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Carolyn and Sanjay departed for their scheduled Appropriations Meeting. Committee Member Narain Bhatia provided some comments. When the death takes place, the Hindu death is an emotional experience. They will fly in from all over for the services. They want to be with the family - when the body is being prepared for cremation they all want to be viewing it. 20-30 people to view the pressing of the button and releasing of the soul. If they do not do this, the soul is attached to earth and not released. Most of the people who are younger, but the older do. The circle of the map shows that many crematories are more than 45 minutes from Lexington. Not everyone comes to the building but the small group very much wants to be there at the retort. This is a quality of life issue. Dinesh Patel, Town Meeting Member, Precinct 6 Continued about the lower environmental impact on the world by pursuing cremation with less chemical use. Less Land is use for the interment of the dead. Deepika Sawhney, School Committee Member, Precinct 6 I had heard that the price tag would be $500K or less. I do not know what revenue is for this. But perhaps that $500K could be recouped by the town since more are choosing it for the cost and environmental impact. I hope that we as a town can look to invest in that. Mr. Lucente detailed that we do not have operational costs detailed at this point. Mr. Lucente noted that no one else wanted to make comments. He requested that any additional comments be provided in writing through the Selectmen's office. 61