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SEBASTIAN
HOME OF PELICAN ISLAND , ,x, ! u
MEMORANDUM
TO: SHAI FRANCIS, FINANCE DIRECTOR
THROUGH:AL MINNER, CITY MANAGER
FROM: SALLY MAIO, MMC—CITY CLERK 36/11\
SUBJECT: REQUEST FROM CITIZEN RELATIVE TO CEMETERY LOTS PURCHASED IN
1924
DATE: 2/21/2007
CC: CITY COUNCIL, JEANETTE WILLIAMS, DEPUTY CLERK, KIP KELSO,
CEMETERY SEXTON
My office has received a request from a former Sebastian resident and Council member to be
allowed to sell cemetery lots his parents purchased in 1922.
Records for the cemetery from the early years are sketchy at best. Although property was
deeded by private owners to the City and to a "Cemetery Association" in separate parcels
starting in 1926, the City officially acquired by warranty deed from the Cemetery Association the
entire cemetery in 1950. There do not appear to have been "deeds" issued before that time.
Council minutes indicate that in 1949 the City Clerk was authorized to purchase 500 deeds to
use in anticipation of the City's taking over the cemetery.
We do have old journals and maps and handwritten notes which show the block in which the
Anderson family own lots. There is no mention of what the Anderson family paid for their lots.
Our existing cemetery ordinance states in Section 34-13: "No interment site owner shall allow
interments in their interment sites for a remuneration, nor shall any transfer of interest therein be
valid except by written consent of the city. No interment sites shall be bought or sold for
speculation."
I explained to Mr.Anderson that we could not allow him to sell the lots to another party in
accordance with the Code of Ordinances, but he could assign their five vacant lots to family
members, provide us with a list of those individuals' names and we would give our consent.
Barring that, we could buy the lots back from him if he had no use for them.
This is where my question comes in. With no way of knowing what he paid, I would not know
what value to place on the lots. Our current rate for a full lot for a City resident is $700. In
speaking with the City Manager, he suggested I ask you for a comparable value for the year the
lots were purchased. Can you give me a value in 1922 dollars for a $700 lot at today's rate?
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SEA TIAhl
HOME OF PELICAN ISLAND
1225 MAIN STREET• SEBASTIAN, FL 32958
(772) 589-5330 • (772) 589-5570 fax
MEMORANDUM
TO: Sally A.Maio,MMC-City Clerk
t*FROM: Jeanette Williams,CMC-Deputy City Clerk
DATE: February 20,2007
RE: Anderson Family Lots
I have been asked to report what lots the Anderson Family has interment rights to. My research,confirmed by the City Sexton Kip
Kelso shows the following:
Unit 1,Blk 18,Lot 26 vacant
Unit 1,Blk 18,Lot 27 vacant
Unit 1,Blk 18,Lot 28 vacant
Unit 1,Blk 18,Lot 29 vacant
Unit 1,Blk 18,Lot 30 vacant
Unit 1,Blk 18,Lot 31 Two Baby Anderson Girls Interred 1922& 1924
Unit 1,Blk 18,Lot 32 vacant
Unit 1,Blk 18,Lot 33,half of 34 Isham J.Anderson Interred Sept. 1977
Unit 1,Blk 18,half of 34,Lot 35 Viola Anderson Interred 1936
Because the first need for interment occurred in 1922,I surmise that the transaction took place in that year. If record keeping occurred
in the 20's,burial certificates may be on file with the County Health Department.
I believe the following interments are relatives of Mr.Anderson:
Unit 1,Blk 18,Lot 24 Maggie M. James Interred July 19, 1997
Unit 1.Blk 18,Lot 23 Isham R. James Interred March 7, 1992
Unit 1,Blk 18,Lot 22 Susie I James Interred 1951
Unit 1.Blk 18,Lot 21 Calvin I. James Interred 1933