HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRB 1986-10-22 Minutes CIT1' QF NORTH RICHLANP HIILS
ParKs and Recreation Baard of the City of North Rict~land Hil}s, Texas
October 22, 1986, at 6:30 PM
Council Chambers, Municipal Canpiex, 7301 Northeast Loop 820
BOARD 1N A1TEhtD~FW~E : David MtGilvary, Chairman
J. Dou~las Da~is, Vice Ct~airman
Bob Fenimore
Don Tipps
Sharon Batties
Wadt+ Parkey
Ron ParKs
ALS4 IN ATTENDANCE : Da~e Petika, Director, P~R
Jim Browne, Recreatian Superintendent, Pt~R
JacK Giacomarro, PtrKs Superintendlnt, P&R
Jerrell Neetey, Conmissioner, NR6SA
Linda TurK, 626d Gail, NRH, President, RYA
Bill Cotbert, 5337 Tiffin Drive, NRH
Kem tirtmer, 7601 Post Dak, NRW, VP, RYA
. TerrY HicKs, 5401 Scott Drive, NRH, RYA Coach
Bob lee, 6929 Dectaration, Watauga, RYA Coach
LY~n Cranfield, 671d Fair Meadaws, NRH
BasKetball Coaimissioner, RYA
GUESTS IN ATTENO~MCE : Dan fchols, MaYOr
Rithard Davis, Mayor Pro Tem
Virginia Moody, Councilwoman
MacK Gar~in, Coucilman
DitK Fisher, Councilman
" Dennis Horvath, Assistant Citr Manager
GL1E5T SPEAKER : franK Martin, State Executi~e O.irettor-NYSCA
MEETING CALLED TO QRQER : David McGit~ary, Chairman a# 6:32 PM
APPROVAL QF THE MINUTES : Motion was made br Mr. Davig ta approve and accept
as subraitted the minutes of the Qctober 1, 1986
Board Meeting. Motion wa3 secondtd by Mr. Tipps.
Uote was u~animous in fawor of the motion by those
in attendance at the October 1, 198b Board
Meeting.
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NEW BUSINESS SP~CIAL BUSINESS
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Mr. MtGil~ary st~ied he w~il qiue the floar #o Mr. Bili Colbtrt due ta his need for an ~
early deptrture from th~ ~tetin9, ~fter whFch he wiil qive hi~ optnin~ rem~rKs and open ,
the floor #ar discus~iati ft~o~n #ht sudience, Mr. McGitvat~y ~~kl~ for each speaKer to giue
their n~me tnd addrrs~ for the r~cord.
Mr. MtGiluary gaue the fioor to Mr. Biii Colbert .
~IILY K. C~L~ERT. 5~37' Ti4fir~. Narth Rithl~nsi Wi~is. Texas
Mr. Col ~rt stated that Ae jast w~nted say that he has btett eoact?ing ba~rbail for three '
years with RYA and in those three Years has seen sane ip~pr~~n#c in the way the programs
are being hsndl~d. They h~d opportunities presen#ed to tht~ tfii~ year for coaches
training. Th4 lrad part abou# it was that nfl tbaches ca~se. Mast of the Mustang League
cosches st?~d, but #he atAar t+raquss had i ittle represtntatit~n. it a~xs a gcwd pragr~un in
dealing wi#fi raedic~l e~e~~~Cies, sa he wouid we1coms tha op~ortunity to continae in
having additianal traitting to help him as a coach and others as toathes in tha way of what
to da for medic:i ~r~nti~s, how to trett chitdren, how tn worK with them and to make an
ouerall better prs~ra~ #or the youth.
Mr. TioDS a8ked if h~ understc~o+d ther had i# auailabie and very few t~ane.
Mr. Cotbert ~t~ttd that w~~ ~ctrract. Most of the reprasentatirres fromi the league he was ;
in~aived in, coathef ~nd ~na~rs, c~me, bu# frt~a? the other divisitu~s there was a very
mi~or turn cw#. '
Mr. Tioo~s st~ttd tM~t wa; #h: point he wanted to maKe. It was a~otuntarY thing for them
to come and it wa~ not ~tndatary so, there~ore, not verr many c~.
Mr.
C~oib4r_t stated t#~at was cor~ecf.
