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Minutes of a Meeting of the North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission January 9, 2006 Page Three Cleveland Hockey Supply The Commissioner reported that Cleveland Hockey Supply will be ready to open for business the week of January 16, 2006. Mr. Garrity said, as example, if skates are dropped off Tuesday night, they can be picked up (sharpened) on Wednesday. Mr. DiSalvo said there is now a very good arrangement in place with Cleveland Hockey Supply. Mr. Baxter asked how often skates had to be sharpened. Ms. Drenski said it depends on how many hours the skates are used. Mr. Barker’s Attendance Mr. Kelley asked that the record show that Mr. Barker is now in attendance at the meeting at 7:10 p.m. The only thing Mr. Barker missed was the presentation of the new Aquatic Supervisor; however, Mr. Kelley suggested that he knew Mr. Barker knows her well. Friday Nite Skates Mr. Kelley noted that he was in attendance at the last few Friday Nite Skates and said that they were well run and seemed to be doing well. Ms. Drenski said that 470 kids were at the last Skate. The Commissioner added that is about 100 over what is usually in attendance. Ms. Drenski said that the Skates are getting better and better; in fact, she thought that there were a little over 500 in attendance, because there were 560 people show up on Saturday for the national skating event. About 563 wrist bands were given out as people came in the door. Every size skates were depleted, except adult size 11, so everyone was skating for about an hour and a half. The Rec Center showcased all different kinds of skating to get people interested in coming again. Ms. Drenski apologized for getting off track in the minutes; however, Mr. Kelley said that it is not off track; use of the ice is a viable entity in the Rec facility. This concluded the Report of the Recreation Commissioner. REPORT OF THE SAFETY DIRECTOR Community Development Block Grant Mr. Terbrack stated that he received from the Planning Director today on the matching grant -$14,000 CDBG local match, the match for the playground equipment and the ADA along with the renovation of the restroom facilities, will be going to Council. The original submission was for $127,400. That was done in early November. Kim Wenger is anticipating approval of this, hopefully without any problem, some time in April. The Rec Center can then look forward to the playground equipment, which $14,000 line item will be submitted to Council, a small share of the total cost of the project. Page 3