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Council Minutes of 10/21/2003 there was a drop of almost 300 children, plus the loss of skate rental. Other programs lost were Dangerous Curves which moved to a different league, the Horizon learn-to- skate program, the Westshore Figure Skating Club, the Hockey North America program., Lanese McClain summer rental of ice was lost to the City of Strongsville which recently opened their facility. Also, there was a smaller participation in a program known as Playmaker, and there was no after-prom in 2003. There was a total drop in every summer program, and there was a later start by the North Olmsted Hockey Club and what is known as Blues Hockey. It appears that the opening of the Strongsville facility has had a very significant impact upon our facility. When less people are using the facility, we have less people buying concessions and lost revenue from concessions is $26,877.87. The commission will be looking at some changes at the Rec Center to try to make up that loss. • Mr. Bill Esher from NOSO advised the commission that the club itself is interested in donating a watering device to the city as well as installing the materials and providing the labor to install a water pipe to a central location at the Barton-Bradley soccer fields. Most members agreed this would be a needed improvement to the park. However, the city would have to pay for the water. Although the generous offer to install it and provide the irrigation system is very generous and much accepted, estimates of the cost of the water must be obtained. The commission will be waiting for a proposal from NOSO. • Mr. Brad Friedel, a native of Bay Village, a member of the United States national soccer team and currently with the Blackburn Rovers Soccer Club in England, has made an offer regarding the Barton-Bradley soccer fields. He is interested in transporting the Rovers' field crew, the people responsible for maintaining their home field, to the Barton-Bradley soccer field. They would grade, repair and finish four of the fields. In return, the city would provide to them exclusive use of four of the fields for Mr. Friedel to run aninvitation-only clinic. Although it is not a total regrade, it is an interesting proposal. They will not bring in heavy moving equipment to redo the fields, but it would clean them up a bit. This project would go hand-in- hand with the watering of the fields proposed by NOSO. The commission will be exploring this proposal in more detail. 2) The Recreation Committee of Council met on Tuesday, October 14 to discuss Ordinance 2003-139, an ordinance authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract with Joe Rice & Associates relating to providing physical security at the Recreation complex and declaring an emergency as amended. Joe Rice & Associates, Business and Investigative Consulting Services has had a prior contract with the city to develop and implement a physical security plan for the Recreation Center. The cost of this second proposal is $1,935. There was an earlier plan that Mr. Rice had also undertaken and completed. Recreation Commissioner DiSalvo and Safety Director Jesse both indicated that they were satisfied with the services provided by Mr. Rice. Several members of Council inquired as to whether we were receiving the best price for the service since it was not bid. Specifically, Mr. Miller inquired whether the cost of the contract was higher because Mr. Rice is coming from Pennsylvania. The contract is not specific enough to indicate travel time-it is a flat $1,935, so that question could not be answered. Mr. Jesse advised that he did not believe an additional contract would be necessary. Because Mr. 10