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Attendance was down for area hockey associations (420 participants in <br />1998/1999, compared to 126 this year). I believe that many of those teams <br />are now practicing indoors. <br />II. Usage <br />ce, Hazelnut Park was by far the most utilized rink of the four this season. <br />The rink was busy and the hills were also being used for sledding on a <br />regular basis. Freeway was utilized frequently. Perry always suffers due <br />to the fact that there is no general skating rink. We are looking to add a <br />general rink next year, if possible. This should help tremendously with <br />attendance. Cummings was poorly attended. We did attempt to maintain <br />a general skating rink down below on the softball field. It has always been <br />very difficult to maintain this and therefore it was not in skating condition <br />for a majority of the ice rink season. There were several nights at <br />Cummings Park with ZERO attendance. <br />We did not open Valentine Park this year. Last year the attendance for the <br />season was 236 users. We received a total of 3 phone calls from residents <br />asking about the ice. <br />. II. Overall <br />I believe the numbers show that the community still utilizes our outdoor rinks. The <br />attendance for general skaters and hockey skaters has remained steady. However, we did <br />notice a trend that skaters often did not arrive until 4:30 p.m. and often were still skating <br />at 8:00 p.m., closing time. We may want to consider changing our weekday hours to <br />reflect this. Our current hours of operation are 4:00-8:00 p.m. We will want to evaluate <br />Cummings Park as a site for next year. In addition, staff will be continually exploring <br />options on how to increase attendance. <br />