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City Council Minutes May 2, 2011 Page 5 Mr. Czech stated that the High School teams pay the hourly rate for ice time and that the arena receives a percentage of the gate fees from the High School games. He stated they were in the process of renegotiating the yearly contract with the school district and told the school district he would like to have their agreement be similar to Roger's agreement, which would bring more revenue into the arena. Council decided to wait until after the special ice arena commission meeting on May 4 before discussing ice arena designs. It was decided to have a joint meeting with the Ice Arena Commission at the June 13 Worksession. Mr. Czech then explained the arena rental rates of our arena as well as surrounding arenas. Mayor Dietz expressed concerns with the amount of money the school district pays for their students to use the arena. He was concerned that if the arena needed improvements, in order to avoid raising rates too high, that the school district should be assisting financially with needed improvements. Councilmember Westgaard felt that rates should be increased to cover operating costs of the arena. He stated the City has a strong hockey program and would like to see that continue. Mr. Czech stated that it is a fine line between raising rates to high and covering operations costs. If the cost per skater is too high, families with recreational players or families that could no longer afford the extra expenses may opt out of playing hockey for another sport. Mr. Czech noted that then the Association would then lose numbers and thus not purchase as many hours from the Arena. Councilmember Zerwas also stated the school district needs to provide more financial support to the arena and help cover some of the costs for the improvements. Discussions continued regarding the ice rental rates. Mr. Czech stated the proposed rate of $180 an hour during peak time and $145 during off-peak times was approved by the Ice Arena Commission. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER GUMPHREY AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ZERWAS TO APPROVE THE 2011 ICE ARENA RATES AT $180/HOUR FOR PEAK RATES AND $145 FOR OFF-PEAK RATES AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. MOTION CARRIED 3-1. COUNCILMEMBER WESTGAARD OPPOSED. 5.7. Parks and Recreation Director Update Ms. Johnson stated that she, Mayor Dietz, and Parks and Recreation Commissioner Dave Anderson would be meeting to discuss options on how to move forward with filling this position. An update would be given at the next council meeting. 5.8. Traffic Signal System Painting Mr. Femrite presented the staff report. He recommended accepting the low quote received from OLS Restoration, Inc. in the amount of $24,982.00.