Agenda 09/24/2024 Item #16F 9 (To ensure that the twenty-four (24) Deed Certificates presented as part of this item are signed and recorded)9/24/2024
Item # 16.F.9.
ID#: 2024-1037
Executive Summary
Recommendation to authorize the Chair to execute twenty-four (24) Deed Certificates for purchased burial rights at Lake
Trafford Memorial Gardens Cemetery and authorize the County Manager or designee to take all actions necessary to
record the Deed Certificates with the Clerk of the Court’s Recording Department.
OBJECTIVE: To ensure that the twenty-four (24) Deed Certificates presented as part of this item are signed and
recorded.
CONSIDERATIONS: Collier County established Lake Trafford Cemetery in December 1964 on 20 acres, off Little
League Road in Immokalee. The Cemetery was used exclusively for indigent burials until it was opened to the public in
1982. The Board formally adopted a cemetery operations policy in July 1982 under Resolution 82-105, which has been
amended several times since. Real Property Management Section of the Facilities Management Division, under the
auspices of the County Manager, is responsible for operation of the Cemetery, which includes preparing and processing
Deed Certificates indicating plot location, after the sale of burial rights to the public.
Twenty-four (24) Deed certificates have been purchased. This item is to authorize processing of those Deed Certificates
and recognize the revenue.
FISCAL IMPACT: Proceeds of $9,417.20 were received for twenty-four (24) deeds, consisting of $9,000 for plot sales
and $417.20 for doc stamps and recording fees. Two (2) of the deeds are Claimed Pre-Needs. Plot sale receipts are
deposited in General Fund (0001), Immokalee Cemetery Cost Center 122370.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no impact on the County’s long-range planning effort.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item is approved as to form and legality, and requires a majority vote for Board
approval - RTT
RECOMMENDATIONS: To authorize the Chair to execute Deed Certificates for purchased Lot and Block burial
rights at Lake Trafford Memorial Gardens Cemetery and authorize the County Manager or designee to take all actions
necessary to record the Deed Certificates with the Clerk of the Court’s Recording Department.
PREPARED BY: Vivian Rodriguez, Property Acquisition Specialist
Facilities Management Div., County Manager Operations
ATTACHMENTS:
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