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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - MAY 8, 2006 <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />B. <br /> <br />Motion to Accept the Warminl! House Inventorv and Recommended Improvement <br />Report <br /> <br />Ms. Olson updated the Council on the warming houses and ice rink operations at Freeway Park, <br />Hazelnut Park, and Valentine Park. <br /> <br />She recommended removing the warming house at Valentine Park and maintaining the rink <br />without staffing into the future for the following reasons: <br /> <br />1. Attendance was always slow at this site and continues to decline. <br />2. The building continued to flood every spring, causing maintenance issues. <br />3. The amount of salary the City saved by closing the warming house at Valentine Park <br />could be used to supplement the rental of mobile units at Hazelnut Park and Freeway <br />Park. <br /> <br />She also recommended the mobile units be utilized at Freeway Park and Hazelnut Park for the <br />following reasons: <br /> <br />1. The buildings were in need of major repairs. <br />2. The buildings were only utilized three months out of the year. <br />3. The buildings were not aesthetically pleasing. <br /> <br />She indicated at minimum staff recommended major repairs be done on the Freeway Park and <br />Hazelnut Park buildings before the next season. <br /> <br />Councilmember Pellegrin asked if the costs for the mobile units had been determined. Ms. <br />Olson responded there would be a one-time fee for the electrical relocation along with a <br />$1,139.10 rental per season per mobile unit. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant asked what maintenance had been done on the buildings in the past five <br />years. Ms. Olson indicated she staffed the buildings and the Director of Operations and <br />Maintenance was in charge of maintenance of the buildings. She stated that Department would <br />go out and determine what needed to be done every season, but as far as she was aware, the <br />buildings did not get looked at throughout the season because they were used as storage. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden asked if they made repairs to the existing buildings, how long would <br />those repairs last. She stated she was not sure one situation fit all and she would be in favor of a <br />small portable unit at Valentines Park because of the flooding, but she was not sure portable units <br />should be at the other parks. She noted according to the Building Official none of the buildings <br />had structural issues or structural damage. <br /> <br />Mayor Aplikowski stated it appeared Council wanted this brought back to Council at a future <br />work session for discussion. <br />