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. - , Jeremy ~ a:rnhar~ ~ ~ ~ . , - - .. , _ -
. ~ February. 1~, 2010 -
Planning Manager . - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . ~ _ ~ .
. City of ilk River ~ ~ - - - ~~ ~ ~ :,y
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- Elk ~R~ver,1VIN 55 3 3 0 , .. .. - ~, ~ - ,
-Dear Mr,Barnhart ^ - ; . ~ -~ - , - r '~ ~ - -
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- ~ .. Please consider this fetter with the attached a licatio~: ,forzri -dacurr~ents an ~ ~.' ~ ~ ... _ ~ _
Pp ~ , _ ~ d ~nfarmatxon, to be our
appl~cat~on for a Land UselGeneral Planning. Permit; The re ~ nest is: bein made to be able
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operate a L~nder~s -Flower Mart'' at the Elk River Plaza shopping Ce~ater at 804 Free ort Ave,: ~ u ~ ~ - .
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.. l have attempted to~ provide enough information for ~ou~lo cod. lete~ theµ rocess,
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l,hopeAthis is ~vha~ you need., to - rocess and issue the- a ~ ro ~i _ : ~ ~ . ; - . ~- ~ ~ .
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ABUT CINDER'S; ~ . .., .. .: - :. r : .:
.. Linder's'is .a family ~busi~ess and has been , rowin~ an ~ . ~,- :. J . ; - ~ .: .~ ~ , ~ .
- :. .. g :g d sellzng~ high quality flower- aid veggetable _
plants for- ~ 00 years: we grow most ever ~ hin~~r ~e sell other .than n~.rser. ~- ~ - -
. , ...Yt g _Y stnc~~ and have two large ,
_ ~ ~~ groping locations:.. ~~t, Paul and Lake Elmo. we o erate ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ` ~ - ~ ~ . .
_ , . _ - . . , , p . a year-round garden-center in St.P~aul. .
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- .. - D.uring~~the last twenty one years we ~aave deve~o ed our~~''F.la "~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ E
p wer Marts and have placed them _
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throughout .the Twin Cit~ies~, Last ..year we operated, a~. fift one~different l:acation "
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season we self al~~ types. of :annuals,. perennials, hanging baskets :and- o~her~, z~oducts for~use.:in th~ _ . ~ l
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home garden;-Because we~~~~e~~well known as, a ualrt rower Haan ardeners° ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -
~.~ q . Y g y g seel~ us ant to supply
. ~ them p~an~~ng.ne~eds. ~Locat~n ~ in .. r . . _ ~ , - - , ,
_. - 1 . - g.. areas .around the .cities..we aye able to -serve _aur custan~er~ .b ~~
- . - - .. ~ ,. - - - . , .sever. It .
~is also an oppo~tunlty for neighboring business owners to piov~de their custoniers~~ri~h~ ual~it .~~ r~ ~ _
flower and vegetable plants ~convenzent~y n_earb ~, fur customers ~ have iven - -~ ~~
Y . g us a tremendous
. Welcome and look forward to z.aur r-eturnin ' each~~s ~ rin~1. - - ~~ - -.
. We grow: quality beddin ~ lams as well as other seaso: .. _ ~ - ~ - . ~ _
_ . .g p Hal products for. sale bath wholesale and -_ -
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retail. L~nd.er's gua~•aritee~s all oar products and. because we :area ear-ro ~~ ` ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -
. r , .. -. - Y _ and buszness, our customers -
can come to us even after our rena.ote "Flower Marts" have closed for the .season. -'L~e take r -
~~ „~ - g eat
... ~ pi~id.e in our , Flaw~r^Mar~s and aye very .gaud of our re ~ .utati.on~ and do ~ ever ~ h' ~~ - - ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ T
_ ~ p . Yt . Ong possible to be
the best in this ~~.arket, ~ ~ . _ - ~ :. ~ ~ ~~ ~ , -; - - - - ..
