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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: September 16, 2003
SUBJECT:
Update on City of Dublin Public Safety Memorial
Report Prepared by: Joni Pattillo, Assistant City Manager and
Lt. Glenn Moon, Dublin Police Services
ATTACHMENTS:
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2)
Photocopy of Concrete Engraving
Proposed Public Safety Memorial Statue and Concrete Bench
Modifications
RECOMMENDATI~
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2)
3)
Approve the Statue and Placement of the Public Safety
Memorial; and
Approve Fundraising Activity for the Concrete Engravings
and Plaques for Major donors for the two Existing Concrete
Benches located along the west wall of the center courtyard
of the Civic Center; or
Provide Staff with additional direction.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
Prior Council action approved an allocation of $15,000 of General
Fund dollars toward this project..No additional City funds are
required at this time.
DESCRIPTION:
At the March 4, 2003 City Council meeting, Staff presented the Council with Public Safety Line of Duty
Death Protocol and Public Safety Memorial Alternatives. At that meeting, the City Council directed the
Public Safety Memorial Committee to move forward with a Public Safety Memorial of a freestanding pre-
cast bronze sculpture comprised of four figures depicting a Firefighter, Police Officer and two children.
The approved placement location of this Public Safety Memorial was along the west wall of the center
courtyard of the Civic Center.
The estimated cost of the Public Safety Memorial is $60,000, which includes both the statue and pedestal.
The Council authorized the contribution of $15,000 towards this Public Safety Memorial with the balance
of $45,000 to be raised through fundraising efforts.
Fundraising Efforts To-Date
The Dublin Lions Club, in partnership with the Deputy Sheriffs' Association of Alameda County and the
Alameda County Fire Fighters' Association, has taken the lead in developing fundraising strategies to
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raise the additiOnal $45,000 needed for the memorial statue. Their first significant, fundraising activity
was to mail a fundraising letter to the Dublin business community requesting financial assistance. Their
£undraising efforts to-date have yielded approximately $15,000. The next fundraising event will be the
Dublin Lion's pancake breakfast which is part of the Day on the Glen Festival in September 2003.
The Public Safety Memorial Committee, along side the Dublin Lions Club, Deputy Sheriffs' Association
of Alameda County and the Alameda County Fire Fighters' Association, has looked at other unique
methods of fundraising.
Costs Associated with the Public Safety, Memorial
One the proven fundraisers for other cities are donor-funded engraved bricks or engraved walls. In
exploring the donor-funded engraving concept, the Public Safety Memorial Committee took into
consideration the continuity and beauty of the existing Civic Center courtyard. The Public Safety
Memorial Committee also looked at the type of pedestal that would best fit the statue and courtyard.
Through this investigation, it appears that there would be a savings of $5,000 from the original $15,000
allocated for pedestal creation by the use of concrete as the base material .versus brick or granite. The
proposed concrete pedestal is more fitting with the existing courtyard and Civic Center, and the savings
could be used to offset the cost of the memorial statue. With this project modification, the cost associated
with this project would be as follows:
Original Public Safety Memorial Project
Revised Public Safety Memorial Project
Cost
Four Person Pre-Cast Statue- $45,000 $45,000
Pedestal $15,000 $10,000
$60,000 $55,000
Savings of $5,000
Revenues
City's Contribution
Community Fundraising
Year-to-Date Activities
$15,000 $15,000
$15,000 $15,000
Amount needed to be raised
$30,000 $25,000
Proposed Civic Center Concrete Bench Engraving Fundraising
The Public Safety Memorial Committee met with an engraver who has completed some major engraving
projects throughout the Bay Area. The outcome of the discussion was that the engraving of donor names
could be on the two existing concrete benches. The proposed engraving would be similar to the
engravings at that currently exist in Union Square in San Francisco (Attachment 1). Each of the concrete
benches could accommodate approximately 200 donor names for a total 400 names for the two benches.
The Public Safety Memorial Committee is proposing that each of the engravings would fundraise $100
with a net proceed after the labor of $65. The pro-forma for this fundraiser is as follows:
400 Engraving Spots x $100 =
Less Labor for the 400 Engraving Spots x $35=
$40,000
($14,000).
Net proceeds from this proposed fundraiser
$26,000
It is proposed that major donors in excess of $1,000 be recognized with name recognition on plaques on
the side of these two benches. If the City Council's direction is to allow for this Public Safety Memorial
fundraiser to move forward, it is proposed that any excess amounts fundraised beyond the $45,000 would
be used to lower the City's contribution to this project.
Proposed Public Safety Memorial Placement and Donor Recognition
Staff has prepared a color drawing (Attachment 2) that depicts the statue and its placement in the Civic
Center courtyard, along with the proposed donor recognition in the form of name engravings in the
concrete bench with plaques on the side of the benches for major donor recognition.
Recommendation
Staff recommends the approval of the statue and placement of the Public Safety Memorial, along with the
fundraising activity for the concrete engravings and plaques for major donors for the two existing concrete
benches located along the west wall of the center courtyard of the Civic Center, or provide Staff with
additional direction.
ATTACHMENT 1