Agenda 02/09/2010 Item #16E1
Agenda Item No. 16E1
February 9, 2010
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to approve a Resolution authorizing the Commission Chairman
to execute Deed Certificates for the sale of burial plots at Lake Trafford Memorial
Gardens Cemetery during the 2010 calendar year.
OBJECTIVE: To obtain authorization for the Board of County Commissioners' (Board)
Chairman to execute Deed Certificates for the sale of burial plots during the 2010 calendar year.
CONSIDERATION: The need existed in Collier County for cemetery space for interment of
deceased indigents so in December 1964, 20 acres, on Little League Road in Immokalee, was
purchased for this purpose. The property was platted as Lake Trafford Memorial Gardens
Cemetery (Cemetery) in 1967 with 17,850 (984 infant and 16,866 adult) burial plots.
The Cemetery was used solely 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.
The policy was subsequently revised on several occasions including the most recent,
Resolution 2009-253 on October 27, 2009. According to the policy, the Real Property
Management Section of the Facilities Management Department, under the auspices of the
Administrative Services Administrator, is responsible for the daily administration of the
Cemetery, which includes preparing and processing Deed Certificates for the sale of burial plots
to the public.
Deed Certificates require execution by the Board Chairman, and prior to 1992, sales
transactions were presented to the Board for approval on an individual basis. These sales are
numerous, so in order to expedite the acquisition process and relieve Commissioners of having
to review format documents, the Board has since, on an annual basis, granted the current
Chairman the authority to execute Deed Certificates on the Board's behalf without further
approval required. Deed Certificates are approved by the County Attorney's Office prior to
being transmitted to the Chairman for execution.
Based upon historic sales data, 16 plot sales are projected during Fiscal 09/10. At $375 for a
standard adult plot, $150 for a veteran plot, and $100 for an infant plot, total revenue of $5,725
is projected during FY 09/10.
LEGAL CONSIDERATION: The attached Resolution has been reviewed and is legally
sufficient for Board action. - JW
FISCAL IMPACT: All proceeds from plot sales are deposited in the Lake Trafford Memorial
Gardens' General Fund Account (001).
GROWTH MANAGEMENT: There is no irnpact on the County's long-range planning effort.
RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of County Commissioners approves and authorizes the
Chairman to execute the attached Resolution.
PREPARED BY: Gary Bigelow, Property Acquisition Specialist, Real Property Management,
Facilities Management Department
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COLLIER COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
1BE1
Recommendation to approve a Resolution authorizing the Commission Chairman to execute Deed
Certificates for the sale of burial plots at Lake Trafford Memorial Gardens Cemetery during the 2010
calendar year
2/9/20109:00:00 AM
Property Acquisition Specialist
Date
Prepared By
Gary Bigelow
Administrative Services
Division
Facilities Management
1/20/201012:19:47 PM
Toni A. Mott
Date
Approved By
Administrative Services
Division
Manager M Property Acquisition & Const
M
Facilities Management
1/20/20105:08 PM
Date
Approved By
Jeff Wright
County Attorney
Assistant County Attorney
County Attorney
1/25120104:51 PM
County Attorney
Date
Approved By
Jeff Klatzkow
1/261201010:15 AM
Skip Camp, C.F.M.
Director - Facilities Management
Date
Approved By
Administrative Services
Division
Facilities Management
11261201010:54 AM
Len Golden Price
Administrator. Administrative Services
Date
Approved By
Administrative Services
Division
Administrative Services Division
1126120105:22 PM
Approved By
OMB Coordinator
County Manager's Office
Date
Office of Management & Budget
1/281201010:42 AM
Management & Budget Analyst
Date
Approved By
Laura Davisson
County Manager's Office
Office of Management & Budget
1f28/2010 10:46 AM
Date
Approved By
Mark Isackson
Office of Management &
Budget
Management/Budget Analyst, Senior
Office of Management & Budget
1/28/20105:51 PM
RESOLUTION NO. 2010-_
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
COLLIER, COUNTY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF
DEED CERTIFICATES FOR THE LAKE TRAFFORD MEMORIAL
GARDENS CEMETERY, BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR
THE 2010 CALENDAR YEAR.
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WHEREAS, Collier County acquired a twenty (20) acre site by Warranty Deed dated December 15,
1964 from J.C. Turner Lumber Company and recorded in the Public Records of Collier County in O.R.
Book 180, Page 773 on December 21, 1964, for use as a public cemetery known as the Lake Trafford
Memorial Gardens Cemetery; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners adopted Resolution No. 82-105 on July 27,1982,
which governs the rights of interment, administration, maintenance and development of the Lake Trafford
Memorial Gardens Cemetery, said policy including the disposition of indigent deceased; including
subsequent policies, and
WHEREAS, the Board adopted Resolution No. 2009-253 on October 27, 2009, which adopted a
cremation policy and revised the rules and regulations policy which govern the administration and
development of the cemetery; and
WHEREAS, there is a benefit to the County and to the public if the administrative procedures
concerning Deed Certificates for the Lake Trafford Memoriai Gardens Cemetery are expedited, while
maintaining the safeguards of staff and legal counsel review of such documents; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners recognizes the benefit of reducing time for Board
approval on reviewed and approved Deed Certificates for the Lake Trafford Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA that:
1. The Board of County Commissioners does hereby authorize the Chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners to execute Deed Certificates for the Lake Trafford Memorial
Gardens Cemetery, pursuant to Resolution No. 2009-253 on October 27, 2009 and the
County's administration of that Resolution, whereupon the Deed Certificates have been
previously reviewed and approved by Real Property Management and the County
Attorney's Office.
2. The authorization of the Chairman to execute the Deed Certificates for the Lake Trafford
Memorial Gardens Cemetery hereunder shall extend solely for the 2010 calendar year.
This Resolution adopted this _ day of
majority vote.
,2010, after motion, second and
ATTEST:
DWIGHT E. BROCK, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY:
. Deputy Clerk
BY:
Fred W. Coyle, Chairman
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LOCATION MAP
LAKE TRAFFORD MEMORIAL GARDENS
CEMETERY