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Leavenworth council hears feasibility study, directs staff to replat landscaped area to add burial lots
Summary
A feasibility study presented to the Leavenworth City Council showed preinstalled liners would cost more than $1 million; staff recommended a lower-cost replat to create sellable lots for roughly $60,000. Council instructed staff to proceed with replatting and to consider phased road and irrigation improvements.
City staff told the Leavenworth City Council on April 8 that the city is out of full-burial plots, that a waiting list exists and that the 2022 cemetery master plan underestimated current construction costs. PLACE Landscape Architecture’s feasibility work showed installing preinstalled liners in the unimproved expansion area would exceed $1 million.
Andy (city staff) told the council developers found a more cost-effective near-term option: replatting an already-landscaped area that has irrigation and could yield new, sellable lots after survey work and modest irrigation adjustments. Staff estimated those work items at roughly $60,000, which would add inventory quickly and allow sales to resume this year.
Council members discussed longer-term work identified in the master plan — including road repairs and a potential phased program to install niches and preinstalled liners in the unimproved area. Staff said the endowment fund currently holds tens of thousands of dollars but is not sufficient to fund large-scale construction; the typical approach would be to use general-fund capital transfers and proceeds from lot sales to finance future phases.
Council gave direction to proceed with replatting the landscaped area, to pursue modest road improvements and to return with budget options and a schedule for phased improvements.
