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<br />City Council Regular Meeting - 06/13/05 <br />Minutes - Page 10 <br /> <br />various user and volunteer and user groups, associations, staff <br />and citizen involvement and interests; pursuit of chiller repairs <br />and other repairs as described in reports developed by the <br />Technical Task Force; options and recommendations to address <br />the annual $100,000 operational cost shortfall; independent <br />evaluation of a summer "aggressive skate park;" options to <br />address the $150,000 annual capitalization target; Annual City <br />Council review of operations and financial targets through the <br />establishment of an operational advisory group; exploration and <br />development of separate cost and revenue drivers among OVAL, <br />indoor arena and banquet center operations through increased <br />marketing, technological advances offered in the facility for <br />meetings, and promotion as a meeting facility. <br /> <br />Additional discussion included encouraging Parks and <br />Recreation staff to develop quantitative models of "recreational <br />benefit" for the entire Parks and Recreation system, including the <br />OVAL; monitoring legislation for local sales tax options, <br />provided exhaustive bonding bill strategies fail; study of <br />opportunities to attract business clientele for use of the facility <br />for continuing education and/or association meeting space rentals <br />since the facility has limited use during the daytime hours; the <br />advantages and disadvantages of resident versus non-resident fee <br />differentials; and potential of hiring an intern in conjunction with <br />the Roseville Visitor's Association (RV A) to promote the facility <br />as a meeting facility. <br /> <br />Further items discussed included awareness and application of <br />utility costs; demographics of users; potential of using <br />Communication Fund monies to upgrade technologies at the <br />facility to accommodate presentation needs for meeting space <br />user groups. <br /> <br />Councilmember Maschka was enthusiastically supportive of <br />pursuing a Sports Management Intern to market the facility. <br /> <br />Councilmember Ihlan expressed her appreciation to the Task <br />Force for accelerating their meeting schedule to provide their <br />report to the City Council prior to additional decision-making at <br />the June 20, 2005 meeting; and questioned the probable success <br />of a bonding bill, opining other options within the City's own <br />