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Correspondence Bu P20 to - 06 155 in '3 s k/✓ Gre-e L, SKY • SPORTS THE TRAMPOLINE PLACE Dear City Of Tigard Planning Department, We at Sky High Sports are very excited to bring our unique trampoline fun center and over 40 new jobs to the Tigard area. Although we have enjoyed success along the West Coast, we are looking toward this store as one of our premier locations. Because of the uniqueness of our concept, the cities of our other locations have worked with us on our occupancy per square foot. Our normal Trampoline Occupancy is one person per trampoline. Our Party Table area is only for the use of our booked parties. Therefore, occupancy does not increase in the building since the guests are going back and forth from the party table to the trampoline. Having been selling out our other locations for over 3 years, our experience has taught us that we set our maximum capacity well below that of our maximum occupancy. For instance, our Sacramento facility is just over 42,000 sq ft and we stop selling tickets at 110 guests per hour. I would like to walk through the process of our business model. We have three distinct groups of people in our building. Group 1: Checking In. Customers arrive at the building and check in one of two ways. Parties check in at the Party Check -In Counter and Individuals check in at the Lobby Counter. Both check -ins happen the same way. Their reservation is located in the computer system (96% of our bookings are done ahead of time, with most booking through the Internet), and they are then given a wristband identifying them as Jumpers for the specific hour(s). Based on our experience at our other locations, we have 1 driver per 3.8 customers. No one comes to Sky High alone, whether it's a parent bringing multiple children, a parent dropping of a child, young adults getting together or a Corporate Group on a bus, ours is a group activity. Group 2: Jumpers /Party Table. Once the customers' jump /party time begins, they move to their party table and then begin jumping. Their table is reserved for them during the entire jump time, so the party areas are only available to the reserved jumpers. They use it for quick rest times or snacks /cake during their assigned party /jump time. Individuals may use the Snack Bar for the same purpose. Group 3: Exiting /Snack Bar. After their jump time is up (wristband color is expired), customers can grab something to eat at the Snack Bar, or make their way • out of the building. tt Overcrowding our trampolines is a safety issue; and safety is such a priority for us, we have implemented a computer system that does not allow the front desk to sell more trampoline tickets than our maximum has been set. Since no one wants to pay us to "hang out" (Although I would love that), our other areas are only used to serve the jumping customers. Other cities have used business models that, while not sharing our concept, still use our methods. For instance a school has a large square footage of buildings, but limits its' capacity for the entire area based on certain rooms. Like an office relates to a conference room, our trampolines relate to the party area; the people are not in both places at once. Therefore, once we hit our capacity for trampolines, we stop selling entry tickets. Thank you for your consideration in these matters and we look forward to being a positive force in the community for many years to come. Sincerely, Jerry Raymond Sky High Sports 4.14 ili ( C# --,110C ir 11 1 • 10111110000.