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Glendale considering sale of historic cemetery BY ANDREA ESTRADA Glendale Star Staff Writer
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August 15, 2019
When residents and councilmembers joined Assistant City Manager Chris Anaradian at the Glendale Women’s Club on August 7 to discuss the proposed sale of the Glendale Memorial Park Cemetery, concerns over the fate of the historic property were raised. Councilman Jamie Aldama organized the meeting to keep residents in the loop on the potential sale, which the Glendale City Council will review and discuss at a workshop before voting on Tuesday, August 27. Anaradian discussed the property’s history — including its inability to become a
self-sustaining business — and the terms behind the transaction that is being proposed. According to Anaradian, the city loses nearly $100,000 a year maintaining the burial ground under the current public operating model. In 2018, a national consulting firm was hired to look at the cemetery’s operations and make recommendations for best practices. “They made two recommendations,” he said. “‘You put more money into it and really jump start it to be a business…or you find a private operator that can do it better than you.”’ When the city chose the latter, it worked with the same consulting firm to identify
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interested parties and compile a marketing package, which was advertised in early May, said James Milanese, engineering administrator. Third-generation cemetery owner and native Arizonan John Hassett wants to purchase the Glendale Memorial Park Cemetery. “We’ve done our research on this potential buyer. We feel that they are well-qualified to protect the interest that we have in our public trust,” Anaradian said. Hassett will pay $100,000 to the city, which will then transfer $3.8 million to an irrevocable endowment trust, which will exclusively fund the perpetual care of the SEE CEMETERY PAGE 3
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With mass shootings and threats frequent occurrences, Andrea Evans has to take her job seriously. As the security manager for AEG Facilities’ Gila River Arena, Evans is responsible for the building and everyone in it. “Unfortunately, we’re living in a world where bad things happen,” she said. “We have to work with our Glendale Police Department, Fire Department and FBI to make sure I’m up to date on everything that can possibly happen so I can protect the venue.” For her efforts, Evans was given the 2019 Professional of the Year Award at the recent National Sports Safety and Security Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans. It was hosted by the SEE EVANS PAGE 2
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