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AUG. 9.1999 11.45AM • DHA/KELLISON NO.525" P.2i4 : I E'AL * V,•STATE' DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUC.TION SE �LVI.CF'S 720Q HUD50N BtvD;,SUITE 230,OAICDAL1i,'MN 55125 ! OFFICE 65I 750-0100 '• FAX 451+730.030 T_ July 30, 1999 ; Planning Commissiatlers City of St, Antony . 3301 Silver Lake Road ; St. Anthony, MIx155418-1699 RE; The Hitching Post' 010 Towne & Country Mkkct Dear Conuniss�onera; Kelfison Company is tue design-build general contractor providing development services for the owner of The Bitching Post to acquire the old Towne and Country Market and convert it.into' retail.aales and service center for motorized sports vehicles and accessories aS well as the installati6n of trailer hitches. The owner of The Ditching Post currently has three facilities in t�e Twin Cities area and is intending to relocate 6om hiis.existing store oil University.Avenue in St. . Paul to this.ncw facility in St. Anthony. This'will include apprgximately 25 employees and sales generation.in excess.of$d mullion per year. The rernodel of this facility will also Increase-the prbperty value arid, 04er6or, the City's tax base, As you will note in the attached drawings and the rendering, the building is to b 'sinifcantly upgraded and modernized in'all aspects from the exterior appearance throug'h:the interior firiislies. -The building,is a total'bf 31,000 Square feet of'which approxitnately. 18.,000'sgq4rd feet will be retail sales and the balance will be parts,-service, storage, and trailer hitch installation, We are hoping that thi's upscale renovation will Help to set the stand&rd for the rejuvenation of the adjacent shopping center and City,owned property. Our plans for the alto specifically eyelude landscaping and site lighting at this time, as this project falls within the visioning scope for , redevelopment of the shopping center and City property. We have agreed to Work-with tho City and shopping center-owner to develop a cohesive; cobrdt' ated landscape and lighting p1p for the ,total area,' Since our project needs to start sooner than tho'total plan can be deve.loped,we are asking approval of our plan subject'to our cooperating'in the total plan slice it is developed,- Although sporting goods and.auto(substitute "motor sports vebicWD accesSories.ate listed as: permitted uses in tl a general-commercial district, a.conditional use permit will be requixed for categories that include auto repair(substitute!^trailer.hitches") and motorcycle and accessory sales. Since the facility will incorporate various types of rtiotorized sports vehicles,but not the sale or-accessorizin4 ofatit6r4obilest it appears that a conditional,use permit is most ftitig under the permitted ponditionaal uses.