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Exhibit A Diamonds Petition for EAW December, 2007 Page 1 DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT Regarding the Petition for an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for DIAMONDS SPORTS BAR AND GRILL Ramsey, MN December, 2007 Proiect Description Diamonds Sports Bar and Grill is located at 7550 Highway 10, Ramsey, Minnesota. The legal description is Lot 1, Block 1, The Diamonds, Anoka County, Minnesota. To the north of the Diamonds property are t11e Ramsey Town Center. and Trunk Highway 10/169, a major commercial transportation corridor. To the south of the Diamonds property is the Mississippi West Regional Parlc, which is located in the federally designated corridor of the Mississippi Critical Area Program. The Diamonds property is adjacent to, but not within the Critical Area. To the south of the park is the Mississippi River, which has a Wild and Scenic River designation in this area. To the west and east of the Diamonds property are existing and proposed residential developments. The Diamonds property is approximately 1,000 feet from the Mississippi River and 1,100 feet from the nearest residential property. Current land use on the Diamonds property is a restaurant and bar with three softball fields, broomball, boot hockey and volleyball courts. The property often hosts sports tournaments. The soils in the area are sand and gravel. Currently, there are 320 parking spaces in the asphalt parking lot and space to hold an additional 110 cars on the frontage area of the property (which the property owner has an agreement with the City to use), for a total of 430 parking spaces available. There are berms exceeding 10 feet tall surrounding the southern, eastern and western side of the complex: The property owner (hereafter referred to as "Owner") has applied to the City for a conditional use permit amendment to convert the southeast softball field into an area for motocross racing, demolition derby, rodeo, bull riding, snowboarding, wakeboarding, and music events. The restaurant, bar, remaining two softball fields and volleyball courts will not be altered. No additional parking is being proposed for the permit amendment. The proposal has been modified from the original proposal that was discussed. The previous proposal was to convert all three softball fields to these uses, as well as hold a tractor pull and a snowcross event. The tractor pull and snowcross event were dropped because those events were deemed to be the loudest ones. A City Planning Commission meeting was held on October 4, 2007 to discuss the conditional use permit amendment. Another workshop and Planning Commission meeting was held on October 30, 2007. The proposed event schedule is as follows: -246-