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<br />)> Mello-Roos/Assessment District Financings in which bonds have been sold: Over two hundred issues with <br />bonds amounting to more than $2.5 billion. Empire Economics' Market Studies are typically for Planned <br />Communities and Business Parks which have 500-5,000+ housing units and/or 100-150 commercial- <br />industrial acres. With respect to the County of Orange, in particular, Empire has conducted numerous <br />Market Studies for Mello-Roos Districts including Ladera Ranch, Newport Coast, Aliso Viejo, Mission <br />Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, Las Flores, Ladera, and Coto de Caza and Talega as well as Central Park, a <br />forthcoming high-rise residential towerlocated near Jamboree and Interstate 405. <br /> <br />)> Mello-Roos/Assessment District Financings that are presently in their formative stages: over thirty Bond <br />Issues that have forthcoming bonds amounting to $500+ million. <br /> <br />EMPIRE ECONOMICS - MUNICIPAL BOND ISSUES <br />( $ BILLIONS) <br /> <br />Bonds- <br />Forthcoming, .$0.50 <br /> <br /> <br />Mort.~~geReyeni.1e <br />'Bonds, $1 do <br /> <br />Mello <br />Roos/Assessment <br />Bonds, $2.50 <br /> <br />Socioeconomic, <br />$2.75 <br /> <br />Furthermore, Empire Economics actively participates in numerous municipal bond industry events, including <br />the following: <br /> <br />)> UCLA Municipal Bond Financing Seminars: Featured Luncheon Speaker <br />)> Municipal Bond Industry Association - Panelist <br />)> Best Practices for Continuing Disclosure - Panelist <br />)> Appraisal Standards for Land Secured Financing by CDIAC - Panelist/Contributor <br />)> Rating Agency and Bond Insurer Presentations - More than IS Trips to New York City <br />)> Meetings with Municipal Bond Funds: <br />* Mello-Roos Bond Issues - Site Tours <br />* San Joaquin Hills and Foothill Eastern Corridors: <br />+ Ten Presentations in New York, Boston, and Chicago to Fifty+ Bond Funds <br />Consequently, the Municipal Bond Funds are familiar with Empire Economics and also the Market Studies that <br />it has conducted for Planned Communities, Business Parks and Retail Centers in Southern California, in general, <br />and Orange County, in particular. This is beneficial to the forthcoming Bond Issue for CFD No. 2005-01 since <br />these Market Studies have enabled Empire Economics to establish a high degree of credibility with the <br />municipal Bond Funds and Rating Agencies. <br /> <br />For further information on the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission (CDIAC) guidelines for <br />Market Studies and the Qualifications of the firms performing such studies, please refer to the chart on pages 9- <br />10. <br /> <br />2 <br />