EXHIBIT A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CITY OF HUTCHINS, TEXAS CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION

Published in The Ellis County Press two times on Thursdays, Oct. 1 & 8, 2009

TAKE NOTICE that the City Council of the City of Hutchins, Texas, shall convene at 6:30 o’clock P.M. on the 2^nd day of November, 2009, at the City Hall, 321 North Main, Hutchins, Texas, and, during such meeting, the City Council will consider the passage of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of certificates of obligation in an amo-unt not to exceed $3,700,000 for the purpose of paying contractual obligations to be incurred for (i) constructing, acquiring, purchasing, renovating, enlarging, equipping, and improving sewer system properties and facilities and (ii) professional services rendered in connection therewith; and such certificates shall be payable from ad valorem taxes and a pledge of the surplus net revenues of the City’s combined Waterworks and Sewer System. The certificates are to be issued, and this notice is given, under and pursuant to the provisions of V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, Subchapter C of Chapter 271, as amended.

Janis G. Daniels

City Secretary

City of Hutchins, Texas