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REMONSTRANCE <br />MR. TERRY FROST: I live at 1817 S. William Street. We live directly behind the building that would <br />having this crematory put in. I have here a petition with 40 people throughout the neighborhood that does <br />not want this to come into the neighborhood because of the small children and the hazards that could come <br />with this type of business. <br />MR. URBANSKI: So you're basically across the alley? <br />MR. FROST: Well not, I'm in front of that house that's across the alley. <br />MR. URBANSKI: Okay so you sit on the west side of the street? <br />MR. FROST: Yes and face east. So when I sit on my front porch I will see the building that they plan on <br />cremating people in. <br />MRS. HEATHER FROST: I live at 1817 S. William Street also. I guess my concerns are property values <br />for our homes and the neighborhood, and the chemicals and toxins that will be, that can be released when <br />they do cremations since one of them they will use is formaldehyde, hydrochloride and some other chemical <br />that can be harmful. Mercury is also going to be in the environment and with where we live there are so <br />many kids on that one block that's behind the building, that we face, it will be facing us. So our concerns are <br />the health of the children and the toxins being released into the environment. <br />MR. FROST: There is a foster home that is directly in front of our house which their back yard will be <br />butted up to that building so that just tells you how many children come and go from this area where we live <br />at and like I said we have 40 other people on Franklin Street and you talk about that it's secluded, it's not <br />secluded, there's one building on the corner of Franklin and Calvert. And then you go into a neighborhood. <br />People drive down past there every day. Do you want to drive past people being unloaded to be cremated? <br />mean that's just... <br />MRS. FROST: And the concern is that it's not secluded. And the concern is the children being exposed to <br />that kind of thing at a young age. <br />MR. FROST:. My thing is, would you want that in your back yard? <br />MR. URBANSKI: And the petitioner will answer your questions. I just happen to look at one of the studies <br />on it and it says, the average car emission ,08 as compared to diesel truck at .14, restaurants at .18, wood <br />stove at .46, and typical state standards is at .3 9, so this is about 20% lower than state standards. <br />MR. FROST: There's several studies that show everything. We can go on the computer and pull up one that <br />says those numbers. We can pull one up that shows that it each body releases 5 grams of mercury in the air <br />when it's burnt. So you figure 400 bodies a year, that's going to put our neighborhood over 1200 grams of <br />mercury into the air when you're only supposed to consume 25. <br />MR. URBANSKI: Okay, we'll let the petitioner answer afterwards. Are you with the petitioner? <br />SOMEONE FROM THE AUDIENCE SAID THAT THEY WERE WITH THE MANUFACTURER OF <br />THE CREMATION MACHINE <br />REBUTTAL: <br />