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T. F contractor would come up with a different price. He indicated that the Architectural Review Board is here to assist and guide the applicant in what the City is looking for and how to best , achieve it. The question is not how high or if there is masonry, it is a matter of how high the masonry should be on all elevations. Mr. Yager indicated that the only reason this proposal was acceptable previously is because the Schmidt's were having future expansions. Now that the expansions are complete, the masonry should wrap the entire building. Mr. Yager questioned if there would be people entering and exiting through the back of the building. Mr. Schmidt indicated "no," the people still needed to come through the front door. NIr. Yager questioned that the people were going to walk all the way from the back of the building to the front of the building. Mr. Schmidt indicated that the purpose of the proposed addition is for practice times indicating the use of the parking lot does not extend to the back of the building at this time. The back parking area will be used for tournament times when people are there for three or four hours at time. Mr. Yager questioned if the Mr. Schmidt was putting all this money into a "practice field." Mr. Schmidt indicated that the proposed addition would be for practice and game fields for Saturday's and Sunday's. Ms. Schulz questioned the new parking nearest I-480 was for change of use in the future. Mr. Schmidt indicated the parking area would be used for tournament purposes. Ms. Schulz indicated that Mr. Schmidt is proposing the addition with a vision. Mr. Schmidt indicated he is protecting the rear of the building for the next person to use. This person could cut into that wall and would not disturb the firewall. He would also have 20 feet on another wall to work at a different angle. Mr. Schmidt indicated the way the roofline is designed in going every 25 feet, north to south, in order for the building to be shrunk if needed. Whereas if the joists ran 200 feet from, east to west, there is no way to shrink a 200 foot building, giving the building another flexibility. Ms. Schulz concurs but she is only making an observation that the parking is accommodating a potential change of use down the road and that Mr. Schmidt had proposed that the building would be positioned for future dock areas. Mr. Schmidt indicated that the building was required to have three docks for a building of this size. NIr. Yager indicated that the docking was sho.wn on the site plans. Mr. Yager mentioned that the stone area in the rear of the building would be used for overflow parking. Mr. Schmidt indicated that the rear of the building would primarily be used for pushing snow to that area to get the snow offthe blacktop since the drain is located in the rear. Mr. Yager indicated he liked the idea of the extra parking in the rear in case of future change of use. Mr. Yager indicated he liked the colors of the existing building and thought they were effective. He suggested turning to the City suggesting that the Soccer Sportsplex wants the image of masonry for the City and this fagade come right off close to the highway. W. Liggett questioned what Mr. Yager meant by wrapping masonry around the building. Mr. Yager questioned what point the masonry came around to. Mr. Schmidt indicated the masonry came down to the firewall. Mr. Yager questioned if the masonry came all the way up the building. Mr. Schmidt replied "26 feet high and it is covered with metal on the outside." W. Yager reiterated the Architectural Review Board would like the masonry to match all the way around the entire fagade, so that is matches the rest of the farade. Mr. Yager indicated the reinforcing could be set with a control point that's called a"breakout panel." W. Schmidt indicated that he has some preliminary numbers on the metal and masonry and where he stands on this proposal is if he has to put masonry on the back and side wall, the addition will not happen. He went on to say that the facility only generates so many dollars, it is indoor soccer and not a manufacturing facility, Soccer Sportsplex employ's only two full time people and the rest are all part time high school students. The team fees only bring in so many dollars, so it is a dollar and cents project that can only go so far on some projects. W. Schmidt indicated he will try to re- budget the addition, but it is a very sensitive subject with any project. W. Yager questioned if there was firewall needed at the 50- foot point. Mr. Schmidt indicated "no," that was another reason he tried to save that cost and why the building is only 192 feet instead of 198 feet. A 5