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L. Thomas GiblinL. Thomas Gibtin | President & Shareholder | tgiblin@ngnlaw.com2502 Rocky Point Drive, Suite 1060 | Tampa, Florida 33607813-281-2222 Tel. | 813-281-0129 FaxMr. Giblin has been involved exclusively in municipal finance for over 40 years.From February 1977 through December 1982, he was associated with the NewYork City law firm of Mudge Rose Guthrie & Alexander in its municipal bonddepartment. He has functioned as Bond Counsel, Disclosure Counsel andUnderwriter's Counsel for bond and note issues in approximately 25 states,including Florida, New York, New Jersey, California, Texas and Pennsylvania. Thetypes of issues include general obligation, health care, industrial development,sewer, water, electric, solid waste, transportation, special assessment, housingand special tax and revenue. Mr. Giblin is President of NG&N and head of itspublic finance practice. Mr. Giblin received his J.D. from the University ofWisconsin Law School in 1975.• Represents clients in all aspects of public finance, including tax-exempt obligations issued to finance andrefinance transportation improvements (including toll facilities), water and sewer utilities, electricutilities, port and airport improvements, solid waste disposal facilities, and general governmentalfacilities.• Represents clients in the creation of public-private partnerships for various purposes, includingtransportation and redevelopment.• Represented Tampa Bay Water, the governmental water utility serving the Tampa Bay area, in changingits governance structure, as well as drafting a new master water supply contract for all the membergovernments. This engagement also included acquiring the water assets of the member governments andfinancing various elements ofTampa Bay Water's capital improvement program through the issuance ofapproximately $2 billion of debt.• Served as bond counsel to the Florida Ports Financing Commission in establishment of a first of its kindpool program for ports located in the State of Florida. The program involved use of State transportationtrust fund monies, matching monies by the Ports and issuance of approximately $600 million of debt.• Established the Florida Governmental Utility Authority in order to acquire various utility facilities onbehalf of local governments from private companies. This engagement involved creation of the Authoritypursuant to interlocal agreement among various counties and issuance of approximately $400 millionamount of indebtedness to acquire such facilities.• Established a pooled commercial paper program under the administration of Florida Association ofCounties. The program provides low cost borrowing for local governments throughout the State and hasissued approximately $2.0 billion commercial paper notes since its inception.• Established a public-private partnership in the City of Miramar in order to finance water and wastewaterfacilities without impacting on existing ratepayers. This involved negotiating agreements with multipledevelopers and utilizing special assessments to finance the utility improvements. The partnership involvedissuance of approximately $85 million of debt.Bar Membership• The Florida Bar, MemberEducation• J.D., University of Wisconsin, 1975• B.A., Rutgers University, 1971Response to the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida RFP No. 19-02-01Page / 6-7