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TO: Roseville Planning Commission and Staff As shown on the attached site plans, we are proposing to expand our building out the east (or back side) approximately 40'. The 13' x 19' jog out the north side of the building will be removed. This will leave the required 20' from the rear lot line and 5' from both side lot lines. Also the center 21.5' section of the building will have a second floor added. The location of the front of the building will remain the same. Along with the expansion of our building, the front of the building will be upgraded to either a stucco or drivit type material, the sidewalks will be replaced and the gravel parking lot will be blacktopped. As you can see by our drawing of the proposed building, the architecture is designed to fit with the residential flavor of the area. Landscaping has already been done in the boulevard area along Cleveland Avenue. We do not anticipate it will be necessary to disturb that area. We also plan to add several small plantings next to the main entrance of the building ifpossible. As we have explained in our previous meetings, the level of our sales has doubled since we purchased the company from Jim's father in 1991. We have also added several employees. The size of kitchens in the last several years has changed drastically. When Mr. Schreier ran the company many of the kitchens were just two straight 10-12' walls, now kitchens are 18-20' square with center islands, eating areas, two person work areas, baking centers, computer centers, etc. Kitchens are not the only rooms where custom cabinets are being installed. When we get a whole house job, it includes the kitchen, laundry room, mud room, gathering room, home office, three to four bathrooms, family room, library, living rooms, etc. The shear size of the rooms makes it impossible to assemble the cabinets in our limited space, much less make the contractors' schedules when we have seven or eight large rooms in each house to build and assemble. The contractors carulOt wait for us to do the job in three stages. We need more floor space for assembly. One example of the resulting problem ITom lack of space is that our nonnal schedule is usually four to eight weeks ITom date of approval to delivel)'. As of August 7, we have a full schedule of approved jobs for 20 weeks or through the end of December. The writing is on the wall, if we cannot turn our jobs around within the contractor's schedule, obviously we will not be doing that contractor's work for long. We have worked extremely hard to acquire new contractors and to get our name out in the industry as a "quality" shop. It has worked. Contractors and homeowners are coming into our shop stating that they have heard such great things about us that they had to check us out. That wonderful reputation is not going to go too far if we can't deliver that great work in a timely manner. We need space badly! We do not anticipate any increase in noise, waste, parking needs or traffic. We are not turning into a "production" shop. We anticipate the business will continue to grow at a more conservative rate than in the past several years so we can maintain the one-on-one contact we have with all of our customers. The immediate need is just for more floor space to lay up cabinets.