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�y w -AOR yrry . Minutes of the Lexington Ad Hoc Crematory Study Meeting n May 29th, 2019 APRIL&", II,E XI NGTQ� Location and Time: 201 Bedford Street; 2nd Floor Training Room; 5:00 P.M. Members Present: Judith Crocker, John Flynn (Board of Health), Sara Iverson, Bridger McGaw (arrived 5:10pm), George Burnell (EDAC), Msgr. Paul Garrity (LICA), Narain Bhatia Members and Others Absent: Sanjay Padaki (Appropriation liaison), David Pinsonneault (DPW liaison) Others Present: Sandy Beebee (Capital Expenditures liaison), Suzie Barry (Chair, and Board of Selectmen liaison), Carolyn Kosnoff Documents Presented: Most documents, including the financial analyses, discussed Ad Hoc Crematory Study committee meetings can be found on this shared google drive: https;A drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GgbEsOCpzhUbYXXoxKaa6jfOtYdU5FW?usp=sharing The Ad Hoc Crematory Sturdy Interim Report to 2019 ATM can be found here: htt s://www.lexingtonina.gov/sites/lexingtonina/files/uploads/article2ad hoc cremato1y interim re port april 2019 v3 hos ok 4.3.19. pdf The Alan Fields letter is attached. Ms. Barry called the meeting to order at 5:01 pm. The committee unanimously approved minutes from the March 21, 2019, April 1, 2019, and May 8, 2019 meetings. She informed the Committee that the Board of Selectmen (BoS) had approved green burials at Westview Cemetery. Ms. Barry presented a letter from Alan Fields, Chairman of the Trustees of Public Trusts. The letter discussed how the income generated by the cemetery trusts could be used for perpetual care of the facility. The committee questioned the rationale behind burial fees being split in a 45/55 proportion between the trusts. There was a discussion on whether the language in the trust documents left open the possibility of using trust income for building or maintaining a crematory or columbarium. One member requested Mr. Field's presence at an Ad Hoc Crematory Study Meeting to answer questions directly. Another member reminded the group that the income from the trust already does not cover the cemetery's operating expenses. Ms. Kosnoff stated that the Lexington Rules and Regulations pertaining to Westview Cemetery interprets perpetual care as landscaping, and not construction. Ms. Barry informed that the language in that document has been updated recently to incorporate green burials. She agreed to ask town counsel if the definition of perpetual care was under the BoS purview. Ms. Barry gave a status update on the survey the committee wanted sent to surrounding towns. The questions will ask the municipalities whether they have a crematory or plan to build one, and if they have considered it, what was the rationale for their final decision. The Lexington town staff is in the process of finalizing the wording of the survey questions but needed information on how many towns to contact. Ms. Barry thought a 50 -mile radius would give the committee perspective from a broad range of communities. Ms. Crocker had contacted Lexington's three state representatives and communicated the responses of the two representatives who had replied. They said there is no change in regulations Pagel of 3