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Arena Commission Minutes Page 4 April 19,2016 Arena Manager Czech states the Lions Park location as well as the Orono location would allow for the possibility of more development in the future. The Lake Orono Option 1 would have a commons area, the rinks on one side and the senior center and banquet facility on the other. Should the facility be built here, the Dave Anderson athletic complex (four ball fields) would need to be relocated. Commissioner Westgaard notes it would feel as though customers were parking in the back of the building because you would want the building to face the lake. Lake Orono Option 2 isn't ideal because in the future if/when the police and fire departments expand,it would block the front entrance. Arena Manager Czech noted other locations were looked at,but ultimately these 3 made the most sense. Vice Chair Balabon suggests building a multipurpose facility by YAC. Commissioner Westgaard agrees there is a good amount of space there,but that would put the building all the way on the east side of town. Commissioner Ballenger emphasizes the importance of having a location that allows for development opportunities around it. Commissioner Westgaard notes the Chamber of Commerce feedback has been that a new facility location that allows for added development is a plus. He also notes the lion's share of a multipurpose facility would be for the Arena. This is a different angle than how the future of the Arena has been looked at in the past, but the City has to consider the improvements and upgrades that are on the horizon for the Arena, Senior Center and the Lions Park Facility. He adds the preliminary numbers for a multipurpose facility are coming in at$42 million. To make renovations to the current facilities would be in the neighborhood of$30 million,but that wouldn't prepare the City for 40 years in the future. Vice Chair Balabon suggests the Senior Center stays where it is and move the multipurpose facility someone else without it? Commissioner Madsen considers selling the current buildings if a new facility is built. Commissioner Westgaard states it is all or nothing,and that the numbers need to be hashed out for additional revenue that would come in with a third sheet as well as a banquet facility. Commissioner Ballenger notes Lions Park is a good location for extra retail or development,as customers would have to go through downtown or Hwy 169 to School Street to get there. POWERED e NATURE