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I cannot speak to the particular reservations needed from us to the City, but my understanding is that it is very similar to what I have to go through with the gym. Again, this makes no sense as we use the Godinez Theater as much as we use our gymnasium and get "kicked out" for other non Godinez related events. I am respecfully requesting that you release the Godinez Theater back to the school and amend the agreement with the City for usage. GODINEZ PARKING STRUCTURE The use of the parking structure to host events has also been problematic for us. We cannot charge patrons for parking per the City. As a Santa Ana high school we have limited ways and means to raise funds for our athletic programs and we are prevented from doing so because of the current joint -use agreement. CENTENNIAL/GODINEZ FIELDS I realize this is not part of the agenda but I am requesting that you consider this additional problem for us as part of the current joint -use agreement. Frankly, it is a nightmare for me, our coaching staff and athletes plus a huge source of stress, time and energy. Countless hours have been spent over the years because of the fact that we have no home fields and no priority consideration with City field usage. This is a daily struggle that spans the entire year and not just a season. High school sports are year round and there is not much down time so facility usage and conditions are detrimental to our athletic program's success. Unfortunately, when I took the job I was falsely under the assumption that Godinez Athletics would have priority booking for the fields with the City. We do not and we have to compete with all other schools in that want to use the fields from the City; most all the schools we are competing with for usage are NOT even Santa Ana schools. So we really have no set fields to use and have no priority for our games or practices which leaves us scrambling to find a "home" for our sports teams to practice & play. The Godinez football field, track and baseball fields are programmed by the City for usage and they are in horrible condition due to the extreme use and lack of attention. We also must reserve the grass fields #5 & #6 where the softball diamonds are for daily usage (practice/games/any activity) and this includes use for our physical education classes! We get charged for the daily usage (yes, even for PE classes) and the district expects Godinez Athletics to play for all of the bills submitted from the City for our usage. Again, this does not make sense to me either and is another example of how the joint -use agreement needs to be revised. Usage varies from season to season and year to year, but it is a lot of reservations and extreme planning. Also, a side note regarding the track. We cannot host any track meets on the track due to the fact that there are not enough lanes and that the track is a dirt track. No one in the County hosts track meets on a dirt track; thus another facility issue for our athletic program as well as a disadvantage for training. If we are not able to book the City fields here in Centennial Park then I must find other venues for us to use. This means that I have to attempt to book fields over at the Santa Ana Sports Complex at Valley HS & Carr Intermediate or other areas available. This is also extremely problematic as both schools run their own athletic events that take priority over our usage. Once again, leaving Godinez without a set "home" field and schedule that is difficult and even more costly for Godinez Athletics to accommodate. Again the financial burden is being placed on the school. Please also take into consideration that we have no "home" tennis courts nor "home" swimming pool which are additional necessary reservations at other venues to be made in order to offer these programs. Again, we are not given priority for reservations (dates/times) regarding these sports either and incur additional costs to provide these programs. More importantly, these scheduling problems are having an extreme toll on my coaching staff, our athletes and parents. The various difficult