HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/05/2000 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 100, 2000, AMENDIN AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 14
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: September 5, 2000STAFF:
in Philip Carpenter
SUBJECT:
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 100,2000,Amending Article V,Section 23-156 of the City Code
and Repealing Certain Rules and Regulations Relating to the Abandonment of Burial Spaces at
Grandview and Roselawn Cemeteries.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on August 15, 2000,allows the
cemeteries to reclaim approximately 1,800 grave spaces in which no interment has occurred and no
perpetual care fee has been paid.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 19
DATE: August 15, 2000
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF:
Philip Carpenter
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 100, 2000, Amending Article V, Section 23-156 of the City Code
and Repealing Certain Rules and Regulations Relating to the Abandonment of Burial Spaces at
Grandview and Roselawn Cemeteries.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption o e Or i ce o iPeading
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This Ordinance will allow the cemeteries to reclaim approximately 1,800 grave spaces in which no
interment has occurred and no al aYave
st of these graves spaces were
sold before 1926 and the own heir assi o he not contacted the Cemetery
to date.
ACKGROUND:
When Grandview Cemetery was established in 1887 the City did not collect perpetual care fees as
a condition of purchase or burial. The Cemetery has been maintaining approximately 1,800 graves
for the past 75 to 100 years. By adopting the Ordinance and changing the Rules and Regulations,
the Grandview Cemetery can reclaim and resell these grave sites with a perpetual care fee. This will
extend the Cemetery's use for 20 more years, as well as cover the cost of maintaining the grave
spaces. At the present rate of s itho e r at f t)x a grave spaces, the Cemetery
would be sold out of spaces in year . e C et i 1 t d out of side by side spaces,and
the largest share of the 1,800 aces co be u d deb de burials. At today's prices, this
would generate revenues of$1, 4 o a1 increase perpetual care fund by$520,200.
These spaces are needed to sustain Grandview Cemetery for the next 20 years.