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Ska�ir�q Center Overview The Roseville Skating Center is a one-of-a-kind community amenity ... a well maintained indoor ice arena, a world class speed skating track, North America's largest refrigerated, outdoor ice surface, a multi-purpose banquet/meeting facility and a tier two skate park. Skating Center �� ilv�-� ��-- 5—�� — — —� L?YiT ' .. _. 4� ��. �, ti. ,-��:' � -~ +� �� + I�a i�. � ., � �.;r;. � . �:�.�� . � 1 � y•.I�Y � .�{� � � �� y � � • � *T y '1 � � .c� ' • f r y� � t � {';� # . �. � �.�'� ��. � �� •�� A�4i ��+15 � ,�j� jz'�..F�y•' The Roseville Skatin� Center is the sum of three � � significant campor�ents; the Roseville Arena, the John � `� Rose Minnesota OVAL and the Roseville Banquet Facility. The Roseville Arena was built in the early seventies. From the start, the Roseville Arena has been and industry leader and set the standard for municipal arena management and operations. The John Rose Minnesota OVAL has brought the world to Roseville with world speed skating championships and international bandy competitions. The OVAL put Roseville on the map, drawing hockey players, bandy players, speed skaters and pleasure skaters of all abilities from across the City, across the state, across the region and across the nation. The Roseville Banquet Facility is the perfect compliment to this unique athletic facility providing residents and guests functional and affordable place to meet and celebrate. Report from Assistant Director, Jill Anfanq 2004 was not your traditional year of operations at the Roseville Skating Center. Skating Center staff and department administration spent the better part of the year transitioning for the upcoming retirement of Bill Olein, Skating Center Superintendent for the past 30 years. Over the years, Bill established an efficient operating system and effective management style at the Skating Center. Bill and his staff are responsible for a massive facility that is multi-functional, highly used and extremely popular. This year was the tale of two ice seasons at the John Rose Minnesota OVAL. The year began with all the excitement and enthusiasm that comes with hosting a World Junior Speed Skating Championship, and quickly changed to a state of stress and concern as the OVAL chiller began to fail just prior to the championships. Skating Center staff first discovered puzzling and complex issues dealing with maintaining pressure levels in the chiller and brine levels in the 85 miles of embedded piping in early February. The OVAL ice technicians and Center managers were able to maintain refrigerated, outdoor ice operations through the end of the season with creative maintenance techniques and responsible facility management. Staff and local experts spent the summer researching, testing and strategizing chiller repairs while OVAL maintenance staff worked to test the floor tubing system and search for leaks. Regarding the floor issue, staff used the highest technologies available without success. Staff acted on the advice of engineering, consulting firms and refrigeration experts to begin slowly and methodically digging at the most susceptible areas. The digging resulted in discovering evidence of a leak near and around the OVAL track area and under the OVAL slab. Luckily, the leak was outside the embedded piping. Staff exposed the damaged area and repaired the leaking section. The patch repair held continued pressure testing and was a successful fix by in-house staff. 47