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e~f <br />MEMORANDUM <br />'~' <br />TO: Mayor and City Council <br />FROM: Rich Czech, Arena Manager <br />DATE: April 29, 201 1 <br />SUBJECT: Update on Arena Renovation /Ice Rates and Usage <br />Earlier this spring the City Council approved hiring an architect to design conceptual <br />drawings for the renovation of the Arena. Several interested parties, (Youth Hockey, Figure <br />Skating Club, High School Representatives, Arena Commissioners) have met with the <br />Architect and staff to develop a list of wants and needs of each group. The results are the <br />attached six conceptual designs from the Architect. Three of the designs are major <br />renovations, while two of them are moderate. The idea of the designs is to outline areas of <br />the interested groups and to place them where it would fit the operations of the Arena. As <br />noted, all the designs axe still in the conceptual stage so areas can be changed, deleted, or <br />moved. <br />A special Arena Commission meeting has been scheduled at City Hall on May 4, 2011 at <br />S:OOpm. At that time, the Commissioners will make a decision on what designs they will <br />recommend to the City Council, the idea is to have the Arena Commission decide on two <br />options, one renovation and one expansion. The Architect will be in attendance to answer <br />any further questions that the Commissioners may have. Once a consensus is reached by <br />the Arena Commission, the recommended designs will be brought back to the City Council <br />for further discussion. <br />Over the last fourteen years ice rates have been set by the Arena Commission at the April <br />meeting. To determine ice rates there are few items that are considered, the contribution <br />from the City's general account back into Arena Budget in order to balance the Arenas <br />budget, future capital improvement items, and surrounding Arena's (competitors) rates that <br />we have to compete against. Attached for your review are the current rates that were set by <br />the Arena Commission this past April. Along with these rates I have attached rates of <br />comparable Arenas in our area and a survey by M.I.A.M.A. (Minnesota Ice Arena Managers <br />Association) that indicates rates of other Arenas around the state. As you can see, our ice <br />rates are on average with other Arenas in surrounding communities. <br />C:\Users\jmiller\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\GWL3I79K\Renovadon Ice rates <br />42511.doc <br />