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Minutes of a Meeting of the North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission January 5, 2009 2009 Budget Within the next week or two, the proposed budget of the Parks and Recreation Commission should be available; we will be able to talk more about this at the next meeting of the Commission, showing revenue, expenses and capital projects. Mr. Groden asked if there were any more questions for Mr. Dailey. There being none, this concluded the report of the Community Life Services Director. OLD BUSINESS None NEW BUSINESS Synthetic Ice Mr. Groden asked, for the record, if rinks could possibly be set up with synthetic ice (he had noticed this at Wade Park Oval recently). He wasn’t sure about the technology or exactly how it works, but he knew that it was synthetic. Out of curiosity, he Googled synthetic ice, and he saw there are applications for using it for rinks for skating and hockey. Is that a possibility that the Rec would like to see? Mr. Dailey said that the biggest challenge would be just figuring out how good it would be for our competition. Obviously, if it would be for a skate around the park it might be sufficient, but to have it used for competitive playing, we would have to see the results on that. If it turns out to be that it was as good and there was less cost over time, of course, it would be worth looking into. Ms. Drenski said it would do for outside or inside for a practice area to warm up children before a game, but she did know any rink that would use it full scale. Mr. DiSalvo said thatyou can’t shut off the Studio Rink because it’s still connected to the Main Rink. You would still have to clean up little plastic shavings with some sort of sweeper; Ms. Drenski did not know much about it. Mr. DiSalvo thinks that you have to put some sort of solution over the synthetic ice. Mr. Groden said he did read regarding the rink at Wade Park Oval, that every certain period of time – every week or two weeks – they had to spray the surface. Ms. Nader asked if you put it down and picked it up in pieces; Mr. Dailey said he thinks it snaps together. Mr. Groden admitted he did not know a lot about how it works and that maybe it’s not practical now, but used down the road if the technology continues to advance, we may get to that point. You know, at one point, it used to be that football was only played on grass; we saw what happened there. He certainly would not want to go to this option even down the road if it compromised safety. New Rec Center Mr. Scarl asked Mr. Dailey if, in ’09, there would be anything with a new Rec Center. Mr. Dailey said there would be nothing this year because of the current financial crunch the City of North Page 6