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Home My WebLink About630006.tiffDENIAL OF REQUEST FOR LOCATING MEINERZ DEHYDRATING PLANT WHEREAS, the Meinerz Dehydrating Plant has requested permission to locate said plant in the vicinity of Monforts Packing Company, to establish and to build a plant for the dehydration of blood, and WHEREAS, the Weld County Planning Commission together with Glenn Paul, Chief Sanitarian, of the Weld County Health Department, after careful investigation and consideration in the matter have unanimously recommended to the Board of County Commissioners that the above request be denied. NON, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners, Veld County, Colorado, in the promotion of public health, welfare and safety and in the best interest of Weld County, does hereby unanimously agree to uphold the recommendation of the Weld County Planning Commission by denying the request of Meinerz Dehydrating Plant. The above and foregoing resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote: AYES. ////f/ 7/ DATED: OCTOBER 16, 1963 I THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO MB 32 Page < LHR 630006. Owt9 ey PRAM CQLAHAH Members of the County Plan. ning Commission, after a half day's investigation at Brighton, voted unanimously , Wednesday afternoon to recommend to the county commissioners that the commissioners deny a request of Meigerz Inc. to locate a blood dehydration plant here near the Monfort Packing Plant. County Commissioner Tom Reed said Thursday it was his feeling the county .commissioners would uphold the action of the planning commission and vote to deny the Meiners request. "I know I will and feel the other two commissioners will, • too," Reed said. He added it was - possible the commissioners might act on the matter Thursday. after - Follow Isesttliot mbers of the plaonii commission, George Mosier, chairman, Price 'Hopkins, John P Watson and Andy Tinn, and. Rol- and Palmgyist, planning adminis. trator for the commission, and Glenn Paul, chief sanitarian of the County Health Department, Brighton � inspection trip to Wednesday afternoon. The trip was made to observe the operations atthe blood de- hydration plant the Meiners, com- pany has there and to talk to Brighton officials andcitizens about complaints regarding of- fensive odors and dust coming from the plant. The city of Brighton obtained a court order declaring the Meted plant a pub, lie nuisance, which will require it to close down its 'operations • Feonl • iealOn` Feported they - sewage problem at the plant in Brighton was a serious one. In talking to Brighton house- wives about the plant, they were informed both odors and dint fromyye plant were objectionable, and lied resulted in allergies for some persons. Commission members said one lady tol&bsoM she had been sick ever since�e plant started oper- ations but had, found her illness stopped immediately when she left Brighton on a trip. The com- mission', members reported she also paid her family had` a boat. in their yard and, in, two months time, they couldpick up blood in the boot with a spoon. A Brighton businessman also told the commission inetyjrs be wouM hot want the bl *ad* plant back" eon, the members, Weld f' anty Octet 2, l97) A special meeting of the Weld County s lanning Commission was held on the steps of the Greeley City hall at 5:25 Y.L. George Yosier called the meeting to order, with 'Tice Hpkins, ,;ndy Tinn, and John ". Watson resent absent was iillard Ewing. � 1as o present were Glenn )Taul, Chief Sanitarian of the ',ae1d County Tlea1th Dept. and R.E.Talmcuist :darning administrator. The above met at the Court house at 1:001.Y. and made a field trip to Brighton to make personal obs-ervatiens on the i:.einerz Dlo-od Dehydrating slant and conditions. Upon arrival they met with _Robert Sandersfel-dt, City ngi.neer, who explained the situation. One of the Chief problems is sewage, the following are same of the figures on sewage. 9/20/63 BOD 910 IL Suspended Solids 78 :PTY.: Time 1? -8 Time 4-12 BOD 2,050 IIM Suspended Solids x-20 ri'M 9/27 - s` 130D 4,5-50 7371: Suspended Solids 5,500 1711, DOD 2,750 iT7',' Suspended j3olids 1,54.0 Till BOD 720 1117 Suspended Solids 190 7P1.: ..fter this a number of housewives were consulted , living from 5 blacks away to approx 15 bloeke.Jome complttins of oder, ethers of alergies and lnf e ct ions , one has been doet oring ever .:since the plant started and when they get a way from Brighton the cond- ition clears up. Ore told of blood collecting d.n the bottom of a boat that they had -in the yard and the tests that were made on the material to identify it. A prominent trofessi_onal man stated that he would. not be in Tavor of it, even if all the extras that have been talked Rbeut were added. John Watson moved and .,ndyTtnn seconded, thatin promotion of public Eialth, Safety and Welfare, that the Weld County Tlanning _Commission _recommend to the Board of County Commissioners that they deny the I.�einerz Blood Dehydrating Tlant lo -cation in the vicinity of L onfmrt lacking plant. That the sewage problem, the Lawsuits that have been brought in Brighton, the Health of Citizens and the discomforts, far out way any gains that would be made by locating the plant here. Lo-sier, hopkins, Tinn and Watson all voted aye. i:earectfully submitted nr �,�_ministr.Ltor Windsor, Color ado aeptember .