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Minutes of a Meeting of The North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission August 1, 2005 rubber stamp as can be received because of the fact that this was all discussed in the budget hearings at the beginning of the year. Ms. Jones asked if Tennis is “rubber stamped almost” not will be and when will they be installed. Mr. Limpert said that the going question in his mind is whether they will pass it under a complete suspension or, if not tomorrow night (August 2, 2005), passing it under complete suspension having a short committee meeting about it, and then two weeks from now, pass it. From a timetable, Council would like to get moving so there will be a little more time on the bid because for a while the pressure will be done on getting the pool roof fixed. This should not interfere with tennis times because this is going to be something that installation will go up on the roof, not doing the roof itself. However, the Rec would like to get it done before the whether changes. Mr. DiSalvo said the only interruption will be the actual installation of the unit, and no one will be in the area for safety reasons. This concluded the Report of the Safety Director. OLD BUSINESS Clarification of NOSO’s Status at Barton/Bradley Park, the Management of the Park and the Working Relationship between NOSO with the Recreation Department Mr. DiSalvo said that he is still running into issues with NOSO despite his open communication with them, and he thought he had an understanding with NOSO between city property and whatever NOSO does at Barton/Bradley. There were two incidents that occurred. What happened on July 22, 2005 at Barton/Bradley was totally uncalled for. Apparently, Ron Koch is the groundskeeper there. He is maintaining Barton/Bradley fields for NOSO on a volunteer basis. He is the only one doing it. He’s a good man; his heart is in the right place, but for one man to take care of that field – especially when you have a full time job – it’s a lot of responsibility. From nd what the Commissioner was told, Mr. Koch was particularly stressed out on July 22. Crestline nd Sports sponsored a three on three soccer tournament. July 22 was the set-up date. They were permitted to be there; all the vendors were permitted; concessionaires – basically everyone nd involved with that tournament had permits and paid the fee for permits. On July 22 at 6:30 in the evening Ron Koch got angry with David Foss from Crestline Sports, saying that if he did not remove everything out of Barton/Bradley, he (Mr. Koch) was going to call a towing company and have it removed. David called Mr. DiSalvo and asked who was in charge, who asked, “What are you talking about?” David said that Ron Koch is going to pull the plug on them. Mr. DiSalvo said that Crestline was permitted to be there, and the bottom line is that Mr. Koch has nothing to do with the management of the park. At that point, the Commissioner called Ron Koch, who, expletive deleted, was asked to settle down by Mr. DiSalvo. Mr. Koch then said he was sick of the City disrespecting what he was doing for it; these are NOSO’s fields, and he said he would just quit. The Commissioner said, “fine.” At that point, Mr. Koch hung up on him, at that was it. By the time Mr. DiSalvo got to the Barton/Bradley fields, everything was still in place, and the Commissioner ran into the security Page 20