HR 9005

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution honoring the City of Coral Springs for
3	receiving the 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
4	Award.
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6	WHEREAS, chartered in 1963, the City of Coral Springs is a
7	two-time Florida Governor's Sterling Award winner and has
8	achieved national recognition, including Money magazine's Best
9	Places to Live and one of the 100 Best Communities for Young
10	People by America's Promise in 2006 and 2007, and
11	WHEREAS, established in 1987, the Malcolm Baldrige National
12	Quality Award is awarded to manufacturing and service businesses
13	and to education, health care, and nonprofit organizations based
14	on leadership, strategic planning, customer and market focus,
15	measurement and analysis, human resource focus, process
16	management, and results, and
17	WHEREAS, 2007 marks the first year that nonprofit
18	organizations were allowed to compete for the award, and the
19	City of Coral Springs was one of 13 nonprofit organizations to
20	apply for the award and one of only four nonprofit organizations
21	to receive a site visit, during which the city underwent a
22	rigorous week-long evaluation by a board of nine examiners, and
23	WHEREAS, the City of Coral Springs has become the first
24	local government in the country to receive the coveted Malcolm
25	Baldrige National Quality Award, which is presented by the
26	United States Department of Commerce, and will be honored in
27	Washington, D.C., in recognition of this accomplishment, NOW,
28	THEREFORE,
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30	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
31	Florida:
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33	That the City of Coral Springs is commended for receiving
34	the 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
35	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
36	presented to the City of Coral Springs as a tangible token of
37	the sentiments expressed herein.

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