�C, 196 1.r.lathur Burzlaff. , Mgi'♦ Lteineirz Co.. a07 IV _Bromley Lane Brighton, Colorado Dear r. B urzlaff: .After o, flood of cozn lints a s f,eoi .l meeting of the ilanning Commissioners and County Comissioners-was called this afternoon, I drove by the sight after -the meeting aid see you have not done any work, which if any was done w.-swa-s to be clone at your own risk az per the verbal aGreement. We are vracezding with haste on -further investigation -in order to arrive at at dieission at the earliest possible moment. You will be informed xof the answer at the earliest possible ti.ae♦ so that you will '4110w what the results are. Yours truly R.E.ialmq,ist, Ilanninu ,d.m. seed County :: fanning Columi ;lion Lox liE Windsor, Colorado cc Sam _Telep County Commissioners WELD CD, ECOy SIDNERS GRERECEIVED OCT -196, A. M ��?lBIgrI0iII I2 it r r�rg�tJ�r�r� W. JOSEPH SHOEMAKER ROBERT 5. WHAM SHOEMAKER AND WHAM ATTORNEYS AT LAW SUITE -515 MAJESTICBUILOING DENVER 2, COLORADO Mr- Elmer Schulz, Chairman V/ Mr. Millard Ewing>7 Mr. Tom Reed Weld County Commissioners Weld County Court House Greeley, Colorado Gentlemen2 TELEPHONE 534-6386 September 26, 1963 You requested assurances from us in writing as to how we would construct our blood dehydrating plant and conduct its operations so as to operate free from -any .odors 3:3r dust par- ticles. Following is a list of steps that will be taken which will result in our plant _being operated according to the high- est standards from both a business and a governmental standpoint: 1. An evaporator will be installed to remove part of the water and all of the pine oil from the liquid blood, a major source of odors. This Evaporator by its method of _operation removes odors -because of the high vacuum necessary for the low temperature operation. 2. An American Air Filter dry -bag -type dust collector will be installed to reduce -the dust to a negligible amount -- less than one one hundredth -0f one per cent of total volume (2 pounds per day). This will eliminate odor carried by the dust and will also eliminate the wet -type air scrubber which has been in use at our pre -sent plant for removing -dust from the air. This was a -major source of odors. 3. The blood from Monfort Packing Company will be piped directly to the plant allowing an early -start and thus seducing the processing _of old blood, likewise -a source of odor. 4. We will be responsible to the MID (Meat Inspection Division) of the U. S. Department of Agriculture for a :lust free and odorless operation because -of the location -of the plant next to a federally inspected plant. 5. As we agreed yesterday, filtering known as the "activated make any air or vapor coming from used in a hospital. This process there is another step in air charcoal" process which would our plant pure -enough to be would cost in the neighborhood Page 2 Messrs Schulz, Ewing and Reed September 26, 1961 of $25,000 in place and -add considerably to bur operation and maintenance costs. We sincerely believe this added process is not necessary for successful operation of our plant as it affects your community and naturally we wish to avoid all unnecessary costs and expenses. However, we hereby -agree that if you _gentle- men, as our governing board, at any time deem our operation unsatisfactory and 'request us to install the activated charcoal process, we shall do so forthwith. We know that our operation can be carried on with no objec- tionable nuisance to anyone in the community and this is the manner in which we will conduct it. We are most desirous of commencing our construction immediately as we indicated yester- day and will await word ₹rom you so that we may proceed. Thank you again for your cooperation. Yours very truly, 17 Arthur A. Burzlaff Manager Meinerz Dehydrating Plant AAB/ek be -drawn up as a reiMt of a Meeting of coydty officials with representatives of Meinerz Inc at .the Cour house Wednesday} morning County Commissioner Tom Reed and County, 'Attorney:Bath Telep said Thursday the agreement would, require that there be ab- solutely no odors nor dust from the plant, which the Meinerz com- pany proposedto locate on Union oacific Railroad leased land ; just mastof. the Monfort Packing Plant th edge of the city. in About • eement is to be pr Telep. and Joe. oliers.;i t� Approval 'ofi the county nlissinnirs the tan' be.� -at .Plaat location„ which is in ea area toned as -Commercial -by the County Planning Commission. The nature and 'operations cif the prdpoeed plant were described to the commiselonera at Wednes- day moiaung by Artiwr A.-Burzlaff, manager of -a -dehy- drating plant the Meinerz com- pany presently has at Brighton, and Shoemaker. One tam an3"= fy;400,01s oP loratin the p.9ere ill:rho. fact -that it obtains 40 Per tent of the $ood used at its; Brighton -plant froth the MoMsrt Peeking Co. Present. ly this blood is -trucked to Brighton.. At the :proposed iota, tion here,the blood could bexer- ried by pipeline from the Mon- fort plant to the blood- lien ysant+ at consider cod than, the cost of tr (Continued-onYage r e a a • On Plant To Be Drawn (Continued from Page 1) i (blood to Brighton. Due to restrictions placed on the Meinerzplant at Brighton by the city of Brighton because of complaints regarding offensive odors and dust given off by the plant, the county commissioners have had some apprehensions re- garding the location of such