Agenda 04/22/2025 Item #16B 2 (Execute twenty (20) Deed Certificates for purchased burial rights at Lake Trafford Memorial Gardens Cemetery))4/22/2025
Item # 16.B.2
ID# 2025-1017
Executive Summary
Recommendation to authorize the Chairman 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, 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 $7,876 were received for twenty (20) deeds, which included plot sales, documentary
stamp taxes, 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 Chairman 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, Operations & Performance Management Division
ATTACHMENTS:
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