Police chief Diana Nicols said during a meeting Friday morning that they are looking at having to park as many as 10,000 to 15,000 personal vehicles which will be arriving in Cooperstown on Induction Day.

Nicols said the committee is currently working with three land owners to make arrangements for large lots to park the cars. The land, totaling 30 acres, is all within five miles of the village and it means visitors will have to be shuttled in and out of Cooperstown by bus.

She said they hope the price for parking will provide compensation for the landowner, payment for the shuttle buses and also the porta-johns.

Officials talked about having the buses drop fans off at the elementary school, but the pick up won’t be so easy.

Fire Chief Jim Tallman worried about creating too much congestion near the school with all the pedestrian traffic, but village DPW superintendent Brian Clancy said he thought it would work because buses will be dropping off 40 to 50 people at a time.

State Police Captain Rodney Campbell pointed out that the school could work for a drop off, but all those buses can’t be lined up waiting for passengers to slowly filter back to the buses.

``There’s no perfect solution. We can try to provide as much as we can, but there’s going to be a degree of chaos too,’’ said trustee Jeff Katz.

Right now, 200 buses many loaded with fans from Baltimore are being planned for and coordinated by the Hall of Fame which has found parking for them, according to the Hall of Fame’s June Dolhun.

Nicols said there has been talk about closing village streets to traffic on Sunday, but no decision has yet been made.

The police chief said two scenarios have been discussed; one with streets open and one with them closed. The trustees are understandably reluctant to close the streets, she said.

One problem with closing the streets would be Route 28 and 80, the two state highways that run through Cooperstown because there is no good route around the village.

It would also mean the loss of approximately 1,000 parking spaces within the village, according to trolley committee chairman Giles russell.

Right now, officials are examining the issue and doing what the chief called a cost/benefit analysis.

``Closing the streets would be nice for getting a police car or ambulance down the street,’’ she said, ``but I’m not in favor of it if it causes more problems than it solves.’’

Nicols said some of the concerns about getting emergency vehicles through the village would be to have parking on only one side of the streets.

As usual, Main Street will be closed from Fair Street to Chestnut Street and Pioneer Street will be closed from Lake Street to Church Street.

She said they have already lined up a number of tow trucks which will be on hand to remove vehicles which are improperly parked.

Cars parked over the white line into the traffic lane along the shoulders of state and county highways will be towed. The parking lot at Otsego Manor will be used for an impound lot.

Feeding the Induction Day crowd also came up during Friday’s meeting.

``I don’t think the restaurants will be able to handle it all,’’ Mayor Carol Waller said, adding that she gets calls everyday from people interested in selling food.

Waller said the concession opportunities will go to the school, churches and other not-for-profit organizations.

Another problem will be getting information out not only to residents, but visitors before they arrive in the village. Katz suggested establishing some links to the Baltimore Orioles website and sites for Cal Ripken and the Baltimore newspapers.

Local officials will meet again on Friday, May 5, at 10 a.m. in the village meeting room to continue working on preparations.