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Recreation Commission Meeting <br />Page Three <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />on the dasher boards. If you open up that forum as a means for people to advertise, then who <br />does or does not get the sanction of the City for their signage? How do you pick and choose <br />between groups or entities? Another example given was the Kiwanis hanging signage over the <br />street to advertise its pancake breakfast. Where to draw the line? It’s not been easy for the City <br />and cost the City money on the signage issue. If the City doesn’t think first, the checks might be <br />written out after Court. <br /> <br />Ms. Hayes asked about the cash register system. Will the system identify how many are residents <br />or non-residents? Mr. Jesse replied that the City wants as much information as possible. That <br />would be part of the plan. Ideally, someone would sign up for a class. Then there would be an <br />I.D. card for their admission for, as example, hockey. The cashier would hit that button, the card <br />would be swiped, and it would remove one session, leaving the remainder of the classes. One <br />result of the card would be to let the Recreation Center know who’s in the building, where they <br />are, and, most importantly, who leaves. The person could be in as a visitor, as a parent, or <br />someone just walking through the building. There’s a lot of different parts to the equation. This <br />could turn into a real spider web, and the City needs a real, solid, near-term software program to <br />address our issues. Another concern is that the Rec Center be able to expand as we grow. Mr. <br />Jesse talked about the ability to have six terminals going at the same time to handle 300 people <br />coming in within a half hour. There must be the ability to handle one person every fifteen minutes <br />and fifteen people in a minute. There will be some redesigning of the ticket booth required and <br />ability to keep people in a decent flow coming in and leaving as well. The other part of the <br />equation is to take the phone calls out of the booth (at night time especially), making the booth <br />informational for programs. There is too much confusion between the phone calls and the people <br />around the booth, which is what will be addressed. <br /> <br />Mr. Gareau then talked about the outdated concession issue as regards the game machines. There <br />are other companies that would provide updated machines, rotating them on a regular basis. Mr. <br />Jesse wants to put together a long-term contract to include the Recreation Center as well as the <br />concessions in the Parks during the summer time. Because of the program changes and the <br />program reviews, we may want to stay with a one to two year contract as a stop-gap, continuing <br />the concessions the way they are, with a quality upgrade. The idea would be to develop a strong, <br />three to five year contract through the year until the City is comfortable with the new point of sale <br />system and has a realistic approach as to the long-term. It was asked if the current contract <br />governed the game machines. Mr. Jesse did not know if it covered the machines, but he wants to <br />combine the machines with the food under one umbrella, so the Recreation Center has the <br />opportunity to find a supplier. <br /> <br />General discussion among the Members ensued about making sure that liquor is not available on <br />the premises. Ms. Jones knew of one public facility East of Cleveland that served beer. <br /> <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />