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• Exhibit A Diamonds Petition for EAW December, 2007 Page 2 Two motocross events Two demolition derbies Two rodeos One bull riding event Two wakeboarding events Two snow boarding events One in June and one in September One in May and one in September One in May and one in August One in June One in July and one in August One in January and one in March The above events would be mainly Saturdays from 6 pm to 10 pm, with the possibility of a Friday evening or Sunday afternoon, depending on the event promoter's availability. These events would be open to all-ages. 2na Annual Tribute to the Troops music festival Saturday, May 17, 2008 Anoka All-Class Reunion and outdoor music Date to be determined The above music events would beheld on a Saturday from 8 pm to 12 am. These events would be age 21 and up events. Site grading will be necessary to prepare the site for various events. Bleacher seating for up to 750 people, a fence that separates the seating area from the event area, a berm and a public address. • (PA) system are also proposed to be constructed. Tune, Extent, and Reversibility of Environmental Effects Mississippi Critical Area Impacts According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources website (http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/waterm~mt section/critical area/history.html) the Mississippi River and its adjacent corridor was designated a permanent state critical area in 1979. In 1991, the Minnesota Legislature designated the federal Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (MNRRA), a unit of the National Park Service, as a state critical area. The boundaries of the Mississippi River Critical Area Corridor and that of the MNRRA are the same. The Diamonds properly is not within the Critical Area Corridor. State Designated Wild and Scenic River Impacts According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources website (http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/watermgmt section/wild scenic/wsrivers/mississippi.h tml) the Mississippi River and its adjacent corridor was designated a state Wild and Scenic River and is classified as "recreational" from Clearwater to the Anoka/Champlin line. The Mississippi River from St. Cloud to Anoka was added to Minnesota's Wild & Scenic Rivers Program in 1976. The property is not within a wild and scenic river land use district. The district follows the critical area boundary. Fish, Wildlife and Ecologically Sensitive Resources The United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, recommends that the • conditional use permit amendment not be approved based on their opinion that the noise and lighting from the events would have an adverse affect on wildlife, including the pair -247-