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Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting February 7, 2005 Commission is constrained with budgets. The five-year plan has been on the board for a long time. Mr. Kelley agrees with the Commissioner and agreed that the Commission is obligated to make a proposal. It goes from here to City Council. Mr. Kelley wanted a five-year capital improvement Motion to be presented to City Council along the lines that the Commissioner has recommended. There are a lot of other things that could be done, but reality must be faced. This is owed to the citizens of North Olmsted to address the green sheet, or there will be a scenario like last Christmas where a pump goes out and the pool goes down. Mr. Kelley would like to see any future expansions done, whether it be the School Board or the City Recreation lines to have a set aside amount of money put into a fund that would take care of any type of emergency. For example, if $2 million would be put off to the side (from the Board’s proposal), into an interest- bearing account, don’t use it for five to ten years. When it comes time to replace heating and air conditioning units, the money will be there. There will be no need to go to the General Fund of the City. Mr. Stein said that the same thing must be done for long-range planning. As example, he cited the outdoor filter will be replaced with what’s there. Even the manufacturer (Whitmer Pool) asked, what kind of new pool will be put in? Mr. Stein does not know. There is no plan. The Rec is actually buying a filter that might not be able to be used in five years if a pool system is built that won’t work with it. If the Rec doesn’t know, the parts still have to be replaced. Mr. Jesse made a Motion to recommend to Council that they immediately take a look at the green sheet and decide where the funding should be; Mr. Kelley seconded. All confirmed with a unanimous aye; the Motion was ordered. Mr. Jesse and Mr. Kelley made and seconded a Motion to hold the Motion for one more month until a letter to the School Board could be sent asking them to attend the next Parks and Recreation Commission meeting, as well as a letter to Council and the Athletic Director. The figures to be sought would be in the $5 to $10 million range, since the proposal was $2 to $4 about ten years ago. (Overlapping, soft conversation). The Commission approved this second Motion. This concluded the report of the Recreation Commissioner. REPORT OF THE SAFETY DIRECTOR Pro Shop Mr. Jesse reported that the Pro Shop that the Rec Center has for hockey is probably one of only a few facilities that have pro shops. The reason for that is competition of regular sporting goods providers. Mr. DiSalvo and Mr. Perkins did an evaluation. This year, the Rec Center will maintain the status quo. There will be no major buy of inventory. There will be a sell-off of current inventory and at the end of the year there will be another evaluation made. As it stands right now, there has not been a lot of ongoing demand for what the Rec is selling, and the Pro Shop at the Golf Shop is having trouble for much the same reason. Page 11