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August 2012 - Empire State Development - New York State

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DRAFT – SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND REVISION<br />

RESOLVED, that the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or his designee(s)<br />

be, subsequent to the making of the grant, and each of them hereby is, authorized to take such<br />

actions and make such modifications to the terms of the grant as he or she may deem<br />

necessary or appropriate in the administration of the grant; and be it further<br />

RESOLVED, that the provision of ESD financial assistance is expressly contingent upon: (1) the<br />

approval of the Public Authorities Control Board, if applicable, and (2) receipt of all other<br />

necessary approvals; and be it further<br />

RESOLVED, that the President and Chief Executive Officer or his designee(s) be, and each of<br />

them hereby is, authorized in the name and on behalf of the Corporation to execute and deliver<br />

any and all documents and to take all actions as he or she may in his or her sole discretion<br />

consider to be necessary or proper to effectuate the foregoing resolutions.<br />

* * *<br />

Chair Shimer then asked Ms. Gabriel, the Director of ESD’s Capital Regional Office, to<br />

present the University of Albany RNA Institute Economic <strong>Development</strong> Purposes Fund for the<br />

Directors’ consideration.<br />

Ms. Gabriel provided the relevant background information with regard to this request<br />

noting in part that the grant of $2,036,000 will be used for a portion of the costs to establish<br />

and advance the instrumentation of a laboratory for RNA research, the construction of a<br />

flexible state-of-the-art facility designed for and dedicated to RNA research.<br />

Following the full presentation and the referenced comments, the Chair called for<br />

questions or comments. Hearing none, and upon motion duly made and seconded, the<br />

following resolution was adopted:<br />

Regional Council Award – Priority Project - Albany (Capital Region - Albany County) –<br />

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