Background and History. The Town and its neighboring communities suffered major devastation as a result of Super-xxxxx Xxxxx that struck the area on October 29, 2012. In response to the storm, the federal government began implementing recovery and rebuilding efforts through its National Disaster Recovery Framework. The National Disaster Recovery Framework identifies “local disaster recovery managers” as an integral component of the recovery and rebuilding process. The manager serves as a town’s liaison to the state and federal support structure. FEMA proposed that NJF should develop a local disaster recovery manager network as quickly as possible. This network is specifically intended to provide direct assistance to municipalities as they strive to recover from storm damage and, in addition, help ensure that rebuilding occurs in a manner that anticipates and responds to future storm events and sea level rise and helps the community become more resistant to damage from such events and more sustainable for future generations. NJF secured private foundation funding to enable hiring Recovery Planning Managers (“Managers”) that could be assigned to specific towns. Priority would be assigned to towns that experienced extensive damage from the storm and that have small municipal staffs with limited in-house capacity to seek out, apply for and administer federal and state funding and manage the recovery and rebuilding process, including the planning and community engagement that is necessary to address future storm events. The Town passed a municipal resolution on 2013 requesting that NJF provide a Manager to work with the municipality to provide direct, ongoing assistance to help municipal staff develop and implement its long-term recovery and rebuilding process as quickly as possible and authorizing to enter into appropriate agreements with NJF formalizing the arrangement. Scope of Services
Background and History. The Town of Golden Beach Police Department is requesting the purchase of Two Yamaha Marine engines with installation. The vessel currently has 2014 Twin Yamaha 300hp Engines which have over 4268hrs almost three times that of the average lifespan of a recreational outboard. Therefore, making these engines unreliable for patrol at this time. The vessel in last few months has gone in for service many times and at this point it’s recommended to obtain residual value from the current motors in order to use to lower the cost of the new engines. The Marine engines will be installed on our current vessel for police patrols and public safety.
Background and History. Who are Refugees? While the terms “refugees,” “asylees” and “internally displaced people” are subject to different regional definitions in legislation, for the purpose of this paper, refugees are defined according to the UNHCR 1950 mandate. Paragraph 6B defines refugees as: “Any other person who is outside the country of his [or her] nationality or, if he [of she] has no nationality, the country of his [or her] former habitual residence, because he [or she] has or had well-founded fear of persecution by reason of his [or her] race, religion, nationality or political opinion and is unable, or because of such fear, is unwilling to avail him [or her]self of the protection of the government of the country of his [or her] nationality, or, if he [or she] has no nationality, to return to the country of his [or her] former habitual residence.”2 The population of concern for this thesis exclusively comprises of refugees referred by UNHCR to resettle in the US. UNHCR defines resettlement as: “the selection and transfer of refugees from a State in which they have sought protection to a third State which has agreed to admit them – as refugees – with permanent residence status. The status ensures protection against refoulement and provides a resettled refugee and his/her family or dependants with access to rights similar to those enjoyed by nationals. Resettlement also carries with it the opportunity to eventually become a naturalized citizen of the resettlement country.”2 These definitions exclude individuals and groups who enter the US directly from their country of origin, such as Haitians and Russians. Out of the top 20 countries of origin among refugees resettling in the U.S. from 2005-2009, those from 12 of these countries were likely to live in camps outside that country before US resettlement. Survey data were available from the camps housing refugees from eight of these countries of origin. Table 1 Top 20 Countries of Origin among US Refugee Arrivals, 2005‐2009 Country of Origin # Arrivals 2005-2009 % of Total Arrivals Burma* 43673 15.7% Iraq 34444 12.4% Somalia* 34074 12.3% USSR 30720 11.0% Cuba 21402 7.7% Iran 20738 7.5% Bhutan* 18564 6.7% Thailand* 9688 3.5% Laos 9541 3.4% Liberia* 9495 3.4% Vietnam 9291 3.3% Burundi* 8840 3.2% Sudan* 5785 2.1% Ethiopia 4679 1.7% Eritrea* 3528 1.3% Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx xx Xxxxx* 0000 1.3% Afghanistan 2631 0.9% Sierra Leone 1640 0.6% Republic of Congo 784 0.3% Rwanda 732 0.3% TOTAL 273750 98.5% Those coming from second‐countr...
Background and History. A sale of this property to the same purchaser was approved by the Board in the Summer of 2011 (XXXX 101225). However, no purchase and sale agreement for that sale was ever consummated because the parties could not reach agreement on terms. The proposed purchaser is the owner of adjoining properties. Consolidation of Metro's property with the purchaser's adjoining properties would enhance the development potential of Metro's property. Therefore, this transaction does not require public bidding due to the "adjacent property owner" exception (Section 7.14) of the WMATA Joint Development Policies and Guidelines.
