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~ a~ ty of ~ lk River Item 6.1. MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor & City Council FROM: Pat Klaers, City Adminis,#~r or DATE: May 22, 1995 SUBJECT: Ice Arena Update Architect Chuck Freiberg from RSP, Inc., and Construction Manager Gil Fleischhacker from Mortenson will be in attendance at this meeting to provide the City Council with an update on the status of the ice arena project. It is anticipated that the City Council will review and discuss the proposed budget for the project as well as the construction timetable or schedule for the project. In the early days of working on this project (January-May, 1994), the ice arena project was always envisioned to be approximately $3 million for an olympic sheet of ice and 2,200 seats. These are the figures referred to in the Marquette feasibility study. In the summer and fall of 1994 and winter of 1994-95, the city hired a consultant to help facilitate the ice arena project and an architectural firm to help the city design plans for the project. In March, 1995, the $3 million estimate had been reduced down to approximately $2.4 million with the hope that it could go lower. It was always anticipated that the city could not afford a $3 million project and that project would have to be built in phases. This $2.4 million figure became public and people became attached to this amount. Shortly thereafter, in later March, 1995, a bid estimate by a construction firm put the project back at the $2.7 - $2.9 million range. This $2.7 - $2.9 million estimate was only for a bare bones type of facility and there would still have to be a second phase in order for the committee to realize the ultimate facility that was desired. We have been looking at ways to lower the cost of the "bare bones" facility and have hired a construction manager (Mortenson) to help us in this regard. After further analysis and including all of the expenditures, it appears that the $2.8 - $2.9 million figure fora "bare bones" olympic ice sheet facility is a realistic projection. The problem is that the annual revenues and youth 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425