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10. Remodeling of the Entryway and Lobby /School Districts bond Referendum At the last Arena Commission meeting the Commission directed me to meet with the School Districts Superintendent, Mark Bezek to discuss the possibility of a field house in Elk River. John Barth Volunteered to set up the meeting, so early this summer Bill Maertz, John Barth, and Myself meet with Mark Bezek to discuss the possibility of a field house for Elk River. The sense I received from Mark was that he thought it was a great idea, but there were other needs of the district and a field house may not be on the top list. Commissioner John Barth and Parks and Recreation Director, Bill Maertz may have some other insight regarding the meeting. For your review Chris Leesberg, one of the city planners, put together a concept plan for the expansion of the lobby for the Arena. The concept plan is to help visualize what the addition may look like and will also provide us with a starting point to work from. As you may know, this fall the School District is looking at about $133 million bond referendum. Attached for your review are three articles from the Stars News regarding the bond referendum. 11. Staff Updates A. Concessions At the last Commission meeting I talked about purchasing our own coffee equipment so that we could receive a better price on the coffee. While researching costs, I came across B and W Coffee out of Minneapolis. Their coffee equipment leasing program does not mark up their product if you lease the equipment from them. They have several verities of coffee and their pricing is very good. They will provide any equipment we need and service the equipment as long as we are purchasing their product. They sell their types of coffee by individual packets, for slow moving coffee such as de cafe, or by bulk (5 pound bags) for coffee that sells well; buying coffee in bulk can save us an additional $.60 a pound. They are a major supplier to coffee shops around the Twin Cities and the Midwest, not only providing them with their coffee, but with their cappuccinos, smoothie mixes, and customer service that is second to none. Their web site www.bw~ava.com is very informative and is worth checking out. Attached for your review are three price comparisons between three different companies. As you can see B @ W Coffees products are priced less than the other two companies and provide a higher quality coffee. I will be bringing in samples of each companies product so that we can compare the three different brands yourselves. When comparing our concession prices with other Arenas our prices are about average to low. When meeting with the Watson sales representative, (the company that we buy most of concession items from) he indicated that the real noticeable cost increases over the summer came from candy, pretzels and the nacho cheese that we use for the pretzels and Nachos. Unless there are any objections, I will be increasing