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CITY '` �"�_� O F i IN KE • Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 (651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 www.ci.lino-lakes.mn.us Date: 3/2/06 To: Rick DeGardner, Public Services Director From: Brian Hronski, Recreation Program Supervisor Subject: Final 2005 -06 Warming House Report The 2005 -06 warming house and skating season saw us open the skating rinks very early (December 10th) and close the latest we have in many years (February 28th). However the skating season here in Lino Lakes was very dicey at best with all rinks being closed over the entire winter break, a large portion of January and the early part of February. The winter was very warm and the overall skating conditions on those days were very poor. It helped that the Centennial Youth Hockey Association (CYHA) stepped forward to help flood the rinks during the evenings for a number of weeks in January and February. The after hours flooding by the CYHA was done on a trial basis to see if this is something we can continue in the future. Mike Hoffman was able to train some of CYHA's key people so that they knew how to operate the equipment and machinery owned by the city. And from there CYHA helped train their crew's on how to properly use the hoses and the fire hydrant's used in flooding. Overall I think this was a successful program and one we will continue again next year. A big improvement made to Birch and Sunrise Parks was the installation of rubber floor mats over the entire warming room floor. The floor mats were installed in late December and they made a noticeable difference and provided a big upgrade to both facilities. CYHA also donated 200 feet of fire hose to the City of Lino Lakes to be used in flooding Sunrise Park. This was a nice gesture on CYHA's part! There were five accident reports turned in during the 2005 -06 season. Birch and Sunrise Parks reported two incidents each and City Hall had one. None of the injuries were serious and they ranged from participants being struck in the head with pucks to falling on the ice and hitting heads on the ice. City Hall was open on a limited basis this season; Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Once we established ice and cold temperatures over a number of days City Hall had some pretty decent use. Sunrise Park was again the busiest site we had with regularly having 40- 50 participants skating at any one time. Birch Park remained steady and probably had the best ice conditions of any rink we had this year. The ice quality was excellent this year and this was probably due to the fact that we re- graded all of the rinks prior to the start of the season. To recap this was a strange skating season! The ice was very good early and very good late but the middle part and holiday break skating was some of the poorest we've had. CC: Lino Lakes Park Board BH/warmi nghouse2005 /2005- 06finalwarmi nghousereport. doc