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January 25, 1999 F.M. FRATTALONE EXCAVATING & GRADING, INC. 3066 Spruce Street • St Paul, MN 55117 (651) 484 -0448 • Fax (65 1) 484 -7839 www.fmfrattalone.com The Honorable Mayor Fahey and Members of the City Council City of Little Canada 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 Re: Fra -Dor Recycle Facility Dear Mayor Fahey and Members of the City Council: Having been in attendance at the January 14, 1999 city council meeting, I feel it is important to give you additional facts in regard to our petition to renew our recycle operation in Little Canada. F.M. Frattalone Excavating and Grading, Inc. (FMF) started business in 1970 with Frank Frattalone being the sole employee. Frank purchased his first office /shop off County Road C in Little Canada; he outgrew that facility and built our existing facility in 1982. We have had several additions and improvements since then. Currently we employ over 200 people at FMF, 40 people at Frattalone Paving, and 10 people at Fra -Dor Recycle. We also subcontract trucking, concrete work, and landscaping services. Some of our subcontractors are also Little Canada firms. We also purchase fuel, equipment parts, and supplies from Little Canada firms. We perform construction projects and development projects in Little Canada. We have become a major company and employer in your city, making a significant contribution to Little Canada's economic growth. Like any business, ours is cyclical, we have our highs and lows. We have diversified our business to maintain steady growth and a reliable /experienced workforce. In Minnesota steady work in the "off season" can be a challenge. It is important to keep our key people employed so we started a demolition division. This has been a very successful division for our company. There is also a lot of competition in the demolition sector. Almost all of our work is based on low /competitive bid situations. As a member or the National Association of Demolition Contractors (NADC) it is our responsibility to ensure that environmentally responsible practices are used to reduce the amount of recyclable materials going into our landfills. The days of cheap landfills and low transportation costs are a thing of the past. It is now, and has been, our daily practice to sort and select resalable and recyclable materials. Scrap iron, rebar, aluminum, stainless steel and copper are taken to metal salvage facilities. Wood can be reused as building lumber, landscape mulch, pulp chips and fuel. Bricks are cleaned for reuse. Concrete debris is pulverized and used as road sub -base. Recycling benefits everyone. COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL • N rage 1 'S • DEMOLITION • ENVIRONMENTAL