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Minutes of a Meeting of The North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission February 6, 2006 Page Two Meeting Minutes regarding the Recreation Master Plan transcribed by the consultant, Kerr + Boron Associates, is attached hereto. Mr. Terbrack began by saying that the initial meeting consisted of brainstorming among the members. It was simply a meeting to talk about anything that came to mind, Rec-wise, whether it was Parks or the Facility; it was strictly to give the consultant an idea of the scope of what they are doing. These ideas were summarized with bullet points, as is seen. It was suggested very strongly that there are other stakeholders in all of this. They are listed on Page 2. There may be some that we did not think about, so if there are any other organizations that the Commission members think the consultant might want to talk with their members or boards, please let Ted or me know. Mr. Terbrack continued by saying that the City really wants this Plan to work and to tell the City what to do. If there is something that must be looked at that’s not here, please state it. The consultant will be looking at everything; these are just items that were reviewed. At this point, the Safety Director asked the Commissioner for comments, who stated that the meeting began by giving a history of the Rec, the programming, and other basic information so that the Consultant could be brought up to date with the Rec Department’s situation. Everyone at the meeting had ideas or things they wanted to pass on to the others. As the Safety Director said, all if it is bullet pointed. He noted that on Page 2, in the section regarding stakeholders, “NO School PTA” and “NO HOTSTOVE – Youth Baseball” mean North Olmsted, not NO. Mr. Kelley said that, on Page 1, towards the end of the page, where it refers to opportunities with non-profit groups such as the YMCA, hospital systems or private sports groups…before the Chairman came to the meeting today, he noted that the news showed that two YMCA locations were closed. The memberships from the two closed locations are being filtered to the Westlake location on Columbia Road. Mr. DiSalvo responded that it costs much to run them, and he was sure that the YMCA locations that closed had some financial difficulties; this is why he is extremely cautious on this Board in letting people know actually how expensive it is to run fitness facilities, in addition to the other things the Rec Department wants to do. Mr. Baxter agreed with Mr. DiSalvo; a well-run fitness facility is expensive and must have personnel there all the time; kids must be watched; it’s great to have, but it’s not something like putting a basketball court out to play when wanted; it’s much different. Mr. Baxter also said that he read the Memo before the meeting started, and said that it’s important for the planners to decide about how much North Olmsted will support the use of its facilities for non- residents. He recognized that, for some functions to perform well, there must be non-residents. However, he noted that in Westlake or Brook Park, for example, where one must be a resident to use the facility, there’s a difference in the approach on what other cities are trying to service. Here in Page 2