Pool and seconded by Director l Stanaland to approve the minutes. There being no further discussion, the motion passed unanimously Public Comments There were no public comments. New Business A. Chair Reid presented the Preliminary Official Statement of the Series 2007 Contract Revenue Bonds. A motion was made by Director Pool and seconded by Director Stanaland to put this Contract on the table for discussion. Ryan O'Hara with RBC Capital Markets stated that the Contract to sell Bonds is not final yet, and the Board's approval is needed to move forward. Director Sloan inquired as to how they would receive updates on the Contract. Rick Witte with Andrews & Kurth commented that as they get more information the Board would be e-mailed an updated version. Director Sloan requested that the updated versions be re-lined to show the changes in the document. Ryan O'Hara recommended the Board have Wells Fargo handle the Bond Sale due to the fact that they have handled the past Bond Sales for the Board and are very familiar with the process. Mr Witte reviewed the Contract with the Board regarding the value of the Bond Sale which is not set until a current assessed value of the property has been received. Bill Eisen with the City of Pearland stated they have the value of the property as of January 1, 2007, but require the growth from January to August. Mr Witte continued the discussion regarding maturity date, 2 insurance, risk factors, current developer reimbursement, collateral, debt service reserve fund, certified tax values, taxpayers in the TIRZ, etc. Mr O'Hara stated that the final Preliminary Official Statement for the Bond sale will be panted on September 6, 2007 with the Board meeting on September 17, 2007 to approve. Following discussion, Chair Reid commented that there was a motion and second in place to approve the draft of the Preliminary Official Statement. With no further discussion,the Board unanimously approved the motion. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the Authority, upon unanimous consent by the Directors, the meeting was adjourned at 4.34 p.m. ADOPTED and APPROVED this day of , 2007 Tom Reid, Chair Henry Stanaland, Secretary rL 3