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Agenda 12/09/2025 Item #16B 5 (Execute twenty (20) Deed Certificates for purchased burial rights at Lake Trafford Memorial Gardens Cemetery)12/9/2025 Item # 16.B.5 ID# 2025-4585 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 the Courts' 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. The 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 $7,836 were received for twenty (20) deeds, which included plot sales, documentary stamp taxes, and recording fees. One of the deeds is a Claimed Pre-Need. 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 – SAA RECOMMENDATION(S): 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 Courts' Recording Department. PREPARED BY: Vivian Rodriguez, Property Acquisition Specialist, Operations & Performance Management Division ATTACHMENTS: 1. Deed Certificates (20) Page 3510 of 9661 Page 3511 of 9661 Page 3512 of 9661 Page 3513 of 9661 Page 3514 of 9661 Page 3515 of 9661 Page 3516 of 9661 Page 3517 of 9661 Page 3518 of 9661 Page 3519 of 9661 Page 3520 of 9661 Page 3521 of 9661 Page 3522 of 9661 Page 3523 of 9661 Page 3524 of 9661 Page 3525 of 9661 Page 3526 of 9661 Page 3527 of 9661 Page 3528 of 9661 Page 3529 of 9661 Page 3530 of 9661