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RESOLUTION 2005-32 CITY OF HUGO WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUGO CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL OF MR. KEVIN H. RHODES WHEREAS, the City of Hugo processed an application filed in late 2003 from the Bald Eagle Sportsman's Association (BESA) to permit installation of lights at the trap/skeet shooting range on BESA property located at 6557 125` Street North located in the City of Hugo, County of Washington. Mr. Kevin H. Rhodes, 12160 Upper Heather Ave. North has appealed the decision that no public hearing was required for the city council to approve the installation of lighting on the trap/skeet range at the Bald Eagle Sportsmen's Association Gun Club: WHEREAS, the City Council makes the following findings: 1. The Bald Eagle Sportsman's Association (BESA) operates its gun club in the City of Hugo pursuant to a Special Use Permit (SUP).(attached). Its 40 acre property contains a number of shooting ranges, including a range for pistols, rifles, and a separate range for trap/skeet shooting. The SUP sets forth days and hours of operation for the club stating, among other things, that the club may be open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10:00 am. until 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. The SUP allows the club to be open on six consecutive Sundays ending with the Sunday closest to the Minnesota deer season opener and requires its closure on certain holidays. 2. Under the SUP the facility is open to the public only on Saturdays and specified Sundays. At all other times, according to the Permit, the use of the facility is limited to members and their families and benefit guests. The Permit contains a provision stating that the City is to be notified five working days prior to any day on which extended hours of operation would be requested. The SUP contains a provision stating that there shall be no change in the physical operation of the club without notification to the City and that at no time shall the current size of the physical operation of the club beincreased. 3. In late 2003 BESA requested approval to install two banks of exterior lighting to illuminate the trap/skeet range in connection with its use for the fall trap/skeet leagues which occur during a four week span during the last two weeks of September and the first two weeks of October. According to the SUP, weekday shooting is to end at 8:00 p.m. The fall trap/skeet leagues are completed by the third week in October. 4. According to BESA the lights, which are the subject of this appeal, after dark, are used on weekdays during this 4 week period- from the middle of September until the second week in October. This is two weeks before and