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Joint policy meeting. It will also be presented at the April 23d Recreation & Parks Board <br />meeting. <br />4. UPCOMING COUNCIL CONSIDERATIONS <br />Council considerations for April, May and June were discussed. <br />5. PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />Glen Stroud-COFU Member <br />❖ At first did not support stadium plan because the Neighborhood Association was not <br />notified of the late item. <br />❖ Understand that staff did present the issue to the N.A. and received verbal approval — <br />not sufficient — wants written approval. <br />❖ COFU is important as it protects the Agency — it is an avenue to appeal strikes <br />❖ Reviewed examples of infractions <br />Pedro Magallon-COFU Member/Adult Soccer Rep <br />❖ Several years ago SAYSU and SASA were recognized as critical; now they do not <br />have the same importance. <br />❖ Have been part of the process to make amendments to the policies and procedures <br />but only when it is convenient to the City. <br />❖ Eleven to fifteen leagues were not in agreement with the lottery system. <br />❖ Notified Councilmember Sarmiento via letter of the lottery system, but the system was <br />still implemented. <br />❖ The lottery system does not make sense; some leagues get dates they do not want <br />❖ Plans of implementing a lottery system should have been brought to the attention of <br />SASA and SAYSU before making any decision - problems could have been avoided. <br />Jorge Rodriguez <br />❖ His league is negatively impacted by the current Stadium process. <br />Edgar Vasquez <br />❖ Happy withy what he has but feels it is not fair that Jorge Rodriguez cannot use the <br />Stadium as 100 percent of his members are Santa Ana Residents and he is a <br />registered league <br />❖ Need a better solution so everyone can use the Stadium <br />Arturo Saucedo <br />❖ The decisions were not fair; has concerns about the criteria for priority <br />❖ If they serve Santa Ana kids that should give them priority; should not matter if you are <br />non-profit or not; youth should be the criteria for giving priority. <br />❖ Some leagues have use of the Stadium and do not really need it. <br />Alfredo Gomez — Azteca Soccer <br />❖ Did not use same criteria for stadium as for other fields; city has done good job with <br />Centennial — have not had problems; should use same schedule for stadium so that it <br />benefits all users <br />❖ His kids have Wednesday for the first month but then has to wait a month to use on <br />weekends when he needs it most <br />PREY Regular Meeting — MINUTES 2 <br />1 [4 <br />April 3, 2008 <br />