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Acting Mayor Riley asked Planning Manager Larson to explain how tournaments at the facility would work. Planning Manager Larson explained that the site plan is being proposed to be approved as a training facility and any tournaments or other types of events would require a special event permit which would come before Staff and Council before it is allowed. Acting Mayor Riley asked Mr. Reeder if he was aware of the tournament requirements. Mr. Reeder said yes. Reese Sudtetgte, ISG Inc., came forward and addressed some of the questions that have been asked. He stated that the retaining wall on the west side ranges from 0 feet to 5-6 feet. He stated that a fence line was added the whole length of the retaining wall and to the west to expand it to steer people away from parking where they should not be. He added that the area to the west can accommodate additional parking if the need presents itself. He stated that this parking should accommodate most events. Mr. Reeder stated that the facility does not need to rely on tournaments to pay the bills. He would be excited to see tournaments at the facility, however; they can make ends meet with just training time. Mark Bigelbach, SFDMG LLC, came forward and shared that he is the Development Consultant for ARAA and that his company builds and manages domes around the country. He stated these domes are set up on renting facility time, not events. He added that events are often more costly and time consuming than just renting the facility out to users for practices. He shared what other domes do for events. He addressed parking concerns. Councilmember Musgrove asked about the 25 parking spaces and how those came about. Planning Manager Larson explained that there is a stormwater infiltration basin in this area which handles all of the stormwater needs on site. He said if this area was all for parking then the stormwater would need to be accommodated elsewhere. He stated that this area could be converted to an underground tank system and have the parking lot over it. Councilmember Musgrove said that the case presented that this was not something that was accepted by ARAA regarding infiltration off site. Planning Manager Larson shared this was discussed regarding acquiring additional property for off-site infiltration and they found that this was not cost effective. Councilmember Musgrove asked about this being done in conjunction with Ferret Street. City Administrator Hagen explained that they contracted with Bolton and Menk to look at Ferret Street and what this would do would extend water and sewer services to the area west of Armstrong and would open up new land to development opportunities. He added that ponding would need to City Council / February 14, 2023 Page 9 of 12