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Crematory Options <br />1. Proceed with a CUP process with the understanding that: <br />a. ROSelawn will pay for an environmental consultant to study the <br />crematory emission issues under a wOrkplan and under the supervision <br />of a steering committee consisting of Roselawn AND neighborhood <br />representatives; <br />b. Roselawn will pay for a public relations firm to solicit neighborhood <br />interest and concerns, and that will provide regular neighborhood <br />information updates. <br />PRO: CON: <br />Encourages participation and buy- If the study shows no significant public <br />in from Roselawn and neighbors. health or environmental risk, yet the <br />neighbors remain unpersuaded, creates a <br />test of Council's olitical will. <br />2. Pay a skilled facilitation firm to take Roselawn and interested neighbors <br />through a group problem-solving exercise. <br />PRO: CON: <br />Encourages participation and buy- If the neighbors remain unpersuaded, creates <br />in from Roselawn and nei hbors. a test of Council's olitical will. <br />3. Amend the Zoning Code to prohibit a crematory at ROSeIaWII and other <br />cemeteries, but to allow crematories either as a use by right in industrial <br />zones of the City, subject perhaps to special setbacks, or subject to a <br />Council Use Permit. <br />PRO: CON: <br />Provides more clarity; responds to Not the solution ROSeIaWri wants; may not <br />residents' concerns. solve the problem; may just move the <br />roblem. <br />4. Do nothing. <br />PRO: CON: <br />Neighbors happy - at least until a Roselawn unhappy - may sue, pointing to <br />court possibly reverses the City all the other crematories in the nation that <br />Council's previous decision and the are located in cemeteries and near <br />court allows a crematory at residential areas without apparent <br />Ro s elawn . roblems. <br />