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279 CARSON ST. EL.K RIVER, MN 55330 September 12, 2007 ~'_;,~~.' ..o1111_XJ ....Jr~~.JiI=II.":.~l_. .....*Y'rwl'''m'~ :"'!it",,,:;;:;; ~~:_"'<,,~w ""~\'7~"~l1"~<<"'u - &%,<~~,,<..~ w. -" _<j{iWiiiZi"'-;><<<<M~,*mmmUt To Whom It May Concern: I am submitting a new narrative for the next City Council meeting September 17, 2007. I will be addressing concerns the council brought to the table at the September 11, 2007 meeting. 1. Dealer Licensing at AJ's Complete Auto. I would like to clarify that we intend to be a Wholesaler/Broker for customers. I believe that this was not clarified in my first narrative. We do not intend to have 5 cars on the lot at all times as a dealership would. This was never our intention. That is why we do not require signage at our building site because we will not always have vehicles for sale or sitting in front of our building. As was discussed at the council meeting we do need to be allowed 5 cars in order to get a license. We may not have any vehicles on the lot or we may have 2 cars. We only want to make available to our customers the option of helping them find a car. 2. The green space was discussed heavily at the meeting. This does not apply in our case. We are able to store up to 12 cars in our shop and we do not leave vehicles outside of the shop at night. We do not use the green space for parking our customer cars or any car purchased to sell currently. 3. We do not intend for the parking lot in front of our building becoming a car lot. We will only be buying cars on an as needed basis. If there is not request from a customer we will not be buying vehicles. Which in turn there would not be cars in the lot or being displayed in front of our building. We have 22 spaces in front of our building currently and we do not have them full most of the time. 4. I would also like to offer that the council be open to the length of time the conditional use permit would be in force. We would be open to the conditional use permit following our lease agreement. We currently have a 5 year lease with the Elk River Auto Mall. Perhaps the conditional use permit could allow us use during our lease period and if we continue our lease it would still be in affect until we relocate. We feel the council should reconsider our request for a dealer license. We believe that having the licensing under the above conditions there should not be a problem with the parking lot and we will be able to accommodate our customers better in the future. They trust us and our business ~ we want to provide our customers with the best service, great repair, and a way to find a vehicle if it is needed. I can't think of a better way to serve them then to give them a full service shop.