3.3. SR 11-07-2005
Item # 3.3.
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Rich Czech, Ice Arena Manager
DATE: November 7,2005
SUBJECT: Ice Arena Pro-Hockey Profile Banners Installation and Funding
Please review the attached is a letter from Ice Arena Commission Chair Dale Martin outlining details
of the pro-hockey profile banners.
The cost of the professional installation will be between $500 - $700 and is proposed to be split with
the City of Elk River paying 50%, Elk River Youth Hockey 25%, and the Blueline Club 25%. With
Council approval, I will contact the installer to have them installed on the outside of the Elk River
Ice Arena by the week of November 14, 2005.
Action Requested
The Mayor and City Council are asked to authorize the professional installation of the pro-hockey
profile banners outside the Elk River Ice Arena and authorize funding of up to $350 to come from
the Ice Arena budget to pay for 50% of the banner installation.
Ice Arena Commission
November 1, 2005
To Mayor Klinzing and Elk River City Council members;
Regarding: Pro Player Banner installation on front of the Elk River Ice Arena
The Arena Commission recommends that the City Council approves the installation of
three 10' x 17' banners on the front of the Elk River Ice Arena.
The picture on the three banners will be Dan Hinote (plays for the Colorado Avalanche),
Paul Martin (plays for the New Jersey Devils) and Joel Otto (played for several Pro teams
and now resides in Calgary). These banners are to represent Elk Rivers rich hockey
history.
The cost to print the banners is $1425. The Elk River Youth Hockey Association paid for
this cost.
The banners will be hung on the front face of the Arena. After a few years, depending on
how the banners weather, they will be brought inside and hung on the inside of the Ice
Arena.
The cost of hanging these banners will be approximately $500 to $700. There will be a
sharing of this installation cost between the Elk River Ice Arena budget, Elk River Youth
Hockey Association and the Elk River Blue Line.
We would like to give a special thanks to Kent Madsen, a former Ice Arena Commission
member, for organizing and following through on this endeavor. In a continuing effort to
promote and market the rich Elk River Hockey history, there is a group of hockey
enthusiast, including Kent, which will be working on getting pictures to hang in the Ice
Arena. These will be of players that have had success playing at the college level and
beyond. Our hope is this will help promote the sport of hockey and show the rich
tradition that Elk River has had over the past 30-40 years.
Sincerely, /l{;; / 4~-
Dale P. Martin
Ice Arena Commission Chair
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