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Unfortunately putting the cost of the Zamboni into the Arena's budget would create a substantial deficit that the general fund that cannot be easily transferred back into the Arena's budget to balance it. I have been checking into other sources to fund the Zamboni, one of these is to find a sponsor for the machine, which has resulted in little to no interest. Another option is to lease the machine from a leasing company. Attached for your review is information regarding a lease from Northland Financial, from Minnetonka. The finance charge over the life of the lease would exceed $23,000.00, which is a little high considering other options that the city could explore. 6. Add a Skate Club representative to Arena Commission The Elk River Skate Club Started in 1998 and has grown to over 50 skaters and rents about 120 hours of ice each year from the Elk River Arena. The Elk River Skate Club is an important customer to the Arena due to the fact that many of their skaters skate in the summer programs offered by the Elk River Skating Academy as well as the regular season. Most if not all of their participants are from the Elk River community very similar to the Elk River Youth Hockey Association. Since they are one of the Arena's main customers and support skating in the Elk River community, I feel they could provide the Arena Commission with valuable information and a different in site regarding their program and their customer base. 7. Pictures in Arena Below is the discussion that took place at the August 2004 Arena Commission regarding players pictures in the Arena. As you will notice a lot of discussion took place regarding this issue, however a vote on this issue never took place. Looking at other pass Arena Commission minutes I found other discussion on this issue, however none of these discussions resulted in a vote either. Hockey Player's Pictures in Rink (August 3`d 2004) Commissioner Halgren stated that the display of pictures in the rink needs to be discussed as there are many former Elk River players that have made great accomplishments and whom should be recognized. Mr. Czech stated that the current pictures hanging in the lobby are 10x14 with oak frames, which are large enough to catch the eye yet not too large. It was stated that uniformity of the pictures is a key issue and that one company should be selected to make the frames to achieve this uniformity. Mr. Czech stated that the current frames are made by Mike Jackson of Franklin Builders and he does a very nice job. Mr. Czech stated that the player could be directed to Mr. Jackson or the Arena could purchase the frame and bill it back to the player. The Commission felt it would be best to direct the player to Mr. Jackson and for the pictures to be brought to the Arena ready to be displayed. Discussion followed regarding what qualifications should be met to have a picture displayed in the Arena. It was the consensus of the Commission that in order to have a picture displayed in the Arena the player must have played at one of the following levels: ^ College -must have lettered at Varsity level ^ European Professional Hockey