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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED RESOLUTION NO. 2003 - 28 By: Mayor Musial and All Members of Council A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE "BRIDGE" PROGR" AND ITS COMPONENTS: ADOPT AN OFFICER AND/OR FIREFIGHTER, CAREER CONNECTIONS, CROSSOVERS, AND AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the Department of Human Resources, through its Youth Development and Community Diversion Progams, shares a common interest, and long- standing relationship, with the North Olmsted Board of Education in seeking to develop and implement new programs that will benefit the youth of this community; and WHEREAS, in May 2002, the Community Diversion Program received a training grant from Ohio Network: Training and Assistance for Schools and Communities ("On Tasc, Inc."), which was used to assemble and provide training for a Community team composed of City officials, School officials and members of the Community, seeking tc? develop a new program to assist community youths in learning to deal with alcohol, tobacco a,nd other drug use/abuse issues and to mobilize atnd promote healthy youth development; and WHEREAS, the Community team has accordingly developed the BRIDGE ("Building Resiliency with Innovative Drugfree Growth Experiences") program, which includes the following components: Adopt an Officer and/or Firefighter; Career Connections; Crossovers, and After-School Activities; and WHEREAS, the participants in the BRIDGE program components will be volunteer City and School officials, members of the community, and students, all of whom will be giving of their own free time to achieve the goals of the program; and WHEREAS, this Council has reviewed the BRIDGE program and desires to express its support for both the program itself and the partnership between the Department of Human Resources and the North Olmsted Boa.rd of Education which has resulted in the development and implementation of the BRIDGE program;