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'The site is ~~n~ the.east area _of the arkin~ lot see ~~ lot 1 ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -
- p-_ g ~ p p and, The area needed zs 9Z ft by 60 ~ ft, Z~ is
- ~ 5520 ~~~. ft„The - ~ f .. ~ : ..
. , q ... _ parking places in tlis:,lot are 9 ~ft~ ~b -18'ft, based on this infor -.. ~ : „ . _
. - _ ~ . , . . - Y mat~on,.the Flower- : - . .
- vrrww.Lind~rs,c~m ~ -~ ~ ~ ~ ~- - -
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Mart.'' v~ill .temporaril. ~~occu ~a ~. _~, .. .. - _ .
. .. ` :: Y _, ' pY. pprox~m~ate~y 7~4 places. ~e believe th~s.to be a oodrs~te selection
or,several 'reasons: ~F~rs~t ~t ls. distant from the front of the other stores and out of `the magi stream of
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~raffic,~ both pedestrian and vehicu~lar,_:~t also-~ fives the "Flower M " , ~ ~ ' ' ' '
. ~ - _ .art better v~sib~l~ty to the public .
wi~thout.ob~st~uctin ~ ~ the ~vlsibilit -of .theother nei hbor` ~ ~ ' r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ._ .._, .. ~ .
.- .. g y ... g . _xng businesses. Bung ~n this portion of the
dot alsokeeps .i~ away from .m~st.~of the traffic in ~ _ ~~ ~ I ~ ~ - .~ ~` ~ ~ ~ ' .
.. the aot. f.= ~~.
- - TRAFFIC:. :... ~~ - _, .: , ; Y , .._ . _ _ -
. egard fob vehlc~l~e~. traf~ c, the Flouter. Mart. zs ~ ~~ lace ~n the ~ ~ '
- ~ , . ,. p , ~. _ - selected Iocat~an ~n order to, keep
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and tr~.ffic ~d~srupt~~on ~o a m.~:nimum.-The atio areas at the front s~d.e an : ~ ~ ~ -.~ ~. `- ~ .~ _
p d back serve_ to .protect the .f
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_ ~ ` "F~:o~re~ Mart" .frorri vehzc~es and. lees the .drivers see around the arden~ center, ~ T`he ati f ~~ ~ ...
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-.abou~:4 gh.,~h~s des~~ ~n has been used ~atrour ~"~Flower.~Ma ~ '~ . - .- ~ ~~ -- ~ - . -
. - _ g its .,..for several years and we have~yet
- to, have had :a problem with -vehteTe movelrient:= ~we ,feel that this is ,a sa~'e- era to deal v~lth ~ ~ ' _ -
- , ... . Y vehicles.
. ~ ~ r ~~ ~ehave designed the . Flower ~Ma~ t , as a ~~s~ri ~ le wrd.e unzt and , 1. - ~ ~ -
_, . -. g . p, aced it as we -did w~thln the area - i
. - shown because,we~~fee~.that th~s~~is~.~he most,professio~.al des ~~n~'and:uses.-the available's' -~' - ~ ~ ~ ~-~
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max~nium~;potential. ~L~nder.'.,~ has operated "Flower Marts"~ successfull ~ for~wen -~ ~ - - : ~.. ~ - ~ : ~ . :
.~ .~ 4l `
_ y ty one years ~n
communities surrounding the.Twin Cities.~It has-bee~i~our ex erience~ ~ ~ .. - ~ .
. ~ g ~ - .. , . - . p . . that the .t~affie and parki~n~ ~~ in , . _
. the to a ed b h ~" .1. - ~~ 11. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ g ~ ~ . ~ ~. ,~
~ts sh r .A - y t e. `lower Mart ~s not affected conszd.erabl due. to. the shari~n ~ of .customer . ~ ~ ~ -
with our; pxoperty~owner: Vie bran ;zn man customers b ~`, , - - , - - ~ [
.. ~ g y ut they are ea_szly handled by the size-of the ~
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rots. ~~ue occupy, we rdo riot' want to :c~reate~ a con es~ive atmos~ .her - ~ - ..
.. - ~ ~ g p . e for our `e~ Comers.
