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REQUEST FOR ACTION TO ITEM NUMBER Ma or and Ci Council 4.1. AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY Worksession Februa 14, 2011 Rich Czech, Arena Mana r ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By Ice Arena Addition /Renovation Lori ohnson, Ci Administrator REVIEWED BY ACTION REQUESTED Consider xecommendarion from Ice Arena Commission fox approval to move foxwazd with conceptual drawings for the Arena Renovation. BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION Since 2005 there has been discussion about remodeling the front area of the Arena. In 2007 conceptual drawings were drafted and there was discussion at City Council level about the project. However, due to the need of a maintenance facility fox the Streets and Parks Departments, the project was put on hold. The project at that time included the lobby, new locker rooms for the Bam, varsity locker rooms, and a meeting room. Since then the scope of the project has changed due to the number of Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) items and the age of the Barn. The old side of the Arena (the Bazn) was built in 1971, which puts it at 40 yeazs old (ten years beyond its life expectancy). There are items in the Barn over the next few years that will need to be updated; some of them will go undone due to space restrictions. An example of one of these items is a wheelchair viewing area. Besides needing several pieces of equipment to maintain the Bam (see attached CIP) over the next five yeazs, the Bam is structurally outdated and needs some major renovation to bring it up to today's standards. Below are a few of these projects that could be addressed if a renovation of the Bam would take place. As the Council is aware, in 2008 the roof over the Barn was scheduled to be replaced. However, due to the possibility that there may be an expansion in the near future, the roof was patched and the project was postponed. Since then we have started to notice that it is once again leaking and will need to be repaired fox a second time. I don't believe any of us want the roof repair to end up like the floor replacement did for the Bam a few years back. For several years the replacement of the floor in the Bazn was delayed to the point where it became a major issue. During this time Arena staff made the necessary repairs to the in-floor tubing in time for the beginning of each season. Finally, in the fall of 2003, the floor imploded and we almost didn't have ice in the Bam that yeaz. The Arena lost $37,282 in revenues due to the fact that there wasn't ice until December and it had $27,162 in added expenditures before the floor was in operational condition. N:\PubGc Bodies\City Council\Cound RCA\Agenda Packet\02-142011\Arena Renovation.docx