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<br />rl; ~( <br />( II <br />ety of !y <br />Ell{ River <br /> <br />ITEM 3.4. <br /> <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />COUNCILMEMBER FARBER <br />PHIL HALS, STREET/PARK SU~ <br /> <br />DATE: NOVEMBER 23, 1993 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: OUTDOOR ICE RINKS <br /> <br />The following recommendation came informally from the Park and <br />Recreation Commission. Due to a lengthy meeting and the fact <br />that several members had to leave early, this item was only <br />discussed briefly. I would appreciate your comments on the <br />recommendations from the Park and Recreation Commission and <br />those of my staff. I will include this item as an agenda item <br />at the December Park and Recreation Commission meeting. <br /> <br />1. Spend some park funds to add geotextile fabric and dirt to <br />improve the skating rinks and Lion's Park. <br /> <br />2. Possible locations for additional outdoor ice rinks would <br />be on Lake Orono, on the pond by the street garage, and in <br />Moldenhauer Park. <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />Spend additional money for equipment and labor to hire one <br />or two individuals that could clean ice rinks and flood <br />them during evening hours. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />City staff/Park Department recommendations are: <br /> <br />1. Make further improvements to Lion's Park including the <br />additional dirt, raising the existing hockey boards, <br />adding more lights and adding one more sheet ice rink. <br /> <br />Reasoninq: Lion's Park is under <br />centrally located and has a good <br />restrooms, and lighting available. <br /> <br />utilized, but <br />warming house, <br /> <br />it is <br />indoor <br /> <br />2. Made the job description for rink attendants cover a <br />manual cleaning of the ice after skating hours. Furnish <br />each rink, Handke and Lion's, with a small snowblower to <br />clean ice chips from inside the hockey boards and require <br />rink attendants to flood the rinks two or three times per <br />week after skating hours. The City street crew and the <br />school district would continue to plow any snow in excess <br />of one inch from the rinks. City street crew would do <br />initial and supplemental floodings at Lion's Park. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The additional cleaning and floodings would be minor <br />increases and should greatly improve the ice quality. <br />am opposed to giving rink attendants access to <br />sidewalk blower and broom that require heated storage <br />considerable operating skills. <br /> <br />cost <br />I <br />the <br />and <br /> <br />P.O. Box 490 · 13065 Orono Parkway · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />