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Counci[ Minutes of 8/3/2004 delivery of the new tank. However, water was provided from the first tank with use of the hose. At that point, he did not feel it was extremely necessary to inform Council. He does have a very strong feeling about informing Council of things that are important and that require their action. He felt this could be handled internally and lukewarm water was being provided. As everyone knows, there are many more capital pieces of equipment in that center that aze going to go down. At his request, in January the Recreation Commissioner began an inspection cycle of all the things that actually have moving parts. Some will be checked daily, some weekly, some monthly and some quarterly Once those checks are completed, then a preventive mairnenance schedule will be completed and a list established for athree-year or five-year replacement plan. Councilman Gazeau noted that, when he served on the Recreation Commission, there was a discussion about doing an inventory of critical components or parts. Also, he remembers discussion during Council's budget hearings about replacement of hot water tanks at the Rec Center. He wondered if the boiler replacement was part of a replacement schedule or did it go down and have to be replaced immediately. Mr. Jesse said it was a combination of both. The first one was planned, and the second was an emergency. The other issue was the replacement of an HVAC unit last. year. As part of that inventory last year, it was determined that only four of the eight compressors for the ice were working. The non- working compressors were immediately repaired in order to have the ability to rotate them to keep ice there at all times. Also, a back up Zamboni was purchased. We are making progress, but there are a lot of things that can go wrong in a hurry over there. Councilman Dailey expressed the opinion that it is important for Council to be apprised when situations occur, such as what happened at the Rec Center. They do get calls from residents, and it is important for them to know what is happening rather than hearing it from residents. Mr. Jesse said he agreed and would do what he can to improve on that communication. Don Fangrac 23470 Sharon Drive, asked if Grace Road north of Brookpazk Road was going to be resurfaced this year. Mayor Musial answered, at this point, he would give a qualified no because he is not sure. But, since it's such just a short portion that is to be resurfaced, that probably could be accommodated depending on funds that are available. City Engineer Durbin came forward and said that section of the road was not part of the published schedule to be done this year. Councilman McKay said that it should be put on a fast schedule because Grace Road north of Brookpark has been done three times that he knows of, and the south part has never been touched. It's time to get it done. James Monck, 23433 Woodview Drive, North Olmsted, spoke about the Recreation issue and said he felt Council members were being left in the dark, not only about the boilers but with other matters. He said the center was deplorable, and it is bad when students from other schools have to go into the filthy locker rooms. There is a very bad smell in the locker rooms. Regarding the boiler issue, there was no water from the end of June until the middle of July. During the Christmas vacation, the Rec Cerner was shut down for a couple of weeks because of mechanical problems. The problem is bad and our city cannot compete with recreation centers in other cities. He was swimming in the pool the day the city employees changed the light bulb. A bulb was dropped, and there was glass all over the place. They could have waited and done the job when nobody was 9