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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes April 16, 2002 • Page 6 1 assists in keeping the stores flourishing. Mr. Sparks noted Culvers is a family-style 2 restaurant with a great menu. 3 4 Chair Melsha asked how Culvers differed from other fast food stores. Mr. Sparks stated 5 it is a quick-style family restaurant. He noted all orders were made to order with drive 6 through orders being met in four minutes or less. 7 8 Mr. Sparks explained that when orders are placed inside, people are able to sit and their 9 food is brought out to them. He noted this restaurant is much more home-like, falling 10 somewhere between McDonalds and Applebee's, with no tip. Mr. Sparks explained it 11 would meet a need in this area for a family style restaurant other than Champ's. He 12 stated the menu is not trendy, it offers a wide variety of food with frozen custard to round 13 out the concept and add depth to the menu. Mr. Sparks indicated this wide variety assists 14 in keeping Culvers viable. 15 16 Commissioner Thomas questioned how the typical seating was in a Culvers Restaurant. 17 Mr. Sparks stated 120 people is the norm for a Culvers Restaurants, where he is 18 proposing 160 seats. He noted in speaking with City staff about the Hardees site,there 19 would be adequate parking for this building if the seating were bumped up to 160. Mr. 20 Sparks stated the additional seating could be used for business meetings,birthday parties, 21 etc. 2 3 Commissioner Thomas indicated the site is in a planned unit development and will have 24 some similar design standards that will have to be met. He questioned if Culvers was 25 willing to meet these design standards,or even to eliminate the blue roof. Mr. Sparks 26 stated this may be possible, but would take time to gain approval, as this has become a 27 trademark to the franchise. He stated he would be willing to work on it though to meet 28 the standards of this planned unit development the City has been working on. Mr. Sparks 29 noted he met with Len Pratt and noted his architect would be working to comply with all 30 City standards. 31 32 Chair Melsha asked what the timeframe was for this project. Mr. Sparks indicated he 33 would like to be in the ground by July I". He noted all final plans would be to the City 34 by Monday, with the total construction taking approximately 16 weeks. 35 36 Commissioner Thomas questioned if there would be a bike rack on this site. Mr. Sparks 37 stated there would be a 20-space bike rack. 38 39 Commissioner Thomas asked if there was a moratorium on this site. Henry stated she 40 didn't know if this is still in place and noted she would bring this to the City Manager's 41 attention. 42 43 Chair Melsha asked if there was any evidence of contamination on the Exhaust Pros site. 04 Mr. Sparks stated he would be completing a Phase I and Phase II. He noted that he 45 would not be constructing a building with a basement and would therefore not be 46 impacting the groundwater. He stated his structure would be slab on grade as the current 47 structures sit today.