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• • • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION FEBRUARY 8, 2006 APPROVED 1 City Administrator Heitke advised during the "Super Rink Request" discussion at the 2 January 18, 2006 Council work session, several questions were posed. Attached to the 3 staff report are Mr. Erickson's responses to those questions. 4 5 City Administrator Heitke noted there is a special clause in the draft resolution allowing 6 the City of Lino Lakes sole discretion to pay in 2006 or 2007 (Article 2). Also, the NSC 7 will continue to offer public skating programs (Article 4). 8 9 City Administrator Heitke stated the Centennial Youth Hockey Association (CYHA) is 10 requesting funding from the cities of Lino Lakes, Centerville and Circle Pines to help 11 assist the funding of the Super Rink expansion. With a total commitment to fund 12 $780,000 the CYHA is requesting that the area cities fund $100,000 collectively as 13 distributed below: 14 15 City of Lino Lakes $72,000 16 City of Centerville $16,000 17 City of Circle Pines $12,000 18 19 Additionally, the City of Lino Lakes would be responsible for 1,340 hours of ice time per 20 year. 21 22 City Administrator Heitke stated the Council needs to determine whether the City of Lino 23 Lakes is willing/able to commit funding for this endeavor. The Park Board discussed this 24 at their February 6 meeting. The Park Board was generally supportive of the proposal and 25 thought it was a good opportunity for the City. 26 27 Mr. Erickson distributed and reviewed the Risk Assessment noting the CYHA is 28 obligated to buy 860 hours/year (by contract) of the 1,340 hours of ice time the City is 29 responsible for. He stated the City of Centerville passed the resolution unanimously. The 30 City of Circle Pines has offered favorable comments and will be voting on the resolution 31 next week. He stated the CYHA is open to the City's thoughts on the timing of a 32 financial commitment. 33 34 Mr. Erickson distributed a resolution allowing for a $24,000 payment in January 2007, 35 2008 and 2009. 36 37 Finance Director Rolek advised that the Council needs to be aware of the fact that there is 38 a financial risk due to the required ice time. He stated a precedent might also be set for 39 other organizations. He advised the Council that the City would have to raise taxes or 40 lower City serviced to pay for this endeavor. 41 42 The resolution for Super Rink participation was added to the regular Council agenda 43 Monday, February 13, 2006 6:30 p.m. 44