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Mr. Mike Westland December 18, 2003 Page 3 one observation of a truck was actually made while filling the underground tanks, and there was adequate room for vehicles to pass by, but only in one lane. In-store customers generally park in the spaces along the west side of the building, in the two spaces immediately south of the building, or in a few spaces along the east side. Very little activity was observed in the northerly parking stalls along the east side. Parking on the far west stalls was limited. This was based on observations in the midday and evening peak hour. There are 16 parking spaces on the west side of the building and 21 on the southeast and east sides. Liquor Store Traffic The concept development for a liquor store would modify the interior of the store to provide a 1,600 square foot retail off sale liquor store with a separate entrance to the east side of the building. The normally used trip generation handbook does not have a category applicable to this type of development. However, based on observations at a number of Minnesota liquor stores as part of other studies or general observations, we can construct an approximate model for traffic generation by a store of this type. We have utilized our observations at similar stores, such as Sutler's or Cellars, larger stores such as Summit Liquor or Big Top, and major chains such as several MGM Liquor Warehouse stores. We are also familiar with the traffic at larger discount stores such as the Cub and Sam's that are now competing with separate stores in liquor, wine, and beer market. Based on observations of parking, turnover within the stores, and number of customers, we would estimate that the SuperAmerica liquor store would generate approximately 480 vehicle trips per day. This includes customers coming and going, employees, and sales and deliveries. The relatively small size of the liquor store indicates it will be more of a convenience type liquor store than a destination where there is a large selection and customers will come specifically for the liquor store purchase. We anticipate, based on observations in other states where liquor, wine, and beer are sold in grocery stores and convenience stores, 75 to 80 percent of the liquor store customers will be at the station either for gasoline or convenience store purchases. Thus, the number of new trips is limited to those destination liquor store customers and the employees and deliveries for the store. We anticipate that this will be a maximum of approximately 100 vehicle trips per day. Based on the existing trip generation of the 3,400 vehicle trips per day, this is approximately a 3.5 percent increase in traffic. Because the liquor store entrance is on the east side of the building, customers of the liquor store will primarily park in the easterly parking area, which currently appears under utilized most of the time. We do anticipate current convenient store customers may alter their parking habits freeing up some of the parking on the west side of the building. The gas-only customers, who may become liquor store patrons as well, will either leave their vehicles at the gas pumps if they are paying inside at the cashier and walk to the liquor entrance or may move their vehicles to the east side parking areas. A review of the traffic volumes shows that the maximum number of customers in the store at one time would generally not exceed five or six. Thus, only two or three additional parking stalls would be needed for these customers. We do anticipate some vehicles will be left longer at the pumps,