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• • APPROVAL OF MINUTES o Minutes of October 29, 2012 accepted as presented • ESTABLISH BY-LAWS o Lisa Storck - Answered question indicating it is okay to modify By-Laws. This is a standard procedure for all Council Committees. The PREY By-Laws will go before Council for approval. o MOTIONS: • Mayor Pro Tern Tinajero - Motion to establish Committee, Motion passed ¦ Council Member Amezcua - Motion to appoint Mayor Pro Tern Tinajero Committee Chair - Motion passed • Council Member Reyna - Motion to appoint Council Member Amezcua Committee Vice Chair- Motion Passed • PUBLIC COMMENTS: o Pedro Magallon asked when sports lighting to DYSC #2 and #4 would be repaired. Many lights are not working. Mr. Magallon also asked when damaged turf to DYSC #4 would be repaired and the timeline for the work to be completed on the Spurgeon fields. o Jesus Nieto objected to the changes made regarding recent adult baseball • lottery and redistribution of fields. Rules have been violated. New league does not meet the required Santa Ana player resident percentage to be able to have fields. Small percentage of players are Santa Ana residents and do not comply with the rules. Certain individuals were given privileges. The new league is bringing in teams from outside of Santa Ana. Requested Council committee to do what's best for Santa Ana. o Manny Quintana indicated he is a resident of Santa Ana for 50 years and was the first to bring adult baseball to Santa Ana. Some people indicated he profits from using school fields and blames him for damaging the school fields. He was the first to use school fields and has letters from different schools on donations he has made to schools he used. He said he received a call from Mayor Pro Tern Tinajero and was told it can be proven what he has done over the years and why doesn't he take his league to Fullerton. The new lottery only affected him. o Henry Buenrostro indicated that the new lottery system is good because it benefits the community, youth and schools. School fields look good and the lottery system levels the playing field for all leagues. The fields belong to the community and the city, not the leagues. The Council Committee is moving in the right direction with this decision. Competition is good as it improves the quality a program has to offer and holds everyone accountable. Baseball is alive in Santa Ana and he loves the game. He feels privileged to have played the game at a high level and would like to give back to the community. They have former players that maintain the fields the right way to keep them • looking nice so players feel proud to play on well-maintained fields. He PREY Regular Meeting Page 2 July 29, 2013