Background and History. Nearly two decades ago, North Carolina Community College faculty and university faculty from the UNC System, as well as the North Carolina Private and Independent Colleges, began meeting to discuss early childhood education articulation and program alignment. An initial, primary concern was the university’s uncertainty of the community college course content and alignment with university program standards. In 2006, community college faculty from across the state began participation in a two-year Early Childhood Curriculum Improvement Project (CIP). The achieved goal of the CIP was to revise the early childhood program and courses to more closely align with university standards. North Carolina Community Colleges and both public and private universities created several bilateral articulation agreements following the completion of the CIP, which expanded transfer opportunities for community college early childhood education students. Both the 2006-2008 CIP and the 2015 Growing Greatness projects were successful in updating early childhood course content and producing closer alignment with higher education standards. However, articulation through bilateral agreements created challenges. As of fall 2017, more than 14 early childhood education bilateral articulation agreements existed in North Carolina. With each university having a unique individual transfer course list, community college and university student advisors faced many issues and challenges--especially if a student decided to enroll at a different university than originally planned. Additionally, many community college early childhood education courses transferred into the university as electives, instead of specific courses within the major, forcing the students to take additional classes, which increased costs and time to graduation. Session Law 2017-68, Senate Bill 315 (Part II) mandated by March 1, 2018, “the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina and the State Board of Community Colleges shall develop an articulation agreement for the transfer of credits earned for an associate degree in an early childhood education program at a community college toward a baccalaureate degree in an early childhood education program at a constituent institution for the purposes of the student obtaining teacher licensure in the area of Birth through Kindergarten. The articulation agreement shall apply to all community college campuses and constituent institutions with early childhood education pro...
Background and History. Brooklyn Park is the sixth-largest city in Minnesota with a population of more than 80,000 people, and the fourth largest in the metropolitan area. We are a community that believes our residents are our strongest asset and the key to making Brooklyn Park thrive and prosper. More than half of our residents are people of color and 1/5 of our residents were born outside the United States. Twenty-six percent of residents speak a language other than English at home. In 2003 Brooklyn Park and the Hennepin Recycling Group (which is administered by Brooklyn Park staff) were the first to pilot and then implement single-stream recycling in Minnesota. Set out rates grew from 50% with weekly two-stream collection to over 90% with every-other week single-stream collection, were rates have remained since 2009. Recycling tonnages are growing. Brooklyn Park Curbside Recycling tonnages 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 3783.5 4367.2 4443.3 4308.8 4550.6
Background and History. The Pine River Project consists of Vallecito Dam and Reservoir and associated land and facilities. The project was authorized in 1937 under provisions of the Department of the Interior Appropriation Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 835). Construction was initiated in May 1938, and the project facilities were dedicated on September 14, 1941. The authorized purposes of the project are to provide supplemental irrigation water to both the 3 Exchange water is water provided from Vallecito Reservoir to offset the diversions of junior or non- decreed water uses in the Pine River so that those uses can continue to divert. For example, a new domestic well can lease exchange water that can be released from Vallecito to the Pine River to replace the well’s diversions and thus protect senior water rights in compliance with Colorado water law. Southern Ute Indian Tribe (Tribe) and non-Indian water users and to provide flood control benefits. Approximately 17,000 acres of land on the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s Reservation and approximately 40,000 acres of private land receive irrigation water. Fifty percent of the Project cost was allocated to flood control and 50 percent to irrigation, with 5/6 of the irrigation cost and Project water supply assigned to the non- Indians and 1/6 of the irrigation cost and Project water supply assigned to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. The District is responsible for the operation and management of the Project. The District’s portion of the construction costs has been repaid; and pursuant to Civil Action No. 1248-B, District Court, La Plata County Colorado, the non-tribal Project water rights are in the name of the District. Case No. W-1603-76B establishes the Tribe’s reserved water rights in the Pine River, including rights in Vallecito Reservoir. A Memorandum of Understanding (Contract No. Ilr-1161, as amended July 9, 1964) between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs defines the cooperative use and operation of Vallecito Reservoir for the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project.
Background and History. The Pine River Project consists of Vallecito Dam and Reservoir and associated land and facilities. The project was authorized in 1937 under provisions of the Department of the Interior Appropriation Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 835). Construction was initiated in May 1938, and the project facilities were dedicated on September 14, 1941. The authorized purposes of the project are to provide supplemental irrigation water to both the
Background and History. Displacement According to the United Nations internally displaced people are individuals or groups of people who have been forced to flee their homes in order to escape armed conflict, general violence, the abuse of human rights, natural disasters or those caused by human beings. This population principally presents unsatisfied basic needs, the destruction of its cultural, affective and social supports, as well as inadequate assistance on the part of the State. • The Asian Experience The model “Schools that Teach and Heal” that was developed in Mindanao in the Philippines, has implemented pedagogical strategies that contribute to the preparation of people in new values of citizenship, social responsibility, and the capacity to reconstruct their lives and their communities. Objective: Based on the Asian experience, develop a pedagogical model with a psychosocial approach that meets the learning needs of children and families living in the situation of forced displacement. Specific Objectives:
Background and History. LUCENT and CSM want to expand manufacturing capacity and take advantage of their world class process and manufacturing know-how, maximize the use of existing and future manufacturing assets and gain the benefits of a high volume semiconductor operation.
