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Mayor Daniel G. Wall March 16, 1999 Page Two the adjacent home owners showing how serious the flooding has been. Please refer to Exhibit B for an example of the flooding. PROPOSED STORE SALES In the neighborhood meeting, a representative trom Cub Foods indicated that they expect approximately 3,000 transactions per day. The following financial information is based on the professional opinion provided to me by one of my clients who is directly involved in the financial side of grocery store development and operation. He has been involved in this business for approximately thirty (30) years. He indicated that a store of this size to be profitable, must generate at least $1 million dollars in weekly sales to justify its construction. Based on the limited information provided by Bradley and Cub Foods, this represents an average sale of $47.62. Right now, the average sale at Rainbow Foods on Larpenteur is in the mid $20.00 range with Byerly's being a bit better. Based on this information, the Cub Food Store would have to generate approximately 40,000 transactions per week to meet its financial goal of $1 million dollars in weekly sales. These transactions will not be spaced out over 24 hours. On the contrary, the busiest times historically will be trom 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM, 11 :00 AM to 1 :00 PM and 5:00 PM to approximately 8:00 PM. This means that approximately 70% of your transactions will take place during this timeframe. That means you will have between 2000 to 4000 vehicles entering and leaving the parking lot at the Mall during these times. I would recommend that you drive over and observe the parking lot for the Best Buy Store and Rainbow Foods at Pavilion Place. There are certain times of the day that parking and traffic flow literally grind to a halt. The current traffic flow in the Har Mar Mall parking lot is not designed to handle this large volume of vehicles. The current ingress and egress to the Mall parking lot was not designed to handle this increased volume of vehicles. There are times during the week that the current flow of vehicles is not handled properly. At a minimum, a traffic study must be completed by Bradley, to address the proposed increase in traffic due to this development. In addition, an environmental impact statement needs to be completed to verify that the traffic flow and semi-truck deliveries will not have a negative impact on the air quality in the parking lot and the adjacent homes. I think you will find that based on the amount of vehicle traffic alone, it will have a negative impact on the air quality and increased traffic noise, not to mention the traffic circulation and congestion issues. Based on the semi-truck traffic alone, this traffic circulation may violate the current Noise Ordinance in effect. CURFEW At the Planning Commission Meeting held March 10, 1999, I proposed a curfew trom 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM regarding deliveries to the Cub Food store. The reason for this is