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Chair Martin brings up the possibility of fundraising for CAD drawings. Commissioner Gumphrey believes it is a good idea to have shelf ready drawings, but that the City Council would need to approve the use of funds. Chair Martin states that it is hard to ask the council for money towards the project when we don’t have the support of all of our major usergroups. Commissioner Malzahn notes that it seems the project would be up and running if we had the commitment of Elk River Youth Hockey and the School District. Since it has been a year without any commitment, he feels they don’t care if the project goes through. Arena Manager Czech suggests getting a value engineering report done to give us more information on the lifespan of the current facility, and possible liability issues in the near future, to see if that would have an impact. Commissioner Gumphrey agrees and asks Czech to call the 292 group to find out how much it would cost. City Administrator Cal Portner asks if the insurance that we have on the facility would cover lost revenue in the case of negative findings from a value engineering report that would require immediate attention. Arena Manager Czech doesn’t think so, but would have to check into it. He also commits to talking with 292 group and Steven’s Engineering about the cost of a value engineering report. He also confirms, that structurally the building was in good repair, the issue was the roof. Chair Martin will try to get on Elk River Youth Hockey’s agenda for their meeting next week. 7. Capital Improvement Arena Manager Czech notes we are in the process of purchasing a new floor scrubber, we are just waiting on the trade in value of our old one. The new machine is what is used by City Maintenance Gary Lore and he has had good luck with them. In addition, we need to replace the battery in the 1999 Zamboni, which will cost $10,000, and the Descan Wheel which helps keep the air dry in the arena 3