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Westwood <br />MEMORANDUM <br />Date: December 5, 2019 <br />Re: Trip Generation Considerations — Copart Elk River <br />File 40022825.00 <br />To: City of Elk River, Planning Department <br />From: Stephen J. Manhart, P.E. PTOE, PTP <br />12701 Whitewater Drive, Suite 300 <br />Minnetonka, MN 55343 <br />Main (952) 937-5150 <br />Fax (952) 937-5822 <br />westwoodps.com <br />(888)937-5150 <br />Westwood has reviewed the trip generation potential of a proposed Copart Auto <br />Auction site in Elk River, Minnesota. The site is located approximately 1,600 feet <br />north of TH 10 along Jarvis Street NW, and until recently has served as a storage yard <br />for metal pipes. <br />The Copart site will encompass 47 acres, and will be built in two stages. The south <br />and east sections will be open for car storage initially, with access remaining at the <br />existing driveway north of the railroad crossing. The west and north sections will <br />follow later, and access will be moved permanently to a new driveway location to the <br />north. <br />Copart is a global leader in online car auctions, and a premier destination for the resale <br />and remarketing of vehicles. Copart specializes in the resale and remarketing of <br />salvage title vehicles for a variety of sellers, including insurance companies, rental car <br />companies, local municipalities, financial institutions and charities. Specializing in <br />salvage vehicle auctions, Copart makes it easy for members to find, bid on, and win <br />the vehicles that they are looking for. From salvage cars to clean title vehicles, <br />members can bid on classics, early and late model cars and trucks, motorcycles, <br />industrial vehicles and more. <br />What is unique about Copart versus a standard used car lot is that Copart's inventory <br />and sales platform are all online. Vehicles are brought to the storage lot and added to <br />the inventory. Prospective buyers view and purchase vehicles online. Most vehicles <br />are then picked up and delivered from the Copart lot by vehicle delivery trucks. For <br />the most part, the traffic generated by the Copart site is from employees and the <br />delivery trucks themselves. Minor customer traffic is generated, but not on the level of <br />a standard used car lot. <br />Multi -Disciplined Surveying & Engineering <br />TBPLS Finn No. 10074302 westwoodps.com <br />