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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to adopt a Resolution designating the Goodland Bridge (Bridge No. 030184) on
CR 92 over the Marco Channel as "The Stan Gober Memorial Bridge."
OBJECTIVE: That the Board of County Commissioners (Board) adopts the attached Resolution renaming the
Goodland Bridge over the Marco Channel, the "Stan Gober Memorial Bridge."
CONSIDERATIONS: For more than 40 years Stanley Russell Gober entertained and delighted residents and
visitors to southwest Florida as the owner of Stan's Idle Hour in Goodland. Stan will be remembered not only for
his entertainment but also for his generosity to community organizations. The Goodland Bridge is a Collier County -
owned and maintained bridge on County Road 92 (San Marco Road) that spans the Marco Channel and welcomes
visitors from near and far to the Goodland community.
h1 accordance with Collier County policy, Mr. Walter S. Kane has sponsored an application. supported by 1,154
Collier County residents, asking the Board to rename the Goodland Bridge, the "Stan Gober '_Memorial Bridge" in
recognition of Mr. Gober's contributions to Goodland and Collier County.
The County Manager's Office finds that the request is complete, with merit, and complies with the County's policy
for naming County -owned facilities. The Board's approved policy is attached.
In support of the renaming, Mr. Kane noted the following:
The residents of Goodland revere the memory of Stan Gober. He truly was the Founding Father by putting this
small village on the map. From coast -to- coast, when reference is timidly made that you live in tiny Goodland,
Florida, the most frequent response is, "oh, I know Goodland. That's where Stan's is. 1 love Stan's. " Indeed,
"Stan 's on Sunday " is the mantra he left behind.
His history of providing use of his restaurant and pavilion, as well as all profits of those days to support fundraising
,for charities ranging from Hospice to military servicemen and women, to local worthy causes are legenday.
FISCAL IMPACT: Signs, plaque, or other notation at a cost not to exceed 5500.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no Growth Management impact associated with this Executive
Summary.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: The proposed Resolution was drafted by the County Attorney, is legally
sufficient, and requires a majority vote for approval. - JAK
RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of County Commissioners adopts the attached Resolution renaming the
Goodland Bridge, the "Stan Gober Memorial Bridge."
ATTACHMENTS:
• Collier County's Policy for Naming County Owned Facilities, approved by the
Board on May 13 2003.
• 1,154 signatures (not attached with this Executive Summary) will be available
for viewing in the County Manager's Office and subsequently filed with
Minutes and Records.
• Biography of Stanley Russell Gober.
PREPARED BY: Mike Sheffield, Business Operations Manager, County Manager's Office
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COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 16.F.3.
11/13/2012 Item 16.F.3.
Item Summary: Recommendation to adopt a Resolution designating the Goodland Bridge
(Bridge No. 030184) on CR92 over the Marco Channel as "The Stan Gober Memorial Bridge."
Meeting Date: 11/13/2012
Prepared By
Name: BrockMaryJo
Title: Executive Secretary to County Manager, CMO
11/2/2012 11:22:36 AM
Submitted by
Title: Executive Secretary to County Manager, CMO
Name: BrockMaryJo
11/2/2012 11:22:38 AM
Approved By
Name: OchsLeo
Title: County Manager
Date: l l /4/2012 3:16:00 PM
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COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
POLICY YUK NAtvILnry i,vui. 1 1 -V ♦r "U"'
I. Naming of County -Owned BuNding, Structure or Facilitv.
The following is the policy of the County Manager of Collier County, Florida, regarding
naming Collier County -owned buildings, structures, or other County -owned facilities. Each
County -owned building, structure, or facility, or integral part therein, e.g., chapel in a hospital,
hereinafter "facility," shall be named based upon the function(s) the facility p4rforms or the
services provided to the public from the facility. The specific location of the facility can, of
course, be included in the name; for example, an adjacent right -of -way, body of water, or any
other prominent landmark. Examples: Collier County Courthouse, Central Avenue Library,
Sheriff's Annex, Tarpon Lake Park, South Pass, or Pine Ridge Road Library.
II. Naming of County Owned Building Structure or Facility to Honor a Natural
Person.
"Natural person" means actual human being(s). The Board of County Commissioners
( "Board ") may name a County -owned facility to honor a natural person or pe�sons, living or
deceased. Examples could be "The John Jones County Courthouse, The Bil Smith County
Library, The Mary White and Bill White Sheriff's Annex," "The Joe Green Museum," "The
Jim Gallagher Pass" or "The Dan Marino Athletic Field" (provided the Athletic Facility is based
upon a Substantial Financial Contribution).
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1. The natural person(s) must have, by his or her local actions (other than Substantial
Financial Contribution), specifically and directly benefited Collier County, and, preferably, the
specific facility, or at least the geographic area where the facility exists (or is plahned to exist).
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(a). Fields of Endeavor. If the public achievements of the sponsored, local natural
person(s) are primarily in a specific field of endeavor, that field of endeavor should have a direct
and significant logical relationship to the facility. As examples: A medical facilit should be
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named to honor a local physician, a local nurse, or other local practitioner in the field of
medicine. A sports facility should be named in honor a local natural person I associated with
athletics. A nautical facility should be named to honor a local natural person associated with
nautical matters. A courthouse should be named to honor a local judge, local lawyer, or a natural
person directly associated with local administration of justice or local law enforcement.
