Agenda 11/12/2024 Item #16F 2 (Chairperson to execute twenty Deed Certificates for purchased burial rights at Lake Trafford Memorial)11/12/2024
Item # 16.F.2
ID# 2024-1551
Executive Summary
Recommendation to authorize the Chairperson to execute twenty (20) 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 (20) 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 (20) Deed certificates have
been purchased. This item is to authorize processing of those Deed Certificates and recognize the revenue.
FISCAL IMPACT: Proceeds of $7,816 were received for twenty (20) deeds, consisting of $7,500 for plot sales and
$316 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 Chairperson 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:
1. Deed Certificates - (20)
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