Agenda 03/25/2025 Item #16B 5 (Authorize the Chair to execute twenty (20) Deed Certificates for purchased burial rights at Lake Trafford Memorial Gardens Cemetery)3/25/2025
Item # 16.B.5
ID# 2025-715
Executive Summary
Recommendation to authorize the Chair 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 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 of County Commissioners (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, under the
auspices of the County Manager, is responsible for the 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 the processing of those Deed Certificates and recognize the
revenue.
This item is consistent with the Quality of Place Element of Collier County's Strategic Plan by supporting access to
health, wellness, and human services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Proceeds of $7,796 were received for twenty (20) deeds, consisting of $7,500 for plot sales and
$296 for doc stamps and recording fees. Plot sale receipts are deposited in General Fund (0001), Immokalee Cemetery
Cost Center 122370.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: This item is consistent with the Growth Management Plan.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item is approved as to form and legality, and requires a majority vote for Board
approval – SAA
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 Court’s Recording Department.
PREPARED BY: Vivian Rodriguez, Property Acquisition Specialist, Operations & Performance Management Division
ATTACHMENTS:
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