2016-020 Resolution Supporting the Florida Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs RESOLUTION NO. 2016-020
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA,
SUPPORTING THE FLORIDA ALLIANCE OF BOYS AND
GIRLS CLUBS IN ITS REQUEST TO THE FLORIDA
LEGISLATURE FOR APPROPRIATIONS TO BENEFIT
THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS IN THEIR AFTER-
SCHOOL PROGRAMS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, every day over 1 million youth in Florida leave school with nowhere to go,
leaving them unsupervised, unguided, and unsafe; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs (the "Clubs") serves 129,000
youth in Florida in their after-school programs; and
WHEREAS, the Clubs have helped strengthen the community by providing a safe,
positive,constructive place for youth; and
WHEREAS, the Clubs offer young people a wide variety of educational, recreational,
cultural, and social programs; and
WHEREAS, the Clubs enrich the lives of the youth of this community and foster the
opportunity for low and moderate income youth; and
WHEREAS, the Clubs offer after-school and summer enrichment programs for boys and
girls; and
WHEREAS, the low and moderate income youth of this community face many obstacles
and the Club is a constant positive in their lives; and
WHEREAS, while 24% of youth in Florida do not graduate from high school, 95% of the
teenage Boys and Girls Clubs members expect to graduate from high school and 75% expect to
complete post-secondary education; and
WHEREAS, the Boys and Girls Clubs have a long history of providing after-school
educational programs that put youth on the path to success; and
WHEREAS, the City of Ocoee has determined that there are important public purposes for
supporting appropriation of public funds to Florida Boys and Girls Clubs including, but not limited
to, the provision of educational, recreational, cultural, after-school, summer enrichment, and social
programs for the low and moderate income youth of Ocoee.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF OCOEE,FLORIDA,AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are hereby affirmed and
ratified.
SECTION 2. Authority. The City Commission of the City of Ocoee has
the authority to adopt this Resolution pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of
Florida and Chapter 166, Florida Statutes.
SECTION 3. Support Funding. The City Commission of the City of
Ocoee hereby supports the funding requests made by the Florida Alliance of Boys and Girls
Clubs (the "Clubs") to the Florida Legislature and requests that the Legislature appropriate funds
in the state budget to the Clubs to the fullest extent possible so that more youth can benefit from
the Clubs' successful and impactful after-school programs.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this Resolution is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court
of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion hereto.
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SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this L' day of Pd tuber,20/A
APPROVED:
ATTEST: CITY OF OCOEE,FLORIDA
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Melanie Sibbitt, City Clerk Rusty Jo s•4 ayor
(SEAL)
APPROVED BY THE OCOEE CITY
COMMISSION ON THE ABOVE DATE
UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO. 'y
FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY
BY THE CITY OF OCOEE,FLORIDA;
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
this Oiday of c(', , 20!b .
SHUFFIELD,LOWMAN& WILSON,P.A.
lio*- City • • erney
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