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<br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33 160 <br /> <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949-3 II 3 Fax <br />(305) 947-2150 Building Department <br />(305) 947-5 I 07 Fax <br /> <br />City Commission <br />Norman S. Edelcup, Mayor <br />Lewis J. Thaler, Vice Mayor <br />Roslyn Brezin, Commissioner <br />Gerry Goodman, Commissioner <br />George "Bud" Seholl, Commissioner <br /> <br />A. John Szerlag, City Manager <br />Hans Ottinot, City Attorney <br />Jane A. Hines, City Clerk <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />The Honorable City Commission, <br /> <br />Roslyn Brezin, Commissioner ih .13#~ <br />July 17,2008 <br /> <br />Nomination of Sunny Isles Beach as Florida City of Excellence <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br /> <br />It is recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution nominating Sunny Isles <br />Beach for Florida City of Excellence for the Florida League of Cities 5th Annual Florida Cities of <br />Excellence Awards Program. <br /> <br />REASONS: <br /> <br />The Florida League of Cities, Inc. is seeking nominations for its fifth annual Florida Cities of <br />Excellence Awards Program. The goal of the program is to focus public attention on the countless <br />good things cities and individuals do to improve the quality of life in Florida. The Florida City of <br />Excellence award recognizes overall excellence in a city government. Criteria include excellence in <br />governance/administration; city leadership; intergovernmental cooperation; citizen outreach and <br />involvement; technology; innovative programs and services; and fiscal management. Sunny Isles <br />Beach has major accomplishments in all of these categories, and they include a city-wide document <br />imaging program; GovQA; state/county/city interlocal agreements; a private partnership for the <br />revitalization of the Newport Fishing Pier; a public partnership for the construction of a state-of-the- <br />art K-8 community school; and an award-winning Budget document. For these accomplishments and <br />more, I hereby nominate the City of Sunny Isles Beach for Florida City of Excellence for the Florida <br />League of Cities 5th Annual Florida Cities of Excellence A wards Program. <br /> <br />ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: <br /> <br />Nominators must return a short narrative and up to ten (10) pages of supportive information to the <br />Florida League of Cities by August I I, 2008 for each individual or city nominated. Further, <br />nominations must be approved by a majority vote of the City Commission and be certified by the <br />City Clerk. The winners will be announced in Orlando on November 21, 2008. <br /> <br /> <br />Funding available: <br /> <br /> <br />Approval: <br /> <br />Agenda Item No.: <br /> <br />Finance Department <br /> <br />City Manager <br /> <br />7-11- 08 <br /> <br />Commission Meeting Date: <br />