Snowhaven Project Committee Minutes
August 22, 2024 – 5:00 P.M.
Council Chambers
Members Present: Wes Lester, Tonya Kennedy, Gabe Forsmann and Scott Wasem. Tara Connolley absent.
T-BAR MAINTENANCE
This summer, the new cable was installed. It derailed at tower 5 after running about 2 minutes. Dean with Leitner-Poma said all the towers need to be aligned and straightened up. Leitner-Poma and S&S Welding & Fabrication need to be back before season starts to correct the towers. Dean is $1,500/day and it will take him a week to fix it. They also said the old cable was horrible.
They are trying to get on Dean’s schedule next summer to put new bearings in the bull wheels. Gabe has been reading the ANSI B77.1 standard for aerials and lifts which are the standards for ski lifts. There should be an audible tone that goes off before the lift starts and need to have phones/radios in the top and bottom for lifts over 800’ long. Tonya will check with the city attorney to see if these standards are required in Idaho or how Snowhaven should utilize them.
MAINTENANCE SHOP
Tonya explained city staff, including Gabe have met to talk a few ideas on adding on to the existing lodge. The idea was to add a shop and rental shop to the east of the existing building. Then ski patrol could move into the rental shop. Tonya asked Wemhoff Architecture to draft a quick drawing.
The drawing from Wemhoff is for a basic “shop or garage” level finish. It is dried in, insulated, simple lighting, windows and doors and simple heating. The lower floor, not counting the optional ticket booth, has 2,335 square feet. The main floor has 800 square feet of future storage, 300 square feet of future restroom and about 100 square feet of usable attic for a total of 1,200 square feet. An estimate based on square footage would use our remaining funds.
The lower floor plan indicates optional renovations of the existing restrooms to create an ADA unisex and (2) oversized standard restrooms. There is a door from rental into the hall by the restrooms. This will require a door to block the hall off from the new Ski Patrol area. The optional ticket booth keeps the ticket only traffic out of rental shop.
Main floor plan work can be limited to the addition, altering kitchen & restroom venting and adding doors into the future spaces. Kitchen will now have freezers on the same floor. Nothing is ADA on this floor.
Exterior Elevations area designed to direct the snow per Bob’s request and to capture as much main floor (kitchen level) space as possible under 4 in 12 roof pitch. Top of walls in the Shop align with top of walls on the main floor.
After reviewing the drawings, Gabe penciled in the groomer. Based on groomer width of 17’ with the blade, it is too tight. The groomer height is about 10’ 6”. Gabe and Scott think the shop door needs to be 22’ wide. They are hoping to gain 5’-6’ in width in the shop to allow storage of the two snowmobiles too and move around the groomer. They would also like the shop to be deeper so instead of 40’ make it be 42’ deep.
Scott asked what the roof pitch was, if the price included the concrete floor and did the project remove the chimney. He also wanted the upper deck on the south side. Tonya will verify these questions with Rhonda. Scott had ideas to remove the deck on the north side and instead add doors going out on the east deck.
Scott stated there is power and a culvert in the footprint of the proposed addition and Idaho Parks and Recreation also didn’t like the overhead powerline from the lodge area to the tubing hill.
Meeting adjourned 5:45 p.m.
