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14.E. COMMISSIONER GARY C. WHEELER <br />14.E.1. DISCUSSION ITEM <br />Commissioner Wheeler briefed the Board on the request of Bill Jordan to enter into a <br />long-term lease agreement with Green Diesel Recycling, LLC for his property, which is zoned <br />agricultural, at 6350 Oslo Road. Green Diesel Recycling would use the site to produce biodiesel <br />from used vegetable oil, which would be collected from restaurants in commercial zones. <br />Commissioner Wheeler relayed staff's opinion to not recommend the lease, and requested that <br />the Board consider whether to allow the biodiesel operation on Mr. Jordan's property. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Davis, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Wheeler, to support the <br />lease for Green Diesel Recycling, LLC, for its production <br />of biodiesel on Mr. Jordan's property. <br />A lengthy discussion ensued, during which the Commissioners were in agreement that <br />biodiesel should be considered an agricultural operation, regardless of the feedstock source. <br />During discussion and in response to comments and queries by Board members, staff <br />stated its primary objection to the lease stemmed from the feedstock being obtained in a <br />commercial/industrial zone, and imported into the agricultural zone. Staff emphasized that if the <br />oil was being derived from agricultural products grown on-site in an agricultural zone, the <br />biodiesel operation would comply with the requirements for agricultural. <br />Board members and staff continued to discuss this issue at length, and to contemplate <br />how the biodiesel operation could fit in with the agricultural requirements. A point was made <br />that formerly, the subject property had been in industrial use as a packing house. <br />31 <br />April 6, 2010 <br />