This report responds to City Council's direction to the City Manager, in consultation with the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to assess the impacts of transitioning the governance and operations of Moss Park Arena from a Board of Management to a City-operated arena. This report provides governance considerations as well as financial, operational, staffing and program impacts of such a transition. Moss Park Arena provides indoor ice sport facilities along with programming including hockey leagues, hockey camps, and instructional programs. It is operated by a Board of Directors, appointed by City Council through the Civic appointments process and follows City policy in terms of how ice is allocated to community user groups. If directed by City Council to transition Moss Park Arena from a Board of Management to a City-operated arena, a transition plan would need to be developed and implemented. This plan would include, but not be limited to, transitioning current programming to third party user groups, renegotiating ice contracts, a workforce management assessment and Council approval of additional operating funding required, through the budget process.
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