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educational support so they can go on to college. This program lasted two years and was terminated on June 18, 2007, because Toros did not fulfill their agreement with the city. • The new synthetic turf at the stadium will allow the city to increase programming in the stadium. Therefore, a second effort to provide a similar youth soccer player development program was identified. A Request for Proposal (RFP) was prepared to allow any non-profit soccer organization to submit a proposal for this program. The program will allow the competitive soccer organization to identify the stadium as their home field for practices and games. • The RFP was released on May 10, 2007 to nine Santa Ana Youth Soccer Leagues with a due date of June 6, 2007. The RFP criteria stated the organization selected must: o be a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization o Provide Santa Ana Youth an opportunity to develop their soccer skills at no cost. o Invest in the participants' academic development by providing tutoring for high education. o Enhance community outreach opportunities for Santa Ana Youth. o Provide an annual marketing contribution at the Stadium and through other media. • The concept was discussed with the Committee on Field Usage (COFU), of which a member of COFU provided an update to the Board of Recreation and Parks on May 23, 2007 and the RFP was placed on the June 6, 2007 agenda of the PREY Committee for discussion. • Apre-proposal conference was held on May 23, 2007 in which six soccer organizations attended. Three proposals were received, one was disqualified for non compliance and two proposals were evaluated by a committee from various agencies. ConquistAmerica Soccer Club was selected based on 1) experience, 2) Sustainability and 3) Past performance. • ConquistAmerica offered the following commitment in their proposal: o Hosting a minimum of four free soccer clinics per year for Santa Ana Youth. o Program fees are free to participants. Currently have 55 players of which 98% are Santa Ana residents. o Provides Princeton Review SAT and ACT Preparation free to their participants. o Provides laptop computers to their participants for homework. o Provides Tutoring and Mentoring to their participants. o Provides academic counseling and college transition support. o Provides financial aide and scholarship guidance for college expense. o Committed $25,000 per year to the city for program marketing on the stadium scoreboard. • On July 2, 2007 City Council continued the approval of the agreement and requested staff to further review this item with the Parks, Recreation, PREY Special Meeting -Minutes 2 July 30, 2007