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<br />rt( -'\( <br />( if <br /> <br />eity of 1Y <br /> <br />Ell{ River <br /> <br /> <br />Item #6.6. <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor & City Council <br /> <br /> <br />Pat Klaers, City Afl)m~rator <br /> <br /> <br />May 24, 1999 IF <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Ice Arena Capital Improvements <br /> <br />Based on available funding, the Ice Arena was constructed as a "bare bones" <br />facility and the goal was to have "four walls and a sheet of ice." The city has <br />accomplished this goal, but many additional improvements are needed in <br />order to have the type of facility everyone can enjoy and one that everyone <br />envisions when you talk about a complete or finished ice arena building. <br />Truly, the Elk River facility is a work in progress. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />One improvement which has recently taken place is the completion of the <br />new dehumidification and heating system. This capital investment has made <br />a significant improvement in the comfort level at the arena for the customers. <br />Another improvement which is nearing completion is the effort of the Youth <br />Hockey Association on the locker rooms. <br /> <br />The next highest priority and most major concern is the ice resurfacer. This <br />equipment need has been discussed frequently by the Ice Arena Commission. <br />There are other concerns, both capital and operating, that the commission is <br />concerned with including retrofitting the old bleachers, additional bleachers <br />for the new arena, future repairs/replacement of the old arena floor and roof, <br />completing the landscaping around the facility, increasing overall revenues, <br />etc., but the ice resurfacer has risen to the top of the list of immediate <br />concerns. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The current ice resurfacer is old, still functional, but requires lots of <br />maintenance. Two sheets of ice cause too much wear and tear on this one <br />machine, and, if this machine goes down for either a short or an extended <br />period of time, the arena is in trouble in terms of lost ice rental revenues. In <br />this regard, last year the city arranged for a back-up machine and is leasing <br />one on a year to year basis from the Big Lake/Becker Association. This back- <br />up machine is even older than our existing machine and how long this <br />machine will stay functional and how long the machine will be available to us <br />are ongOIng Issues. <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330. TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420. Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />