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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to approve and execute a Resolution authorizing the
Commission Chairman to execute Deed Certificates for the sale of burial plots at
lake Trafford Memorial Gardens Cemetery during the 2008 calendar year.
OBJECTIVE: To obtain authorization ior the Board of County Commissioners' (Board)
Chairman to execute Deed Certificates for the sale of burial plots during the 2008 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, were
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 opened to the public in 1982. The
Board formally adopted a Cemetery operations' policy in July 1982 under Resolution 82-105.
The policy was revised on September 22, 1987, again on May 1, 1990, and again on September
9, 2003, UTider Resolutions 87"224, 90-242, and 03-290, respectively. According to the policy,
the Real Estate Services 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 then 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, sixty-eight plot sales are projected during Fiscal 07/08. At $375
for a standard adult plot, $150 for a veteran plot, and $100 for an infant plot, total revenue from
plot sales of $24,725.00 is projected during FY 07/08.
FISCAL IMPACT: All proceeds from plot sales are deposited in the Lake Trafford Memorial
Gardens' General Fund Account (001).
GROWTH MANAGEMENT: There is no impact 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: Michael Dowling, Sr. Property Management Specialist, Real Estate Services,
Facilities Management Department
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COLLIER COUNTY
BOARDOFCOUNTYCOMM~S~NERS
Item Number:
lGE1
Item Summary:
Rec::>mmen::jat:on to approve and execute a Resolution authorizing the Commission
Chairman to execute D,,:<ed Certifl:::ates for the sale of burial plots at Lake Trafford Memorial
Gardens Cemetery during the 2008 calendar year
Meeting Date:
1/15/2002- 90000 P,r\I1
Prepared By
Michael H. Dowling
Property Management Specialist
Date
Administrative Services
Facilities Il;anagement
12112i200i 1''1::>7:36 AM
Approved Ry
"Toni A. Mott
~eai Property Sllpervisor
Date
Administrative Services
Facilfties I'v'm"'nagement
12f21/2007 1 :18-PM
Approved By
Skip Camp, C.F.M.
Facil1ties Management Director
Date
Administrative S~rvices
Facilities l\f.an2gement
12/21/20071:59 PM
Approved By
Len Golden PrieD-
r'\dmi.'I!strative Ser','icc.s' Adminis~n::tor
Date
f'clministrztive Services
Adm:niEtrat've Ssrvices A,dmin.
"';/2/2005 1 :4.tl PM
Approved B}'
ori1B Coordrna!or
ApplicaVons :'<l,,!yst
Date
Admi~-,is-:'r2.tiv'2 S,;.~vics's
lnfo"~';lati(1n 'EchnDi::::gy
'1,'2.'20D3 ~:i;6 PL~
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A pproved By
i\.iic:hael Smykows~,i
M<..H";o1!;l0mcmt & Budget DiruC!or
Date
County l\!;onager's C/1"::0
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Approved By
..iames V, Mudd
C0'.m~s kk,,3g~.'r
Date
Beard of County
Commissio:<ers
County Man;::g,::r's Office
1!7/200V S:4C' AM
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RESOLFTlOl'i NO. 2008-_
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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIO'lERS, COLLIER, COUNTY, FLORIDA,
AI'THORIZING TilE EXECUTION OF DEED CERTIFICATES
FOR THE LAKE TRAFFORD MEMORIAL GARDENS
CEMETERY, BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR THE
2008 CALENDAR YEAR.
\lI,-'HEREAS, Collier County acquired a twenty' (20) acre site by Warranty Deed dated December
15, 1964 from J.e Turner Lumber Company and recorded in the Public Records of Collier County in Q,R.
Book 180, Page 77J on December 21, )%4, for use as a public cemetery known as the Lake Trafford
/vtemorial Gardens Cemetery; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners adopted Resolution No, 82-105 on July 27,
1982, \\ hich governs the rights of interment. administration, maintenance and development of the Lake
Trafford !vtemorial Gardens Cemetery. said policy incfuding the disposition of indigent deceased: and
WHEREAS. the Board of County Commissioners adopted Resolution 87-224 on September 22.
1987. \-vhich revises Resolution No. 82-1 OS regarding the operation of the cemetery; and
WHEREAS, the Board of CoullIy Commissioners adopled Resolution No. 90-2)4 on April 17,
1990. whkh reserves a section in the Veterans Section for the purpose of providing a memorial; and
\VI-IEREAS, the Board adopted Resolution No 90-242 on May' I, 1990 and Resolution :'\10. 03-290
on September 9, 2003, which revised the rult:s and regulations which govern the administration and
development of the cemetel)'; and
WIlEREAS, there is a benefit 10 the County and to the public if the administrative procedures
concerning Deed Certificates for the Lake TrafTord Memorial Gardens Cemetery are expedited, while
maintaining the safeguards ofsraffand legal counsel review of such oot:uments; and
\VHERf:AS. Ihe Board of Counfy Commissioners recognizes the beneftl of reducing time for
Board approval on reviewed and approvl:d Deed Ct:rtifil.:ates for the Lake TrafTord Memorial Gardens
Cemctet)-
"'OW. THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF (:OU~TY COMMISSIONERS,
COLLIER CQUi\"TY. FLORIDA that
I, The Board of County Commissioncrs does hereby authoriLe the Chairman of the Board of
C0unty Commissioners to execute Deed Cer1ificales for tile' Lal-;e Trafford Memorial
G:udens Ccmelt'ry, pur:;uant to Resolution 1\0, 03-290 dated September 9, 2003, and the
County's administration 0(tllat Resolution, wh(;Tcupon the DCt'd Ccrtificat~s haw been
previoilsly reviewed and approwd by the Facililies Management D!.:partment and the
CounryAl1orney's Office,
., l"he aUlhorinHilln oftht, Clwirrnan to execute the Deed Cenificales for the Lake Tmfford
Memorial Garden> Cemekry hereunder shall eXlend soldy for the 2008 calendar year
l"his Resolution adopted this__
nlaJonry \'ole
day of
"__.~, 2008. aft!.:r 1ll00ioll, second and
AITISI:
DWIGHT E. BROCK. Clerk
fJOARD OF C()U~l'Y COMMISSIO'iLRS
COLLI [R COUNTY, FLORllJA
Ill'
. D~ru(y Clerk
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AIl: ~l" r ;~ legal "'ffiC2'''Y
Heidi F, Ashton
Assistant Counly Attorney