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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> • Henry Buenrostro, SA High School <br /> Harvey Contreras, Valley Little League <br /> Jaime Contreras, Valley Little League <br /> Erasmo Ramirez, Segerstrom High School <br /> Mike Jurado, Santiago Little League <br /> Peter Zapata, Santiago Little League <br /> Oscar Diaz, Valley Little League <br /> <br /> • APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> o Minutes of September 25, 2012 accepted as presented. <br /> <br /> • PUBLIC COMMENTS: <br /> <br /> o Tony Zuniga indicated he lived in Santa Ana and provided background on <br /> why as a youngster he went to Tustin Pony League. At the time, Santa Ana <br /> had no Pony League and he wanted a league to compete and improve his <br /> skills. <br /> o Eric Eckenwiler indicated he played in the Little League program, but went to <br /> the Tustin Pony League because it was more competitive. Other cities around <br /> Santa Ana have Pony League, whereas Santa Ana does not. <br /> o Glen Stroud indicated he lives in Santa Ana by Riverview Park. He coached <br /> • <br /> Little League at Riverview Park, but is concerned that children across the <br /> river cannot play little league at Riverview. He supports the program changing <br /> over to Pony League. <br /> o Raul Ortiz indicated he was President for Valley Little League for two years. <br /> He is not sure if Pony Baseball is the right thing, but supports the fact that he <br /> has a choice. <br /> o John Bretza spoke in favor of transitioning Little League to Pony League. <br /> Pony League prepares players to real baseball and they are better equipped <br /> to play baseball. <br /> o Shane Barrows indicated his son is 6 years old and is here to gather <br /> information and asked if there is an existing contract with Little League. <br /> o Henry Buenrostro indicated he is the Head Coach for SA High School. The <br /> high school has been losing games and players are leaving the district. <br /> o Julie Stroud indicated the coaches are excited and are getting behind the <br /> team, but players need to be better equipped. She supports the transition to <br /> Pony League. <br /> o Leon Raya indicated we need to look at the process to transition from Little <br /> League to Pony League. Kids are not being recruited by Little League and <br /> Pony League. It's Travel Ball where the kids are being recruited. He is in the <br /> process of establishing a Travel ball League, but his goal is to recruit from <br /> Santa Ana kids. <br /> Councilmember Vince Sarmiento arrived at 5:50pm. <br /> o Erasmo Ramirez indicated he is the Head Coach of Segerstrom High School. <br /> • He has played professional baseball for over 10 years and later obtained his <br /> PREY Regular Meeting Page 2 October 29, 2012 <br /> <br /> 13A-2 <br />