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more young families and old have room to grow. My older children played hockey. My younger play <br />traveling basketball. We don't have enough gym time for each of the teams to practice more than a few <br />hours a week. To stay competitive with other schools our teams need to have more gym space to <br />practice every week. Plus, community education could use this to offer summer camps. Basketball, <br />lacrosse, soccer, etc. We need a community pool. We need lighted fields for practice for football and <br />lacrosse. My main concern for my family is basketball courts, volleyball, and gym space. Thanks. <br /> <br /> Moving to 4 sheets of ice in a new multipurpose facility. Hockey and lacrosse have seen substantial <br />growth in our community, publicly fund 3 sheets open the fourth to private funding. Indoor fields <br />(Vadnais Heights). It would be a to young families the city has family-youth activities at the center of is <br />mission. It would separate ER from surrounding communities, attract or could provide a very good <br />reason for families of small kids to move here. When hockey looks at and how much ice is purchased <br />outside of the community, I believe that moving to 4 sheets would allow for current participation levels <br />and provide for future growth. Surrounding communities could use ice in a central location e.g. Big Lake, <br />Rogers. Look to the city council to open of youth hockey for more locations in the city limits to help fund <br />with private investments. Look at Coon Rapids single sheet is an example of a facility that utilized <br />Federal money, on how to privately fund as well. I would be willing to donate $10,000 over 2 years to <br />help construct 4 sheets of ice to host, field house and community center in one location. <br /> <br /> <br />APPENDIX D