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Case #I0: Request for Site Plan Approval; Case of Diamonds Sports Bar & Grill, Inc. City Engineer Jankowski noted that all ponding will be on-site on either side of the fields and there will be a berm along the perimeter of the property. There has been some discussion about the parking. We have to get a detail of the parking field to make sure the aisle width is worked out. The lighting for the parking lot meets standards and the field lighting specifications will be recommended by Anoka County Parks personnel. The Planning Commission recommended site plan approval. Councilmember Haas Steffen called attention to the visual screening paragraph in the letter from the Anoka County Department of Parks & Recreation. She noted that the Planning Commission decided on something else. Gary Gruber, applicant, stated that he did talk with the County about the screening. Instead of a six-foot fence at the level of the perimeter with shrubbery, they wanted three-foot shrubbery. So, they (the applicants) made a recommendation to the County and to the City Engineer and the City Administrator of building a five-foot berm around the southern and western part of the southeast side of the property and a six-foot fence on top of the berm with two to three different species of vines which would create a more natural screen. Mr. Gruber stated that the County liked that idea. Councilmember Haas Steffen noted the paragraph that states the site plan was forwarded to MnDOT for review and comment. Their written report has not been received to date, but they have indicated verbally that a fight turn-in lane will be required in the eastbound lane of Highway #10. She thought the site plan approval could be granted contingent upon written comment from MnDOT. She mentioned also that the bridge crossing is on the County's plan - not on the State's plan and the City will look at saving a bridge crossing. Mr. Gruber called attention to the maintenance guarantee for landscaping. It denotes an amount of $100 for trees and $50 per shrub but it does not say anything about vines. He advised that they would be planting about 540 vines and he asked if it would be okay to use 30% of the cost, of Virginia Creepers, for example. Motion by Councilmember Beyer and seconded by Councilmember Beahen to approve the site plan for The Diamonds Sports Bar & Grill contingent upon staff and the developer reaching an agreement on the maintenance guarantee for landscaping and entering into the development agreement. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Beyer, Beahen, Haas Steffen and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Mayor Gamec told Mr. Gruber that staff was very pleased with the way he and his partners worked with the City. City Council/March 24, 1998 Page 12 of 18