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37 <br /> 1 Patrick Cummings described the demographics of the players at HYAA. He said that <br /> 2 professional baseball and softball players are leaders. He said this is a baseball and softball <br /> 3 project as well as an economic development project. He said HYAA is a volunteer run <br /> 4 organization. He said they pay$10,000 to Orange County each year for the use of existing county <br /> 5 fields. He said this year was the biggest year they had ever had for softball. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 Slide #44 <br /> Support & Determination of Need <br /> :,s the C:r:..^t has groom,so has the demand for recreational <br /> i.aseba e a rd sof ball In the upcoa+ing S;prng 2023 seeson 116 <br /> coaches and countless other volunteers wA serve 425 basetaall )�r r <br /> ptayeis and 99 soRball players <br /> - -- <br /> The faaciLkies that FfYAA currently uses are as WIows: Sa I cl- VC -AdL— <br /> nt dnc <br /> Cameos Field i4 fields ser ling chicren ages 4-O:F <br /> trimae <br /> Exchange Field t1 field serving children ages 0.10r <br /> urley Field (1 field servkg children 11.12) vk or&TMSfU�cr an arTtU&hon atat <br /> • Fairview Field(i Feld ser.-ing ctrddren ayes 9.12E f °"}e" '"Y=W <br /> I A&M wan►my irm to mea drs--raged <br /> Cedar Grave Field(3 field searing cWren ages 4-15) K's f i'e t y"o3--*"MW <br /> HYAA°,o-*.-s fi.r� <br /> Ef9and Cheeks Field(1 field servarg cWren ages 4.12) -,,d wr-"e err&*M' <br /> )E -,n erwo Fm i&—r, <br /> Once the Town takes Collins Field away from HYAA,our kd1°27�oranr- <br /> ycueleest and largest div>i}sions ofbase`n a-d wAlcall may not <br /> have a houaae to Play <br /> 8 <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Patrick Cummings played a video with information about HYAA. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Slide #45 <br /> Support & Determination of Need <br /> Tuve HYAA Board of Directors has been working with the Developer of <br /> the project and Orange County sUrTfor over a year ars we seek a <br /> location for new Wd.:s for the cWren of our leagm Thanks to the <br /> efforts of volunteers and community sponsors quer the lest 10+ <br /> years,HYAA currently has the funding to begin design and <br /> constnKtlan documents for the fields Our volunteers have elso put <br /> together a fundraising plan to gather the recOred support to construct <br /> the 5 fields shown in the project renderings. <br /> HYAA Is In position to make the Lawrence Road <br /> aeveioprtrtentthe key to supporting the children <br /> of our community for the next 1,00 years. <br /> 13 <br />