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City of Wayzata Several P; -'< Commission members and City Staff members met with the City of Wayata to discuss fee ri^ ihe City of Wayzata maintains two ice rinks. They have a hockey nnk at KJappnch park on West Wayzata Boulevard, and a smaller open skating rink located m the nei^borhood north of Highway \2. The neighborhood rink does not have a warmmg house or any lights and is a lower mittenLce rink. The main rink in Klapprich Park has lights and » supervised warming house, which is open weekdays from 4:00 until 9:00 p.m. and from Noon to 9:00 p.m. on weekends. The Klapprich Park rink is heavily used and has excellent ice quality. The City spends considerable time Md effort in maintaining this rink. City staff estimated that 10 man-hours of labor m spent every day taking cate of this rink. The rink is scraped and flooded every mght after closing, ms Allows for freezing of the ice overnight. Morning flooding can cause problems on warmer ^ys wten the Ice does not freeze solidly before the rink Is used. On weekends with heavy use, the nnk is scraped end flooded with a thin coat late in the afternoon. Wayzata h^ dedicated employes to e care'of ice rinks, snow removal is completed on rinks immediately after snow storms, In Otono the rinks are cleaned after the street plowing is completed. The City of Wayzata has eighteen employees in Public Works with separate departoents for Parks. Streets and Utilities. Orono has eight Public Works employees to cover a l^ger City with bigger sewer and water systems than Wayzata. We do not have the staff and financial resources to mam our City facilities to the same standards as Wayzata. City of Tonka Bay 1 coniac-ed the Public Works Director in Tonka Bay to discuss ice rink maintenmee. Tonka Bay maintains a hockey rink near their Public Works garage. A supervised warming ho^e is opra on evenings and weekends. The rink is flooded eveiy morning and is scraped as is average for an outdoor rink. An estimated 2-3 man-hours per day is spent t^ng care of the r^. L overtime “ours are spent on rink maintenance. The rink is plowed after s^et plowmg is coirnlrt-d A truck with a 1,000-gallon tank is used for flooding of the nnk. 1^^ nlawLnt of more even coats of ice on the rink. Sev ral thin coats are usually applied. On colder tosTe ice has time to freeze while the truck is refilU -. Mr. Kluver said that f ““ use a truck for flooding of the rinks after initial hydrant flooding is used to establish “*• Tf a flying ttuck is less labor intensive than hose flooding nnd only requ^es one person The l«el of rink maintenance provided by Tonka bay is more re^onable «« Orono^ ^ng levels, than rink maintenance provided by Woodhill Country Club and the City of Wayzata. Summary and Recommendations Comoletion of this study on ice rinks has been informative and much information w^ obtained which w-11 be useful for improving the quality of the ice at the Orono nnks. Use ®f 0™"® ®^ Tstt romped to the surrLding Cities and private clubs. The pnmary reason for toys *at no liohts or vvLiing house faciliues are available. Poor ice quality may be a secondary reason for low iLf the rinks. Providing wanning house facilities would entail supervision to address hability