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Recreation Commission Minutes February 2, 2004 holds a card comes in and swipes and, based on what information is in the system, it knows whether to open the door or not. It identifies the person as to hockey or swimming or whatever. Until the Rec Center has strong definitions of what the person's status will be it will be very difficult to program the computer to understand what to do. Mr. Jesse would like to have things in place for Fall. Thefts Another thing to note is that there has been a rash of thefts related to health clubs and credit cards. This is a national issue. Most of the cards end up in Vegas. These are professional thieves. Someone will go into a locker room, take a piece of metal, slip it between the shackle and the combination on the lock so it doesn't look like the lock was opened, go into the person's wallet, go into the credit cards, into the second or third one in (the one that isn't used as much), take that one. Then they will run that card for two or three days until the person gets a call from the credit card company or gets his statement of billing or his limit is expired. The cards are taken to Vegas and gets cash advances for gambling, hotels, airfare, etc. One of the easy solutions is to have lockers available in the ticket booth area monitored by employees to store the valuables, be it credit card or whatever. Gun Legislation As regards the gun law, the City will be presenting some rules and regulations about not allowing firearms on the property. The way it stands now, you can have a gun on the grounds, but you cannot have it in the building. Of course, there are all kinds of steps to own a concealed weapon. You must have 12 hours of training, you must have a background check. There are places you cannot have them. Specifically, we must say that they are not allowed in our building. Jim Dubelko is looking into the concept of Home Rule as well. Regardless, the City needs to have rules posted that firearms are not allowed in this building. We may get into a situation where metal detectors are in place. One of our major concerns is domestic disorders between two people, and we must eliminate as much of that as possible. Mr. Kelley said that when Claire (Hayes) was on the Board, the Commission wanted to adopt a resolution like the schools have, no where on the property. Mr. Jesse said that the law must be in compliance with the State Code and with Home Rule. It also ties into who is a patron and who isn't. The City possibly has an opportunity to make its own rules. One of the blessings of the skateboard park is that it is outside of the facility and that it gives the Rec the reach outside of the facility, and the facility extends beyond what is covered by the roof. Anything now will likely be tested eventually, but the City must be as conservative as possible to protect its families. Mr. Jesse gave an example of a pizza delivery person who delivered pizza in a high crime neighborhood. He had a gun under a seat. He was pulled over for a traffic violation. During the course of his investigation, he was cited for the gun, and he pursued the matter all the way to the Supreme Court. Through that process, the concealed weapons law was asked to be defined by police departments. No concensus could be drawn. Then a concealed weapons law was developed. Page 8