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Vol. 75 No. 36
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September 5, 2019
Council members hold off on cemetery sale decision BY ANDREA ESTRADA Glendale Star Staff Writer
At an August 27 workshop, the Glendale City Council discussed residents’ outstanding concerns regarding the proposed sale of the Glendale Memorial Park Cemetery. But while council members were scheduled to vote on the controversial issue at a regular meeting following the discussion, they ultimately decided to hold off on making a decision. Assistant City Manager Chris Anaradian shared a series of questions he said were raised since the council last discussed the sale during an August 13 workshop. “One of the first questions that came up when we talked about the operation of the facility going forward and our willing-
ness to have equipment involved with that transaction was: What exact equipment is out there?” Anaradian said. The equipment — which consists of a John Deere Backhoe, John Deere 777 Riding Mower, John Deere Gator Utility, Case 570MXT Tractor and two Exmark Lazer Z Mowers — is not new and has experienced depreciation, Anaradian added. The cemetery’s perpetual care fund, used exclusively for the perpetual care of the historic property, was also a topic of discussion at the meeting. In response to a question about the city’s ability to dissolve the fund, Assistant City Manager Vicki Rios told council members, “The city can dissolve the perpetual care fund. It was created by an ordinance and it
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can be dissolved similarly.” Vice Mayor Joyce Clark voiced a concern when a related question was posed: What happens if the buyer is unable to manage the cemetery in outyear? “It is this council’s unequivocal, public commitment to retain the Glendale Memorial Park Cemetery as a cemetery perpetually. Here’s the problem: Future councils may not be bound by that intent,” Clark said. “I think it is very, very important … we put some kind of minimal language in there, into the sales agreement, that states that it is incumbent upon us to keep this as a cemetery,” she added. Because the proposed transaction involves real property, the land will be derSEE CEMETERY PAGE 3
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With assistance from the public, Glendale police recently arrested a man suspected of assaulting 27-year-old U.S. Army veteran Adam McClure. Ricky Loqui, 32, was arrested on August 29 and charged with one count of aggravated assault and one count of disorderly conduct, police said. Lisa McClure, the victim’s mother, described him at an August 28 recent press conference as “fun-loving” and “a great kid.” Adam had recently returned home from military service in Afghanistan, his second service tour out of the United States. But at around 2:30 a.m. on August 17, Glendale police reported to calls of a fight at a DenSEE ASSAULT PAGE 2
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