HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1645Reymond Odom: Yes sir. You cannot build a facility without somebody accepting the waste or air permits or
whatever.
Cornmissia er Tice: Question directed to Attorney Pressly: If this project were moved 500 feet up the hill
from the property line, would that be more acceptable to your clients
Attorney Pressly: IYs not the amount of distance there. The distance won't control the amount of traffic.
Its still uphill from the neighbors The methanol products are all heavier then air. They flow downhill to the
neighbors The some issues regarding water quality The five bus routes in the morning, the five bus routes in
the evening coming. So it's still in sight You still have the same property value loss This exhibit that was
introduced into evidence -- every time a homeowner sells his house, he has to go through this checklist and
there are two numbers there where you will you have to disclose that I live next to this plant and it affects
the quality of life here.
Comrtissianer Tice: I was serving on the board in 1998 when the county commissioners approved a request
from this neighborhood to rezone this property to R-20 to guarantee that this type of operation would not
infiltrate their community Now do you feel about that?
Attorney Pressly: Well, we've heard a whole lot about the technology and about this system itself, but really
no reason to put it here. The minutes reflect that at the planning baard meeting that Mr. McLain wanted to
use it because there was a barn there and he wouldn't have to replace his building. If you talk about moving
the distance beyond that barn then that desire isgone. If the only reason is to let him use his own property -
- he bought this farm to form and he has been farming it Why can't he go to an industrial site and put this
same plant up? As I read the minutes of the planning board and the minutes of the 1998 rezoning, the McLain
family was instrumental in getting it rezoned to the R-20. The most restrictive we have, and yet here, how
ironic it is, they come back and ask for the least and it gives them again as property owners privileges to do
something to generate money on their property that the neighbors cannot do.
Canmissionner Robertson: Question directed to Mr McLain. Why don't you build this in an industrial park?
Phil McLain: That's a good question We have limited funds. To purchase the land and the building, the
existing buildings that we already have, it would be in excess of a million and a half dollars There's more than
just a barn at concern here. There are several buildings There's some upright silos that" glass -lined that
are airtight that could be used for storage of the oil. There's a huge barn there that we could put the mill in.
There's the grain bins to store the grain. It would cost in excess of a million and o half to build that and to
purchase the land This is a private venture. We applied for some money but the money didn't come through as
for as the grant money we applied for. ThoKs why we had the initial delay. We thought we could get some
grant money and take it somewhere else. When we found out that wasn't possible, then we had to come back to
this site. for us not to be able to do it at this location, we will not be able to do this project. So it's not o vote
about where it moves somewhere, iYs really a vote about whether it's done or not.
Cm missioner ,Tohnson: I need someone to go over the by-products again .... the glycerin.
Jay M. Roiley: The by-products are glycerin and glycerin is typically handled ..... it's a raw material used in
soap products It's ingestible. It's used in making everything from suppositories to face creams but it has to
berefined It cannot be used in its raw form.
Phil McLain: He's talking about the biodiesei portion of it There's the soybean and canola processing and
that's where the majority of the by-products are coming from. So, from soybeans, 807. of it is soybean mill.
The rest of it is oil, so we'll be selling that 80% into the community. So, that is also a byproduct, too, that's
separate from the biodiesei
Attorney Pressly: Questions directed to Planning Director Smith: The proposal allows 7 am to 7 pm Monday
through Saturday Is that correct?
Ran Smith: Yes.
Attamy Pressly: And the proposal by the McLain at the planning department was 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through friday. Is that correct?
Ron Smith: I believe the number has changed I can't say exactly what it was
Attorney Pressly.• The minutes that are attached to this would reflect that? Is that correct?
Ran Smith: I think so.
Attamy Pressly: And this proposal says no animal rendering will take place on the property. Does that mean
that no animal parts will be used Is this allowed
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