Resolution 2022-141 RESOLUTION NO. 2022- 141
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE FORMATION
OF A "FRIENDS OF THE COLLIER COUNTY VETERANS NURSING
HOME" FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOLICITING AND RECEIVING
FUNDING FOR DEVELOPING ANCILLARY SERVICES NOT
GENERALLY PROVIDED WITHIN A STATE OPERATED FACILITY
AT THE FUTURE COLLIER COUNTY VETERANS NURSING HOME.
WHEREAS, having approximately 1,000 beds of 5,000 needed for our state veterans,
Florida is near the top of the list of states with a defined "Great Need" for veterans nursing home
beds. In 2014, in an independent, needs-based site selection study conducted by Hoy and Stark
for FDVA,Collier County was found to be the county with the greatest need for a veterans nursing
home; and
WHEREAS, in November 2018, Collier County voters approved a one-cent sales surtax,
that included$30 million in revenues dedicated to supplement/replace the State's share of nursing
home construction costs; and
WHEREAS, Commissioner Saunders spoke with local Veterans wanting to contribute
time, business expertise and private funding for the planned Veterans Nursing Home, to develop
and fund ancillary services traditionally not provided at a state operated facility such as meeting
space and daytime services for veterans; and
WHEREAS, the creation of a "Friends of the Collier County Veterans Nursing Home" is
an appropriate mechanism for engaging citizens who are interested and want to be involved with
these efforts.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
The formation of a "Friends of the Collier County Veterans Nursing Home" is approved
for the purpose of soliciting and receiving funding for developing ancillary services not generally
provided within a state operated facility at the future Collier County Veterans Nursing Home.
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THIS RESOLUTION PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED by the Board of County
Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, this 13th day of September, 2022.
ATT1T: ^ BOARD OF CO ►TY COMMISSIONERS
CRYSTAL K. KINZ L, CLERK COLLIER CO 'I' • _ IA
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• By: _or
lerk Wit tam L. McDaniel, Jr., Chairman
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signs tie$
Approve Ili an-S. 71g ty:
Jeffrey A.'7 lat. •w, County Attorney
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