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Minutes of a Meeting of the <br />North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission <br />May 1, 2006 <br />Page Three <br /> <br /> <br />from the people on the East Park and West Park Drives when the fence went up, saying it obstructed <br />their view. A couple of them said that their purchase agreement in their house said that the City would <br />never do that. Mr. Terbrack replied that he was sorry; that this is a City Park, and the City can do <br />with it what it chooses. Nevertheless, Mr. Terbrack did tell them that, based upon the City’s <br />understanding with the school system, in late May or early June the fence will come down. Mr. <br />Barker said that was what he reported to Council as well. Mr. Baxter said that if that fence would <br />stay up, he would have trouble staying on the Commission because he thought it was clearly agreed <br />that the fence would come down at a certain time; to suggest now to leave it up would be unthinkable. <br />Mr. Barker said it was thoroughly discussed at the last meeting. Ms. Drenski said that Ted (DiSalvo) <br />wanted the Commission informed of the Hot Stove letter. <br /> <br />Mr. Lasko said that, while he was in the area, he noticed younger kids in organized play sandwiched in <br />the area left with the fence up, and he will be glad when the fence is down so that the remaining <br />citizens of the City of North Olmsted can get the unobstructed use of that area as it was intended to <br />be. It’s fine and great right now that the schools and the City have struck this accommodation <br />whereby the high school can have a field more comparable to some of the fields they are playing on <br />with other schools within their league, but clearly, once their season has ended, by rights the fence <br />must revert back to the use of the general population, which won’t be accomplished if that fence were <br />to remain. <br /> <br />Mr. Terbrack said that All Scouts Weekend will come into play with the removal of the fence as well. <br /> <br />Mr. Barker said that Council had the same arguments that Mr. Lasko did to bring the fence down. <br />Mr. Barker agreed. According to the meeting with Mr. Hyland when this was discussed in Council <br />Committee, he seemed to have the opinion that if the building bond passes, next year it won’t matter, <br />because they will have their own field. <br /> <br />Ms. Kanis agreed with Mr. Lasko because, when the Commission met with the baseball people, one of <br />the reasons the Commission agreed to put the fence up was that it was going to be taken down right <br />after baseball and Hot Stove was never mentioned. Mr. Baxter said that Hot Stove was mentioned in <br />the meeting but it was clear what the Commission’s intentions were. <br /> <br />Mr. Lasko said that, as both a coach in Hot Stove for eight years and as a card-carrying high school <br />Ohio Athletic Association umpire, there’s a big difference between the ball when it’s hit by a high <br />school kid and a ball when it’s hit by a Hot Stove kid, even a Hot Stove kid in the eighth grade level. <br />There’s a big difference in how far the ball can be hit, so many reasons that were raised that might be <br />applicable when it’s varsity is not true of Hot Stove. Again, it runs contrary to what this Commission <br />stated: this is not to be a softball/baseball complex; it’s meant to be a public park. <br /> <br /> <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />