Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/02/1995

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KENKO CONTRACTORS March 17, 199S Sylvia Frolik Zoning Administrator City of Ramsey 15153 No, then Blvd. NW Ramsey, MN 5530 Re: Letter of Introduction Fear Ms. Frolik: Please allow this letter to introduce the applicant for site plan approval Luvern McGrand, the owner and principal officer of the Kenko Corporation (Kenko). Kenko was started by Mr. McGrand some 20 years ago as a Minnesota subcontractor with one piece of e- quipment. Today Kenko is a National prime contractor which still maintains its principal offices in. Blaine, Minnesota. Today the majority of our contract work is out state, however, we still per- form the majority of our administrative functions in our Minnesota offices. In this regard, we have out grown our Blaine offices and this has caused us to look at several communities for office expan- sion, which investigation brought us to your community a month ago. We have presently come full circle back to your City due to a sound business community, location, an accommodating attitude of staff such as yourself and Jim Gromberg, and recommendations provided from other businesses in the area. As noted our Minnesota operations consist mostly of administra- tive support for the National markets, which operations employ ap- proximately twelve individuals. We also perform maintenance on e- quipment in need of repairs that can not be performed in the field, hence the requirement for a maintenance facility. Our maintenance staff varies depending upon the season from four in the winter time to two or three in the summer time. We recognized that this facility will be the subject of scrutiny by the planning Commission for purposes of esthetics, in this regard we have attempted to in- corporate the recommendations of staff into our site. plan. Kenko has also choose the City of Ramsey due to its desire to open markets in Canada. Under the NAFTA agreement we believe that we can access the Canadian market through the Red River Valley trading corridor, therefore, our undertaking in the City is based upon a long term business plan. At this juncture we hope that the City will perceive our move with the same positive expectation Kenko has in this relocation. CORPORATE OFFICE - 1694 - 91st Avenue N.E. - Mpls., Minnesota 55449 - (612) 786-6510 - Fax (612) 786-6602 ~]3THWESTERN DIVISION- 16415 Addison Road, SUite 308- Dallas, Texas 75248- (214) 931-9494- Fax (214) 931-5474 WESTERN DIVISION - Post Office Box 831 - Calimesa, California 92320 - (714) 795-2568 - Fax (714) 795-1840 Et]ual O~vortunitv / Affirmative Action Employer