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Page 1 of 1 <br /> Janice Gundlach <br /> From: Rick Bleskey[rick.bleskey@blpole.com] <br /> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 9:31 AM <br /> To: Janice Gundlach <br /> Subject: Bell pole meeting <br /> Good morning Janice, thanks again for your time and it was great to see you again. <br /> Bullet points of our discussion as follows. <br /> • We have tried chemical dust control(calcium chloride) and found it to be very <br /> expensive($10K for one application) and susceptible to being washed away by <br /> heavy rains. There is another substance available (tree sap product) that we are <br /> researching but we have found that staying diligent with our water truck seems to <br /> take care of the issue. At this time we are committed to water our yard as often as <br /> necessary to keep our dust to a minimum but we are still exploring other options. <br /> • Recent odor complaint: After investigating the odor complaint we had earlier this <br /> spring we determined it was due to the fact that our maint dept had left our block <br /> dissolving system uncovered for a longer than usual period of time due to having <br /> to respond to a critical breakdown of other equipment causing some odors to <br /> bypass our scrubber system. We have since reviewed and retrained all personnel <br /> involved in this procedure and reiterated the importance of closing the cover to <br /> that equipment as soon as we possibly can to avoid odor complaints in the future. <br /> • Off gassing of treated pole inventory: We are quite confident that the odor <br /> coming from our treated stock is very minimal. As the poles cool after treatment <br /> the chemistry is such that our solution gives off less and less odors the cooler they <br /> become. We have had customers come to our yard and do a "sniff test" on some <br /> of our inventory that they were planning to install in very sensitive neighborhoods. <br /> With this being said we believe that covering our treated stock would be <br /> impractical, expensive and ineffective. <br /> Janice, thanks again for all your help. Please don't hesitate to call me with any <br /> questions, complaints or concerns as we want to do all we can to be good <br /> neighbors. It was also good to hear you mention that the city is aware and <br /> understands that Bell pole is not required to have "no odor" but our goal is to <br /> have as little as we possibly and practically can. <br /> Best Regards <br /> Rick Bleskey <br /> Operations Coordinator <br /> Bell Lumber and Pole Company <br /> Office 651-203-2705 <br /> Cell 612-270-9760 <br /> Fax 651-633-8852 <br /> rick.bleskey@blpole.com <br /> 8/8/2012 <br />