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<br />rei -\) <br />( )j <br />!11l <br /> <br />ITEM 6.5. <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />PAT KLAERS, CITY <br /> <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />NOVEMBER 3, 1994 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: ICE ARENA UPDATE <br /> <br />The construction manager for the ice arena project, Brad Lemberg, will be <br />present at this Council meeting to provide an update on the status of the ice <br />arena proposal. Also, it is anticipated that Task Force members Dietz, <br />Farber, Gongoll, Johnson, and I will be present to help answer questions <br />from the Council on the status of this project. Attached for your review is the <br />draft Task Force minutes from its 10/27 meeting and a preliminary project <br />schedule. To everyone's acknowledgment, this schedule is very tight and <br />everything must "fall into place" and run very smoothly in order for an ice <br />arena to be open later next fall. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />It should be noted that Requests for Proposals to architectural firms are <br />being sent out. This does not commit any expenditure of City funds at this <br />time. The proposals are to be received before November 15 and the Task <br />Force is anticipating some interviews to be held before Thanksgiving. A <br />recommendation on an architectural firm to be hired for this project is <br />scheduled to be before the City Council on 11/28/94. <br /> <br />Concurrent with this architectural selection will be a detailed analysis of the <br />finances for this project. Mr. Lemberg is going to more closely identify what <br />can be accomplished with the budget that has been established. Also, we <br />have been in contact with Marquette Partners and they are agreeable to <br />completing an addendum to their initial feasibility study. This addendum to <br />the financial feasibility study, which should closely correspond to the 7/25 <br />Council action when the $230,000 annual funding level was established, is <br />important to the City for issuing bonds for this project. Later in the month <br />we hope to present the Council with more information on the project budget <br />and bond proposal along with what the Task Force believes can be <br />accomplished within the financial framework that has been established. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />P.O. Box 490 · 13065 Orono Parkway · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />