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Fernley Desert Memorial Garden Cemetery Master Plan Community Survey

The City of Fernley has retained Sloane Consulting Group to develop a Master Plan for the Fernley Desert Memorial Garden Cemetery located at 1000 Mission Way. This plan will present a vision for how the cemetery is cared for, maintained, and developed in the future. Please share your view of the needs and opportunities for the Cemetery to improve this important community asset.

Your input will help shape the future of Fernley Desert Memorial Garden Cemetery and the City's Cemetery Master Plan.
SECTION 1: ABOUT YOU
1.What age best describes you?
2.What is your gender?
3.Where do you live?
SECTION 2: YOUR CONNECTION TO THE CEMETERY
4.What is your connection to the Fernley Desert Memorial Garden Cemetery? Select all that apply.
5.How often do you visit the cemetery?
SECTION 3: CEMETERY SERVICES & BURIAL OFFERINGS
6.How important is it for the City to continue to offer burial space for sale at the cemetery?
7.If you have thought about your own options for end-of-life, which of these are of interest to you? (select all that apply)
SECTION 4: LANDSCAPE, WATER & DESIGN PREFERENCES
8.What is your preferred landscape character for the cemetery?
9.Water conservation is an important consideration in Northern Nevada. How important is it to you that the Cemetery maintain drought-tolerant, desert-adaptive plantings to reduce water consumption?
10.What are your burial lot design preferences? Select all that apply.
11.Should the cemetery serve broader community uses?
SECTION 5: COMMUNITY ROLE & CEMETERY IDENTITY
12.How important is it that the Cemetery reflect Fernley's desert identity in its design and character?
13.How important is it that burial and cremation options at the Cemetery remain affordable for Fernley residents?
SECTION 6: AFFORDABILITY & CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
14.Would you be willing to pay a modest premium for enhanced amenities or services (e.g., improved landscaping, shade structures, etc.)?
15.How would you rate your overall experience with the cemetery?
16.Please provide any comments on your experience with the cemetery.
17.How easy is it to find information about the Cemetery (plot availability, pricing, rules, hours)?
SECTION 7: FUTURE PLANNING
18.How confident are you that the Cemetery has sufficient capacity to serve the community over the next 20 years?
19.What are your expansion priorities for the cemetery? Select all that apply.
20.Rate the importance of the following cemetery goals.
Very Important
Important
Moderately Important
Slightly Important
Not Important
Introduce new burial offerings
Develop more cremation burial options
Introduce additional memorial and tribute offerings
Enhance the overall aesthetics of the Cemetery
Include additional seating and rest areas
Improve vehicular circulation (roads and parking)
Increase shade trees and canopy
Enhance natural resources and habitat for native wildlife
Transition to water-wise, desert-adaptive plantings
Improve wayfinding (kiosks, maps, publicly available mapping)
Improve connectivity with the surrounding neighborhood
Add lawn sections
Develop green burial sections
Enhance relationship to the adjacent Veterans Memorial Cemetery
SECTION 8: FINAL COMMENTS
21.Do you have any other comments or suggestions regarding Fernley Desert Memorial Garden Cemetery?