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Orozco, Norma From: Treen, Lisa < Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2018 12:59 PM To: Feuerborn, Joyce; eComment Cc: Lisa Tran; Linn; Church, Jesse Subject: Re: Joint Use Agreement Agenda Item 85C To the Santa Ana City Council, I would like to start with giving you some Godinez Athletic background regarding our field and gym situation. For the past 11 years I have been the Girls' Athletic Director and an original staff member at Godinez. I am sorry that I am not able to attend tonight but wanted to be heard regarding these issues as they are extremely important to me and our entire school! Our PTSD, Principal Church and our Board Members have been extremely supportive in making some changes to the current joint -use agreement which was made over a decade ago and has never been revised. In my opinion, this has been problematic for Godinez Athletics & the school in general from the beginning. I would also like to thank all of the City Council Members that have met with us and listened to these issues and recognize the need for change and revision of the current joint -use agreement. GODINEZ GYMNASIUM Upon moving to work at Godinez, I didn't understand from the beginning that I would have to even give the City a complete booking for use of our gymnasium for whenever we needed to use it. We cannot host any events or tournaments without City approval plus are charged by the City for usage. This has absolutely never made any sense to me and nothing has every been done to change the initial agreement. We use the gym ALL OF THE TIME. The fact that I have to do this is extremely time consuming and really ridiculous considering how many times it gets booked for City events. This year, I am taking over as the school's only Athletic Director with the retirement of my AD colleague - Greg Coombs. That being said, the sole responsibility for securing courts, fields and pool facilities for our Godinez student -athletes falls on me. This alone is a full time job! Mr. Coombs and I have worked together over the past years to get this done and make all these reservations as we have no facilities that are our own. Just think about that for a minute, Godinez has no facilities that are their own, and as a well functioning high school we have been servicing well over 900+ student -athletes annually. Our coaching staff, student -athletes and parents have been very patient and flexible over these past few years but many are tired and frustrated with the facility issues and conditions for Godinez. This has been exacerbated by the fact that Godinez has had no athletic site improvements unlike the improvements made at our sister high schools. Currently, I must submit to the City all the reservation dates, times and events that we are having in our own gymnasium. I must submit reservation information for the entire school year of our usage after 6pm and request usage for any time on weekends. During the summer, I must submit my requests for daily usage after summer school hours M -F and any time on the weekends. I am respectfully requesting that you release the Godinez gymnasium back to the school and amend the agreement with the City. for usage. GODINEZ THEATER 3