8. ICESR 07-26-2011 - Laserfiche WebLink

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would basically be a fee to be able to leave your equipment in the locker rooms and keep aired out. • Elk River Figure Skating Club -Commitment of $5000 per year for 20 years. This type of commitment would total about $100,000 to the project with about $100-125 per player in the club. The expanded lobby, additional meeting rooms, JV/Varsity locker rooms, dry land training, equipment room, as well as the needed capital improvements items such as new roof on the barn, change out of the refrigerant and ice systems would go a long way in helping all the groups expand their programs with the additional space and improved facility. This project started as the City Council and Ice Arena Commission started to put a long range budget together of the Capital Improvements that will be needed at the Ice Arena over the next 5 years or so. Some of the items that were on the list included: • Roof replacement • New refrigerant • Expanded area for the maintenance, use and operation of the Zambonis. • Expand lobby • Varsity locker rooms The present mortgage of about $200,000 per year on the existing building will be paid off in 2013. The City of Elk River has responsibly and generously expended over $1 million to cover Capital outlays and eliminate deficits over the past 10 years. Reason for commitment: • Support from the Elk River City Council up to this point for the conceptual drawings by 292 Design Group. • We need your Associations support both marketing and financial for this project to proceed • You might think this is not a good time to do this type of project. But I think people will always say this is not a good time to do a project of this magnitude. But we feel this might be the right time as we go through the process with support of the Ice Arena Commission and Elk River city Council up to this point. But, if we are going to hope to get additional support from the Ice Arena commission and City Council we will have to show support and a type of partnership with each of the major user groups in helping to finance this project. Most other associations are partnering with their respective cities to help fund the expansion or continued improvements of the facilities they are big users of. In most cases it could be considered basically a user fee for rental spaces of equipment rooms, dry land training facilities, meeting rooms for use, improved locker rooms, Varsity/JV Locker rooms, expanded lobby areas to be able to hold additional tournaments or shows.