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Minutes of a Meeting of the North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Commission September 14, 2009 indirectly, at any rate. He certainly thinks it’s overdue. Mr. Scarl agreed. He said he’s at the Park a lot during the summer and fall, especially when people are coming in from other cities and have their kids to watch play ball, bringing their pets with them, so they are there anyway. They are unaware that there is a law against it now, but there are a lot of people walking their dogs there. They are not supposed to, but they do; it’s been going on, and he was sure they weren’t getting ticketed. It just needs to be allowed, with the proper procedures in place. Mr. DiSalvo said that, since he’s been here, there have been no complaints about dog droppings or anything like that. Mr. Baxter said that he thinks it’s changed a lot; years ago you did not see people walking with a plastic bag; now, people are more aware of the matter. Mr. Groden said that he’s at the Park a lot, too, and it seemed to him to be an Ordinance that should be modified; it probably does make sense to introduce legislation to change it. It would be better if we could get some bags to the Park because people are going to bring dogs to the Park. Mr. Dailey said that there are other things to consider in legislation. He is giving a lot of information to the Mayor, and Mr. Dubelko is putting it into legislative form, including having a non- retractable leash, to keep the dogs away from people quicker by just having a straight leash. There’s a lot to talk about, but he thinks it a good idea, long-term. It seems, then, Mr. Groden said, that the general consensus of this Commission is that people are in favor of the legislation, asking if anyone was not. No one was. It goes to first reading tomorrow, Committee Meeting next Tuesday, and the Chairman of that Committee, Mark Mahoney, is here to take your comments to that Committee. Mr. Mahoney said that Council sets the Committee meetings on the off Tuesday; it will probably be a week from tomorrow. Mr. Groden asked if it was Mr. Mahoney’s guess that this would go to all three readings. Mr. Dailey said he did not know….Mr. Mahoney said that his thought was why would it be suspended? He did not know that there would be a reason to suspend something like that, unless someone can come up with one, and he would listen. Mr. Groden said that the reason he brings it up is because when we meet again it would be before it th went to all three readings (October 5). Mr. Mahoney said if you want to take a yay or nay vote (no one has really seen the Ordinance, but it seems like, on first blush, it seems that there is no objection to it.) Mr. Groden said that is why he was saying that, by the time we meet again, the Commission will know a lot more about that piece of legislation, so we can always revisit it as a body next time on th October 5. Mr. Mahoney said it would be on second reading the next day. Fence at the Park Mr. Groden said that, since the last meeting, there’s legislation to deal with the fence at the Park. There was a Committee meeting held with our Baseball Coach, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Mahoney said, as well as with the Administration, representatives from Hot Stove, and the Boy Scouts were well represented. The way things ended up being resolved after discussion is that the Resolution is going to authorize the Mayor to enter into a contract with the School Board so that the fence can be st maintained through a date certain, July 31. That enables the High School Team to work through its season and any rain or scheduled playoff games there might be. It also allows Hot Stove to remain through its season. Two caveats that the school will be responsible for will be that they will be responsible for accommodating the NOSO Cup and the All Scouts Weekend and putting the fence up and down. We clarified when it will go up and when it will go down and we clarified who is going to Page 9