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Myrhan o u II /1 Elk River Community Center Issue • Abandon the idea of building a banquet room. I have had a lot of push back on that part of the referendum from people. Leave that issue to the private sector. The new restaurant in the western part of the city will have a small banquet room and a potential restaurant/banquet room is still a possibility on the old bowling alley site. • Sell Lions Park Center back to the Elk River Lions Club for $1. The building is in need of a lot of repairs. It doesn't make sense for the city to spend a lot of money on a building that doesn't get much use. • Use the Great River Energy fund to make necessary repairs to the Activity Center. The cost of this would range from $750,000 to $1 million. • Tear down the Barn portion of the Ice Arena and build sheet of ice along with replacing the ice making machine in the Olympic arena. Also redo the front entry of the arena. This would be funded in several ways. Use the difference between the repair cost of the Activity Center and $2 million to betaken from the Great River Energy fund. This amount could range from $1 million to $1.25 million. • The levy amount now collected for the Public Safety Building expires in 2023. We should continue that levy after 2023 and use the funding to pay off bonds for the revamped ice arena. If we needed a total of $12 in bonding for the arena, the additional tax per year on a $200,000 would be between $30 and $40 per year. • This plan updates the two main facilities we are concerned about—the Activity Center and the Ice Arena without a significant impact on taxes. • Timing would be crucial for the ice arena. The Barn would have to torn down early in March and construction completed on the new facility by October. • $1 million for Parks (from failed referendum) put off for a few years until we decide to have a park referendum.