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Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting <br />March 7, 2005 <br /> <br /> <br />Dr. Stanic said that it’s an investment in the infrastructure, talking as a businessman, and it always <br />pays off. People don’t see the return right away. It does pay off in the long run for a lot of <br />different reasons – I made a suggestion in 1996 to do some things, finally the public got around to <br />passing it in 2004 - but it cost twice as much. An investment in preparing the facilities in the <br />future is a good investment. <br /> <br />Ms. Kanis asked Mr. Stein to re-explain his plan. <br /> <br />Mr. Stein began by saying that the Rec Center is cramped in certain areas (hockey locker rooms). <br />The Rec does not have a gym; it must rely on the schools all the time. There are only four tennis <br />courts; five are required for tournament play. The plans are hard to see because it is to scale of <br />the original drawings for ’75, but these are the existing tennis courts now with my new idea of <br />moving the hockey locker rooms down on Court 1. There is a way from the rink warming area to <br />go down to Court 1; you’d go through the ladies’ bathroom, but you’d take that out and renovate <br />it. That would be a hallway. So there would be nice sized locker rooms, showers, bathrooms, <br />everything for the kids. The other side would be open. On top of this (the building is high <br />enough) there are 100 square feet that could be used for whatever is wanted; you could put <br />gymnastics. The current ceiling is not high enough. This is above the hockey locker rooms on <br />Court 1. They could go down slightly so that there would be a two-level there. The track could <br />either be ground level or at that same level elevated around the tennis building. So we would <br />utilize the same building just renovating it, which should save some money. Tennis would go <br />right out the back; there would be a hallway from the existing tennis lobby straight down by Court <br />1; go out back. There could still be a secret door code so the kids can’t get in there. There <br />would be a new locker room for the gym and tennis, and tennis could go back. This would be six <br />courts worth of distance or space. You could go back another twenty to hit the property line if <br />you wanted to for buildings or whatever you wanted. This would solve a lot of our growing <br />problems. With the proper ceiling in the gymnastics area an adequate program could be run. Mr. <br />Stein said that Mr. Stanic hit the nail on the head when he said that when we do something, we <br />should do it right. Mr. Stein said that he’s been a resident in North Olmsted for 27 years and has <br />worked at the Rec Center for 30 years. Once you do something half way, you never finish the <br />other half. An example would be the ball lights on Diamond 2. They are ten feet too short. <br />Now, the residents are still complaining of the lights in the houses. If the lights had the extra ten <br />feet that were specified, this would not be a problem. When the residents get angry, they are not <br />going to vote for anything, and they’ve seen this over a long period of years. Any other <br />questions? <br /> <br />Mr. DiSalvo said to go over the locker facilities again. <br /> <br />Mr. Stein showed the little “blue” block colored in (the existing team rooms for hockey). The <br />outlined blue area would be the newer one. It’s three or four times the size. There would be <br />adequate room. Plus, all the team rooms where they are existing would be empty. Skate rental <br />could possibly be in there; it would make our programs grow bigger and better. <br />Page 9 <br /> <br />