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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE <br />NORTH OLMSTED PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION <br />June 1, 2009 <br /> <br />Meeting called to order: 7:00 p.m. <br /> <br />In Attendance: Terry Groden, Chairperson <br />Mark Mahoney, Councilman, Vice Chairperson <br /> <br /> John Dailey, Director, Community Life Services <br /> Ted DiSalvo, Commissioner <br /> Norm Baxter, Member <br /> John J. Lasko, Jr., Member <br /> Julie Nader, Member (left at 7:09 p.m.) <br /> Chris Scarl, Member <br /> <br />Visitors: Todd Troyer, Board of Hot Stove, 4070 Dryden Dr. <br /> Cathy Troyer, Sec’y, NOHS Athletic Boosters <br /> Dave Anderson, 5324 Berkshire Dr. <br /> Carlos Chinchilla, 6197 Brighton Dr. <br /> Luz M. Escobar, 6197 Brighton Dr. <br /> Kim Wagner, 26678 Leenders Ln. <br /> Stefanie Evans, 5068 Douglas Dr. <br /> Anita Gangidine, 25090 Fawn Dr. <br /> <br /> <br />Mr. Groden opened the meeting with the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance by all before roll call <br />was taken. <br /> <br />VISITORS’ OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION <br /> <br />Mr. Groden opened the floor for visitor comment after welcoming them. <br /> <br />Ms. Troyer said that her daughter swam on the Rec Center swim team since she was six years old. <br />She now 16, and she absolutely loves it. The fee has always been about $85 to $90 over those ten <br />years. We knew that when she hit the high school years, the Rec Center always offered a perk: the <br />high schoolers could swim the season for $20 because they want to keep the high schoolers involved <br />with the younger kids, but they work in the summer, don’t have as much time for the swim team, and <br />they usually swim at a higher level. They don’t use the Rec Center coaches or the swim team because <br />now we have a fee with the swim team. Currently the kids are paying $400 for their pool time and <br />their coaching, and then they just join the Rec Center as a “community spirit” type situation. The <br />young kids love having the high schoolers in the competitions with them, and the high schoolers love <br />it. This way they have kids that they babysit in the neighborhood, and they’re all on the same team <br />together. Basically, the high school kids just go to compete at the Meet, and they don’t participate in <br />the practices and the coaching, because usually the coaching is provided by someone who recently <br /> <br />