96-21965 RESO
RESOLUTION NO.
96-21965
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE
MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT TO RECEIVE AND
APPROPRIATE $12,000 IN GRANT FUNDS FROM THE FEINBERG/FISHER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO FUND THE GANG RESISTANCE EDUCATION
AND TREATMENT PROGRAM (GREAT).
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach Police Department, in
conjunction with the Feinberg/Fisher Elementary School, desire to
present the GREAT Program to Feinberg/Fisher students; and
WHEREAS, the state of Florida, through the Office of the
Attorney General, has awarded grant funds to Feinberg/Fisher
Elementary for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, Feinberg/Fisher Elementary School has made $12,000
available to the City of Miami Beach Police Department for the
purpose of having police officers present the Great Program. There
is no cash match required by the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
section 1. That the City of Miami Beach Police Department is
authorized to receive the $12,000 as furnished by Feinberg/Fisher
Elementary School.
section 2. That the City of Miami Beach Police Department,
through the Office of the city Manager, is authorized to
appropriate and expend funds under this program.
section 3. That the city of Miami Beach Finance Department
will maintain all necessary financial records on this project to
substantiate expenditures.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 1st
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CITY CLERK
CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH
CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA 33139
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. ~ 42. .'1 In
TO:
Mayor Seymour Gelber and
Memben of the City Commission
DATE:
May 1, 1996
FROM:
Jose Garcia_pedroslr;
City Manager
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RESOLUTION R AUTHORIZATION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO ACCEPT $12,000 IN FUNDING FROM THE FEINBERG/FISHER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S EXPENSES RELATED TO THE GANG RESISTANCE
EDUCATION AND TREATMENT PROGRAM (GREAT).
SUBJECT:
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION
Approval of the Resolution
BACKGROUND
The Feinberg/Fisher Elementary School received a grant from the
Florida Attorney General's Office in the amount of $415,816. The
grant program is entitled "Cool School" and is an after-school
early intervention program designed to decrease gang violence in
Miami Beach.
An intricate part of "Cool School" is the GREAT program. GREAT is
an acronym for ~ang Resistance ~ducation bnd ~reatment Program.
$12,000 of the grant award is dedicated to the GREAT PROGRAM.
GREAT is a community policing effort in which two police officers
teach children strategies for resisting drugs, peer pressure and
conflict resolution. The police officers have be trained to deliver
the GREAT curriculum. In addition, the police officers will follow
up the intervention with continued recreational involvement with
the children.
The grant funds earmarked for the GREAT Program will pay for
overtime costs for the police officers, training in the GREAT
Program for the police officers, GREAT T-shirts, shorts, sneakers,
sports equipment, balloons and pencils.
There is no cash match required.
DATE
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AGENDA ITEM
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
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CONCLUSION
This project will allow the police department, in cooperation with
Feinberg/Fisher Elementary school to provide a very valuable and
proven program to prepare students to resist drugs and gang
involvement.
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