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BACKGROUND The Pleasanton Pioneer Cemetery (PPC) was acquired by the City of Pleasanton in 2007 and represents an important piece of Pleasanton history for the community. The City has invested time and resources to repair and improve the site, and in 2014 adopted a Master Plan and Implementation Plan to further guide these efforts. To date, the City has implemented four significant phases of improvement, and in 2021 sought out vendors to provide burial services and grounds maintenance to help preserve the PPC's rich history, while continuing to serve the community's need for cemetery services. Due to the expiration of the current contract on December 31 , 2021 , Engineering and Library and Recreation Departments staff jointly developed a RFQ for burial services and/or grounds maintenance at the PPC. In the RFQ, staff made it clear that the City was seeking vendors to provide any of the following: • Proposals for burial services at the PPC • Proposals for grounds maintenance at the PPC • Proposals for burial services and grounds maintenance at the PPC The intention of writing the RFQ in this way was to encourage as many vendors as possible to submit statements of qualifications. Finding service providers has always presented some challenges as there are few local vendors that provide these services. Also, vendors that specialize in burial services may not have background in all the grounds maintenance services required (e.g., irrigation, pest control, etc.) and a landscaping company may not have experience performing burial services. The RFQ was advertised on September 14, 2021 . Three statements of qualifications were received by the advertised due date from the following vendors: • American Cemetery Maintenance and Burial (ACMB) o Proposal for burial services and grounds maintenance at the PPC • Monte Vista Memorial Investment Group (MVMIG) o Proposal for burial services and grounds maintenance at the PPC • Terra Landscape o Proposal for grounds maintenance at the PPC DISCUSSION In November, the City's selection committee (comprised of representatives from the Engineering and Library and Recreation Departments) completed their review of the capabilities of the vendors as shown in their statements of qualifications and interviews. Based on the qualifications, the selection committee determined to work with ACMB on the burial services and grounds maintenance in the burial site areas. The delineation can be seen in pink in Attachment 1 . Page 2 of 3