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City Council Regular Meeting —11/08/04 DRAFT Minutes - Page 18 Council question and comment, and then to provide time for System public comment related to this issue, noting the number of audience members in attendance for this discussion. Parks and Recreation Director Lonnie Brokke provided background information related to chiller and possible floor leaks at the OVAL, past Council directive, and subsequent actions taken to-date. Mr. Brokke provided detailed options, cost estimates, time frames, advantages and/or disadvantages, and comment for each of the following items: 1) Status on resolving the floor leak issue; 2) Options on resolving the chiller issue; 3) Operational options for the 2004/OS season; 4) Approaches for engaging engineering consulting services; and 5) Possible approach for creating two task forces — one technical (already working) and the other to study the OVAL's long-term viability. Skating Center Superintendent Bill Olein was also available at the meeting to provide comment and operational information. Mr. Brokke thanked Mr. Olein, Parks and Recreation Chair Richard Jacobson, Bill Cushman from the Midway Skating Club, and various area agencies and engineering personnel, and ice user group representatives who had provided expertise and support over the last several weeks. Mr. Brokke noted that significant progress had been made since the last report to Council, with a leak found outside the OVAL floor under the asphalt that had been repaired, and seemed to be holding pressure; and provided pictures depicting the original leak and work to-date. Discussion included various zones between the compressor and chiller allowing for running of only a portion of the system; solutions used for the repairs to-date; and potential assistance from several engineering employees of Xcel Energy to assess the existing conditions through use of an electro-magnetic tube testing (Remote Field Testing — RFT). Mr. Brokke noted that the Midway Speed Skating Club has