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February 28, 1994 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: <br />Mary Saarion <br />City of Mounds View <br />• MAXFIELD <br />RESEARCH <br />GROUP <br />INC. <br />FROM: Tom Melchior <br />Maxfield Research Group, Inc. <br />RE: Market Overview of Miniature Golf Courses - Northern Portion of the <br />Metropolitan Area <br />ITEM 2 <br />Per your request, I have completed a review of the current supply of miniature golf <br />courses in the northern portion of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area and assessed <br />the site of the proposed Mounds View miniature golf course, adjacent to City Hall. <br />This memorandum summarizes the research findings. Since this work was completed <br />during the winter (when outdoor courses are closed), we have incomplete data on <br />most of the courses. <br />Site Analysis <br />The site of the proposed miniature golf course is a parcel of land directly south of <br />Mounds View City Hall, at the northwest corner of US Highway 10 and Edgewood <br />Drive. Access to the site will be provided from Edgewood Drive with most users <br />accessing Edgewood Drive from Highway 10. Highway 10 intersects with several <br />major streets and freeways in close proximity to the site, including Interstate 35W <br />(one mile southeast), State Highway 96 (two miles to the southeast) and State High- <br />way 65. or Central Avenue (two miles to the northwest). Users from adjacent neigh- <br />borhoods in the northeast portion of Mounds View could access the site from Edge - <br />wood Drive, a neighborhood collector street, without having to travel via Highway 10. <br />The site is an excellent one for this type of development, with very high visibility and <br />good access. Average daily traffic counts on Highway 10 between Silver Lake Road <br />and County Road H were 41,000 vehicles per day in 1992, according to the Minne- <br />sota Department of Transportation. The location along this route will provide <br />AM* <br />612-338-0012 • 620 KICKERNICK, 430 FIRST AVENUE NORTH <br />612-338-0659 FAX MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55401 <br />