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Recreation Commission Meeting April 5, 2004 Mr. Jesse said that he learned some serious lessons from Springvale: one of them being that one needs to be very clear on the plan as far as the numbers going in and how it will work year after year, long term. By the end of the year, he would like to have the input of North Olmsted constituents and a strong idea of what the needs will cost, and then ask ourselves how it will work: will it be a subscription plan, a corporate sponsorship plan, a resident fee increase, a non- resident increase, a tax increase; in other words, look at all the different sources of revenue vs. all the different costs. Based on that, the Rec Department can say to Council: this is what is proposed. As soon as we can assure ourselves of what the percentage need is, then we can go ahead and prioritize what the five-year or ten-year plan need be. It may be that hockey will be at the top of the list. Mr. Kelley noted that the High School hockey club hosts games at the Rec Center and, again, if there is a downtrodden hockey rink, and there are other teams coming in, that shows on the City of North Olmsted. Mr. Galippo again stated that the Hockey Club wants to know what, as a Club, it can do to help promote the North Olmsted Rink, or should it start looking elsewhere, something it does not want to do. Mr. Jesse reiterated that the Rec Center needs to hear this information as a major information source for the City as well as from the other constituents. There are many constituents that participate in the Rec Center, and they all need to be heard and give their assessment of where they are going. Mr. DiSalvo noted that the Rec Center put the Swimming Team of the North Olmsted High School out of commission for almost a month when the water main broke in December 2003. That's how much the High School relies on the swimming pool. If anything happens to the compressors or rink, the hockey season will be down the drain. It's not just the hockey club. It's the entire revenue of the rink. Mr. Galippo said that the Hockey Club wants to keep their activities within the community. As to the high school teams, the teams are split. The coach has half the teams in one locker room and half the team in the other, home and away. Ms. Drenski said they all walk out into the lobby into the pool locker room shower, which is a major issue heard every day from every mother. It's not just the hockey club using the locker rooms. Ms. Jones again asked if there is anything the Commission can do right now to help the Hockey Club. Mr. DiSalvo asked if there was anything wrong with the scoreboard or the clock. What would it take to clean up the cords and plugs with an enclosure? What would it take to put new gates on the home bench? The Hockey Club wants to start with those minor improvements. The Treasurer asked: is this going to be their home? Should they put $10,000, $20,000 into the North Olmsted facility? Mr. Jesse asked what would make the Hockey Club want to stay at the Page 6