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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 />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 /> 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