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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 23, 2005 Page 7 Mr. Guy Peterson, applicant, said the restaurant will look more like an Applebee's. He noted that a 50% food/liquor ratio must be kept by St. Anthony ordinance. He said his goal is to have the building look like a restaurant and not a bar. 6 Councilmember Horst said he is concerned about it being in a shopping center location. In the 7 last discussion you were planning on a pub atmosphere. Now, it is planned to look more like an 8 Applebee's. He asked how he plans to accomplish that, and how much will be spent for the 9 interior improvements. Mr. Peterson responded the interior will cost approximately $300,000. 10 The bar seating is very small. The inside will be very open and lighted. He said by contrast, the 11 Jackson Street Bar & Grill has a long bar. He said they never proposed to put a Jackson Street 12 Bar & Grill there. He further noted they were limited to what they could put in the Jackson 13 Street Bar and Grill because it was an old hardware store. 14 15 Councilmember Horst said he was concerned that it should look people friendly. He said 16 $300,000 seems like a low budget. Mr. Peterson said he will do a lot of the work. He agreed the 17 amount is on the low end. He said he will do a lot of work themselves because they are also a 18 construction company. 19 20 Mr. Tucci added that Mr. Peterson's $300,000 is above what they are putting into the base 21 building. 22 Councilmember Horst asked if they have an idea of what the restaurant will look like. Mr. Tucci answered they do. The upgrading of the HVAC, electrical, etc. is all in the basic package. For 25 this type of operation, $300,000 is on the low side, but with Mr. Peterson doing their own work, 26 the amount is average. 27 28 Councilmember Horst said he was concerned that it will look cheap with cheap furnishings. Mr. 29 Peterson said the inside will be all wood. 30 31 Councilmember Horst said what he saw at the Jackson Street Bar and Grill is not up to the City's 32 standards. He said he wants to see this location be more upscale. 33 34 Mr. Peterson said there will be dark redwood inside and it will be a more upscale type restaurant. 35 He offered to provide samples. He added that the floor will be 12" x 12" ceramic tile. 36 37 Councilmember Gray pointed out that the proposal states the operator would have the option to 38 cancel the lease with the Sports Boosters if it drives the food ration below the 50% minimum. 39 Mr. Peterson said if they are under 50 %, they would not be operating. 40 41 Councilmember Gray asked how that would be determined. 42 43 Mr. Foster said it seemed clear that the concern was this be an upscale restaurant. He stated that 44 one of their concerns was that including the pull tab operation in there is historically in other - places more of a bar crowd than a restaurant crowd. He said their first priority is to have this be -.J a restaurant rather than a bar. If it is a successful pull tab operation, this may cause it to be more 47 of a bar than a restaurant. He said they were caught in a Catch -22. The priority will be to make