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w~. Council Minutes of 6/2/2009 AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1) Jim Cotner, 7145 Barton Road, urged Council to vote against Ordinance 2009-45 and come up with a new contract and agreement with a fair contract for the heatinglcooling services for the city of North Olmsted. Thanked Mr. Mahoney for his due diligence on the committee hearings. He thinks the quote system and the bidding process should be revamped and looked at so that, when emergency work and repair work outside the maintenance agreement comes up, there's a fair way for a fair contractor to get the work and it's not just given to the contractor who presently has the maintenance agreement He noted that, although Fairview Park company Sunman Mechanical missed the bidding by two days, they were at a lower price. If the city could do a new contract, it would be a fair shake to our citizens and maybe save some money seeing our budget deficit in the upcoming year. 2) Curt Meike, 26795 Sudbury Drive, spoke about the baseball diamond fence at North Olmsted Park. As a citizen, he does not have use of the park other than the fact to be able to play baseball. He can't walk from one end to the other; he can't fly a kite or Frisbee there. He can't do anything but play Hot Stove baseball for six months out of the year. He doesn't think that is what the park was intended for. The 2005 Master Plan for the park doesn't mention this. He is aware that minutes of past Council meetings were forwarded to the Recreation Commission which indicated the fence is supposed to be down after the end of the high school season. That seems to have gone away, and he wondered why. Councilman Gareau said the administration would have to provide that answer, but he can verify what Mr. Meike said was accurate. The fence plan was originally presented as North Olmsted High School utilizing the field for purposes of the season. We've had two conflicts now because it seems to have extended further on. The first conflict was with Scouts where there was a suggestion there was a conflict between the fence and the All Scouts Weekend. The other issue was with NOSO and whether or not the park could be used for purposes of soccer. He understands both of those issues have been resolved; but the original sales job on the fence was the fence was for the high school although Hot Stove would benefit from it as well. He agrees with Mr. Meike and why it's progressed further past the end of the season he doesn't know. Mr. Meike commented it was because of the Hot Stove League. Mayor O'Grady said he would ask Mr. Dailey to comment, but it should be understood that the fence is in place pursuant to a contract that was negotiated and approved by the City Council and the school board. It is his understanding the conflict issues with the Scouts and NOSO have been corrected. Mr. Meike commented that the agreement involves the Scouts taking down and putting up the fence, which is not a very good resolution as far as he is concerned. Mr. Dailey commented that the park belongs to everyone in the city. For years, people have taken ownership of it for certain days. It seemed a little bit ridiculous for us to knock down a fence for two days for a Scouting event and two days for a soccer event when we can extend the high school baseball season by an extra five weeks. Because the spring season here in northeast Ohio is a very wet season, the extended season is anon-organized high school season comprised of ail the Southwest Conference teams. A couple of years ago they had games in North Olmsted Park without the fence up, and it didn't make for good baseball. This past year, we made the decision to allow the fence to stay for this season going to see how it goes. Much like any other decision, there's nothing ever in stone. If 9