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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor & City Council <br />Pat Klaers, City A~ r ~ <br />November 6, 2000 <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Ice Arena Update <br /> <br />In addition to the information from Ice Arena Manager Rich Czech, one item <br />to note is that landscaping work has been accomplished this summer by the <br />street/park department. In this regard we had some trees from the Wal-Mart <br />commercial site transplanted to the area, purchased and planted some new <br />trees, and the crew installed the irrigation system. Additionally, some minor <br />concrete and blacktop work was also done to clean up the area and make <br />maintenance around the arena easier. <br /> <br />Regarding the analysis in the memo about whether or not to have ice in the <br />arena during the summer, it should be noted that the figures are very <br />general. Nonetheless, I think it is safe to say that if we rent about 20 hours of <br />ice time in the summer months we are hitting a "break even" point. <br /> <br />Regarding high school hockey games and security, I think that everyone <br />agrees bleachers would be nice, but we would have to sell a lot of tickets in <br />order to recapture a $30,000 investment. There are a number of rinks in the <br />conference that have bleachers only on one side, so the Elk River rink is not <br />totally unique. What has been unique in Elk River is the mixing of visitor <br />and home students in the same section(s). Following a meeting between the <br />arena and city hall staff, police department, and school administrators, it has <br />been unanimously decided that it is best to more clearly separate the home <br />and visitor sections in order to create a safer environment and to limit the <br />behavior problems we have experienced the past few years. In this regard, <br />the northern seating sections (about 180 seats) will be labeled as "visitors" <br />and the southern seating sections (about 300 seats) will be labeled as "home." <br />School administrators and police security will enforce this seating <br />arrangement. What this will do is move the Elk River students down toward <br />the Elk River home net and away from the visitors net and where the visitors <br />are seated. This change may upset some of the Elk River spectators, but it is <br />