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9. Arena Expansion The existing debt service for the Arena will be completed at the end of 2013. If an Arena Expansion is to take place in 2013, we should start exploring our options so that user groups, if they choose, can start fund raising for any amenity's they wish to add to the project. If the commission is going to explore the possibility of an addition I would recommend that a committee be formed from our customer base, the commission, city staff, and the city council. 10. Compressors Vessels At the April 2010 Arena Commission meeting we discussed the possibility of having to replace three units from the two ice plants due to the fact that they were not A.S.M.E. certified. Attached for your review are pictures of the three units in question. The three units in question are the oil receiver and an oil separator on the Olympic ice plant, and an oil separator on the Barn's ice plant. Denny Anderson and Bob Ruprecht from the building Department, along with myself, meet with Paul Bearden, from the state of Minnesota Boiler inspection Division. Afrer looking over the units in question, The Boiler Inspector took some pictures and said he would review the situation with his supervisor and let us know of the results. The following week Denny Anderson talked with the Boiler Inspector, the Inspector said we would have to replace the three units in question due to the fact that when a pipe expands, it is considered a vessel and that it is subject to be certified. The estimated cost to replace the two oil separators, and the oil receiver as well as replacing two relief valves is $15,000.00 11. Arne Indoor Air Quality /State of Minnesota Even though the bill outlining air quality for ice Arena's did not make it through the State Senate this yeaz, the subject of setting a higher air quality standard for Ice Arena's has not gone away. However the good news is that the Minnesota Department of Health is once again looking at making the changes along with input from the (M.I.A.M.A.) Minnesota Ice Arena Manager's Association. Over the last six to eight years M.I.A.M.A. has worked with the department of health to update the air quality standards for ice Arena's. One of the key items that both parties have been working on over the last few years is finding equipment that continuously monitors the air. Even though there aze a few monitoring systems available, the State Health Department has not found an air monitor that meets all of their stringent criteria's. I would expect by the summer of 2011, the State Health Department will have approved a monitoring system for Arena's. It is my understanding that by 2013 that the Minnesota department of Health will mandate that all ice maintenance equipment, Ice Resurfacers and Ice Edgers, will have to be powered by a non -combustible means. A battery operated edger is in the 2011