HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2010-59 Seminole Sciences and Simulation Consortium Campus/Development RESOLUTION NUMBER 2010 -59
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING
ITS SUPPORT FOR THE SEMINOLE SCIENCE AND
SIMULATION CONSORTIUM CAMPUS/DEVELOPMENT;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, The Seminole Science and Simulation Consortium is a collaborative effort
of the University of Central Florida and a rapidly growing group of leading technology
companies and government agencies, whose goal is to fill the growing need in the United States
for knowledge workers and leaders in modeling and simulation; and
WHEREAS, The Seminole Science and Simulation Consortium consists of academic,
government and industry organizations with interest and expertise in simulation as well as
experts in fields of use such as nanotechnology, biomedical research, alternative energy sources,
networks, health services that will identify, validate and rapidly bring the skills and scientific
expertise to enlarge the scholarly and business acumen in order to develop training practice and
simulation -based technologies; and
WHEREAS, SEMATECH is a semiconductor consortium which is developing and
designing a Photovoltaic Industry Cluster that will focus on simulation and will accommodate
potentially displaced NASA and Shuttle related workers as well as job opportunities for
unemployed Central Floridians; and
WHEREAS, The Seminole Science and Simulation Campus/Development will include a
high -tech computer center, complete with supercomputing capabilities; and
WHEREAS, The Seminole Science and Simulation Campus/Development will promote
creativity and collaboration through its design and will provide the necessary education and
training to equip the current and future generation of engineers and business people in the
science of simulation; and
WHEREAS, The Seminole Science and Simulation Campus/Development will be located
within the boundaries of the City of Winter Springs and its Greenway Interchange District; and
WHEREAS, The City Commission of the City of Winter Springs desires to express its
support of Seminole Science and Simulation Campus/Development.
city of Winter Springs
Resolution 2010 -59
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA THAT:
Section I. The City of Winter Springs City Commission hereby supports the
Seminole Science and Simulation Campus/Development.
Section II. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by
the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida.
ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, in a
meeting duly assembled on the 22 day of November, 2010.
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ATTEST:
A. LORENZO - LUACES, City Clerk
Approved as to legal form and sufficiency for
the Ci of Winter Springs, Florida only:
ANTHONY A. GARGANESE, City Attorney
City of Winter Springs, Florida
Resolution 2010 -59
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