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Commission Meeting May 14, 1997 Page Two Mr. Verlich passed out rosters showing what has been done in the past few years in regards to new teams in their leagues. He explained that when N.O.S.A. accepts teams into their leagues the first criteria they consider is the number of residents on the team. If two teams have an equal number of residents they look at their sponsors to determine if they are based in North Olmsted. Another factor they consider is whether the sponsor is a North Olmsted based business which has players predominantly from that company who will be playing on that team. Over the past several years their selection process for new teams entering their leagues has allowed their organization to build a stronger community base. Basically he stated that they are making every reasonable attempt to facilitate residents who want to participate in their leagues. Mr. Verlich, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Dolansky briefly explained a situation in which the parent of an adult who wished to participate on a team in one of the N.O.S.A. leagues was issuing a complaint that residents of the City were not being served appropriately. Apparently this resident’s son was not currently on a team and requested that his name be distributed to all the teams in hopes of being added to an existing team roster. Mr. Verlich explained that the N.O.S.A. leagues are based upon team registrations as opposed to individual registrations. Typically they get only several requests per year from individuals to be placed on teams and usually most end up joining an existing team. He noted that this past year two or three players requesting to get placed on teams were not picked up. Mr. Verlich and Mr. Morgan stated that they had tried to explain these facts to the resident but he still felt that all residents should be placed on teams. Mr. Verlich noted that N.O.S.A. has never forced a league or team to take on a player they did not want because they feel this would not be beneficial to either party concerned. The Commission members felt that this was an internal issue to N.O.S.A.’s operations and in their opinion the resident involved had been treated in an equitable and fair fashion without discrimination in relation to all others being considered for placement on a team. The Commission members also expressed great concern about placing themselves in a position of mediating individual complaints inherent to the everyday operations of independent community organizations. Report by Recreation Commissioner: Mr. Dolansky introduced Mr. Tim Smith as the new Commission member. Mr. Smith stated it was a privilege to be a part of the Commission and he was looking forward to his participation having been actively involved with programs sponsored by the City as both a parent and coach. Mr. Dolansky reviewed the April 1997 Administrative Report. A policy was put together by Tim Flannery, Tim Murphy and Todd Morgan to outline the responsibilities of canceling School District baseball games. The Athletic Department will be contacted no later than 1:30 p.m. for a preliminary status of the ball diamonds. Based upon this status report the Athletic Director will have greater knowledge of the probability of conducting their games and can make a more accurate cancellation decision.