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690 City Center Drive, PO Box I47
Chanhassen, Min,esota 55317
Phoebe 612.937.1900
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
Park & Recreation Commission
Todd Hoffman, Park & Recreation Director
DATE: March 16, 2000
SUB J:
Recommendation to Amend 2000 Capital Improvement Plan,
City Center Park
The 2000-2004 Five Year Capital Improvement Plan includes $30,000 in
Year 2000 for a second set of hockey boards at City Center Park. The first set of
boards were constructed in November 1999. Currently the "Skate Park" is
operating in the location slated for construction of the second set of hockey
boards. It is my recommendation that the city abandon plans for the second set
of hockey boards and establish the city's first permanent Skate Park at this site.
The Skate Park opened in September 1999. It remains my belief that the Skate
Park will yield a higher return on our investment than any recreation service
ever offered by the city. Casual observation leads one to believe that this
position is accurate. A more objective analysis provides additional support.
Chanhassen Skate Park
1999 2000 (To Date)*
Days of Operation 80 16
Average Daily Users 35 40
Total Users 2,800 640
*Note: The Skate Park was scheduled to open on April 1, but opened a month
early on March 1, 2000
Based on these tallies, an average eight month Skate Park season (adjusted for
extended summer hours) will generate over 12,000 user visits. Contrasting this
usage to that of our ice and hockey skating program shows the following.
Chanhassen Ice Program (14 Rinks)
1999/2000
Days of Operation 48
Average Daily Users Per Rink 9 x 14 rinks = 126 daily
Total Users 6,048
Flooding and maintaining our outdoor rink program requires $15,000 to $30,000
in labor annually. This equals an investment of $3.30/user visit.
The Gtl, ofiCha,hasse,. A erowi,~, commu,in, with c/ea, /akes. a,a/itv schoo[v, a c/~,,,inv dou,,tou,~t, thrh,i,~ husi,e,e,, a,td hea,tiM ,arh~ A ~reat ,/,ce r,/i,.~' ,.,,'1, ,,,d ~/,~,
Park & Recreation Commission
March 16, 2000
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Chanhassen Summer In-Line Skating Program (4 Rinks)
User numbers are not available for this program. However, due to the longer
season, attendance is estimated to meet or exceed winter skating rink usage.
Over the past few years, the popularity of the in-line rinks has been increasing.
One thing is for sure; the model of creating dual use hockey rinks
(summer/winter) through the utilization of an asphalt base is prudent.
What Does All this Mean?
The bottom line is that a single Skate Park site with a capital investment of
approximately $55,000 (surface, lights, ramps) attracts approximately the same
number of annual users as a 14 rink winter/summer skating program with a
capital investment of approximately $380,000 plus annual maintenance costs of
approximately $25,000.
Other issues to consider include; that if a second set of hockey boards is built,
the Skate Park will be confined within them. Therefore in order to flood the rink
in the winter, the ramps would need to be dismantled and moved to a storage
site. The ramps were constructed to allow this to occur, however, a significant
effort is required. It has also become apparent that moving the Skate Park
equipment from place to place jeopardizes its construction integrity and will
result in a lower life expectancy for the equipment.
RECOMMENDATION
Based upon the popularity of the new Skate Park and the economics associated
with providing a permanent Skate Park versus a second set of hockey boards, it
is recommended that the Park & Recreation Commission make the following
recommendation to the City Council:
That the City Council amend the 2000-2004 Five Year Capital
Improvement Plan, deleting $30,000 from Year 2000 for the construction
of a second set of hockey boards at City Center Park. Further, that the
City Council utilize $15,000 of this $30,000 allocation to purchase the
second phase of the Chanhassen Skate Park designating the park's
current location as a permanent and year-round facility.
ATTACHMENTS
Park & Trail Maintenance Report
Ice Rink User Report
CITYOF
690 G0, Ce, ter Drive, PO Box 147
Cha,hasse,, Mi,,esota 55317
?hone 612.937.1900
Ge,era/Fax 61Z93~ 573~
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Todd Hoffinan, Park and Recreation Director
FROM:
Dale Gregory, Park Superintendent
DATE: March 9, 2000
SUBJECT: Park and Trail Maintenance Report
This winter's warm weather made it very difficult to maintain good, safe icc for
skating. February 20th was the closing date of the skating rinks. Duc to thc warm
weather, the ice could not be maintained and thc condition of thc icc was unsafe to
use for skating anymore at this point. I have enclosed a report on opening and
closing dates of the rinks that go back to 1982. I also enclosed a report on total
cost for all skating and hockey rinks for thc 1999-2000 season.
We have also completed our wood duck house cleaning and inspection. We have
29 wood duck houses in place with 18 being used last year, which is 62%. This is
down a little from 1998, but it is still a fairly good percentage of usc. Enclosed
you will find a wood duck inspection report that dates back to 1994.
We have completed the preventive maintenance on all power mowers and tractors.
We have only thc push mowers and weed whips to check out yet.
