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Memo to Mayor and City Council <br />CU95-03 <br />March 6, 1995 <br />----------------------------------------------- <br />• <br />Page 2 <br />Several of these modifications pertain to ADA requirements, as well as <br />retrofitting some of the common areas (i.e., the main lobby and locker rooms) <br />that will tie the two arenas together. <br />A complete presentation will be made for the City Council by the Ice Arena <br />Task Force at Monday nights meeting. Task Force Chairman, Jeff Gongoll, <br />Chuck Frieberg of RSP Architects and youth hockey representatives are all <br />expected to be in attendance to present and answer questions. <br />Analysis <br />Review of this conditional use permit to expand the ice arena complex focused <br />primarily on the external improvements and associated issues that may arise <br />with the proposed addition. The following is a brief overview of issues that <br />have been discussed relative to the proposed arena. Further explanation can <br />be found in the attached Planning Commission report. <br />Parkin <br />The seating available in the existing arena is roughly 700 seats. <br />S Combining this with the new arena's ultimate seating capacity of <br />2,500, there is the possibility of the two facilities operating at full <br />capacity of drawing 3,200 spectators at one time. Certainly this may <br />be a rare occurrence, however, it is a situation that is worth <br />mentioning and being prepared for in the future. <br />With the addition of the new ice arena, there will also be a new <br />parking lot added directly east of the new arena that will add <br />approximately 90 new parking stalls. This new parking area combined <br />with the 3 other parking lots (directly south of the arena, northeast of <br />the senior high along School Street, and east of Vandenberge Junior <br />High), provide a total of approximately 830 available parking stalls to <br />accommodate events occurring at the ice arena, high school and junior <br />high. <br />An important factor in managing the parking demands for events <br />occurring at these three facilities at the same time will require <br />scheduling events at alternative times to alleviate parking problems. <br />In the past, this scheduling has been successful in avoiding <br />overlapping major events at both the senior high and ice arena which <br />has resulted in few major parking problems over the years. <br />• <br />s:council:cu95-03 <br />