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<br />Driscoll. Mar <br /> <br />""':rom: <br />mt: <br />.0: <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Fun k F am WI"'TT..'~ "'~~!l[m_] . MrR'-j <br />Thursday, October 30, 2003 9:07 PM <br />city.council@ci.roseville.mn.us <br />Roseville Skating Center and the budget <br /> <br />Dear Council Members: <br /> <br />I was distraught when I heard that one of your proposals for balancing the city budget was <br />to close the aggressive park and limit the ice skating season to just a little more than 2 <br />months. Your proposal would leave a recreation area that cost our city thousands and <br />thousands of dollars empty for 9 to 10 months out of the year. <br /> <br />without activity, the oval is an eye sore - a giant slap of cement collecting dirt. with <br />the aggressive park, young people are performing fascinating tricks which take hours and <br />hours and alot of hard work to <br />develop. These young people are active and staying out of trouble. When <br />the oval has ice, it is filling a major need for our community by providing <br />more ice. There is not enough Roseville ice go around as it is. Youth <br />hockey is traveling around the city trying to get practice time in. with ice on the oval, <br />the teams can get practice time in. Ice on the Oval also provides a fun and safe activity <br />for our community youth on weekends. On Friday and Saturday nights in November I have seen <br />the line going out the <br />door and down the parking lot waiting to get in for open skating. Many <br />people think the community youth can use the out door rinks, but think again. These rinks <br />are often not operating until December, are closed at night and the ice is poorly <br />maintained. <br /> <br />The city Council has found a way to improve the quality of your surroundings, and I hope <br />'~hat you are not going turn your backs on the quality of the programs you offer Roseville <br />outh in exchange. <br /> <br />Cheryl Funk <br />720 lona Lane <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br />