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February 2, 1996 Mr. Steve Ach City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway P. O. Box 490 Elk River, MN 55330 RE: Parking requirements for the proposed Menards store, Elk River, MN Dear Mr. Ach: Menards parking needs are not as high as most of the typical major retailers. Our use is somewhat different, our aisles tend to be wider, our products tend to be bulkier and our outdoor storage area is larger. I am providing you with an updated store list of Menards old and new prototype stores. The list indicates the number of available parking stalls at each location and the store opening date. As you can see from the list, the number of parking stalls we are proposing for Elk River is consistent with the number of available parking stalls at our other locations. The total square footage of the new prototype store is 160,680 square feet. But, not all of that is actual sales area. Only 104,370 square feet is sales area with the remainder consisting of 42,900 square feet of unheated warehouse area and 13,410 square feet of receiving area. The old prototype store had about 60,000 square feet of sales area and about 50,000 square feet of warehouse and receiving area. It should be noted that at any one time, during business hours, we've found that approximately 25% of our customers are in the outdoor storage area with their vehicles picking up products they purchased in the store and not parked in the front parking lot. Finally, keep in mind that we do not receive the mad Christmas rush that most retailers count on. These retailers design their parking lots mainly around this one month of the year. Our busier times are a little more spread out, generally occurring in the spring and fall. Thank you for your consideration in tiffs matter. ary ;olby Senior Project Manager Menard, Inc. GC/sw 4777 MENARD DRIVE EAU CLAIRE, Wi 54703-9625 TELEPHONE (715) 876-5911 FAX~: 715-876-5901