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728 East Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55414 June 21, 1996 Little Canada City Council c/o City of Little Canada 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, Minnesota 55117 Dear Mr. Mayor and Members of the City Council: We are writing to introduce ourselves and outline our business plans in Little Canada, which require that we secure a used car wholesale and retail license from the Little Canada City Council. As used in this letter, "we" are: Dale Madsen, a lifetime resident of the Twin Cities who has resided in Arden Hills since 1991, and has worked in all aspects of the automobile business since he first started parking cars at a downtown Minneapolis car dealership as a student, Dale spent the first 20 of his 30 years in the car business managing or working for several Twin Cities car dealerships. He served as a used car sales manager and in used car sales at White Bear Lincoln- Mercury and at White Bear Dodge. Over the last 10 years, Dale has primarily acted as a wholesale broker for dealers and an auto finder for consumer customers; and Matt Benson, who also grew up in the Twin Cities, has lived in White Bear Lake for the past six years. He has sold and leased cars and trucks on a full -time basis since 1981. He has served as a new and used truck sales manager at White Bear Dodge, and was responsible for truck sales and van conversions at Wally McCarthy Pontiac. We have worked together for about seven years and in 1995 began a partnership which concentrates its sales efforts on the wholesale marketplace. In effect, our business consists of finding or locating vehicles for dealers and consumers. Because most of our dealer and consumer customers are located in suburban St. Paul, we are seeking to move to Little Canada from our present location near downtown Minneapolis. To that end, we ask that the City Council grant our request for a used car license for "Best Auto & Tire," located at 3011 Country Drive in Little Canada. As you may know, Jim Burton, whom we have known for many years, operates a tire service and clean -up shop at that site. We propose to operate the "Auto" component of "Best Auto & Tire." We emphasize that we do not propose operating a traditional "used car lot," with neon - colored banners emblazoned on the storefront and Page 23