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• <br />• <br />COUNCIL WORK SESSION JANUARY 18, 2006 <br />APPROVED <br />1 <br />2 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />3 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />4 MINUTES <br />5 <br />6 DATE : January 18, 2006 <br />7 TIME STARTED : 5:35 p.m. <br />8 TIME ENDED : 9:28 p.m. <br />9 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, O'Donnell, Reinert, <br />10 Stoltz and Mayor Bergeson <br />11 MEMBERS ABSENT : None <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Community Development <br />15 Director, Mike Grochala; City Planner, Jeff Smyser (part); City Engineer, Jim Studenski <br />16 (part); Associate Planner, Paul Bengtson (part); Public Services Director, Rick <br />17 DeGardner; Chief of Police, Dave Pecchia (part); and City Clerk, Julianne Bartell <br />18 <br />19 SUPER RINK REQUEST — CENTENNIAL YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION <br />20 <br />21 Public Services Director DeGardner stated representatives from the Centennial Youth <br />22 Hockey Association (CYHA) are present this evening to present their proposal for a <br />23 partnership with the cities of Lino Lakes, Circle Pines and Centerville for the construction <br />24 of an indoor hockey rink at the National Sports Center. <br />25 <br />26 Public Services Director DeGardner advised City staff has attended some of the Super <br />27 Rink Expansion Advisory Board meetings and has met with Ms. Lisa Hockert, President <br />28 of CYHA, and Mr. Paul Erickson, Executive Director of the Minnesota Amateur Sports <br />29 Commission (MASC). While staff certainly feels that this is a worthwhile and needed <br />30 project, staff has been very straightforward with the current financial situation the City of <br />31 Lino Lakes currently faces. For example, staff has indicated that the 2006 General Fund <br />32 Budget has already been adopted and there are zero dollars in the City's contingency <br />33 fund. <br />34 <br />35 Mr. Jim Heron, resident of Lino Lakes, came forward and stated he has three children in <br />36 the CYHA program. He stressed the need for an indoor rink because the program can no <br />37 longer rely on outdoor rinks. <br />38 <br />39 Mr. Jack Sergent, resident of Lino Lakes, stated he has four children in the program. He <br />40 stated his family travels all over the Twin Cities for ice time. There is a definite need for <br />41 additional ice time in the area. <br />42 <br />43 Ms. Lisa Hockert, President of CYHA, stated the biggest need for CYHA is ice time in an <br />44 indoor facility. <br />45 <br />