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1 PtanScape Partners Innovative solutions, lasting relationships. community. Their goal is to create a facility of ample size that can be maintained with the same concern for community appearance and customer care they have experienced in other communities in which they have located new facilities. ABRA has grown to over 80 centers across the country. As it has expanded its facilities in metropolitan areas such as Denver, Atlanta, Memphis, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City and the Twin Cities in recent years, it has continued its commitment to being a good corporate neighbor. It has adopted development standards that require adequate screening of vehicles on the site. Its management philosophy allows no work to be performed on vehicles outside the building. ABRA does not operate an impound storage lot at its sites. Much of the company's expansion has occurred as a result of the strong relationship it has developed, being the referral repair facility of choice among the insurance industry. Some 80% of ABRA's business comes from this relationship. Most vehicles to be repaired are driven to the site. Frequently, the damage experienced is "fender benders" and body "dings". No "totaled" vehicles are allowed to be delivered to the site. As vehicles are evaluated, if a car is determined to have been totaled, it is immediately removed to an auto recycling site. Most customers visit the site by appointment. Most vehicles first arrive at the site for an evaluation and estimate. Some 80% of the vehicles to be repaired are drivable. Following that visit, repairs are scheduled. A vehicle's customary stay for repair is three to five days. At an average facility, seven to eight vehicles arrive for repair each day and seven to eight leave with repairs complete. Most of the vehicles repaired at ABRA facilities are 0-5 years old. There is a strong need in Elk River for the creation and retention of jobs. ABRA will provide excellent employment. An average employment level at an ABRA facility is 15-25 jobs. Of these, 95% are full-time jobs. An added benefit is that these jobs command annual compensation in a range of$20,000 to$80,000. The average pay level for these"head-of-household"jobs is $47,857 per employee or about$23 per hour. In a recent study of a representative Twin Cites community, it was found that ABRA maintains an annual payroll of $1,340,000. In addition, property tax revenues generated by ABRA's construction of this new facility will be a benefit to the City. As ABRA has expanded across the nation, it usually finds that it fits well in communities' highway commercial or light industrial zones. At times, conditional use permits have been required by some communities. ABRA has customarily found no difficulty complying with the conditions imposed by these cities. Many communities find that objectives they try to achieve in the conditional use approvals are similar to those established in the Elk River zoning requirements: 1. Will be compatible and not detrimental to the neighborhood and the community. 2. Will be consistent with the comprehensive plan.