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Minutes of a Meeting of the North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission December 1, 2008 Stove has a maintenance contract set up with Legacy Landscaping which will be doing a number of fields: 1, 3, 5 and Clague 1 and 2. That price will be approximately $8,000 to have maintenance fields kept up to what they need to be. Also for this year, other than the maintenance, Hot Stove plans on doing a new dugout at Clague 1, pouring concrete. The dugout has a bad flooding problem there. There is concrete there, but it’s six inches down. They are trying to dig it out. Hot Stove is anticipating spending $8,000 for the maintenance plus $8,000 for Diamond 1 with the dugout and that Field. The big thing is that Hot Stove o.k.’d $10,000 for Chestnut Field, because that field has been neglected for a long time. In talking with Chris (Wetmore), he will be using that field Monday through Thursday. According to him and how bad it is, he’s welcoming Hot Stove to get that done. We’ve had fundraisers also. There was a poker night last year - we made $6,000 on it. We plan on doing at least one or two of those this year and a Night at the Races. We are hoping to raise $15,000. Hot Stove is trying to do everything it can so that there will be no fees raised for its families – there are 500 families – and not only are they benefitting, but so are the residents. The parks have been improved over the past five years with no dust last year on the fields. Mr. Scarl did not think too many people who lived by the Park complained after the diamond dust was put down. We’ve done much work, and it hasn’t cost the taxpayers any money. Mr. Scarl then handed the letter to Mr. Mahoney for the Rec Committee; then Council. Hot Stove is looking for a recommendation from the Committee to have Hot Stove invested in the fields and waive the fees for the prep. Mr. Mahoney thanked him for the letter and asked him to report back to Mr. Finch and Mr. Tallon, Jr. He knew there was an issue about some of the school ball diamonds; there was a meeting on it last May, but the window was apparently missed. When this comes before the Rec Committee, we will revisit the issue of Spruce and Birch and will bring in a school board member to make it work. Mr. Scarl thanked Mr. Mahoney. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING After Motion duly made by Mr. Mahoney, seconded by Mr. Scarl, and unanimously approved, the meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m. The next scheduled meeting of the North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission will be January 5, 2009. Accepted and Approved: ______________________________________________ Terry Groden, Chairperson ______________________________________________ Judith A. Ptacek-Roche, Secretary Date: _____________________________ Page 7