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Senate Resolution

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A resolution honoring the City of Coral Springs for

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receiving the 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality

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Award.

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     WHEREAS, chartered in 1963, the City of Coral Springs is a

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two-time Florida Governor's Sterling Award winner and has

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achieved national recognition, including Money magazine's Best

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Places to Live and one of the 100 Best Communities for Young

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People by America's Promise in 2006 and 2007, and

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     WHEREAS, established in 1987, the Malcolm Baldrige National

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Quality Award is awarded to manufacturing and service businesses

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and to education, health care, and nonprofit organizations based

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on leadership, strategic planning, customer and market focus,

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measurement and analysis, human resource focus, process

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management, and results, and

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     WHEREAS, 2007 marks the first year that nonprofit

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organizations were allowed to compete for the award, and the City

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of Coral Springs was one of 13 nonprofit organizations to apply

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for the award and one of only four nonprofit organizations to

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receive a site visit, during which the city underwent a rigorous

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week-long evaluation by a board of nine examiners, and

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     WHEREAS, the City of Coral Springs has become the first

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local government in the country to receive the coveted Malcolm

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Baldrige National Quality Award, which is presented by the United

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States Department of Commerce, and will be honored in Washington,

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D.C., in recognition of this accomplishment, NOW, THEREFORE,

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Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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     That the City of Coral Springs is commended for receiving

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the 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

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     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be

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presented to the City of Coral Springs as a tangible token of the

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sentiments of the Florida Senate.