Thejob of moving out of the park sheds has just begun. Pallet racks are being set
up at thc Public Works Garage, and before long we will start to move all the
equipment and supplies.
The 6¥tl, of Cha,hmse,. A grou,i,~ commu,it¥ with c/c,,;/,~k~'s, a,~ditr sd,ooh, ,~ ch~m,i,,~ dow,tow,, thriE,~ b,si,uscs, a,d bea,ti~d ~arks. ? .~rcm v/~'e to live, work. ,,d oIa~
SKATING RINKS
OPEN/CLOSE DATES
YEAR OPEN CLOSE REOPEN CLOSE
1982 Dec. 17 Feb. 16, 1983
1983 Dec. 22 Feb. 21, 1984
1984 Dec. 25 Feb. 19, 1985
1985 Dec. 20 Feb. 18, 1986
1986 Dec. 18 Feb. 7, 1987
1987 Dec. 19 Feb. 15, 1988
1988 Dec. 9 March 8, 1989
1989 Dec. 16 Feb. 8, 1990
1990 Dec. 21 Feb. 2, 1991
1991 Dec. 21 Jan. 3, 1992 Jan. 13 Jan. 29
1992 Dec. 19 Feb. 12, 1993
1993 Dec. 27 Feb. 18, 1994
1994 Dec. 16 Dec. 21, 1994 Jan. 6, 1995 Feb. 17'
1995 Dec. 16 Jan. 18, 1996 Jan. 22, 1996 Feb. 19
1996 Dec. 23 Feb. 19, 1997
1997 Jan. 12 Feb. 9, 1998
1998 Dec. 26 Feb. 10, 1999
1999 Dec. 23 Feb. 20, 2000
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
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1999-2000SKATING RINKS
1999 Regular Hrs. $ Overtime Hrs. $ TOTAL $
_ DALEO $ 16 $637.44 $ 637.44
DEAN 34 $ 803.08 24 $850.32 $ 1,653.40
JIM 4 $ 91.88 24 827.04 $ 918,92
'CHARLIE ~ 17 $ 333.20 25 $735.00 $ 1,068,20
BRAD 25
I JERRY 46~t $ 697.20 $~53.75 $ 1,350,95
$ 906.60, 16 $362.72 $ 1,269.32
: ROB 6~t $ 906.60 ......... 1-~ $362.72 $ 1,269.32
TOTAL 21~ $ 3,738.56 ........... 14~- $4,428.99 $ 8,167,55
2000 .........
I~D-~AN 5~ ~ ,42~.80 ~8~ $1,4~'0 ~ $ ~,8~9.00
~JIM ~ ~0~$ --9~6~00-~ 1~ ' $~6~.05 $ ~,~2.05
~HA~LI~~ ~ ~--E5~:50 ~ ...... ~0~ ~30.0~-~ -2,808.5~
~BRAD 1~ $ -3~! .... ~0~ $8~.20 ~ 4~57.5~
L JERRY 128~ $ ~i~9.9~- ...... ~';~' $9~9-~ ' 3,082'.8~
L
ROB 10~ ~ -~8~ ~ .... ~'~911.3~' ~ - ~,692;~
_TOTAL ~4~
TOTAL REGULAR HOURS & $: / 864J ~. $ 16,509.41
..... ~]T~T~-$~-RW~~ ~ MA~T~NA-NCEi 4 - ~ ~;38~;~~
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1998-99 SKATING RINKS
1998 Regular Hrs. $ Overtime Hrs. $ TOTAL $
DALE 26 $ 690.56 18 $717.12 $ 1,407.68
'DEAN 57.5 $ 1,358.15 20 $708.60 $ 2,066.75
!JIM 21 $ 482.37 $ 482.37
CHARLIE 61 $ 1,195.60 27 $794.07 $ 1,989.67
BRAD 101 $ 1,760.43 12 $313.68 $ 2,074.11
JERRY. 123 $ 1,858.53 35 $793.45 $ 2,651.98
ROB 147 $ 2,221.17 16.5 $374.05 $ 2,595.22
PAT 4, $137.82 $ 137.82
DEAN 3 $58.82 $ 58.82
TOTAL 536.5 $ 9,566.81 135.5: $3,897.61 $ 13,464.42
1999
DALE 12.5 $ 332.00 0i $0.00 $ 332.00
DEAN 19 $ 448.788~ $283.44 $ 732.22
JIM 9 $ 206.73 16 $551.36 $ 758.09
CHARLIE 7 $ 137.20 10 $294.10 $ 431.30
BRAD 26 $ 375.18 18 $470.52 $ 845.70
JERRY 24.5 $ 370.2012 $272.04 $ 642.24
ROB 29 $ 438.1920.5 $464.74 $ 902.93
PAT3 $103.37 $ 103.37
TOTAL 127 $ 2,308.28 87.5 $2,439.57 $ 4,747.85
TOTAL REGULAR HOURS: 663.5
TOTAL OVERTIME HOURS: 223
TOTAL $ FOR 1998-99 RINK MAINTENANCE: $ 18,212.27
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WOOD DUCK HOUSE-INSPECTION
