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Page 2 <br />Troll Brook Cemetery <br /> <br />Staff is proposing to go through the process of declaring the 96 lots, which show <br />ownership, but no activity in the past 50 years as available lots. Staff would publish the <br />plot/lot number and family name information in the Anoka County Union and in the City <br />Newsletter to give the families of historic record an opportunity to claim the plot/lot. All'. <br />plots/lot unclaimed after the publication would be available for purchase. There are <br />currently 33 unowned open lots within the cemetery. <br /> <br />Rules and Regulations <br /> <br />Rules and Regulations for the Trott Brook Cemetery were drafted based upon a review of <br />other municipal cemetery policies and recommendations from staff and committee <br />members. A policy statement was created for the cemetery and rules and regulations <br />were drafted for purchasing pave lots, interments, disinterments, maintenance and care, <br />monuments and markers, and plantings and decorations. The draft of the Rules and <br />Regulations are attached for council review and comment. <br /> <br />Burial Lot Rights Application <br /> <br />A burial lot rights application was developed to show the ownership for the open lots as <br />they are purchased in the future. A record of the burial lot rights will be kept on file at. <br />the City Hall. In addition, a burial lot rights transfer application was drafted to document <br />any transfer of ownership of plots and/or lots. These documents are attached for council <br />review and comments. Lot fees and perpetual care fees for the Troll Brook Cemetery are <br />adopted annually in the City's Fee Schedule. The lot fee is currently set at $600 per lot <br />with a $200 perpetual care fee. <br /> <br />Action Statement: <br /> <br />Provide direction regarding completion of the inventory whether further research should <br />be pursued. <br /> <br />Provide direction in declaring the 96 open lots with historic ownership, but no activity in <br />the past 50 years as available, after staff has published notice in the Anoka County Union <br />and City Newsletter and no family member or owner has come forward to make a claim <br />within a specified period. <br /> <br />Review and comment on the proposed Rules and Regulations for the Trott Brook <br />Cemetery. <br /> <br />Review and comment on the burial lot rights application and burial lot rights transfer <br />application. <br /> <br />CCWS: 06/21/2005 <br /> <br /> <br />