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MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Ice Arena Commission, Members <br />FROM: Rich Czech, Arena Manager <br />DATE: April 08, 2008 <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Memo -January 08, 2008 <br />5. 2007 Financial update <br />Attached for your review is the budget information for the years 2004 - 2008. The overall <br />budget in 2007 came in better than what was anticipated. Tim Simon, the cities finance <br />director, will be at the meeting to discuss the 2007 as well as the current budget and any <br />other questions the Commission may have regarding future budgets or Capital <br />improvements. <br />6. Lobby expansion for the Arena /Naming rights for Arena <br />Bill Mertz, Parks and Recreation Director, Jim Nystrom, from the Parks and <br />Recreation Commission, and I meet with Council member Farber about a possible <br />Parks and Recreation levy. The levy would include funds for a verity of projects <br />throughout the community including the expansion project for the Arena. Council <br />member Farber was intrigued by the idea, however thought that with the environment <br />of the economy being the way it is, it would not be finically reasonable to ask home <br />owners and businesses for additional funds. He however thought that some of <br />mentioned projects could be completed independently throughout the next few years. <br />7. Lighting Replacement for Olympic Rink <br />I have placed the light fixtures replacement project for the Olympic rink in the <br />Arena's C.I.P. (Capital Improvement Plan) for 2009. Along with the Light fixtures <br />replacement project I placed the replacement / recoating of the Barn's roof in the <br />2009 as well. This summer the City Council will be prioritizing all of the Cities <br />C.I.P. items, so we should have an idea where the light fixture project places by this <br />fall. <br />If the City Council moves forward with the Lighting project, I would like to hire an <br />Electric Engineer, one which specializes in lighting, to come up with specifications <br />(design, plans) that we could then get bids on. Over this process I have dealt with <br />many venders that all have different ideas of how the lighting system should be <br />designed. Having our own Lighting specialist that is independent from any of the <br />venders that will be bidding on the project may save us some money, but more <br />importantly will give us the lighting system we want and will allow us to compare <br />apples to apples between all the venders. <br />