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Minutes of a Meeting of the North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission November 7, 2005 repair using a pencil as the beam. He continued that the beam is plumb, but if it was brought so that it was a straight line, there would have been a problem. It has structural integrity. It was inspected. The cost: $22,600 for the contracting work, and the engineering work was $16,000. Fence at Ball Park Mr. Baxter noted that up until now, the front part of the park is often used for football and sometimes families playing in part of the park. This all leads to the fence. The idea that the high school needs a good field and they need a fence on that field has some very good arguments. It’s been decided that there is going to be one. The question is: will it be removable? The Hot Stove people would want the fence, although the argument for the high school is that the bigger kids are going to hit the ball farther, it will roll; though, frankly, Mr. Baxter doubted they could roll it out to Lorain Road from where the diamond is, but maybe they could. It’s unlikely to happen with the younger kids. His conclusion is that it will take up green space of the park by putting that fence in and also that there are other people who use that end of the park. There is still a lot of merit in removing the fence as they said it would be removable and don’t bend to the argument that other people want to use it as well. There’s nothing wrong with the soccer kids using it or having space to fly a kite, but the more we fence it in, the more we don’t. If it’s up for March through June, the rest of the summer is still open. He thought that there would be a hard time in getting in down once it goes up, but if it goes up on the basis it comes down and not be left up, then maybe it won’t stay down. Mr. Baxter said that the echo was that the Hot Stove people want it up. What does the Commission think? Mr. Limpert said he wants it down. Mr. Baxter said that was good; he thought it was better for the community. Ms. Meredith said she was unaware of this situation. Who would have ownership of the fence and be responsible for storage? Mr. Limpert reported to her that it would be the schools’ responsibility. Mr. DiSalvo said it would mean purchase, implementation, take down and storage. Mr. Baxter said that he honestly believes that they have no intention of taking it down and still don’t. Mr. Lasko said that the reality of it is though, just like the softball fence on Diamond #2, it’s up to the City to enforce its own rules and regulations. As Mr. Miller said at the last meeting, let the Commission refer this to the Law Department and have everything in writing; let’s make sure there’s a clear understanding of what’s going on, and then let’s enforce the understanding. That’s the bottom line. He said that he doesn’t think anybody is trying to hoodwink anybody; no one is trying to pool the wool over anyone’s eyes. Mr. Lasko agreed with Mr. Baxter that green space should be green space. Mr. Kelley hopes that what Mr. Baxter is talking about comes to fruition. This concluded the Report of the Safety Director. Let the Minutes reflect that Ms. Jones entered the meeting at 7:45 p.m. She had been working at the booth getting ready for voting Tuesday, November 8, 2005. Page 6