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Concept Review 17354 Zane St NW, Elk River Background Dave Markquart Enterprises, LL[ signed a contingent offer to purchase 17354 Zane 3tNVV from Sun Rae Apartments, LL[ on February 19, 2015. Zane Street would become home for Skeeter Boat Center (3B[), currently with locations in Ramsey, and Chippewa Falls, VV|. Its Minnesota location would move 5 miles up the road to occupy the Elk River location. Dave Markquart is from the Eau Claire/Chippewa Falls, VV| area and owns both Skeeter Boat Center (90%) and Dave Markquart Enterprises (100%), a real estate company. Skeeter Boat Center is a retail fishing boat business selling primarily high end Skeeter fiberglass fishing boats powered by Yamaha outboard motors. 3B[ offers a full range of fishing boat services, including used boat sales, marine maintenance/repair and fishing boat parts and accessories. Skeeter is a luxury boat brand with package prices typically ranging from $30-$80,000 apiece. Markquart is also 50% owner in their family auto dealership business which is the largest Auto Dealership Group in NVVWisconsin. Annual sales total over $110 million. The Markquart Dealership Group currently employs over 230 full and part-time employees. Dave Markquart Enterprises, LLC currently has $10million in real estate holdings. Skeeter Boat Center was founded by Dave Markquartin January of2009. 38[ started byleveraging Markquart Auto Dealership resources with 1 employee (plus owner), no customers, and a vvobsito. Since 2009, Skeeter Boat Center has grown to be the 3 d largest Skeeter dealer in the country (out of 165) through internet/social media marketing, specializing in meeting the needs of fishermen, and personalized service. Skeeter Boat center currently employs 17 team members 15 full time and 2part- time. Its long standing goal is to become the largest Skeeter dealer in the country. Proiect Scope Skeeter Boat Center's goal is to find a long term home from which to grow and prosper while turning a blighted community property into a community asset. The Zane 3tNVV location offers 3B[the opportunity to store more boats inside and expand its growing service and accessories business with increased service capacity when compared to its current location in Ramsey. 3B[ needs quality, attractive and unique facility to attract luxury boat buyers and quality staff members as it continues to grow. 3B['s customer base is comprised ofoutdooranon. They appreciate green space, trees and the enjoyment of"p|ayin8"innature. A key feature in this project would bo "the pond." The pond would serve multiple purposes. The first is environmental. Installing the pond immediately significantly reduces the enormous blacktop lot in front of the facility. |t would bo built with aquatic plants native to area like roods and cat tails. Appropriate landscaping and trees would create an integrated, natural fooi The pond would be stocked with gamefish, including bass, pan fish and saugers. The second function would be business efficiency. Having a pond on premise would significantly reduce the amount oftrips our technicians need to make to neighboring rivers and lakes to water test boats for delivery and repair. Pond access would save everyone time. And finally, the pond would bea key to our marketing efforts. It would boa very unique feature that would attract customers. Our sales staff would use the pond tn demonstrate boat features on the water like stability and accessory functionality (we would use o|ontrin trolling motor, not main motor to move about the pond). The pond would allow ustn hold electronics 1