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<br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br /> <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949-3113 Fax <br />(305) 947-2150 Building Department <br />(305) 947-5107 Fax <br /> <br />City Commission <br />Norman S. EdeIcup, M'D'or <br />Lewis J. Thaler, Vice M'D'or <br />RosIyn Brezin, Commissioner <br />Gerry Goodman, Commissioner <br />George "Bud" Scholl, Commissioner <br /> <br />Rick Conner, Ci(y Manager <br />Hans Ottinot, Ci(y Allomey <br />Jane A. Hines, Ci(y Clerk <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: The Honorable City Commission <br /> <br />FROM: Mayor Norman Edelcup <br /> <br />DATE: June 17,2009 <br /> <br />RE: College Scholarship Program <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br /> <br />This Resolution is presented for your consideration. <br /> <br />REASONS: <br /> <br />The City Commission has a made a commitment to provide educational opportunities to our young <br />residents. This commitment was the driving force for the creation of the first public school in the <br />City - the Sunny Isles Beach K-8 Community School. This commission recently made a generous <br />contribution to the Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High School to support academic programs. <br /> <br />By creating educational opportunities, the City is in essence creating a safer environment for our <br />kids. The City cannot control the problems that are associated with growing-up in the MTV <br />generation. These problems include but are not limited to drug abuse among teenagers. However, <br />the City can work diligently in preventing drug abuse among young people. In an effort to promote <br />safe neighborhood and drug prevention, I strongly recommend the creation of a College Scholarship <br />Program for high school students residing in the City. Specifically, the City via the assistance of the <br />Chief of Police will provide four (4) annual scholarships to college bound high school students, who <br />are residents of the City. The amount of each scholarship will be $5000.00. A committee, which <br />includes, the Chief of Police, Principals at Sunny Isles Beach K-8 Community School and the <br />Alonzo and Tracy Mourning High School will select the scholarship recipients. The first <br />scholarships will be awarded in May 2011. <br /> <br />The minimum qualifications for the scholarship are: <br /> <br />(1) Applicant must be a resident of the City of Sunny Isles Beach; <br />(2) Must be enrolled in a public school; <br />(3) Applicant must perform 20 hours of community service to promote drug prevention or <br />law enforcement related activities; and <br />