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By today's standards the team locker rooms in the Baxn are very small. It is not uncommon to see the older players changing in the hallway because there's no room in the locker rooms. The heating system is outdated and there's no ventilation system in the locker rooms, which is typical in most locker rooms today. Most repairs to equipment are made in the Zamboni room (where it is wet and not very spacious) ox in the small maintenance room located by the Olympic locker rooms. Both areas are not very efficient and the Zamboni room is usually very busy and not designed as a working area. The lane that is used to get from one rink to the other is a one-way lane, which makes it impossible to work on one machine without affecting the resurfacing schedule. There aze many pieces of equipment that axe stored within public reach ox in an area where it's not advantageous to the operations of the Arena. An area where equipment can be brought to fox repairs and where tools and equipment can be stored would make the operations of the Arena more efficient and safer. The snow melt pit has been an issue from the first day of operations of the Olympic rink. The snow pit was designed to dump through the grates. However, the fixates did not allow the snow to go through and the snow melt pit was modified so that the grates were removed from one of the ends; allowing the snow to fall into the pit. Having the snow piled up on one end does not allow the snow to melt correctly and staff ends up shoveling the snow to other parts of the snow pit which could lead to someone hurting their back. In 1987 the Montreal Protocol came to be and 190 nations agreed to phase out HCFCs that damage the ozone layer. From what I understand there is nothing in any of the phase out dates that says the use of R-22 refrigerants or the equipment will ever be prohibited; however, as each date approaches it does restrict the manufacturing of R-22 and any new equipment that would use the refrigerant. As each date approaches the cost per pound of the refrigerant will rise. A few yeazs ago the cost per pound of R-22 was about $2.00 - $3.00. Already the price has tripled and I wouldn't be surprised to see a pound of R-22 selling at $15.00 - $25.00 in the near future. The refrigexadon systems we have for both rinks use R-22 as the refrigerant. The Bain rink has a chazge of about 5,000 pounds and the Olympic rink has about 6,200 pounds. Both systems axe very reliable and axe in very good shape; however, they axe thirty plus years old and like any piece of equipment maintenance is sometimes not enough to avoid a major issue. I believe with continued service to the equipment, the equipment could run indefinitely. However, if an expansion is to take place in the near future, the replacement of this equipment should be strongly considered. There is a very strong interest to have varsity locker rooms fox the high school teams. Not only would this provide an azea fox the high school team to house their gear during the season, it would also be less wear and tear on the everyday locker rooms that get used by other groups. The skate club program has been very successful over the years. Their numbers have grown from a few skaters to a program that has over 50 participants. As their numbers increase their need for then own locker room has become more relevant for them to continue their success. For those that have been in the Arena during an event, you axe aware that the lobby is undersized. During varsity games, tournaments, and when youth hockey has games on both sides, the lobby is standing room only. The lobby leads itself to be cumbersome when trying to navigate through the N:\PubGc Bodies\City Coundl\Coundl RCA\Agenda Packet\02-142011\Arena Renova[ion.docx