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City of Ramsey Police Department 15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD N. W., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 (612) 427-6812 FAX (612) 427-2361 I I I MEMORANDUM DISPATCHER (612) 427-1212 DATE: March 18, 1998 TO: FROM: Sylvia Frolik, Zoning Administrato /.q ~ ~.._. David Gustafson, Police Chief SUBJECT: Information relevant to Diamonds Sports Bar and Grill I have spoken with the Police Chief of the City of Blaine about a popular sports bar located in that city. This establishment is similar in operation to that proposed by the applicants seeking approval of a permit for the Diamonds Sports Bar and Grill in Ramsey. The Blaine Police Department has not responded to calls in excess of what he considers normal for that type of operation involving large numbers of people. That establishment has not prompted either the city council or the police department to initiate any hearings or special meetings to consider snspension or revocation of either the liquor license or conditional use permits. The police chief u~d state that careful consideration should be given when drafting a conditional use permit prior to final approval. Special areas of attention should be lighting, closing times of the athletic fields on Sunday evenings, and liquor sales and/or consumption and possession on the fields and in the parking lots and bleachers. A ranking officer at the Anoka County Sheriff's Department gave me basically the same assessment to sports bars located in the Cities of Andover and Oak Grove. His recollection of complaints received was that the majority of complaints were from a few residents located closest to the facilities rather than a large volume of complaints from an equally large number of individual residents. The gist of both conversations was that Ramsey should be thorough in the review of site plans and the drafting of conditional use permits. /jmt