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<br />i <br />.~ <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />c...traI Area ofCemotel'y _ Older Grayes <br /> <br />Then: lIJ"C cummtly two undeveloped sections of the Memorial Gardens totaling approximalely half an <br />acre. One is aD approximately 16,000 square-foot area along the southern border of the site and the other <br />is aD approximately 5,200 square-foot area along the access road (see attached site plan Exhibit A). The <br />exact amollOl of land that remains for burials is difficult to determine due, in part. 10 the presence of a <br />large. unmarked SC(:tion purchased in 1892 by the County of Alameda for the burial of indigarts. Some <br />refer to mis section as a "potter's field". Unfonunatcly, the Cemetery's records con1lict: regarding the <br />exact location of the potter's field! While the potter's field is gc:nc:ra1Jy known to be located on the <br />largely undeveloped South Hill (see picture below), the size and cxac:tloc:ation oflhe area varies <br />ac:c:onling to the Cemetery's maps and records. Therefore, staff is unable to detc:nninc the exact cxte1lt <br />of land that could be developed for graves. <br /> <br /> <br />u .......eIopecI South <br />8D1 a.... u........_ <br />Potier'. FIeIcI <br /> <br />: Alameda County DO long... u..es the Cemetery for buriats. According to the c"metery's manager, the liLSl time lhe C".ounty <br />uoed 1IJe ""'" Cor bwiols was in the early 1960'" although the CO""'Y ('..oroner', Office was .lOt abte to confiJm 1lIis. The <br />County Conmor's omce c~ntly uses Lo... T_ Cemetery in Haywanl. <br /> <br />Plcasmuon Memorial Gilrdms eomeier)' Rcpon <br /> <br />Page3of15 <br />