a plant here, However, the Meinerz represent- atives said Wednesday that filters and vacuum type dust collectors. whichwould be installed at the proposedplant here, would elimi- nate 99 per cent of the odors and dust. Charcoal.. Process Commissioners Elmer Shultz and -Reed suggested a _charcoal process which would eliminate 100 per cent of the odors and dust should be installed -at the pro- posed plant. here. However, the Meinerz repre-i, sentatives said the company was reluctant to install the charcoal proeess, because it feels the fil- ters and collectors to be installed here will take care ofall the odors and dust and also because of the cost of the charcoal process, which would amount to complaints about odors' or dust after the proposed pianthere was in operation. They said further the company would be willing to sign an agreement to this effect. Reed reported the proposed agreement will provide that, if there are complaints about odor or dust after the plant starts op- erating here, the commissioners can order the plant to cease op- erations immediatelyand require the charcoalprocess to be install- ed -before operations are resumed. Water, Sewer Taps Asked Barton Buss, city clerk, re- ported Thursday the .Meinerz Company already hasapplied to the city for a two-inch water tap anda six-inch sewer tap to serve the proposed plant. No action on the application has been taken by city officials as yet. The proposed taps would be on water: and sewer lines which pres- ently serve the Monfort Packing Plant. • BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO SPECIAL MEETING SEPTEMBER 25, 1963 REQUEST FOR LOCATING MEINERZ DEHYDRATING PLANT Roll Call: Others Present: Millard H. Ewing, Chairman Elmer L. Shultz Tom V. Reed Board of County Commissioners Chairman, Pro Tem Member George Mosier, Chairman Weld County Planning Commission Members and attorney for the Meinerz Company Meinerz Company had been given 30 days by the City of Brighton to alter their plant at Brighton. In their efforts to correct the existing situation the plan became feasible for them to relocate their plant. Monfort Packing Company would supply bload to the Meinerz Company through a pipeline from Monfort Packing Company to the Meinerz Company. Meinerz Company officials stated there would be no connection between the companies other than the agreement to supply blood. It was pointed out that economically it would be to the advantage of Meinerz Company to relocate their plant because there would be no transportation involved and their would be a fresh supply of blood available. The plant would cost about $300,000.00 and would employ approximately 11 people. The plant would be located on the Union Pacifac siding. Mr. Mosier, member of the Weld County Planning Commission asked several questions of the Meinerz Company representatives. He asked if it would create a vacumm and how much steam is or will be excluded out into the area. The attorney and representatives from the Meinerz Company stated the blood is sprayed in very minute particles, the blood is dried in about 10 seconds and all air goes through a bag type dust collector before going into the outside air. The filter removes 90 to 97% of the dust through its cyclone process. All moisture will be evaporated to the outside. On a cold day you will be able to see the steam. Meinerz Company Officals stated the reason for their trouble in Brighton was due to the fact that they had more blood than they could handle and it was a supply of old blood. The blood from Monforts would be from a direct supply - supplied by a pipeline directly from Monforts Plant. The company officials continued to explain the process under which thei-r plant would operate. The sewage would go into the city line or if necessary they would build a sump to take care of the solids, if this became necessary. The economic advantage of being able to use the direct pipeline rather than hauling was pointed out. They pointed out they have 75 days in which to relocate their plant and since the opportunity of the direct pipeline was presented, it was -economically feasible for them to move. Special Meeting September 25, 1963 Meinerz Company Mr. Telep, County Attorney, stated it might be favorable to the Board, however no definite action had been taken. The Meinerz Company had not put in writing their intentions, to the Board of County Commissioners. They had come before the Board personally before putting their intentions in writing. Mr. Shultz asked the representatives of the company why they did not install a charcoal filter before putting the plant in operation to avoid any injunction once the plant was put in operation. Their reply was it cost approximately $12,000.00 in equipment and -another $12,000.00 in installation and the continuing use of a charcoal filter is a great expense. The air coming from this charcoal filter would be as clean as hospital air. Meinerz Company feels that their evaporation process will eliminate the need for the charcoal system. If in the event, however if there are enough complaints and objection to this plant the Meinerz officials stated they would be willing to make the necessary changes. The Board of County Commissioners asked the Meinerz Company Officials -to put their intentions in writing and submit it to the Board of County Commissioners and they would take the matter under advisement. Hello