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Minutes of a Meeting of The North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission September 10, 2007 Mr. Scarl said that, from his own Rec Program, Assistant Director for the Football, there are four out of seven games in the mini Southwest Conference League hosted at their own field at the Park, and no one has anything to sit on there. When we go to the other cities – three other sites – there are bleachers on the field. Most of the recreation programs have their own fields somewhere in the City, and they’re addressing it with people to sit and bathrooms, and these must be given to the public. That’s an issue. Mr. DiSalvo said that Diamond #1 and the bleachers brought the most complaints this past summer. The outdoor pool filter no one knew about – that’s an internal matter – he mentioned it so that everyone on the Commission would be aware of the matter and it gets done. Mr. Groden asked what the cost was for the bleachers – if Mr. DiSalvo had mentioned it. The Commissioner said that no, he hadn’t, but off the top it would be $20,000 or $30,000. That would be to get ten sets. Mr. Baxter asked Mr. Scarl if the bleachers would have to be moved. Mr. Scarl said that he wouldn’t want to move them too much if it wasn’t necessary, but the Commissioner said that if there are ten sets, that will handle all the ball fields, plus the football fields. Fundraising Ms. Smith asked if there could be fundraising brought to the Rec Center – adding a couple dollars here and there could add up to a couple thousand dollars that will chip away at the costs. Mr. Dailey said that absolutely, this was something he never considered for the Rec Center itself, but it’s not a bad idea, especially the people who use the pools the most. Ms. Smith said that all her kids have come to the Rec Center for all the D.A.R.E. nights – perhaps there could be a fundraising night with the kids. Mr. DiSalvo said that, at one point, there was supposed to be fundraising through dasher board advertising in the Rink. He knows there was an issue with setting up an account, and it could not be touched unless it went to dasher board advertising; however, he doesn’t think the plan was implemented. The Commissioner would have to check with Finance, because they would probably want the monies to go into the Rec Budget instead of a separate holding account. Ms. Smith asked if it could be designated for certain things – not necessarily as revenue. She said that her kids played on the fields this summer, and she knew there were many injuries. If a way could be made to designate it for something specific rather than in the Rec Budget, there would be many citizens who would love to help with fundraising. Mr. DiSalvo understood that point, but told Ms. Smith that he would have to check with the Finance Department. Mr. Lasko said the Law Department would have to give an opinion as to whether that could be done. Mr. Dailey agreed. This concluded the report of the Recreation Commissioner. Page 7