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Minutes of a Meeting of the North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission March 3, 2008 will recommend approval for the entire Council. Mr. Dailey said they were all in unanimous agreement, anyway. Pool Filter The pool filter has been ordered at a cost of $36,500. It should be installed and ready for operation by the time the outdoor pool opens. Three companies bid packages: Miller Plumbing; High Tech Pools; and Whitmer, who got the bid. The other two figured they would be going to Whitmer for the part anyway, so that’s the way it worked out, as expected. The bid specs were geared out to be an equivalent, so it didn’t have to be the visual vacuum filter system. It could be something that’s the same, just a different name brand, and no one bid on it. Sun Herald/West Life Articles Finally, Mr. Dailey commented on the articles in the Sun Herald and West Life (copies attached) regarding the discussions ongoing with the Recreation Center. The article in the West Life gets into a little more detail, with people talking specifically about a partnership with the YMCA, Fairview General Hospital (Cleveland Clinic). The one in the Sun Herald talked a little bit more about what’s going to be included and what’s going to be excluded. Hopefully, something will be coming out of the Administration and before Council by the end of March by the time the budget process is completed. Some members will be gone for spring break; the Administration expects to get with them either the last day of March or the week prior to spring break. If not, it will have to be the first week in April, but we will push for March to get before Council. Mr. Dailey said that there will be a 78,000 square foot facility, if he remembered correctly; tennis was 20,000 square feet, and the rest was the Rec Center itself. The plans going forward will not include ice. He just wants to make sure people are apprised of this situation, and everything is up and on the table. Mr. Garrity asked if Mr. Dailey would be meeting with any specific groups. There was a one-meeting only with prospective heads of various sports groups, including the schools. It was only one time. Mr. Dailey said that, from the Administration’s standpoint, he would say that no, it’s not going to happen again. The Administration feels that it’s past that; now it will get the matter into Council’s hands so that they can take a look at it and see if they want to move forward with it as well. It will be up to Council to decide if they want to put this on the ballot or not. Any type of concerns can be heard while it goes through the Council process. Mr. Garrity asked if there would be a fair notification of when that’s going to happen. Mr. Dailey said it would be typically when the Council Committee meetings happen, which are usually opposite Tuesdays of the Council meetings. Mr. Mahoney said to get on the internet, because the internet will show when the council meetings are and when the committee meetings are. Unfortunately, because the Agenda for City Council change almost on a daily basis, the Agenda for City Council is not put on the web site because it changes too frequently on such short notice. It’s just not possible to keep up to date. His advice to Mr. Garrity was to be prepared to come to the meetings in March and April; call the Clerk of Council, Barb Seman, and find out when the Rec Committee meets. Certainly in March and April and, if it goes into May, that will be the time to pay attention. Mailings are cost prohibitive. City ordinances, to Mr. Mahoney’s knowledge, do not require it. Again, we live in a free government society. It’s Page 7