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r 4m '- - pLEASANTONc SUBJECT City Council Staff Report December 19,2006 City Attorney PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY'S ACQUISITION OF THE PLEASANTON MEMORIAL GARDENS CEMETERY STAFF RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY Authorize the City Manager to sign the attached Purchase Agreement. In September 2006, City Council authorized staff to proceed with the acquisition of the Pleasanton Memorial Gardens Cemetery on Sunol Boulevard in south Pleasanton, with the understanding that if the City purchased the property, the property would be maintained at the Pioneer standard. To that end, staff has ordered a Phase I environmental analysis of the site, has ordered an appraisal of the property, and has been negotiating with an organization called Catholic Funeral & Cemetery Services to provide funeral services and records management for plots on the property already sold. (It is anticipated that an operating agreement will be in effect when the City acquires the property.) Attached is a Purchase Agreement that has been signed by representatives of the owner of the property. If Council authorizes the Manager to sign the Agreement, the City would proceed to purchase the property for one dollar by the end of January 2007, assuming that nothing shows up in the Phase I analysis or title report of the property that would cause Council to reconsider its decision. Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND The Pleasanton Memorial Gardens Cemetery, located at 5780 Sunol Boulevard, is owned and operated by the Trustees of Pleasanton Lodge No. 255 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The organization for some time had expressed an interest in selling the site. Because of the historical nature of the cemetery, and because of maintenance issues concerning the SR 06:293 Page 1