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TO: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
FROM: Robert McEwen, Executive Director
DATE: March 5, 2002
SUBJECT: 2002 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
1. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE set aside of$5,000 for the 2002 College Scholarship Award Program from Housing
Authority Local Management funds, as recommended by the Advisory Housing Commission.
11. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The $5,000 necessary to continue the college scholarship awards program, begun in 1955, will be
funded from Housing Authority Local Management funds.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
The criteria developed at the implementation of the college scholarship awards in 1985 will remain
the same, with the addition of wording adopted in 1986 which expanded scholarship eligibility to include
any family member whose family currently receives subsidy under the Section 8 programs administered
by the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa, as well as individuals who have previously
received scholarship awards through the Housing Authority 's College Scholarship Award Program. The
awards are one-year grants of$850.00 for students who will attend a four-year college and $400 for
students who will attend a community college or vocational/technical school.
At its regular meeting on Monday, February 25, 2002 the Advisory Housing Commission moved to
recommend that $5,000 be set aside from Housing Authority Local Management funds for use as college
scholarship awards in 2002.
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the Board of Commissioners elect not to approve the set aside of$5,000 for use in the
College Scholarship Award Program, the Housing Authority would be forced to abandon this worthwhile
endeavor.
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RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER.
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON March 5 2002 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED XK OTHER
VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
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AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED March 5, 2002
J'obn Viten, CLERK OF
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY EPUTY
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