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<br />- <br /> <br />Preview <br /> <br />Page 1 of2 <br /> <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 /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />The Honorable Mayor and City Commission <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Mayor Norman S. Edelcup <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />6/17/2010 <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />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 <br />our young residents. This commitment was the driving force for the creation of the first <br />public school in the City - the Sunny Isles Beach K-8 Community School. This <br />commission recently made a generous contribution to the Alonzo and Tracy Mourning <br />Senior High School to support academic programs. <br /> <br />By creating educational opportunities, the City is in essence creating a safer environment <br />for our kids. The City cannot control the problems that are associated with growing-up in <br />the MTV generation. These problems include but are not limited to drug abuse among <br />teenagers. However, the City can work diligently in preventing drug abuse among young <br />people. In an effort to promote safe neighborhood and drug prevention, I strongly <br />recommend the creation of a College Scholarship Program for high school students <br />residing in the City. Specifically, the City via the assistance of the Chief of Police will <br />provide four (4) annual scholarships to college bound high school students, who are <br />residents of the City. The amount of each scholarship will be $5000.00. A committee, <br />which includes, the Chief of Police, Principals at Sunny Isles Beach K-8 Community <br />School and the Alonzo and Tracy Mourning High School will select the scholarship <br />recipients. The first 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 /> <br />http://sibagenda.sibfl.net/agendalPreview.aspx?ItemID=280&MeetingID=O&MeetingDate... 6/11/2010 <br />