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Council asks staff to contact property owner and to budget ground-penetrating radar after community raises lost-cemetery concerns
Summary
Following public concern about unmarked or lost burial sites, council directed staff to open dialogue with a property owner near Woodlawn Cemetery about allowing ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and approved a separate request to create a city budget item to offer GPR scanning to property owners.
Council directed staff to contact the owner of a parcel adjacent to Woodlawn Cemetery to inquire whether the owner would allow ground‑penetrating radar (GPR) or other investigation to determine whether unmarked burials exist on the site, and authorized staff to explore options should graves be identified.
Councilmember Maniscalco initiated the request, noting public reports and historical maps suggesting the possible presence of unrecorded burial sites near Woodlawn and in…
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