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FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITIES ANNUAL MEETING

Minutes of meeting held July 11, 2007

Present: Gordon Jernigan, President Angela Abbott, Vice President Walt Ferguson, Treasurer/Secretary W.D. Morris, Board Member Patricia Braynon, Board Member Rodney Fischer, Board Member Karen Sindel, Executive Director

Others participating: William Lamm, The Bank of New York Trust Betty Anderson, Clay County HFA

The Florida Association of Local Housing Finance Authorities held their annual meeting at the Hilton Key West Marina, Dewey Board Room, Key West, FL on this 11th day of July, 2007. Mr. Jernigan called the meeting to order at 4:04 p.m. at which time he determined a quorum of the Board was present. The first item on the agenda was the approval of the minutes of the March 22, 2007 quarterly meeting. A motion was made by Mr. Ferguson, seconded by Mr. Morris and approved by the Board to approve the minutes. Mr. Ferguson then presented the following financial report: $96,160.01 in the AmSouth checking account; $107,668.89 in the AmSouth money market account; $106,576.66 in the Bank of Pensacola CD; and $84,255.93 in the Gulf Coast Bank savings account for a total of $394,661.49. Mr. Morris then moved that the Board accept the financial report and approve recent expenditures. The motion was seconded by Ms. Abbott and unanimously approved. Ms. Abbott then presented the nominating committee's report. This slate of officers will be presented and voted on during the General Session on July 13, 2007. Mr. Morris moved for approval of the slate, Mr. Ferguson seconded the motion and it was approved unanimously The Key West Conference followed. Ms. Sindel then presented an update for the 2007 educational conference. Ms. Sindel reported that the Dine Around signups have gone well and reminded all of the hosts to close the bar at 8:00 p.m. Ms. Sindel reported that the $51,450 goal for sponsorship is short by $6,000 and thanked Elizabeth Feezor for her continued effort to secure funding. Ms. Sindel also reported that attendance for this year's conference is down due to various reasons including the fact that many past attendees have expressed "Key West burnout." Mr. Jernigan asked that a date be set for the Key West wrap up meeting. After much discussion, it was decided that this meeting will take place on August 2nd at 9:00 a.m. EST via telephone. Ms. Sindel then opened the discussion regarding moving the 2008 educational conference to a location other than the Westin in Key West. Ms. Abbott suggested that Casa Monaco in St. Augustine be considered and Mr. Fischer mentioned that the Rosen Center in Orlando might also be considered. Ms. Sindel has contacted San Destin in Destin as well as the Portofino in Orlando. The new site will need to be accessible by both automobile and airplane travel. Ms. Sindel will pull together proposals from the above mentioned locations, as well as any others presented prior to the August 2nd telephone meeting and send the proposals to the Board members for review. A final decision needs to be made in August so that contracts for the actual event as well as Dine Around and the various evening events can also be secured. Ms. Abbott them mentioned that this conference will once again provided continuing education credits/certification for CPAs and lawyers As Mr. Mark Hendrickson is ill, there was no official legislative report The dates for the 2007-2008 FL ALHFA Board meetings were then established. They will be held on the first Thursday of each month and are as follows: October 4, 2007; January 3, 2008; April 3, 2008 and the annual meeting will be July 16, 2008. Ms. Sindel also noted that the NALHFA fall conference will be held in Miami, FL in November 15 - 17, 2007 with the spring conference April 15 - 19, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 4:44 p.m.

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