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Mr. Lucente shared with the meeting attendees the three options the Board has asked the Ad Hoc Committee to evaluate (Slide 10) and followed it with a brief history of the Westview Cemetery Maintenance building project. Mr. Lucente detailed our next steps following the public hearing and future research, analysis, and discussion among the Committee members. Mr. Lucente detailed a number of specific facts around various religions to provide illustrative examples of what their opinions were around burial and cremation. These were not an exhaustive list, but a list meant to be general recognition of the use of cremation across various faiths. He also laid out general questions around our town's cemetery, death rates, and the number of burial/cremations. Crematories are only allowed in cemeteries in Massachusetts vs. 45 other states that allow it in funeral homes or other locations, not just a cemetery. Mr. Lucente showed the current crematories in Massachusetts and recognition that most are east and south of Westview. Following the map, he opened up the floor to comments. COMMENTS: Resident, TMM Precinct 7 Q: My concerns are around the smoke from the crematory? A: The crematory is regulated by the DEP and MDPH - but the furnaces used are high heat, but the regulations around the filtering of the retort are substantially lower. As long as we are maintaining a retort to specific air quality, there is very little if at all visible smoke. Follow-up Q: Have you seen a cremation? Have you seen smoke? Mr. Padaki: I have seen a cremation - and you don't see / smell smoke at the site. Mr. Lucente recounted his visit to Duxbury and in his recollection did not see smoke or any smell of smoke. Follow-up Comment: I am concerned about the close neighbors and what, if any impact, it may have on neighbors. Thank you. Dinesh Patel, Precinct 6, Town Meeting Member Mr. Patel shared information from his research and Board of Selectmen presentation that laid out the low environmental impact of cremation from air quality as well as chemical impact such as mercury. Bob Creech, (submitted in writing to Mr. Lucente) 2 Grimes Road, TMM Precinct 7 2