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Recreation Commission Meeting Page Nine Center is a government facility where large groups of people gather, and it's a different day and age. An idea might be to have people enter the facility and be given a pass to hang around their necks at minimal cost indicating visitor or patron. Mr. Limpert said that perhaps it's time that every year, to enjoy the resident rate, you must get your photo I.D. for $2.00, bar code that I.D., have it punched for whatever program, etc. Mr. Jesse said that one idea was to have people give up their driver's license when they come, swipe in with a strip and swipe out. This would leave a low number of people tying up the time of ticket booth personnel for I.D. purposes. Another idea is to have the staff wear a photo I.D. badge around the neck as well with a code on the back that could also be used as a time card. Mr. Gareau again stated that these ideas are amazingly inexpensive with new technology. As example, in the Cuyahoga County Court House, a card must be held in front of a screen that beeps upon proper identification, at which time the guard lets you in and out. Mr. Limpert asked that, if expense would be a problem, would there be a possibility of getting technology a generation old that someone would use as a tax write-off while upgrading? The Recreation Center would be years ahead of itself, given that scenario. There ensued general (talk-over) discussion among the members about software from another entity. Mr. Baxter asked what, for example, did Westlake do for crowd control given its new facility. Mr. Limpert report that Westlake's problems are not the same as North Olmsted because they don't have hockey, and swim meets don't draw like the open skates. Ms. Hayes reported that the Westlake facility is run through membership and must show a card when they enter the building. Mr. Limpert stated that North Olmsted should find another like facility for comparison purposes. Mr. DiSalvo stated the newer Rec Centers are basically fitness centers, and you must be a member to belong to the facility. It's not based on a daily price. Mr. Baxter said that the Commission received a letter via mail regarding failure to build the tennis courts. He assumed it was sent to the Commission for a purpose, but it hasn't yet been discussed. Are the tennis courts not going to be built? The post script was that the rescinding of the contract was not done correctly. Therefore, the contract was not valid and the payment was not going to be made. Where does that leave the Parks and Recreation Department? Mr. Jesse reported that he inherited the issue from the previous Service Director. When the courts were initially scheduled to be put in, the contractor got into the project and found that the courts needed more sub-base. It had been represented to the contractor that the sub-base was there. The contractor got down about two feet below the surface and found they needed to bring in additional stone (about $20-$30,000 more) to do this. The City was in no position at the time to fund this money. The original contract was in the $80 thousands, and it was still a guess as to the additional stone resolving the matter. This was handled under the Service Department. Mary Creadon inherited this problem and stopped the project. Then Council's approval was needed to stop the project, taking the time, and information was needed from the Contractor relative to the costs added to that point. In the meantime, the Service Department took the stone for use in other places. There was a drinking fountain ordered that couldn't be returned. Basically, the extra is about $12,000. Approval is now before the Board of Control and Council. The City can revisit this project in the future, but we must be firm on the location. The City may decide to Page 9