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TO: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
FROM: Richard J. Martinez,Executive Director
DATE: May 7, 1996
SUBJECT: KENNEDY-KING MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE set aside of$5,000 for a Kennedy-King Memorial Scholarship from Housing
Authority Local Management Fund,to be donated in memory of Perfecto Villarreal. During Perfecto's
tenure as Executive Director he was a member of the Kennedy-King Board of Directors and a strong
advocate of scholarship programs for disadvantaged youth.
I
IL FINANCIAL IMPACT:
No impact on General Fund since it will be funded from Housing Authority Local Management Fund.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
The Kennedy-King Scholarship Fund assists needy and disadvantaged minority students
toward graduation from a college or university. Kennedy-King raises money to provide two-year, $5,000
scholarships, as well as one-year, $3,000 graduate scholarships. The requirements for the two-year
scholarships are: documented financial need and graduation with a high GPA from a Contra Costa
community college, and acceptance at a four-year institution. The graduate scholarships are awarded to
previous recipients.
The scholarship money is sent directly to the college or university each quarter or semester. Since 1968,
Kennedy-King awarded 256 scholarships totaling$694,500. The Fund is an all-volunteer effort;there is no
paid staff.
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the Board of Commissioners elect to not approve the set aside of$5,000 to donate to the
Kennedy-King Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of Perfecto Villarreal,the Housing Authority would
be forced to abandon this worthwhile endeavor.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE
RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON May 7, 1996 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT #4 ) TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED May 7, 1996
PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
AND COUh TY ADM.INNIISTRATOR
BY L/,DEPUTY