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Until this person is hired and some history is developed, it will be hard to predict what affect this will have on the operations of the Arena. The Arena Commission will keep in tact for now, however whether the Parks and Recreation Director will have the Arena Commission report to the City Council or report to the Parks Commission is up in the air. 11. Shooting Area The Bleachers on the south end of the Barn have been removed for a few years. Initially my thought was that this area would be a great place for a meeting room and offices. However, the Arena's needs and budget would not have permitted this until the far future. This area has been wide open were it has become a prime area for kids to gather for a pick up game of floor hockey or tag. Pucks and balls some times fall along the main hallway and the area is not very safe due to the low railing looking over the rink. There was some discussion that Elk River Youth Hockey may use this area for a shooting area. Other Arena customers have approached me to use this area for uses such as stretching and other dry floor activities. For scheduling purposes I feel that this area could be better served by the Arena's customers if the Arena schedules this area. We have installed a cyclone fence and will be installing shooting panels that can be removed so that this area could be used for other activities. A few sections of the used Barn boards and plexie glass will be used to secure this area as well as make it a safer place to use pucks. Customers can either pay a yearly fee or on a per time basis. The fees have yet to be determined. 12. Staff Update A. Arena Advertisement North Memorial did not renew their advertisement on the Zamboni. We have been using this space to advertise our own programs until another advertiser can be found. Other advertisers we have lost are Ace Hardware (they are looking at selling the business) and Elk River Ford. Anew advertiser is AMCAP Mortgage. B. Summer Projects Besides the construction of the Barn's floor and boards there are a few more projects that we will be working on this summer. May 17tH we will be taking the ice out of the Olympic rink to level the sand. We will be making some minor repairs to the boards as well as general maintenance to other parts of the Olympic rink. Besides these repairs the new condenser will be installed at this time as well as the backpressure regulator. All this work has to be completed by June 1St so that we can have ice ready to go by June 6tH Other items that we will be working on are: