Agenda 02/10/2015 Item #10B 2/10/2015 10.B.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to approve a County matching contribution for the completion of the Freedom
Memorial located at Fred W. Coyle Freedom Park.
OBJECTIVE: To appropriate funds to be used to match private donations in order to complete the
Freedom Memorial at Fred W. Coyle Freedom Park.
CONSIDERATIONS:
The Freedom Memorial is a monument located at Fred W. Coyle Freedom Park that was commissioned to
commemorate the military, police officers, firefighters and emergency workers who were killed in the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The granite clad memorial shaped like a waving flag has stepping
stones representing each state, along the foundation of a six-foot wide, pentagon-shaped, brick pathway
around the monument.
Ground breaking for the Memorial was completed on September 29, 2009. The foundations for the US
map and the US flag were completed in October 2009. A granite mock up edge was installed on the
concrete foundation of the flag in February 2010. The pentagon pathway was completed in November
2010 with brick engravings being continually processed as new orders are received.
In 2012, the monument was value engineered and a revised estimate of the project was established at
$1.8M. Approximately $600,000 has been raised and collected through private donations and grants,
with a remaining balance$1.2M required to complete the Memorial.
Donations are being solicited a number of ways. They include allowing individuals to buy a brick with
their name engraved and placed in the pathway; purchasing an engraved plaque for installation on the
Memorial; or through purchase of tickets for a February 20, 2015 fundraising event. All of these funds
will be used to complete the Memorial.
In order to ensure the Memorial is completed timely, I am asking that the Board authorize a program to
match private funds raised from this date forward (February 10, 2015) with a County contribution on a
one to one basis. The County appropriated funds and donations would be deposited into the existing
Freedom Memorial Trust Fund for use in completing the Memorial.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: As the owner of this project, Board funding for the project is
appropriate. Accordingly, this item is approved as to form and legality, and requires majority vote for
approval. -JAK
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no growth management impact associated with this
action.
FISCAL IMPACT: A dollar for dollar County matching contribution to the future private fundraising
efforts to complete the Freedom Memorial could come from redirected project dollars in County Capital
Fund (301) and reserves that exist for unanticipated projects in this fund. Depending upon the match
amount, the General Fund could also provide a level of appropriation from other governmental
appropriations generally reserved for contingency purposes and or unplanned projects that often surface
during any one fiscal year. Based on the current estimate of$1.2M to complete the project,the estimated
maximum County appropriation would be $600,000.
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2/10/2015 10.B.
RECOMMENDATION: Recommendation to approve a matching contribution program for the
completion of the Freedom Memorial at Fred W. Coyle Freedom Park as outlined herein and authorize
any necessary budget amendments and related administrative actions necessary to implement this
program.
Prepared by: Commissioner Georgia Hiller,District 2
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2/10/2015 10.B.
COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 10.10.B.
Item Summary: Recommendation to approve a County matching contribution for the
completion of the Freedom Memorial located at Fred W. Coyle Freedom Park. (Commissioner
Hiller)
Meeting Date: 2/10/2015
Prepared By
Name: BrockMaryJo
Title: Executive Secretary to County Manager, County Managers Office
2/4/2015 4:09:23 PM
Submitted by
Title: Executive Secretary to County Manager, County Managers Office
Name: BrockMaryJo
2/4/2015 4:09:25 PM
Approved By
Name: KlatzkowJeff
Title: County Attorney,
Date: 2/4/2015 4:11:39 PM
Name: OchsLeo
Title: County Manager, County Managers Office
Date: 2/4/2015 4:42:08 PM
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