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6A - pLEASANTONo City Council Staff Report September 5, 2006 Administrative Services Department SUBJECT CONSIDER ACQUISITION OF PLEASANT ON MEMORIAL GARDENS CEMETERY STAFF RECOMMENDATION Authorize acquisition of the Pleasanton Memorial Gardens Cemetery using ownership Alternative #2 with the following conditions: I. Immediately stop all plot sales until the records are more thoroughly examined and more information is available about potential liabilities; at some point in the future (1-2 years) the issue can be revisited with the benefit of greater understanding of the site. 2. Set maintenance at the "Pioneer" standard (Maintenance Option 1) at an estimated annual cost of$25,000. 3. Renovation of the site be done in concert with the capital improvement program (CIP) process in 2007 except for needed safety improvements as shown on the list of maintenance activities which would be completed sooner; any funds transferred with the property would be used to offset these costs. 4. The cemetery would be treated like a City park facility with review by the Parks & Recreation Commission. Further, direct this commission to review existing fees and recommend new fees to the City Council. 5. Authorize staff to provide guidance to the Pleasanton Pioneer Cemetery Inc. to support the Cemetery in the same way that the Friends of the Library support the Library in terms of events and fundraising; however they would not have a role in the governance of the cemetery. 6. Authorize staff to prepare a contract with Catholic Funeral & Cemetery Services for funeral services and records management for plots already sold. SUMMARY The Pleasanton Memorial Gardens Cemetery is owned and operated by the International Order of Odd Fellows Livermore Lodge #219. They are interested in selling the site. The Pleasanton Pioneer Cemetery, Inc. has incorporated as a SR 06:203 Page 1