07-16-07 Item 2G, Ice Rink Warming House Review

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Page 5 of5 Options to Consider- Is the City Council in favor of continuing to rent a temporary building from Mini Mobile? Since the building was removed, there is no picnic shelter of any kind for the park users. The PTRC and City Council could consider building a picnic shelter on the existing concrete slab. Cost will vary depending on style, size, and company. Staffwill have rough cost estimates at the meeting. RINK MAINTENANCE The rink maintenance procedures were reevaluated and restructured with very positive results. The following changes took place: Preseason - The flooding schedule was set much earlier than in previous years and was scheduled as a shift change versus paid overtime. Overnight flooding took place for the preseason with a four person crew. Regular season - The biggest adjustment that took place was that flooding crews were occasionally scheduled to start 2-3 hours before normal shift hours. This resulted in better flooding conditions and better ice conditions. A log of the actual flooding was kept in order to track labor and ice conditions. The comments from the rink attendants and ice rink users were very positive on ice conditions. The winter was mild and our City was one of a few, if any that opened up during Christmas Break for a few days. This was in large part because of the earlier starting date for flooding from previous years. The warm weather did close us down until sometime in January but the rinks were able to recover for the rest of the season. A complete flooding report is included for your review (Attachment E). RECOMMENDATION: Staff has provided this information regarding warming houses in order to facilitate discussion and to receive work direction from the City Council. \\Metro-inet.us\ardenhills\PR&PW\Parks\Memos\Council Memos\warming house Review 07.DOC