5.b PW Staff Report
PW Staff report: January 2021 report 2-1-21
To: PRC
From: Director of Public Works – Adam Hawkinson
Warming House / Rinks:
The ice at the rinks area is now well established. Staff will continue to flood and build ice as the
weather cooperates. We will go into maintenance mode when the ice is about 3”-3.5” inches from the
top of the yellow kick plate. The white highlighter has been applied to the north end of the rink to help
keep the end from melting out early in the season and receding on the warm days.
The Fire Department’s tanker truck works great for flooding the outdoor rink but the truck can’t be
used for the hockey rink because the existing entrance to the rink is not wide enough. The expense to
increase the opening is not very much. Staff suggests that the opening is increased by about 1 foot
and that 2”x12” boards stacked between the two ends be used instead of the doors. The PW dept.
could fabricate the iron supports to hold the boards in place. During the MN Cup the top board can be
ripped down to the desired height to match the other top boards.
Lilleskogen:
Staff is working on the support ends for the sign that has been ordere d for the park. Installation
cannot occur until spring when the frost is out of the ground. For now, the PRC should start to make
recommendations on there the sign should be located. The sign is two sided so it should be set along
a straight away.
Park Un-named:
The PRC should start to think about a name for the new park on Orwell. My vote is for “Freeland
Park”. The process should start now, so when the land is deeded to the City, actions can be taken
right away. The process of how the park should be used and established needs to be discussed as
well which involves a community meeting.