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Minutes of a Meeting of the North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission January 9, 2006 Page Five What Mr. Garrity is talking about is exactly what the consultant wants to do to deal with this Commission and address those issues with any other groups so that they can look at how they can make changes and improvements. This is exactly what the consultants want to hear – they want to hear from organizations like the Hockey Club that they would like to have additional locker rooms at the facility. How to make improvements is the main goal; how to afford them; how to work in conjunction with organizations like the Hockey Club. Mr. Kelley said that there is a fine line here, that is, separating school activities at a community facility. These are legalities that must be taken up with the Law Department. The answer to the question would be that it would have to go through the City to the Engineering Department to do anything. This would be handled through Ted DiSalvo first, with an idea that goes through Service, Safety and Law, and then everyone gets together to discuss the matter. However, as an individual entity, the Hockey Club just can’t come in and say that they have $14,000 to put a wall up. In other words, do a presentation for Ted DiSalvo, and Ted would bring it to the City. Mr. Garrity said that that is what he wanted to know. It’s nothing that has to be done immediately. The study will get involved in this matter. Mr. Garrity said that what he is trying to say is that the Hockey Club wants to stay and, hopefully, other entities would want to improve as well. Mr. Barker said that all these ideas are great, but the Master Plan is what needs to be done; it’s all procedure and may take a little longer than you want to take, but it’s all for the good. Mr. Garrity said that the Hockey Club is trying to show that it is committed to staying at the Rec Center. Mr. Barker said he appreciates that fact. The Ice Boards Ms. Drenski asked Mr. Garrity to put the Boards on the top of the Hockey Club’s list for things to be done. Mr. Garrity said it’s not an easy task to removing the top boards, take out the glass, measure for it and put it back while working around whoever is on the ice. There is no quick remedy and is not an easy task. NEW BUSINESS Recreation Master Plan Project Mr. DiSalvo stated that Kim Wenger is working with the Rec Department on the Rec Master Plan Project. The first step will be to organize an advisory group to work with the consultant through the process. The Recreation Commission must ultimately approve and recommend the Master Plan to Council for adoption. The Commission should designate two Rec Commission members plus the Council representative to work with the City administration as a subcommittee. Page 5