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<br />10=i~\'U1~"'li"'""Xi(k~''''''_'X~JtM',,,,,;,,,,mt!f;,1rp;4mmifff<;'lt~'''''''!0Jri1%l\=''''=<''='"j~hX?i_%fff(!f".'VP""w"m:;If1W!Yr= ~ ~"__"""""""',"'_i=~_",,,"i;Pl~';W}!$fN::J,:!mfim1J\~'~' ~~. ,$' ~~~""""""'-=<"'<!" <br /> <br />[fJ[fJ@wmm <br /> <br />= gg=-=g~:) <br />= ::;;:-== ::;;:-=@ <br /> <br />') <br /> <br />To City Council & Planning Commission <br />Arden Hills, MN <br />3/01/04 <br /> <br />CLUTCH 8< U-JOINT BROOKLYN PARK. INC. <br />747.4COUNTYROADBl NORTHe <br />BROOKLYN PARK. MN 55428 <br />763-425-7474 <br />800-444-0755 <br />Fox 763-424-4722 <br />www.provenforce.com <br /> <br />I would like the City to consider a request for a zoning ordinance amendment to Section 5E, the <br />Land Use Chart, of the Arden Hills Zoning Ordinance to allow a motorized vehicle service use <br />through the issuance of a special use permit in the B-4 Retail Center District. If my request were <br />approved, I then would request a Special Use Permit for a motorized vehicle service in the B-4 <br />Retail Center District so that my business can operate at 3785 Lexington Avenue. <br /> <br />Proven Force is the present marketing name of Clutch & U-Joint started in 1974 servicing <br />heavy-duty driveline in the trucking industry. Over the years, the company changed its <br />marketing toward the automobile and light duty truck market. Initially the company serviced the <br />market with rebuilt clutches and now sells new LuK clutches to the trade. The Company has <br />three locations in the metro area- Bloomington, Brooklyn Park, & Little Canada. The Little <br />Canada operation is the one we are intending to move to Lexington Avenue. The company has <br />a total of 32 people at the three locations and is an ESOP company that the employees have <br />stock in given to them by the company. The proposed Arden Hills location will have nine e <br />employees. <br /> <br />Two thirds of our business is done selling new clutches, front wheel drive shafts, 4x4 <br />driveshafts, rebuilt differential and transfer cases. In addition, we sell the individual parts (u- <br />joints & stubs) plus ring & pinion gear sets for the customers to do the service work themselves. <br />The majority of business is wholesale delivered in two delivery trucks in the Metro area. We also <br />market our products to customers out of town by UPS and trucking lines. Our out of town <br />business is about 15%. We do sell also to the public. <br /> <br />About one third of our business involves the actual repair or installation of drive shafts, ring & <br />pinion set ups and differential and transfer case repair. Some units are taken off cars and light <br />trucks driven in to us and other times we pick up units to repair from shops and fix them on <br />benches. Due to our specialization and the fact that most of our customers do this work <br />themselves, the volume of cars serviced by us tends to be small. We do not wish to compete <br />with our larger customers. Smaller repair shops that do not have the knowledge for this work <br />mainly use our services. Some days we have 3 to 4 cars go through and some days we have <br />none. <br /> <br />We believe that our small company would be an excellent asset to the Arden Hills Business <br />Community. After all small companies are the key to economic revival in the future. We hope <br />you look favorably on our request. You would be getting a company with thirty years of growth. <br /> <br />BROOKLYN PARK. MN . BLOOMINGTON. MN . LITTLE CANADA. MN <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />..~.. <br />~ ~ <br />I:ESOPl <br />\.......~" <br />