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44QR00,40MRST AS3Qt4A!RD tetra itisTAWIlit,, 4440, 5775 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 555, St. Louis Park, MN 55416 Telephone: 952.595.9636 Facsimile: 952.595.9837 planners @nacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: May 7, 2001 RE: Little Canada - Gordies Place - CUP Amendment FILE NO: 758.09 - 01.042 Gordies Place is seeking an amendment to their Conditional Use Permit for Commercial Recreation to allow use of the ice rink for bocce ball during summer months. The existing CUP permits Volleyball on the adjacent outdoor court six evenings per week, and hockey on the ice rink six evenings per week. With this amendment, the applicant would be permitted both volleyball and bocce ball during summer. In previous applications, concern has been expressed by neighboring apartment residents that noise and /or lights would be disruptive to the area. The City required screening and landscaping, in addition to control of the site lighting, to minimize impacts on the residents. As a part of this application, the City will have the opportunity to document any issues relating to the effectiveness of previous screening and lighting requirements. The new permit would expand the quantity of activity on the site during summer evening hours over the current permit, but the location on the site would remain the same as in previous approvals. Except where screening and /or lighting measures required by earlier applications have shown to be ineffective, the site should be set up to accommodate the bocce ball activities in the rink area. As with the existing CUP, the City also has the ability to limit hours of outdoor operation and review security if necessary. If the current level of screening and buffering have been effective, planning staff would recommend approval of the CUP amendment subject to continuation of the previous management efforts, including lighting control and hours of operation, as well as verification that all previous requirements have been implemented. cc: Kathy Glanzer Steve Westerhaus Dave Cossack Greg Schroeder Terry Maurer Page 27