Mr. McGilu~cr stxted #~~t th~ p~rpose aF tha a?eeting is to cartaentr~t~ on the adaption by
th i s Board cf tMe t~~ Ea ter t i#y toaches. There a?ere prc~ble~xs wi th the 1 ast mee t i ng
workirtg out th~ dt#aila. Tfie e~ain purpose o# this meeting is tv get ~oth #he youth
organiza#itx~~ in this citY a~d the Ca~ncit #ngether witA ~t~~ff ta r~r~ the guidetines for
how we are going to i~?lt~ent this progr~. AgaJn, to give A hEgtorY, ax ~ Board for the ~
city it w~s onr datit~on thxt #he cosches that us~e city fuitities srtd toach littte Teague
and Coith the You #h i~ A~'!H i r~ ~~tY of the sptN`ts i be cer t i f i td 'by tfu MYBCA. I t i s a
national organizati~ and hi~ ~o retation to thr city. The m~ia th:i~tq it does is pro~ide
coaches with a six hotrr i~itisT couese puidance in basic cathing #athniques, first aid, ,
sparts n~dicine, th: psYcftotogX ~f coaching, it is b~sicitt~ genee~l and it witt not maKe
anYOne ~ g~i coaFh, bu t i t i s saa~ th i ng wwr can do. I t i s f ol l cw~ad up on a xear t y bas i s
by what is tatled a~tptmt~ spetific certifica#ion, which ha~ to do with indiuidual gports,
such as coachiag basketbitl, ~~tbstl, footb~li, SGC[!t'~ an~ 04 the other individuaf ~
sports. 1"hase are two and one-Ma1# hour co~rses to ~aintain #tria ttrtification. We thr~w
aut ar~e wartfs ~?tn we #irst started thi: pra~gr~n?~ we threw ~t #he ~ds 'mAnd~#ory',
'terti#icat~on' and ~t-certif~cation', 7hese were alat af 'flag~ MkDCtJS that people did
not under~tand. Again, it is not the intcnt o# this Baard fia de~i u a progr~m that will
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run a youth assaciaticn, wr do ndt desire to do that. ~ feet tl~tt this is sorAe#hing we
tan do ts ~ ci#y to binefit tt~e youtA of our city in these spt~ts~ program. It is ~ot, br
no me~;ns~ goin9,tc rvn your pra~~ms, it is not ~oing io ~alct ~n~rona ~?n expert coach just
becaust they ga ta the cl iaric. It is a go~ti tl ir~ic and is 1?iqhty viabte. We ha~e ~ame
gu i de 1 i nes and woul d 1 i Ite to tt?rdv i t open far d i scussi on frdr th~ assiac i at i ons
representrtd. Beft~e wt d~ that, tht Ch~if would like #o rECO~t?ixe tir. Franlt Martin, State
Executive Direcf~ ~for NYSCA. Ne runs certi#icationldecertificatiati f~ the state and can
answer aii the que~tioat you ~iq#~t ha~e about the proQr~m. `
MR. Ft#~t,,,~t'F~, ~,~,~~e ~cecuti+~e pirect~r. NYSCA
Mr. Martin tugan s#atit?q he is a uoiun#eer coath. He toaches sttcter, ~185Pb811 and
in~olved it~ valunte~r cc~chin~ ~or 1d-15 years. He has thrte chilt~ren wAa h$ue Qone
thraugh $ lot af ycw~h sports pr~rams. He is very 5tronqfy a Yc~uth sports ach?otate. So
piease do aot ior~t a# ~ae as sona~orte who aants ta 'get rid af', "~er-corttrol' or
'reguta#e' youth ~qrts. Muiy years ag~, r~e began to re~liZt that we, ~s vplunteers, werr ,
not re~11y doing ~ q~od job in providing tr~inirtg and asfis#st{te to the caaches.
Histaricalty~ w~+~t wt ar~u}d tend to do is find i warm body an~i uy th~t if ~ou want your
. K i ds to pl ~y then yt~u h~~+e to c~ch and we naed ~ou an tfie f i t t d ta~aor'ri~w n i gh t. Wr
coerte t lot of pa~e+~#5. Ht woutd ~entur~ #a ssY tAat 3!# Qi pei~r)~! th,t are toaches who ;
are present started t#~# waY. Thtir k~t1~ are invot~ed in it, titsy nae~d ~ couh and they
got rou out ti~er~e. Ne, a! th~it tt~?e, woutd ht~ve welca~ed d pr~~ t iKe tJYSCA to help him
to get started. 'Pc? tttl hi~ ~+at ~nd what not to do ou# th~ra aith thase Kids. Az a
result af tk~#, in Z981 a Alatitma} Youth Spt~rEs Coaches A~stuiati~r? wa~ founded in :
Flo~ida. Basicslly i# ~~rt~d liKe wildfit~e. TcdiY~ we h~va th~ptecs in about 25 atates.
