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DTR Inc. 1808 Main Street Elk River MN 55330 612-441-0805 Fax 612-241-9277 Subject: Amendment of light industrial code to include commercial recreation as a conditional use. The reason for my request to amend the code is to be able to utilize a building on the west parcel of land described. As for advantages to my company and I know that changing code for one person is not the issue here but it is the reason for my request, I would be able to do several very positive things with the area to 1. create approx 10 jobs the first year and several additional jobs as the company grows. 2. to create a entertainment for the youth of Elk River, 3. To put a successful business in a building that has a history of failed business. My plans include 2 definite and several possible. The first plan includes building an indoor radio controlled race track in the north heated bay of the building, and a small hobble shop to support the track with replacement parts and racing equipment. My motivation is simple for this and that is that I have personally been involved with the hobbie of RC racing for 14 years and have watch literally 100's of kids grow up while racing and I can not recall a single one going bad, they develop a lot of positive skills while racing that include mechanical skills, eye hand coordination, team building, emotional discipline, to list a few. To give you an example since it was first found out that a indoor track would be possible I have had over 60 people calling offering volunteer labor to do what ever it takes to get the track built. This has come from racers, parents of racers, people from every age group from 10 years old to 61. This I think is a testomony to the type of people that are involved in this and also the type of character the hobble as a whole has helped form. This is not my primary business, I own DTR Inc. which is a very successful roofing company who has been growing rapidly using local labor staff, and has grown 6 fold this year without any advertising other than an add in the local paper, the rest is due to word of mouth, which is one of the other purposes of the building to locate our corporate offices in the existing office space in the bulling. This will include myself, 2 support staff, 3 sales people, and we will be also be adding 2 coordinators and more sales staff in the spring, we are presently a company of approx 80 people including subcontractors and plan to double that next year. As for the south end of the building (cold storage) we have several possibilities. 1. Start buying our shingles, and supplies in bulk and storing them, this plan would possibly evolve into becoming a shingle distribution company. 2. Subleasing the cold storage out to a local contractor who needs a place to store his equipment. 3. Insulate and sheetrock a 100' area of the back to build a larger track area, and using the rest again for cold storage. 4. Rent out the back for boat and rv storage which is what our plan is for this year. 5. Expanding office space in that direction to accommodate our growing business.