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37 <br /> Patrick Cummings described the demographics of the players at HYAA. He said that <br /> professional baseball and softball players are leaders. He said this is a baseball and softball <br /> project as well as an economic development project. He said HYAA is a volunteer run <br /> organization. He said they pay$10,000 to Orange County each year for the use of existing county <br /> fields. He said this year was the biggest year they had ever had for softball. <br /> Slide #44 <br /> Support & Determination of id <br /> As the Cm ty has grown,so has the demand for rec reatiooal <br /> basebal and softball In the upeom:rg Spri Q 2n3 season 11$ <br /> coaches end countless other volunleers wit serve 426 baseball ]-?�r + <br /> players and 9$softball fters 1 I <br /> The facihes that F{YAA currently uses are as fokwa: sarrk.r,cam n: <br /> CollinsField f4 fields seryft cWren ages 4-B} t nt.droinoge <br /> Exoha+nge Field�1 field serving chidren ages 9.10) <br /> Schley Field{1 field serving ohildran 11-12} <br /> Y,L are Tr4sl 1-or^are+xyrYmr�7hxf <br /> T—° °n}Fairview Field{1 field serving children ages 9 12 &,ary grad�r". <br /> d+M we rry ekM#a 4�NA eJtStoe" <br /> Cedar Grove Field(3 field serving cWren ages 4.15) Ftv* rt <br /> Efland Cheeks Field{1 field serving cWren ages 4.12) and— ' <br /> xn rx +ed Fk A-xi eecr m <br /> Once the Town takes Cons Field away from HYAA,our rg <br /> youegaest and lafgesl divisions of basebap a--J spitball may not m <br /> have a home to play <br /> Patrick Cummings played a video with information about HYAA. <br /> Slide #45 <br /> Support & Determination of Need <br /> The HYAA Board of Directors has been working with the Developer of <br /> the project and Orange Counly stafffor over a year as we seek a <br /> iocation for new felds far the children of our league Thanks to the <br /> efforts of volunteers and community sponsors over the last 104 <br /> years.liYAA ourrentty has the funding to begin design and <br /> construction documents for the fields Our vohrnteers have also put <br /> together a fwidraising plan Iv gather the rewired support to construct <br /> Nre a fields drown ld the vroject renderingsI HYAA is in post#Ion to make the Lawrence Road <br /> DeveIopmentthe key to supporting the children <br /> r at our community for the next 100 years. <br />