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Sf-96 Page #2 e Also attached is a comparison of two stores with similar grocery sales. The applicant indicates that the Apple Valley store that sold gas had a total customer count for a week of 4652. In comparison, the Crystal store does not have gas, is within $300.00 of grocery sales of the Apple Valley store and had a total customer count of 5220. The example indicates that gas sales does not necessarily increase customer levels. The second example on that page depicts a situation where grocery sales are comparible and that the store with gas had 1020 customers mo~e than the store without gasoline sales. The conclusion arrived at ,by the applicant is that the gasoline sales does not substantially increas~ the number of customers at a location. The sale of gasoline is just a added convenience and additional product to purchase when that customer stops. In response to congestion, the applicant has noted that the most business is conducted between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. After monitoring the situation the applicant has stated that 13 cars were the most cars at any given time. Some congestion problem possibly results from the fact that those persons leaving the office building are doing so mostly between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. this causes some congestion at the shared driveway on the east side~which is a distance from the proposed gasoline pumps. The City Engineer has not made any suggestions to address the concern of congestion. The applicant contends that outside of the 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. hour that there is a small amount of traffic and that the site design appears to handle the traffic. The applicant also feels that the installation of the pumps will not substantially add to the traffic levels on the site. e Staff feels that there is reason to monitor the situation. It is difficult to determine the impact on the internal circulation of the site that the additional activity of gasoline sales would create. COUNTY UPGRADING OF COUNTY ROAD "D" Staff has contacted, Paul Kirkwold of Ramsey County Engineering Office and he has stated that the County has the street upgrading scheduled for 1982. The project at this point includes the acquisition of 7 additional feet of right-of-way from the PDQ site. The County Engineer commented that the county would not allow PDQ to use the land acquired for right-of-way for parking. The affect of the right-of-way acquisition is discussed below. e