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Coy of Elk „ :, River Request for Action To Item Number Ice Arena Commission 7.1 Agenda section Meeting Date Prepared by Community Center August 21, 2018 Rich Czech, Arena Manager Item Description Reviewed by Multipurpose Center/Arena Update Cal Portner, City Administrator Reviewed by Action Requested Discuss the status of the Multipurpose Center/Arena. Background/Discussion OnJuly 16, 2018, the Council adopted a resolution outlining their intent to hold a General F cction referendum fora local option sales tax (if 0.5'!,o to pay for $35 million in recreation facility and parr improvernents. `l'he motioned carried 5 — 0. 'I'.he improvements include: $26 million Multipurpose Facilit� (arena/fieldhouse/meeting-cN eut space) S 1.5 million Senior Center I �aciiity S1 i-nillion Lake Orono Dredging 52 million 'Trails 52.5 million bake Orono Pari: 52 million Youth Athletic Complex Council is now considering whether to acid space for senior sen -ices in the facility or to remodel the current Activity Center. If successful, ice would be kept in The Olympic Rink during construction of the two nein rinks and one of the new rinks would likely be up by the start of the 2019-20 season. The question will be on Noti•cmber G General Flection 13a1[ot. If the question fails, the scope of the improvements will be reduced to $16 million for the replacement of The Barn Rink and The Olympic Rink refrigeration system and S1 million foi- dredging bake Orono. The $17 million improvements would be financed through bonds paid by property taxes. During this phased construction, there would likely be no ice in the summer of 2019 anal one rink open for the 2019-20 season with portable locker rooms and restrooms. Financial Impact N/A Attachments None P© V i H 1 0 B r N"ATUREJ