Notice is hereby given that the Office of Financial Regulation, Division of Financial Institutions, has received the following application. Comments may be submitted to the Division Director, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0371, for inclusion in the official record without requesting a hearing. However, pursuant to provisions specified in Chapter 69U-105, Florida Administrative Code, any person may request a public hearing by filing a petition with the Agency Clerk as follows:

By Mail or Facsimile                                    OR          By Hand Delivery

Agency Clerk                                                                Agency Clerk

Office of Financial Regulation                                   Office of Financial Regulation

P. O. Box 8050                                                               General Counsel’s Office

Tallahassee, Florida 32314-8050                                The Fletcher Building, Suite 118

Phone: (850)410-9800                                                   101 East Gaines Street

Fax: (850)410-9548                                                        Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0379

                                                                                        Phone: (850)410-9896

The Petition must be received by the Clerk within twenty-one (21) days of publication of this notice (by 5:00 p.m., May 20, 2011):

APPLICATION TO ACQUIRE CONTROL

Financial Institution to be Acquired: FirstCity Bank of Commerce, North Palm Beach, Florida

Proposed Purchasers: Harry S. Patten, Josephine M. Hart, Gerald Greenspoon, Ellen Greenspoon, Michael E. Marder and Crisa W. Marder

Received: April 20, 2011