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Minutes of a Meeting of the North Olmsted Parks & Recreation Commission <br />October 3, 2005 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />the Risk and other doctrines that might prevail against that but, at the same time, you’re right on <br />point, and Mr. Limpert is right on point as well: it’s no different than any other project that <br />would be proposed before the Planning Commission. There are Engineering, Building and Law, <br />and they all opine as to the merits or the problems or concerns of a particular proposal, and this <br />should be no different. That, too was reflected in the Minutes from the meeting last month that <br />this should be no different than any other project: Engineering, Building and Law should all opine <br />as to what they think needs to be done in order to make sure that this works for the City, not just <br />for the applicants. Mr. Limpert also called Mr. Hyland at the schools and said that we, as a City, <br />are considering this matter in the schools’ court, so to speak because we had people at Council <br />the next night asking for approval. Mr. Lasko suggested that, since Mr. Carras spearheaded the <br />matter at the meeting last month, and Mr. Limpert should make Mr. Carras aware of the fact that <br />the ball is in their court. <br /> <br />Cell Tower <br /> <br />Ms. Powell asked about the decision regarding the tower in the Park. She said she was adamantly <br />opposed to it. Mr. Limpert said that, basically, at the request of the cell company, it was run <br />before Council at its caucus meeting. Council said it is not its job to come up with the ideas, but <br />it is its job to approve them, so the cell company was informed that the City of North Olmsted is <br />not interested. What they were talking about was a flagpole type cell tower as opposed to what <br />is at Clague Park. Mr. Miller said there is a flagpole type behind the Shell Station next to the Post <br />Office on Center Ridge in Westlake. The antennas are enclosed inside the pole rather than the <br />exterior. It’s a bit wider pole with a flag on it. The ratio of the size of the flag to the pole looks a <br />bit skewed. Right now the sentiment is that the companies will go to the fire station. They keep <br />pushing for the Park, however. <br /> <br />Fencing Basketball Courts/Tree Identification Project <br /> <br />Ms. Powell asked about fencing around the basketball courts, as well as the tree identification <br />project. Mr. Miller said that he went by the basketball courts and volleyball courts today. He did <br />not understand that the fencing would be a four or five foot fence around one edge of the <br />basketball courts. The previous fence enclosed the courts, and this one is only on the east side of <br />the basketball courts, and it’s only a four footer. What happened to enclosing those basketball <br />courts – there are three open sides on them. He was happy that something was done, but <br />disappointed with the final product. Mr. DiSalvo said he would have to contact Tom Stein and get <br />back to the Commission with the information. The existing fences had to come down for the <br />actual installation of the basketball courts. <br /> <br />Mr. Limpert has had conversation with the Forester on the tree identification project. It’s not <br />high priority as far as city funding. It seems to be an excellent Eagle Scout Project. The funds <br />and labor are organized to install it all. Part of the things to be envisioned would be the Forester <br />Page 10 <br /> <br />