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CONTRACT NO. K-314-59: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND ICE CHALLENGE ENTERPRISES, L.L.C., FOR THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF AN ICE SKATING RINK IN ANDREWS PARK AND BUDGET APPROPRIATION.
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BACKGROUND: For the past two winters, Mr. Dmitri Logoutine, owner of Ice Challenge Enterprises, LLC has set up and run an ice rink on the former Mark Heitz Chevrolet site on West Lindsey Street in Norman. The current dealership owner will not be accommodating the ice rink in the future. In the interest of developing downtown Norman into a holiday destination area, Mr. Logoutine, Ms. Karen Cody with KCoyote #1 Force, LLC (a promotional/marketing company), and representatives from the Norman Chamber of Commerce and the Norman Convention and Visitors Bureau met with City Staff on August 9, 2013 to discuss the option of locating the ice rink at Andrews Park during the winter holiday season. Subsequent to that meeting the proposed Agreement has been drafted and is now submitted for consideration. Mr. Logoutine has also provided ice rinks in downtown Oklahoma City for eight years, Tulsa for five years, Lawton for two years and Edmond for two years.
DISCUSSION: Contract No. K-1314-59 provides that Ice Challenge Enterprises, LLC will provide and install an ice skating rink located on the paved basketball court area in the southeast corner of Andrews Park to allow for public ice skating during the winter holiday season. The rink will be set up on the inside of the existing court fencing, which will add to the security of the area during the times the rink is closed. The chiller unit which is used to freeze and keep the ice frozen will be located to the east of the courts, south of the old underground water storage facility.
We are proposing that the City of Norman provide the electric service equipment that is needed to power the chiller unit and additional electric outlets in the area that will be used for lighted holiday d...
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