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Sil"-ok - F City of Sunny Isles Beach <br /> (--- <br /> 18070 Collins Avenue <br /> " ` ' f Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br /> -4'i..2 <br /> 4 /I <br /> Ct�-�P <br /> Sf 91*-F`ir,CO sj (305)947-0606 City Hall <br /> c`f r 0= SCK "'-') (305)949-3113 Fax <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commission <br /> FROM: Mayor George "Bud" Scholl <br /> DATE: 3/15/2018 <br /> RE: Encouraging Florida Legislature to Enact Reasonable <br /> Regulations to Combat Gun Violence in Schools <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> This Resolution is presented for your approval. <br /> REASONS: <br /> It is well known that the City of Sunny Isles Beach has a special <br /> relationship with the Sunny Isles Beach K-8 Community School. This <br /> special relationship is based on the fact that the City contributed $12.5 <br /> million to construct the school and has continued to provide financial <br /> and in kind services to the school throughout its history. In terms of in- <br /> kind services, the City has allocated a school resource police officer to <br /> the school and has continuously provided traffic safety service with <br /> police officers and crossing guards. The City has allowed the school to <br /> use Pelican Park as a facility for school recreation activities. <br /> Additionally, the City has made its resources available to the school to <br /> ensure the safety of the children since our school first opened. City and <br /> school officials have always and are currently working diligently on ways <br /> to make our school safer. However, it is important to note that in certain <br /> areas that the City has no authority to act. For example, the regulations <br /> of firearms has been preempted to the Florida Legislature, and the City <br /> Commission lacks the authority to legislate in this area. The impetus for <br /> the Legislature to take action is clearly there. <br /> As the Mayor of this City, I certainly believe more should be done to <br /> 27 <br />