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Council Minutes of 5/19/98 AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Joanie Szucs, 4370 Selhurst Road, representing the hockey club, asked Mrs. Kasler what the Safety Director had said about the ice rink roof. The club has now been told that the roof is definitely coming ofJ', and they want to be sure they will still be on time because they have canceled ice time at other facilities. Service Director Bohlmann came forward to address the issue. He said that the roof is coming off because it is in worse condition than previously thought. It will be replaced with another type of laminated metal roof with the insulation attached to the bottom so all the work will be done from above. One problem is the curtain wall that goes around the Rec Center which is attached to the existing roof. It comes down with a knee brace and goes to a horizontal h-beam on the roof deck. This is the area of the most deterioration and most of the leaks. The curtain wall has to be removed and new bracing installed. Our schedule is to be out to bid approximately the second week of June, and the construction is scheduled to begin the first or second week of July. A tentative completion date is August 15. He has nothing further to report at this time regarding the HVAC system. Mr. O'Grady asked if the work on the HVAC system would stop the hockey from going forward, and Mr. Bohlmann said it would not. Mr. Bohlmann stated that there is a concern because the ice normally goes down about Memorial Day and does not go back up until August 1. The rink is sand based and contains PVC piping for refrigeration. The concern is how to protect the piping from falling objects. One way would be to keep the ice all summer and insulate the surface of the rink with insulation bags. Another solution would be to put plywood on the floor. The costs for either choice have not yet been determined. Mrs. Szucs questioned the method of keeping the ice all summer because there is a compressor problem. Mr. Bohlmann said Safety Director Jenkins had informed him that the compressors are going to be fixed next week when the ice goes down. Mrs. Szucs said the hockey club wanted to get the specs so they can have an outside source look at the job. Mr. Bohlmann said he did not believe it would be a professional way of doing things for the city to allow another consultant to look at the work of the consultant hired by the city. However, anyone can go to the Engineering Department and purchase a set of specs for $50--these are open public records. Regardless of what an outside consultant might conclude, the city will go with the consultant hired by the city. Mrs. Kasler asked about the timetable with the grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Mr. Bohlmann said they will preview the process and approve of the drawings since they are making an $80,000 investment. Mrs. Szucs commented that the hockey club was not trying to step on anyone's toes by asking for a second opinion. It is just that they have 450 members to be taken care of and they want to be sure the rink will be open on time. Mr. Limpert asked if the project were to be held up by that state would there be a possibility of the grant being extended. Mr. Bohlmann said yes and that the officials at ODNR were contacted in February about the possibility of an extension. Mr. Bohlmann said we are not going to impede the hockey club or the figure skating club from having their ice this fall. We will do what is necessary to get the job done or delay the job to an appropriate time. Mrs. Saringer asked if a completion date would be included in the specs. Mr. Bohlmann said there would be a very rigid schedule that the contractor would have to adhere to. Weather is always a factor in ''"'` jobs of this sort--hopefully, we will have a hot, dry summer. If not, we will work 7