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3.2. SR 10-25-1999 rll ---'\) ( )j ~li{ **ltem #3.2.** River MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor & City Council FROM: Phil Hals, StreetlPark Superintendent DATE: October 25,1999 SUBJECT: Outdoor Ice Rinks At the October 13, 1999, meeting, the Park and Recreation Commission requested funding for new ice rinks in the Orono Park area. One ice rink would be on Lake Orono near the swimming beach, and one would be a sheet of ice and a set of hockey boards located between the Gary Street water tower and Orono Road. The costs involved are as listed below: . · 2 portable trailer warming houses @ $500/season · Benches and floor coverings for portable trailers @ $150/each · Lights and electrical supplies (Utilities to install at no cost) · Hockey board material (City park staff to build and install) $1,000 300 1,500 3.500 $6,300* *Cost of rink supervisors not included Recommendation Staff recommends approval of this issue soon so as to allow the utilities department time to install the poles and the street department time to level and berm the site. . 13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330. TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 A-/ --\.( ( II tfit River ITEM I 5.A.I. MEMORANDUM TO: Park & Recreation Commission FROM: Phil Hats, StreetlPark Superintendent DATE: October 5, 1999 RE: Ice Rinks for Orono Park Area The location of additional ice rinks in the Orono Area offers some excellent recreation opportunities as well as some restrictive considerations. . Lake Orono Ice: Positives: - Large area available. Negatives: - Can not flood or plow until the lake ice will support a truck. - Lighting will be from shore side only. - Lighting may affect residents along the lake. - Not possible to do hockey boards. MSF Area Ice: Positives: - Irrigation water available for flooding. - Hockey rink is possible. Negatives: - No type of windbreak available. The costs associated with ice rinks include: Warming House Rental - 2 months Modification for Warming House $ 500.00/season 150.00 each l. Q.A - I~o 3~O Hockey Boards (Material only City Park Staff to build & install) $ 3,500.00/rink 500.00/rink 3,eI.A ~ ~- \ lA~ \ '. itl..~. \. \ ~ <-~) 3SDC ---- ,,:::> LJ. b 3 <DC ' )9'D Lights, Poles & Supplies (Utilities to install at no cost) . Cost of Rink Supervisors not Included 13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490. Elk River, MN 55330. TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420. Fax: (612) 441-7425 . October 5 ,1999 Page 2 The Park & Recreation Commission should consider the need for and amount of use received by neighborhood rinks at Barrington Park and Moldenhauer Park. Without warming houses or lights, these rinks do not appear to get much use. Is it worth department time to flood and maintain them? . .