Agenda 04/14/2026 Item #16B3 (The Chair to execute Twenty (20) Deed Certificates for purchased burial rights at Lake Trafford Memorial Gardens Cemetery)4/14/2026
Item # 16.B.3
ID# 2026-590
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 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 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 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 $6,386.20 were received for seventeen (17) deeds, which included plot sales,
documentary stamp taxes, and recording fees. Three (3) of the deeds were Claimed Pre-Needs. 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 Court’s Recording Department.
PREPARED BY: Vivian Rodriguez, Property Acquisition Specialist, Operations & Performance Management Division
ATTACHMENTS:
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