- 'F`lower 1VZart"~. generates business aetiv~t ~ which es ~ ~. ~.
. - . , .. , , _ Y _ Varl . ~ durl~ng` the 'business da: with ..the most :r .
activ~ty..occ~urr~n~g 1n.. date:. afternoon .and evening: There-,is also business activ~ty~ occ~r~ln h on :tie ~ ~ ~ .
- , weekends with the most oii .Satu~da ~ s; Ha~ri~.done `thrs t. e ~of o - ~ - , ~ ~ ~ ,
. _ _ ' r .. Y g _ . yp pe~atio~. far twen~y~_one years. i~t ~ -
~. Would be: safe ~~ say: that~~the average amo~.iit ~n~the "Flower lVlart"~~a~: any ~ one •tirrie is `ab~ ~ ~ ~~ ~:~
.. . - - ~~ ~ ~ Y ~ ...~ out. five to .
. six cus~omers;~ The maximum amount ~of customers may .be up ~o ten.. There are eer~tain:I ~ .times ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -
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- ~ . _ .when special s ale~~ ~o ccur that Vhi her ~e ~~ ~ ~ ~ :~ ` _ ~ ~.~ , . - . ~ ~ .
.. g . vets of,aetivty may~occur,~~but we ~ha~enever ~seen~ so~mueh~
. ~ _ that a: problem has occurred l~ relation to tie aniount~~of cars or ~ ~ edestrian traffi ~ , . ~ . ~ -
. ..THE ~ FLOw~R~ MART I, .. . ~ ~ .. - , , . ..
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. - .. ,~ ~ ..The .1'~.. ~ Nrart" ' ~ x ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -,. . ~ : ~ ,, :1 = ~ . ~. ~ ~ ~ ~; ~t , - .
lower- itself xs ~ 7~- ft ion 2 l~ fl~ wzde and 1~~~..ft h~ .
_ . _ gs ,. gh. There are.patzoldisplay_ ,areas zn the
front; side and-.rea~of wthe ~11Fl:o~er .Mart": The entire s~zer shown on~.the drawln ~n~ ~ ~ ~ - - : ~ : -
. .. g, eluded.
., ~ . -. ~ The "Flower Ma~.t". -itself ~is a hi .h ual'it. ._ ~ Jr , -. ~ - ",.., , . ~. - . . ~ - , . ~ t
g q . y greenhouse structure which sits on~the avem.ent and ~s ~ .
- ... held down .~v~th a:~~~nternal.,system v~hich.uses:water far bal-iast. It ~s a cornmerexall- ~~ade unit ~ ~ ~ ~ _
_ ~ . which . _ ~ . ~ - :i - ~~ ~ - • Y
x „ - ..a~.s ~manufactu~ed. ~by a Minnesota -company ~Poly~Tex,.,Iocated in. Castle dock MN ; It ~s a .
very -goad loaking structure which we ~ave~ used for m~any~ years, . ~ ~ - . _ .~ . ~ - -~ ~ . ~ - ~ .
.... we will -cam ~1~ with the ~ ~ ..., . - ,. - . - _ ~ :. - - ; , ~ - ~ : ,
:p y ; f .current sign requirements of the City of Elk River. _ , , - ~ .. .. -. -
. UTILITIES ; . ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~: - . ~ , : ~ ; :. : ;
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. ~ . ~ fur only utility requirements are seasonable access to water for the. ~~ .: ~ -
. ... plants and l 1 o volt electricity ..
. F which runs the cash register ~.nd. ether smallitems in ~~he "Flower Mart". _ . ~ ~ .. : ~ . ~~ . ~.. ~~ ~- -
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This power will come from -a li ~. ht ole in the lot.neares~ the " ° - .~ "- ~ ~ - ~ . . _
_ g p r Flower Mart . we have .no lzghtxng
permanently installed in the Flower Ma~t~ ,. Under s ~akes~ awa all :discarded in ~ ~ -
... Y ater~al and
~unnecessa~y :items ~~on a daily basis. we strive to rria~ntain a clean. and. ~ rofess~o~al ~a earan ~ ~~ ~~
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water is the other utility we need..~This is needed to care for the ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ' ` - ~ "~ ~ ~ ~~
r plant :rnater~al at the Flower Mart .
