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NOVEMBER 21, 1997 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE ATTN: CITY COUNCIL 3301 SILVER LAKE ROAD ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE, MN 55418 HONORABLE COUNCIL, WE ARE REQUESTING A PERMIT FOR A GROUND SIGN AT: VALVOLINE INSTANT OIL CHANGE - 3701 ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE, MN. STUDYING THE TRAFFIC AT THIS INTERSECTION REVEALS THAT THE BULK OF TRAFFIC COMES FROM THE FREEWAY TO THE EAST. APPROACHING FROM THAT DIRECTION, THE BUILDING AND EXISTING WALL SIGNS ARE TOTALLY HIDDEN FROM VIEW. 100% OF THE TRAFFIC FROM THAT DIRECTION (WHICH AS YOU KNOW, IS A MAIN FEEDER) CANNOT SEE ANY PART OF OUR STORE UNTIL DRIVING PAST IT. AFTER DRIVING PAST, OUR STORE IS EXTREMELY HARD TO RETURN TO. THE AVERAGE DRIVER CAN NOT REACT QUICK ENOUGH TO TURN INTO OUR DRIVE, BECAUSE THE BUILDING AND INTERSECTION COME UP TOO QUICKLEY. ALSO, IF YOU DO MANAGE TO TURN NORTH ON SILVER LAKE ROAD, YOU STILL CAN'T TELL THE STORE IS THERE, U� BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK OUT THE CAR WINDOW, ALL YOU SEE IS THE ^ ,�� h c1 BOTTOM HALF OF A BLANK WALL. IF THERE WAS A SECOND GROUND SIGN ft 0011 ON THE LAWN, CARS TURNING THE CORNER WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE DRIVEWAY AND ENTER. ALTERNATELEY, COMING FROM THE EAST, THE AMOCO SIGN IS VISIBLE FOR OVER A 1/4 MILE. THIS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO WHEN REACHING THE BUSY INTERSECTION, AS OPPOSED TO LAST SECOND TURNS, STOPS, LANE CHANGES OR U-TURNS. WE THINK THE GROUND SIGN ON THE LAWN WOULD ULTIMATLEY HELP EASE CONGESTION IN THIS BUSY INTERSECTION, AND NOT IMPODE VISIBILITY AROUND THE CORNER. I HOPE THE COUNCIL CAN HELP US WITH THIS PROBLEM, AND RESTORE OUR VISIBILITY ON THE CORNER, TO THE POINT OF BEING COMPETATIVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. RESPECTFULLY YOURS, A/m/ r y MARK GILBERTSON VALVOLINE INSTANT OIL CHANGE 11050 HWY 55 PLYMOUTH, MN (612) 494-3380 MG/bj