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�Fr City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />>;�l \; 18070 Collins Avenue <br />if jw'r Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br />(305) 947 -0606 City Hall <br />° (305) 949 -3113 Fax <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commission <br />VIA: Christopher J. Russo, City Manager <br />FROM: Susan Simpson, Cultural and Community Services Director <br />DATE: 10/16/2014 <br />RE: First Generation Scholarship Donation to Florida International <br />University in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />It is recommended that the City Commission consider the attached resolution. <br />REASONS: <br />Students who attend Florida International University, that are the first generation <br />of their family to attend college, may apply for scholarship funds to help pay for <br />their education. This is a federal program and all donations made to this special <br />fund are matched by the federal government. A donation by the City of Sunny <br />Isles Beach, through the Sunny Isles Beach K -8 School Trust, of $5,000 will <br />ultimately be $10,000 which will result in $1,000 scholarships to ten (10) students <br />who are residents of Sunny Isles Beach. <br />FUNDING SOURCE: <br />Funds are budgeted for and available in the City Commissions Grants / <br />Donations Budget in the General Fund. <br />