Mesa Cemetery Expansion

Project Number 01-333-001

 

Project Updates

10/29/2012

The City of Mesa has selected Green Landscaping & Irrigation to expand the Mesa Cemetery between Center and Country Club Drive north of Brown Road. During construction, your contact for Green Landscaping & Irrigation is Brian Crawford at (602) 312-8264.

 

Project Schedule

 

This project is completed.

Project Details

 

The Mesa Cemetery was established in 1891 and has been serving the community for over a century.  To meet the continuing demand, the Cemetery has expanded several times over the years.

The overall size of the Mesa Cemetery is approximately 55 acres, with approximately 1,100 plots remaining unsold.  As available inventory decreases, plot sales will become more difficult because there will be fewer options available for customer consideration.  The current expansion will be approximately five acres in size, providing 1,261 additional plots for adults and 360 for infants on the north side of the cemetery.  Future planned expansions will add an additional 8 acres and approximately 6,000 additional plots to the cemetery. 

Portions of the cemetery are currently irrigated with potable water and portions with water withdrawn from the adjacent Salt River Project (SRP) canal (non-potable water).  This project will upgrade the existing pump station to allow the entire cemetery, including all current and future expansion areas to be sprinkler irrigated with non-potable water.  This is estimated to save the City approximately $50,000 per year in water costs.


Project Funding

 

The recommended total award amount for this project is $745,143.44 based on the lowest bid of $677,403.13, plus an additional $ 67,740.31 (10% allowance for change orders).  Funding is available in the FY 11/12 Cemetery Capital Program.