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Recreation Commission Meeting June 2, 2003 The Chairman asked if there were any other questions for Mr. Jesse. Mr. Kelley asked if anything was done about the maneuverability course. Mr. Jesse responded, "Not yet." He will follow up on this matter. This concluded the report of the Safety Director. SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS Public Usage of the Multi-Purpose Rooms Mr. Gareau stated that there would be certain areas at the Rec Center subject to possible usage as multi-purpose rooms: the pool meeting room; the ice skating rink room; the lobby. The Rec Center did not include non-administrative rooms such as the room in which the Commission was meeting for public usage. There is no current policy for the Rec Center. There are policies in place for the North Olmsted City Schools and there are fees or charges that may be applied for use of these rooms. This sub-committee is not finished, so there will be no committed recommendation at this time. The main idea is to limit the usage of the rooms to any member or organization involved in an ongoing current Rec Center program that wishes to use it for planning, scheduling, and organizing. Mr. Jesse stated that the Community Cabin and the Senior Center have a policy in place. Mr. Gareau said that he didn't think City Hall does, except for the Council chamber. The Committee knows that other outside groups have asked to use the Rec Center. The Subcommittee will meet next month, but at this point there is no charge being considered. Waiving fees for organizations such as NOSO was discussed, so it would be ridiculous to charge for a meeting room. The consensus should be made next month when the sub-committee meets before the Commission meeting. Mr. Jesse mentioned that fire issues concerning numbers of people must be factored into the issue of groups in meeting rooms. Definition of Family Mr. Kelley reported that the Subcommittee for the Definition of Family will meet again. The reasoning is that the information received from the Law Director is very vague. Mr. Kelley reported that the Subcommittee is looking at a few options. One of the options is changing the Ordinance to not use the verbage "family"; rather, to use the verbage "patron." By changing from "family" to "patron," the Rec Center will try to include everyone that uses the facility, not people that live in the city and try to get around the system. The second item is that the Subcommittee was looking at the term "immediate family." The Ordinance itself does not identify "immediate family" but states as "by blood or marriage" regardless of the household. That circumvents one of the things the Subcommittee is trying to do, e.g., a divorced citizen from North Olmsted with an ex spouse in North Ridgeville, all considered "blood" and, therefore, residents. The third item was "in household" and "in residence". Combine that with residents versus non-residents. Mr. Jesse said that if someone said that the person was a member of his family but they actually have Page 5