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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 �a, Date: 4/29/08 To: Rick DeGardner, Public Services Director From: Brian Hronski, Recreation Program Supervisor Subject: Final 2007 -08 Warming House Report The 2007 -08 warming house and skating year was the finest season we've had in a number of years. We opened all the rinks on December 13`h and we had very few closings once we got started this season. The highlight was that for the first time in over three years we were open throughout the students holiday break in December. Once that happened we were off and running for the season. The best news was that we only had to close the rinks 7 days during the year. The rinks were open a total of 73 days and the rinks stayed open until March 3`a The Centennial Hockey Association continued using our rinks again this season for its supplemental practices. They have continued to be a very respectful user group and they have talked about helping us flood after hours at Birch and Sunrise Parks. Hopefully next year they will be able to put together a group to make this happen. One of the new services we provided this skating season was weekend ice cleanup and rink maintenance. Part-time seasonal staff was up bright and early on Saturday mornings to sweep and clean the rinks at Sunrise, Birch, and City Hall Parks. In past years the rinks would not be cleaned over the weekends which created a bigger job on Monday mornings for Mike Hoffman and his staff. Cleaning the rinks on Saturday mornings not only provided a nice service to resident skaters but it also helped not make quite as large of job for Monday morning cleanup. There were two accident reports turned in during the 2007 -08 season and one occurred at City Hall Park and the other came from Sunrise Park. Neither of the injuries were serious as the child at City Hall Park was cut above his eyebrow due to a high stick and injury at Sunrise was a cut on a thumb from a skate blade. Both injuries were treated on site and were not serious. Our number of injuries at the rinks have been down over the last few years and that is a trend we'd like to see continue. The overall numbers for the skating season were up due to the great skating conditions. Our maintenance staff did an outstanding job of preparing the rinks and getting them ready to be skated on. As always the busiest rink was Sunrise Park and on many occasions there were kids waiting to skate right at 4:00 PM when we opened. The numbers at Birch Park were much better this year and that was great to see. The rink at City Hall Park continues to be open on a limited basis and has shown a steady group of skaters over the last two seasons. I hear of more and more skaters going over to City Hall because they know it's not quite as busy as Sunrise and Birch Parks. In closing we had an outstanding skating season and the weather was very cooperative. We provided great ice, a safe environment, and friendly staff which led to a fine season. CC: Lino Lakes Park Board BH /warminghouse2008/ 2007- 08finalwarminghousereport.doc