Request to Rename "Mystique Community Ice Center" to "Dubuque Ice Arena"City of Dubuque
City Council Meeting
Consent Items # 017.
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October 17, 2022
ITEM TITLE: Request to Rename "Mystique Community Ice Center" to "Dubuque Ice
Arena"
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending City Council approval to rename "Mystique
Community Ice Center" to "Dubuque Ice Arena".
RESOLUTION Renaming the Mystique Community Ice Center to
Dubuque Ice Arena
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Adopt Resolution(s)
DISPOSITION:
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City Manager Memo City Manager Memo
Staff Memo Staff Memo
Resolution Resolutions
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Request to Rename "Mystique Community Ice Center" to "Dubuque Ice
Arena"
DATE: October 14, 2022
Leisure Services Manager Marie Ware is recommending City Council approval to
rename "Mystique Community Ice Center" to "Dubuque Ice Arena".
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
Mich el C. Van Milligen
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cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Marie Ware, Leisure Services Manager
Alex Dixon, DRA President and CEO
Kathy Buhr, DRA Director of Strategic Philanthropy & Schmitt Island
Development
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Marie L. Ware, Leisure Services Manager
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SUBJECT: Request to Rename "Mystique Community Ice Center" to "Dubuque Ice
Arena"
DATE: October 14, 2022
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memo to request City Council consideration to rename "Mystique
Community Ice Center" to "Dubuque Ice Arena".
DISCUSSION
The City entered into a Development Agreement and Lease in 2009 with Dubuque
Community Ice and Recreation Center, Inc. (DICE) to construct and operate the indoor
ice arena. The arena was named Mystique Community Ice Center to due to the major
financial contribution to the construction project from the adjacent casino, the Mystique
Casino. In 2017 the Mystique Casino rebranded to Q Casino, however the indoor ice
arena continued with the name Mystique Community Ice Center.
The City entered into a new partnership with the Dubuque Racing Association (DRA) on
January 1, 2022 when the DRA and the City entered into an Interim Staffing Agreement
for the Mystique Community Ice Center. Since that time the City and the DRA have
continued to develop the partnership related to the ice arena.
The City Council named Chaplain Schmitt Island Master Plan: Implementation and
Phasing as a top priority in 2020, 2021 and 2022 as well as year's prior. The ice arena
is a major recreational asset on Chaplain Schmitt Island.
The ice arena was closed June 1, 2022 to begin the settlement remediation project.
This project is set to be completed October 31, 2022. The reopening is just around the
corner. City staff is working with DRA officials related to the re -opening. The re-
opening and new chapter for the ice arena is the right time to address the name. The
partners have come together to recommend the name "Dubuque Ice Arena". A new
logo and signage will be developed after approval.
ACTION REQUESTED
I respectfully request City Council approval to rename "Mystique Community Ice Center"
to "Dubuque Ice Arena".
cc: Alex Dixon, DRA President and CEO
Kathy Buhr, DRA Director of Strategic Philanthropy & Schmitt Island Development
Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Prepared by Crenna Brumwell Esq., 300 Main St Ste 330 Dubuque IA 52001 6944 (563) 583-4113
Retum to Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk, 50 W. 1311 St., Dubuque, IA 52001, (563) 589-4100
RESOLUTION NO. 333-A-22
RENAMING THE MYSTIQUE COMMUNITY ICE CENTER TO DUBUQUE ICE ARENA
WHEREAS, the City of Dubuque entered into a Development Agreement and
Lease which facilitated the construction of an indoor ice arena located on property it
owns on Chaplain Schmitt Island in 2009; and
WHEREAS, the indoor ice arena was constructed by Dubuque Community Ice &
Recreation Center, Inc. between the years of 2009 and 2010 at 1800 Admiral Sheehy
Drive, Dubuque, IA 52001; and
WHEREAS, the indoor ice arena was named The Mystique Community Ice
Center to reflect major contributions to its construction by the adjacent casino, the
Mystique Casino; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, the Mystique Casino rebranded and renamed itself the Q
Casino, but the indoor ice arena retained the name Mystique Community Ice Center;
and
WHEREAS, the indoor ice arena's current name no longer reflects a connection
to the original donor or Chaplain Schmitt Island; and
WHEREAS, staff proposes a name change to better reflect the arena's place in
the community and in relation to the City's redevelopment efforts on Schmitt Island.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. The City Council hereby changes the name of the indoor ice arena,
located at 1800 Admiral Sheehy Drive, Dubuque, Iowa 52001, from the 'Mystique
Community Ice Center' to the 'Dubuque Ice Arena', effectively immediately.
Passed, approved, and adopted this 17th day of October 2022.
rye . Cavanagh, Mayor
Attest:
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Adrienne N. Breiffelder, City Clerk