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 AGENDA ITEM REQUEST


Originating Department:  Leisure Services

Item Title:  Presentation

Item Number:  6AMeeting Date:  5/10/2016

City Reference Number (C#):  C16112



Item Description:
A Resolution of the City of Sunrise, Florida, awarding the 2016 City of Sunrise Outstanding Citizenship Scholarships to Arianna Marie Donato and Heather Lucia Gill and providing an effective date. 



Funding:
001-4901-519.83-03 Community Service Award


Amount:
$12,600



ATTACHMENTS:
Description
COS Resolution 16112
Application - Donato
Application - Gill
Additional Information



Background:
The prepaid tuition contracts purchased under this scholarship program provide the funding for sixty (60) credit hours of tuition to attend a Florida college.  The City of Sunrise Outstanding Citizenship Scholarships are awarded annually to two (2) City of Sunrise residents who are graduating from a public high school and meet certain income requirements, demonstrating financial need.  In addition, applicants are evaluated on their community volunteer service and their academic record.  Applications were received from students attending schools throughout Broward County.  Applications were reviewed and scholarship recipients were selected.  The awarding of these scholarships brings to 31 the total number of students who have received the Outstanding Citizenship Scholarship since the program's inception in 1999. 



Department Head Recommendation:
Approval



Person With Additional Information: 
Name: Rosemarie Marco Phone: 954-747-4640



Department Head Name and Title:
Rosemarie Marco, Leisure Services Director



City Manager:
Authorized for agenda placement