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• 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 />• APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />o Minutes of September 25, 2012 accepted as presented. <br />• PUBLIC COMMENTS: <br />• <br />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 />• <br />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 />• <br />Glen Stroud indicated he lives in Santa Ana by Riverview Park. He coached <br />Little League at Riverview Park, but is concerned that children across the <br />• <br />river cannot play little league at Riverview. He supports the program changing <br />over to Pony League. <br />• <br />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 />• <br />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 />• <br />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 />• <br />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 />• <br />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 />• <br />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 <br />Erasmo Ramirez indicated he is the Head Coach of Segerstrom High School. <br />• <br />He has played professional baseball for over 10 years and later obtained his <br />PREY Regular Meeting Page 2 October 29, 2012 <br />13A -2 <br />