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REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT This Reimbursement Agreement ("Agreement"), effective , 2014, is made by and among REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE, CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS (the "Zone"), a tax increment reinvestment zone created by the City, acting by and through its Board of Directors (the "Zone Board"), LA PORTE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (the "Authority"), a local government corporation created by the City, acting by and through its Board of Directors (the "Authority Board") and SENIOR ASSOCIATES, INC., a Texas corporation (the "Owner"). RECITALS WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 99-2325 (the "TIRZ Ordinance"), the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas (the "City") created the Zone pursuant to Chapter 311, Texas Tax Code, as amended (the "TIRZ Act"); and WHEREAS, the Zone Board adopted a final Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City approved the final Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan by Ordinance No. 99-2352; and WHEREAS, the Zone Board recommended that the Zone's boundaries be expanded and adopted an Amended Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan (as amended, the "Project Plan."); and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City approved the expansion of the Zone's boundaries by Ordinance No. 2013- and approved the Project Plan by Ordinance No. 2013- and WHEREAS, the City authorized the creation of the Authority to aid, assist and act on behalf of the City in the performance of the City's governmental functions with respect to the common good and general welfare of the City and neighboring areas as described in the TIRZ Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City, the Zone and the Authority have entered into that certain Agreement dated July 9, 2001, and approved by Ordinance No. 2001-2498 (the "Tri-Party Agreement"), pursuant to which the City and the Zone contracted with the Authority to administer the Zone, including, but not limited to, the power to engage in activities relating to the acquisition and development of land, to construct and improve infrastructure in the City, to enter into development agreements with developers and builders in the City, and to issue, sell or deliver its bonds, notes or other obligations in accordance with the terms of the Tri-Party Agreement upon the approval of the City Council of the City; and WHEREAS, the TIRZ Act provides that the Zone may enter into agreements as the Zone Board considers necessary or convenient to implement the Project Plan and achieve its purposes; and xoU:3454161.2