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n CITY OF LINO LAKES PARR BOARD MEETING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1r 1993 Winter Ice Rink/Shelter User Fee - This item under New Business in tonight's Agenda was moved to this time to accommodate representatives from the Centennial Hockey Association who were in attendance. Barry Bernstein explained to the board how the city ice skating facilities are scheduled to accommodate local skating associations. He related the problems he has in scheduling because of the limited hockey rinks available for residents and hockey associations to use. Currently the associations use Sunrise Park hockey rinks. The association wants to be able to use the hockey rink at Birch Park for some hours during the week this winter also. Barry pointed out that he has scheduled the association the same amount of hours this year as they had last year. His concern is that there will be time enough for residents to use the rinks for pick up games. He says there's as much trouble scheduling ice time in the winter as there is scheduling ball fields for the associations in the summer. There is the possibility of opening Lino Park up for use. Barry explained that with a limited budget, the department could not afford to keep the shelters open with attendants without charging by the hour for extended times, like later in the evening or early on Saturday mornings. He recommended there be a fee set at $15 per hour for rental of non-scheduled ice time. This would include a rink attendant, the shelter and lights. Rental of ice time and shelter use would be available to anyone for skating parties, etc. , not exclusively hockey associations. This would be the winter counterpart to renting the parks and shelters in the summer months. Terry Tollefson from the Centennial Hockey Association approached the board. He stated that the association has 126 members. Of those, 47 are Lino Lakes residents. Mr. Tollefson commented that there are additional teams this year and asked for more ice time. He also noted that he is a Lino resident. The board's general feelings are that the residents should have a fair share of time extended to them for general use and "pick up" hockey games. They recommended that Barry and representatives of the hockey association get together again and try to work out a schedule agreeable to everyone. The association members alluded to the fact that they are Lino Lakes residents, when asked how they felt about paying to use additional ice time. Barry pointed out that the associations pay up to $90 per hour to rent indoor facilities. 2