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Minutes of a Meeting of The North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission August 1, 2005 part of that. The fence would be temporary, it would be stored at the High School, and we (the high school) would appreciate any manpower to go along with it; however, we’re more than willing to do all of it. There are also some other safety features involved to extend the base lines another forty feet. Again, that’s a real safety factor at this point. The school is willing to upgrade the facility at mostly its cost. The school is looking for the City of North Olmsted or the Rec to put some money forward if they can. The other thing Mr. Carras wanted to say was that he and Ted (DiSalvo) have talked about this. It’s been a long-range plan. It’s a plan that was put into place, and he would like to see it continued and not be stopped at this time just because there have been some political position changes in the City. Mr. DiSalvo stated that, to add to what Tim was saying, the only obstacle in the way ( Messrs. DiSalvo, Limpert and Wetmore agree) is the one tree that should come down. Aside from that, based on what the High School just presented, he (Mr. DiSalvo) sees no problem with the proposal on behalf of the Rec Department – just that one tree taken down. In taking those measurements, Mr. DiSalvo is of the opinion that the fence would encompass an alley of 365 feet and would just miss another tree, so an additional tree would most likely not have to come down. Upon Mr. Limpert’s question, Mr. Carras reiterated that the maintenance department of the schools would take responsibility for putting up the fence, taking it down and storing it at the old bus garage. Mr. Limpert asked if the Service Director had agreed that he had storage room for it and asked the members of the Commission for their feelings on the matter. Mr. Limpert knew there were a lot of concerns from residents when the first fence was put up. He did not know if there were more difficulties, but he received a letter (and he could not believe that it came from a person in the schools, though there was a school person’s name on it) that seems to have quite a few not-quite-accurate statements in it, and that certainly does not help to process them. Coach Murphy was asked by Mr. DiSalvo when the high school begins the baseball season. He replied that they try to hit the fields as early as they can in March, and the schools go until probably the last week in May. There have been a couple times played in June, but he (Mr. Murphy) thought it had been about twice in 16 years. Mr. DiSalvo asked when the games actually started – in April or as soon as March. Mr. Murphy replied that they get on the field in March (we can scrimmage that early). Mr. DiSalvo said that, basically, it would be a March through May time frame and said that the City is definitely looking at it to see if there would be any other conflicts with any other scheduled events. It was noted that the only thing that would come close to hitting that time frame would be the All Scouts Weekend the first weekend of June. If so, as Mr. Murphy said, the team has only gone twice into June in 16 years. Page 3