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ELK RIVER ARENA 1000 SCHOOL STREET NW ELK RIVER, MN 55330 (763)635-1141 Fax (763) 635 - 1144 rczech@ci.elk-river.mn.us To: Arena Commission From: Rich Czech Date: February 18, 2004 Subject: Arena Update We are about four weeks away from the Barn's ice being taken out. A couple of pipes are still plugged, even after two attempts at trying to clean them out. With the cold weather, the ice where the plugged lines are have kept frozen. It will be the latter part of February and March when the weather is warmer that we may have problems keeping the ice frozen over the plugged lines. The V.F.W. A - Bantam Tournament is scheduled for the second week of March. If the weather is going to be warm we may have to try to unplug the lines to keep the ice frozen or we may be able to use C. O. - 2 fire extinguishers or dry ice to keep the ice frozen. Construction of the new floor and boards for the Barn is scheduled to begin May 3rd, after the Arena's Craft Fair. The project should be completed by mid September, attached for your review is a tentative timeline of the project. With the construction of the Barn floor this summer, it's a good time to look at a couple of C.I.P. (Capital Improvement Items) to the Olympic rink. Completing these projects now rather than waiting until their scheduled time would save the city money. The two items in questioned are for the Olympics ice plant, the Condenser and a Backpressure Regulator. I have attached the memo that I have sent to Pat Klaers that will explain why we should move forward with these items. There has been some discussion of what is going to be done with the old boards. Elk River Youth Hockey has inquired about putting them on the west side of the Barn. Nothing is impossible, however there are a few hurdles to jump through in order to get this done. A few of these are transferring ownership of the boards from the city to who ever is going to be responsible for them, approval to put the boards on school property, leveling the area where the boards will be set. Then there is setting up the boards, rink lights and poles for the lights, water supply, and a warming house. In addition to this, we will have to determine who will be responsible for maintaining the boards and flooding the rink? This will be one of many topics that the Arena Commission will have to discuss this spring.