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ELK RIVER ARENA <br /> 1000 SCHOOL STREET N.W. <br /> ELK RIVER, MN 55330 <br /> (763) 441 - 2956 <br /> Fax (763) 241 - 9432 <br /> <br />To: Elk River City Council, Mayor <br /> <br />From: Rich Czech, Arena Manager <br /> <br />Date: October 15, 2001 <br /> <br />Subject: Removal of Arena Bleachers in the Barn / Update on new Olympic <br />Bleachers <br /> <br />The Bleachers on the south end of Barn will not comply with the new state <br />bleacher laws that will go into effect January 2002. The bleachers violate <br />several of the new codes, it is estimated to cost about $6,000.00 to bring them <br />up to the 2002 codes. <br /> <br />Discussion took place at the Spring Arena Commission meeting regarding <br />these bleachers. The commission discussed the expense to have these <br />bleachers brought up to compliance versus the amount of time the bleachers <br />would be used. Both the Girls and Boys Elk River High School Hockey <br />teams use the Olympic rink for their games and Monticello High School has <br />moved their program to Buffalo. The only High School team using the Barn <br />for home games is the Becker Big Lake High School hockey team. Their <br />attendance is between 75 - 150 spectators, the main bleachers in the Barn are <br />designed to handle twice this amount so the bleachers are not needed for their <br />games. It was further discussed that the south end bleachers are not really <br />used for any other events except the Circus, in which portable bleachers <br />could be brought in. Discussion took place regarding using this space for <br />office, meeting rooms, and or storage in the future. <br /> <br />The Arena Commission voted 5 - 0 to recommend to the City Council to <br />have the south end bleachers removed from the Barn. I also recommended <br />that the bleachers be removed from the south end of the Barn. <br /> <br /> <br />