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Minutes of a Meeting of The North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission June 4, 2007 The Recreation Programs Income Statement Comparison shows $535,000+ this year compared to $491,000+ last year at this time. The pool is what has made the difference this year, compared to the previous year. Mr. Baxter said that he thought it was great that there was a comparison being made with the financials, comparing this year and last year. It’s a good indication of what the Rec Department is doing. This concluded the report of the Recreation Commissioner. VISITOR’S OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION Emerald Necklace Girls’ Team Ms. Marie Peepers introduced herself as working with the Emerald Necklace Girls’ Team. She had arrived at about 7:15 p.m.; and Ms. Kanis now opened the floor for her comment. She said that she had never been to a Parks and Recreation Department Commission Meeting, but that she wanted to see what went on, it being an open forum. She had issues with the Girls’ Team not being able to play the previous Saturday because the Hot Stove team scheduled before Emerald Necklace had not played, the Emerald Necklace team could have played the 1:30 game. Then she got a call from Joe Vitale stating that there was a field at the Park available for Emerald Necklace, so there was a Strongsville team waiting and moving everyone to the Park. She said that there was a game Thursday night where the fields weren’t lined, and she understood that Emerald Necklace was working on that issue with Hot Stove. They had contact with the company, but the company did not have the stencils for home plate, so the field wasn’t lined Saturday for anyone to play. Mr. DiSalvo asked what field it was. Ms. Peepers said it was at Spruce: she said that she had heard that the City wouldn’t touch the schools. It appears that the problem is a double scheduling issue. For home games, she continued, she did not know what to expect. Mr. DiSalvo asked if Joe Vitale was in charge of scheduling. Mr. Scarl said that, in response to Spruce Field, Hot Stove personally pays for that field. Hot Stove contacted Emerald Necklace (Joe Vitale) and asked him to sit down with the Hot Stove people and come up with a plan if he wanted to come on board with Hot Stove. Once Hot Stove found out that the City wasn’t going to take care of that field anymore, which they had done in the past, the expense was dropped on Hot Stove at the eleventh hour. That’s why the field was barely done for opening weekend. There will be a contract to maintain it. Hot Stove is limited there (at Spruce) until school is out this week. Once school is out, Hot Stove can go on that property. Ms. Peepers said that it is hard to get the Emerald Necklace games scheduled there. There are teams coming in from other cities, and she is just trying to find out what is going on. This was her second year with the Emerald Necklace coaching. She was trying to get a feel with the ebb and flow of what was supposed to happen. Page 7