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RESOLUTION NO. 151 -92
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA, ENDORSING
THE RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE BROWARD COUNTY UNIVERSITY
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON JULY 16, 1992, RELATING TO AN
INCREASED AND UPGRADED FACILITY FOR THE FLORIDA ATLANTIC
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS LOCATED IN BROWARD COUNTY; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, since the early 1980 ' s the Board of Regents and the
legislature have tried to increase Florida Atlantic University's
commitment to its Broward efforts, a program was initiated to address
"the unmet needs of Broward" and was so titled; and
1 WHEREAS, the results of the unmet needs program were not
11 sufficiently evident the legislature created the comprehensive
i university plan (CUP) whose mission in part was to create a
dl comprehensive university presence in Broward County; and
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WHEREAS, many other Broward campus programs had not been fully
accomplished, the Broward Legislative Delegation proposed in 1989 that
a new university in Broward County be created; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to legislation passed in 1989, the Board of
Regents hired consultants whose recommendations led to a Board of
Regents plan for Broward to significantly and immediately upgrade its
Broward campus and its programs, including beneficial organizational
changes; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Regents consultants have subsequently
released a preliminary draft report based upon a 1992 evaluation
detailing many successes of the 1989 plan but proposing to make
substantial organizational changes to recreate pre 1989 structures;
and
i WHEREAS, Florida Atlantic University has not allowed its Broward
programs to mature such as the College of Liberal Arts which has been
blocked by Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton from being able to
award degrees; and
WHEREAS, the Broward County public school system is the eighth
largest in the nation and some forty percent of the students attending
Florida Atlantic University are from Broward County; and
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WHEREAS, the Broward County University Advisory Committee, an
official committee of the Florida Board of Regents, has made a
detailed study and subsequent recommendations .
i NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF DANIA, FLORIDA: � •
Section 1 . That the City of Dania, Florida hereby endorses the
resolutio Passed by the Broward County University Advisory Committee
on July 16, 1992 .
City of Dania endorses the spirit of the
Section 2. That the } '.
Peer or "Partnership" campus and the recent legislation regarding this
issue.
Section 3. That a copy of this resolution shall be furnished to
the Florida Board of Regents and to any other party that may be
designated by the city manager.
Section 4 . That this resolution shall be in force and take effect
immediate�Y upon its passage and adoption. I :
PASSED and ADOPTED on this 21th day of October 1992.
Ma or - Co issioner
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City Clerk - Auditor
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