EXHIBIT 10.9

FOOTHILLS RESOURCES, INC.

NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

PLEASE BE ADVISED, you have elected to subscribe for, purchase and acquire from
Foothills Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) units (“Units”) (consisting of one
share of common stock (the “Common Stock”) and a warrant to purchase shares of
Common Stock) in the Company’s pending private placement offering (the
“Offering”) of $7,000,000 worth of Units with the option for the Company to
increase the amount of the Offering up to $8,400,000 worth of Units being
conducted in connection with a proposed merger of the Company and Brasada
California, Inc.

ALSO BE ADVISED, that as the result of the significant demand by potential
investors in the Offering, the Company has determined to increase the minimum
size of the Offering to $10,000,000 with a maximum amount of $12,000,000 on the
same terms and conditions.

ALSO BE ADVISED, that if you are interested in continuing your participation in
the Offering pursuant to the subscription agreement that you have already
submitted, YOU MUST execute this notice and return the executed notice via
facsimile to the escrow agent at the number provided below no later than 5:00
p.m. eastern time on Thursday, April 6, 2006. In the event that the escrow agent
does not receive an executed notice from you by such date and time, your
subscription will be deemed cancelled and the purchase price submitted with your
subscription agreement, if any, will be returned to you.

EscrowAgent:
McGuireWoods LLP
Attn: Louis W. Zehil
Facsimile Number: 212-548-2175
Telephone Number: 212-548-2138

ALSO BE ADVISED, that we expect that the Offering will terminate on the receipt
of acceptable subscriptions representing $12,000,000 and will close on the same
date as the closing of the Merger which is expected to occur on or before April
6, 2006.

ALSO BE ADVISED, that the following table sets forth the Company’s
capitalization as of the closing on an actual basis and on an as adjusted basis
after giving effect to the sale of $12,000,000 worth of Units (and transactions
related thereto).

 

   
  As Adjusted
     
$7 million offering 
   
$8.4 million offering 
   
$10 million offering 
    $12 million offering     No. of Units Offered     10,000,000     12,000,000
    14,285,714     17,142,857                                Ownership
Percentage (1)     24.69 %   28.23 %   31.89 %   35.98 %

(1)
Calculated based on the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding
on a diluted basis, after giving effect to the merger and the Offering (the
“Transactions”), the shares of Common Stock expected to be issued as a finder
fee by the Company in connection with the Transactions, and assuming the sale of
all Units offered, but excluding the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of the warrants issued to investors in the Offering, and the shares of
Common Stock to be reserved for issuance under the stock option plan to be
ratified and adopted in connection with the consummation of the Transactions
(expected to amount to approximately 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock).

The undersigned subscriber acknowledges receipt of the notice and
acknowledgement provided by the Company providing notice of the Company’s intent
to increase the offering size as indicated therein and by its execution of such
notice hereby elects to continue its participation in the Offering.

      INVESTOR (individual)     INVESTOR (entity)                

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