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Minutes of a Meeting of The North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission February 5, 2007 Mr. Scarl asked if the newly constructed ice rinks were profitable. Mr. Dailey said he did not know yet. Mr. Garrity said you hear it is and you hear it isn’t. With Strongsville, if you talk to the City, they don’t like it. They will have their tournaments and have their ice going well and high school teams. They have about five high school teams playing out of Strongsville. Mr. Scarl said Strongsville also had a private owner, and that private owner is making money. Mr. Garrity agreed. Bar/restaurants cannot be in city-owned ice rinks. The owner at Strongsville runs a lot of tournaments, and they generate money that way. They charge a team $800 for four games. Mr. Dailey reiterated that the City is ready to move forward, but is in a holding pattern. Mr. Garrity asked if there will be another open meeting for the public after the Council meeting; Mr. Dailey said, “absolutely.” Mr. Lasko said that the last he saw from the consultant were seven different alternatives; there were four different alternatives with two or three different variations of two, three and four. Has that, in fact, been narrowed down to one? Mr. Dailey said it had been. It’s just now a question of time. Mr. Lasko said that if the school levy does not pass tomorrow, everyone on the schedule for the Southwest Conference would be notified that there would be no contract signed to play a game. He suspected that the Southwest Conference teams would probably hold the day open anyway. The independent games will probably scramble to cover themselves because they don’t have the same allegiance to their schools. If the levy passes in May, there may be some gaps in some of the fall schedules, e.g., the independent teams might scramble and book something else. There may be some slack there that might leave some gaps, so all the more reason that the levy pass tomorrow. That’s the best estimate of what Mr. Lasko has been told of what other teams could do. Ms. Kanis said that if the Master Plan has been narrowed down to one scenario, can the Rec Commission know what that is? Mr. Dailey said that even that could change before the City actually goes public with anything. Mr. Barker said that, speaking as a resident and not a Councilman, he thinks that keeping everyone in the dark about the Rec Master Plan is not a good thing because everyone is kept guessing. Mr. Dailey responded that, again, nothing should be put in the way of the school levy at this point in time. Contracts Mr. Dailey told the Commission members that the City has entered into a contract with Spectra Contracted Flooring to do the ADA top lot improvements in North Olmsted Park and Sterling Construction Group to do the new bathrooms at North Olmsted Park. Mr. Scarl asked if they are tearing down the facility for the restrooms or are they going to renovate the building. Mr. Dailey replied that they will be adding on to the back of the Senior Center. There will be ADA friendly restrooms at the north end of the Senior Center – male side and female side. Mr. Scarl asked if the hill would be knocked down. Mr. Dailey said that no, the northeast corner of the Page 6