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ty of MEMORANDUM lk • River TO: PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION FROM: PHIL HALS, STREET/PARK SUPT. DATE: JUNE 2, 1994 SUBJECT: AGENDA MEMO FOR 6/8/94 MEETING 7. Ice Rink Improvements At the request of Councilmember Farber, the Park and Recreation Commission should consider ice rink policies as well as costs to add additional neighborhood ice rinks. Staff has the following suggestions: To maximize the use of ice rinks, they need facilities for warming shelter, toilets, lights, and rink supervision. Depending on the funds that are allotted for ice rinks, the • skating public may be better served by an increased level of service on the larger rinks and an expansion of the rink area at Lion's Park. The experiment with temporary ice containment at two neighborhood parks met with very limited success. The ice at Moldenhauer Park remained reasonably useable throughout the season, while the ice at Barrington Park was never established because someone walked onto the rink as the first ice was forming and punched holes in the plastic underliner. On the attached list of ice rink improvements, the first item is for a portable warming house for Lake Orono which will be needed along with some temporary lighting if we are to utilize the lake for skating. The 1993 addition of clay to the Lion's Park ice rinks did wonders for maintaining ice on the peat soils. My recommendation is that we consider spending an additional $5,500 for more clay and double the size of the sheet ice skating rink. This, along with three additional lights, would create a large skating area that is within walking distance for many skaters. • You will also note that I included costs for a bituminous curb around the basketball courts at Moldenhauer Park and Barrington Park. P.O. Box 490 • 13065 Orono Parkway • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425