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06-27-2011 ICE MINMEETING OF THE ELK RIVER ICE ARENA COMMISSION HELD AT CITY OF ELK RIVER MONDAY, JUNE 27th, 201 14:30 PM Members Present: Chair Martin, Vice Chair Johnson, Commissioners Foss, Niziolek, Gumphrey Members Absent: Commissioner Barth, Malzahn Staff Present: Arena Manager Rich Czech, Arena Assistant Laura Estby Call Meeting to Order Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting of the Elk River Ice Arena Commission was called to order at 4:37 p.m. by Chair Martin. 2. Renovation Update Chair Dale Martin notes that he has spoken with the Elk River Youth Hockey Board, in which he highlighted the CIP projects that are in the near future, and the opportunity to renovate the arena. He also presented them with figures that the Arena Commission would like to see for financial commitments to help with the project. He states that the board receptive, but they wanted to get a full picture of their financials first. Chair Martin also is working on meeting with the Blueline club to talk about the project and possible financial commitments. Vice Chair Johnson states that the school district is in the same position, they are interested, however they want to see what happens with their legislative funding before making any commitments. Arena Manager Rich Czech states that Finance Director Tim Simon is working on putting together estimated costs per household for the project. Chair Martin hands out paperwork that he has presented(or will present) to the major usergroups outlining how much money the Commission would like to see annually to support the project. Vice Chair Johnson notes that the Commission will not have anything firm to present to the City Council for the July 11 cn worksession. Chair Martin notes that he will follow up with Paul Paige from Elk River Youth Hockey, but that for a financial commitment of this magnitude, they may wish to take an online poll or vote from their members. Elk River Figure Skating Club President Brad Hansen states that the Club is in full support of a renovation, provided it isn't just putting a bandaid on the current building. He notes they have already discussed it in their board meeting, and had estimated a $3,000-5,000/yr commitment. Chair Martin said he will continue talks with Matt Westgaard from the Girls Booster Club and try to get letters of commitment from all of the major usergroups, but that he suspects Youth Hockey will not commit until the School District does. Commissioner Gumphrey notes that the council will be looking for firm commitments, and suggests putting off the meeting with the City Council until August(3rd Monday), as hopefully we will have more commitments then. He states if there are no commitments, there will have to be a referendum. Arena Manager Czech suggests moving scheduled arena commission August meeting earlier so that we can see where we are at before the City Council meeting. Commissioner Gumphrey inquires to the annual cost to have a player in youth hockey Arena Manager Czech states that it depends on the level of the player, as well as if they are in-house only or on a travel team, and if they participate in tournaments. Elk River Figure Skating Club Board Member DeAnn Givens estimates it is between $1200-$1500/annually. Chair Martin will inform major usergroups about the change to August for our meeting with the City Council. Arena Manager Czech commits to speaking with Superintendant Bezek to find out when they should know about their state financing. He also notes that he has talked to Coach Wesloh, and that while he was interested in the project, he expressed concern about the additional cost to the players. Czech suggests 2 adding incentives, i.e. Free use of meeting room, etc to groups we are seeking financial commitments from. Arena Manager Czech agrees to remove the Arena Commission from the July City Council Agenda, and add them to the August one. He also will look into conflicts with moving our regularly scheduled arena commission meeting in August to the 1 sc Tuesday of the month. He will also try to get more financial breakdown information from Finance Director Tim Simon. Chair Martin agrees to get in touch again with the major usergroups to try to get a financial commitment from them by August. Vice Chair Johnson thanks the Elk River Figure Skating Club for being on board both verbally and financially. 3. Adiournment MOTIONED BY VICE CHAIR JOHNSON AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FOSS TO ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED 5-0 AT S:IOPM Minutes Prepared by ~- Tina Allard, Ctty Clerk , .-, i~' l ~~/v ~~/~ldL : ;' Dale Martin, Chair