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The source .off water ~s _from the under round waterin s st ~ ~~ ' ' ~ ~ ~ ' ~~ ' ~~
:. - . , . . ~ g . - ..g y ern. A tap is r-nstalled ~n the spring ~n the
locat~onaust to the-east of the "Flowe~~ Mart", ~ ~Ve only need the -e uiva~ent of a standard~~ ardenin
hose ao care for the plant mater~a~, ~ . - . .
THE ~,SPRINC~ SELLING SEASON: ~~ . - ~ _ .~ -
. we .anticipate the ~o I~0 selling. season t~ be from A ~~il 15 thru Jul . ~ - ' ~ ~ -
. p .., y. ~ 5. we usually start to setup
- -~y March ~15.~ ..The "Flower Mara" .is-taken down ,and-totall remo~ ~ - .. - ~ ~ r
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. .. _ y ved on the closing day_of the _ ._ _
~~ season,: ~GVe clean and sweepr~ ~ ~ _ . - - . . ~ '
the locatzon iri~~ th.e parl~ing :lot so that once we are one these is no
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evidence of our havrng, been there, . - ; = - ~ _ . ; ~ . ~ ,-
.. BUR Hov~s: ~ . _ . _ , . - ... ~ . : „ _ . _ , ~. , .
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. fur hours are 7...OO AM Oo PM ~ ~ ` ~ .
- .. until- S ; .weekdays and '1: o o ~~.A:1VI until ~S ; 00 PM on mo st .
- _ weekends.
. ~ . - ~, we typically have two -to three- em to ees duxin ~ weel~da s ~ and thre ~ - - - . .
. .. .. ~. p Y , g , y. e_ to four dur,~ng weekends.. we
are open seveta days a week during the season. The_ "Flower Mart" is clo~sel `su ~ervise~d b ~ a- - ~ . .
.Manager arid:-several D~str~ct., Managers as well asmyself,, wlio beep ~t stacl~ed and o eratiia ~ _
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cleanl~ .. .. - ._ ~ ..
. .. y~~and~ efficiently; w'e make every attempt to .employ persons from the communit : - ~~
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~~ THE MARKET; ~ ~ ~ . , ~ : _ . - _- : - .. ., .
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we-fuel, that the Elk River area. is an ,excellent area to locate a Linde '~s "F .. ~ ~ ~~ " ~ ~ ~ ~ , ~ {
_ , s r lower Mart .. we are: well , .
. known in the entire Tv~in Cities area and m.an ~, o.f our customers ~alre ~ . ~ ~ ~ - - ' ~ ~=~ ~- ~ -
. ,. ~ ~ _ ady come from_ the Elk River
. area to our yearraround .Garden Center as well as other. "Flower Marts, . This ~is an o ~ o~;unit~ to-~
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continue -serving our Elk River-.customers with a~nearb ~ convenient sho ~ in~~ Location where the
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- - ~ can bey quality plant,~naterials from .a-local Twin Cities rower.. we are ex ' erienced in this ~k' -
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. op.erat~on.and feel-that we are doing an excellent service fox our cus~om.ers and our s ~ ~' ~ ~ ~ -
urrounding
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.. ~ ~ ~ havee tried ~o provide :.enou ~ h irlform_ atiari about ~Linder's and our. ~ ' : - , . . , ,
. , . ,7 . g proposal to:sat~sfy any.~que.st~ons
o~u m:a~ ave about L~nder's ~doi~n business in. EIk ...}
- ~ ~ . - Y Y ~ ~ g ~., .... ... River. _w~e- axe ea er to b~e a ~~~art~ of b~eaut~f ~n ~ ~: ~ a - -
-~ this area of the=Twl~i -Cities Frith ~Linde~'s grown flowexs and -la~hts. You.:ca~.alwa s~rea ~~ ~~~ ~ :
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