(b). "Specific, Direct, Local Benefit.!' The natural person whose name the facility is
proposed to honor must have performed significant, direct local benefit to the facility or at least
with regard to the site of the facility (land or water). "Significant, direct, local benefit" does not
include acts by a person who has benefited Florida generally (or has generally benefited the
United States) and has not rendered direct, significant local, beneficial acts to benefit Collier
County, the specific facility, or at least the general geographic area of the facility
(c). Sponsorship. Each recommendation to have a County -owned structure named to
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honor a natural person based upon that person's local, beneficial acts (other than a Substantial
Financial Contribution) may be proposed to the County Manager by any iindividual, any
corporation, any organization or group, but only by using the attached form.
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(d). Application Procedure. Each application to recommend naming a County -
owned facility in honor of a natural person based upon that person's local acts (riot based upon a
Substantial Financial Contribution) must be submitted to the County Manager by use of the
attached form. Each such sponsored application, when complete, must con ,tain the names,
addresses and signatures of not less than 1,000 natural persons who reside, at bast part -time, in
Collier County and who agree with the recommendations of the Sponsor as stated on the form.
The Sponsor's written reasons must include a brief biographical sketch as regards the proposed
natural persons) and a listing of the significant local beneficial acts performed by the local
natural person, and upon which acts the Sponsor believes it is appropriate that the Board name
the facility.
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Substantial Financial Contribution(s).
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1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this policy, except the referral provisions
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listed below, a County -owned facility can be named in honor of a natural person(s) provided
substantial sums of money or other substantial, valuable assets (such as land rblated to the
facility or land situate elsewhere), are contributed to Collier County by, or on behalf of, such
natural person(s), living or deceased, to assist Collier County, directly or indirectly, in acquiring
title to the underlying land, to the facility, or to some specific, identifiable part Of the facility
(e.g., "The John Jones Wing of the Collier County Hospital "); provided, howe+er, that such
person has not engaged in illegal, immoral, or otherwise improper conduct. Nd such natural
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person need be a local person.
2. If a facility is named and it is thereafter discovered that the natural person
unbeknownst to the County, had engaged in illegal, immoral, or otherwise improper conduct,
that brings discredit upon the County, the County may in its unbridled discretion rename the
facility. If a facility is named after a then living natural person and that person thereafter
engages in illegal, immoral, or otherwise improper conduct, that brings disc lI edit upon the
County, the County in its unbridled discretion, may rename the facility. This discretion to
rename is and shall be subject to any then existing and enforceable provision in a written
agreement to which the County is then a party and wherein the County contraci ted away this
unbridled discretion to rename the facility.
C. Referrals by the County Manager. j
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1. If the County Manager determines that the standard form application is complete
and has merit (or that the facility may appropriately be named in honor of a Substantial Financial
Contributor, which does not require use of the standard form or any signatures, the County
Manager shall refer the complete application, or the recommendation to name the facility to
honor a Substantial Financial Contributor, for review comments and suggestions, as follows:
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A. To the Constitutional Officer if the facility is or will be occupied by, or is or will
be under the jurisdiction of, that Constitutional Officer, or to the CmII unty Division
Administrators) if the facility is or will be occupied by, or is or will be under the jurisdiction of,
the Division Administrator(s), to give each such Officer or Administrator ample opportunity to
provide his or her written comments regarding the application or recommends tion, including
opinions why the application or recommendation is or is not appropriate.
B. If the facility has historical significance, to each County - Affiliated Historical
Agency or Group.
2. The County Manager may also request input from groups that, or individuals who,
the County Manager believes are closely associated with the respective facility.
3. Following the above - mentioned referrals, the County Manager, with or without
his (or her) recommendation for approval, may place the item on the Board's agenda for a
decision on the merits by the Board.
D. Financial or In -kind Contributions by the Countv. In all instanbes, any plaque
or other memorial or notation to be placed on or.at the County -owned facility must be approved
by the County, and must be supplied and be paid for in full by others and at no cost to the County
unless the Board decides in the specific case that it is appropriate and is in the public interest for
the County to contribute money and/or in -kind contributions toward any such plaque, memorial
or notation.
III. Duration and Effect of this Policy. This policy was adopted on the day of
2003. This policy shall continue until amended or repealed f by the County
Manager,
Jim Mudd, County Manager
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TO: County Manger, County of Collier, Florida.
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For the following reasons, it is proper to name this facility as requested:
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(10 /page): We, the undersigned residents of Collier County, agree with the
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RESOLUTION NO. 2012 -
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, DESIGNATING THE GOODLAND
BRIDGE (BRIDGE NO. 030184) ON CR 92 OVER THE MARCO
CHANNEL AS THE "STAN GOBER MEMORIAL BRIDGE."
WHEREAS, for more than 40 years Stanley Russell Gober entertained and delighted
southwest Floridians as the owner of Stan's Idle Hour in Goodland and will be remembered not only
for his entertainment but also for his generosity to community organizations; and
WHEREAS, the Goodland Bridge, a Collier County -owned and maintained bridge on
County Road 92 (San Marco Road), welcomes visitors from near and far to the Goodland
community; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Collier County policy, Mr. Walter S. Kane sponsored an
application containing the signatures of 1,154 Collier County residents who wish to rename the
Goodland Bridge, the "Stan Gober Memorial Bridge; "and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners desires to name this bridge in honor of the
late Stan Gober who, with his welcoming spirit and love for entertaining, inspired a community and
helped make Goodland what it is today.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the Goodland Bridge (Bridge No.
030184) on County Road 92, over the Marco Channel, is hereby designated the "Stan Gober
Memorial Bridge" in honor and recognition of Mr. Gober's contributions to Collier County.
THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED after motion, second and majority vote on this the
day of , 2012.
ATTEST:
DWIGHT E. BROCK, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
By: By:
Deputy Clerk
FRED W. COYLE, CHAIRMAN
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