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Dale P. Martin July 13, 2011 Ice Arena Commission, Chairperson 19426 Norfolk St. NW Elk River, MN 55330 Work Email: dmartin(~RrenerRV.com Home Email: dpbimartin(~charter.net Work phone: 763.241.2308 Home Phone: 763.441.2401 Subject: Ice Arena Renovation Project and User Group Support & Financial Commitments Attachments: Conceptual Design by 292 Design Group of Lower and Upper Level Renovation To User Groups: Elk River Boys Blue Line, Elk River Girls Blue Line, ERVHA, Skating Club The purpose of this letter is to communicate to you some information about the Status of the Ice Arena Renovation Project and to request a written response by each user group, either in a formal letter or board resolution in your minutes of Support or Non-Support of the Project, along with stating a dollar amount and years of commitment your association would be willing to contribute as part of partnering with the City of Elk River to take a step in getting an arena we can be proud of. As far as the wording of a resolution we have not discussed the exact wording. A resolution to basically state the type of commitment your association is willing to contribute both supporting -marketing the project and a financial commitment with the length of time of the commitment, such as the 20 years or life of the bonds for this project. There will be a need of a more binding wording needed in the future as / if this project proceeds to voting by the council to proceed. We would like a reply by Thursday July 21st so we can have them available at our re-scheduled August Ice Arena Commission meeting on Tuesday July 26`h at 6:00 at Elk River City Hall. The Ice Arena Commission will be meeting in the beginning of August and then presenting a status update to the Elk River City Council the second Monday in August. At that time we will need some written or minutes to show a commitment from each of the user groups to help convince the council the main user groups are behind this project both in getting the votes and financial. Here is a sample of a financial commitment we have discussed in general with each of you in the recent past, which would be about 10-11% of the estimated $8.1 million project cost.. • ERYHA -Commitment of $30,000 per year far 20 years. This type of commitment would total about $600,000 to the project, and be about $50-$66 per player in the Association. • Boys & Girls Blue Line -Commitment of $5000 per Blue Line Group per year for 20 years. This type of commitment would be about $200,000 to the project and be about $125-$150 per player in the Blue Line. With JV/Varsity Locker rooms included so far on the project it