(Y=Yes N=NO .doc
HOUSE NO. 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2000
Lake Susan Park: 1 Y Y Y Y Y N
2 Y Y Y N Y Y
3 Y Y Y Y Y Y
4 Y Y Gone Y Y Y
5 Y Y N N Y Y
6 Y Y Y N N N
7 Y Y Y Y Y N
8 Y Y Y N Y Y
Power Hill Park: 9 N N N Gone Gone Gone
10 N N Y Gone Gone Gone
11 Y Y Gone N N N
12 Y Y N Y N
Sunset Ridge Park: 13 Y N Y N Y Y
14 Y N N Y Y Y
Herman Field: 15 Y Y Y Y Y Y
16 Y Y Y Y Y Y
17 Y Y Y Y Y Y
18 Y N Y N N Y
Curry Farms: 19 N N Gone Y Y Y
20 Y Y Gone Y Y N
Bandimer Heights Park: 21 Y Y Y Y Y Y
22 Y Y Y Y Y N
Lake Ann Park: 23 N N N N N N
24 N Y N Y Y N
25 Y Y N Y Y N
Kerber Pond Park: 26 Y Gone Y Y
27 Y Gone Y Y
28 Y Gone N Y
29 Y Gone N N
Herman Field Park: 30 Y Y Y Y
31 Y Y N Y
Usage: 80% 72% 65% 52% 71% 62%
ICE RINK USER TOTALS
1999~000 Season
12/31/99 through 2/12/00
Rec Ctr Rec Ctr
Date Hockey Hockey Rec Ctr City Ctr City Ctr Chan Round- N. Lotus N. Lotus
#1 #2 Pleasure Hockey Pleasure Hills house Hockey Pleasure
12/23 26 I0 0 17 0 20 12 10 0
12/24 3 3 0 2 0 5 5 12 0
12/25 closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
12/26 11 4 3 l0 0 3 22 20 4
12/27 20 35 15 20 12 5 7 29 2
12/28 20 29 2 15 15 12 22 2 8
12/29 7 0 0 6 6 0 4 4 0
12/30 closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
12/31 13 32 10 11 7 4 3 4 0
1/1 22 7 2 6 14 6 5 26 0
1/2 28 31 21 20 17 8 5 21 4
1/3 23 43 14 30 43 17 4 20 11
1/4 13 33 2 20 12 0 7 20 0
1/5 2 20 0 28 20 1 16 10 0
1/6 41 27 5 22 14 8 2 11 6
1/7 20 17 5 25 11 6 7 12 0
1/8 22 38 20 10 12 13 22 17 2
1/9 8 13 0 20 20 10 17 8 3
1/10 6 21 0 20 0 1 5 14 0
1/11 40 27 5 6 2 2 0 24 7
1 / 12 closed early closed early closed early closed early closed early closed early closed early closed early closed early
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1/13 22 19 0 35 10 8 8 8 4
1/14 21 5 11 15 6 0 0 13 2
1/15 40 27 7 17 21 12 11 16 10
1/16 22 14 3 6 16 6 23 13 9
1/17 20 11 0 21 8 8 8 18 4
1/18 25 35 6 11 15 2 16 37 1
1/19 closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
1/20 11 11 0 0 4 0 9 10 0
1/21 18 13 3 12 4 0 0 15 6
1/22 44 22 2 25 10 8 4 31 4
1/23 7 12 0 10 6 0 5 12 2
1/24 12 3 2 27 14 10 4 6 0
1/25 19 21 8 15 9 0 0 20 12
1/26 12 18 9 35 28 0 3 8 5
1/27 17 19 0 13 21 0 0 27 4
1/28 21 18 11 14 20 10 8 22 7
1/29 40 17 8 21 5 8 40 19 6
1/30 28 17 20 31 20 10 35 18 5
1/31 31 32 7 21 17 2 6 12 0
2/1 32 23 8 12 0 1 0 4 4
2/2 21 15 2 25 10 5 4 11 1
2/3 16 17 12 15 23 11 0 19 2
2/4 13 18 3 14 8 2 0 7 1
2/5 32 24 6 17 11 0 52 16 0
2/6 26 21 4 10 30 4 28 27 10
2/7 26 35 2 12 14 4 0 10 0
2/8 16 17 16 20 16 4 0 9 8
2/9 14 8 0 8 14 0 0 15 6
2/10 21 8 1 17 21 9 0 17 4
2/I 1 15 11 4 6 16 0 0 8 11
2/12 19 21 8 12 0 8 18 20 3
Total 960 912 267 787 602 253 492 732 178
Chanhassen Recreation Center 2,139
City Center Park 1,389
North Lotus Lake Park 900
Chanhassen Hills Park 253
Roundhouse Park 492
GRAND TOTAL 5,183