We have liunthed a t+~w prt++~~p to expand throu~out the ~#ate tnd ~s s result of lauching
that ne~ pr~~a, #ha t~1~'~Ct~ h~s reache~l Narth Richlattd Hi11~. The ~rt~r~ is quite simpte
' and shouid not be ~d~ outrly taarplttated. it is a six ho6rr tr~ininq ctinic. We provide
in that clinic thre~r A~rs af ~~-sportt s~eci#ic progr~s, The ~srchoio~r of working
with kids in sp~ts~+~t~:t naeds to be done with thase ki~s~ ri~~t is and is not in?portant,
what the rote of ainnin~ sharlt~ be ir? a sp~rts progr~m, a?l?at th~ role iaf post season
taurnamenE, rt?ia of #~ntY un~ft~r~s, that sqrt af tMing. We ta1K the preuention of
injurias, pr~aentit~g 1~wits ahd the treatinq o# inju~ies. 6~ tre nat maKir?g anyone a
first aid ~eti~list ~r ~iuin~ #het~ first aid training, we ~r! i~i~?1r ~~Ying these are the
things that ya~ should and s~~id not do if a thild is stri~usir injnr~ed. The last half
of #he cours~ if~ dedi~~tad tt? sports spetiffc~ If yau are a strcter ta~th, or football
eoach, #hen u~ t?ave a#ao and vnr-half hour p~agr~un ~ 4rg~nt~it~~~r footbatt
pratticies, ~rg~nizing ycwr football ttunt and teaching faot~;l1 ~'fanse and defense. The
whoi e progrip? wts tita#i opetl thr+rrugi? a ser i es ~sf ~ i dev #apet. ~6 Yrw ue not goi ng to haae
sanao~?e ~tsndi n~ i n#ront of you attd g i w i ng ycw a ba~ i ng 1 ecture. 6~e have peop l e who are
KAOYtfI SQlC i iI l$tS in these atseas to presen t t#~e cl i n i cs ah ~ i~ro t~pes'. tJe worK i n and
' Wt Of Vl~O t#Q!$. Wt st~p tfie tspe, t~tk ~aut certain is~es ~ti proceed on in other
~reas. The +~ot~ pro~r~ la~tts ~bou# fivt an~l ane-haif to s~x t~~ucs. At tha end af that
time, we ~sk you tt~ si~ a et~ of ethits pdect9e. Tt is t~t~thin~ diffi;cutt. It basitally
goes back over fhe b~~ic points tha# are tt~tde in it, for ex~mpl:: I, as a toach, hereby
agree ta on1Y AtaY on fieidt th~t are stfs to ptay cn. I sgrRt to teach thr fundamentals
that are appropriatt f~ th~;t ~uQt groug. I agrte tMst l shatt'ld treat 'tht Kids with
respect and re~?et~Eter that theY ~r! Kids and not little ~dults. Most il~rortantty, I xgree
to remra~btr that th* q~ i 4 for the K i ds, fa~ tha i ~ happ i t~tits i ft~ the i ~ f un and nat for
our p~ sttf ~ratificstior~. t~e a~k the ca~ches i# #heY c~ tut ia~re ia thase thingz, to
sign tht plet4qe. 'T'~st pte~r wit! ~ kapt an irand by th~ d~~t~~h#, in thiz case Narth
Richland MiTls. 1~ al~o A~va a aerY brief ar~d e~;Y trst that ~ toT3tc#, but there is no
pas~ or fail on it. ?~at test is used to rr~ind th~a af crrtain point~ that ~ want to
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fiave couered. That ia the exttnt of t~e course. The course c~n be giWen on two nights
three hours each, one 5aturdiy or anr one of hundred a ways. In S~?n Antonio he would
probablr E~ for littie leac~t~s 30-35 coath tiinics a~ear. For tAe secorrd year
tertificatian~ it is two z~d'~t-haif hour~. Two and one-hai# htwrs the third rear.
After tha# time, tAcre it no ciinit required. The co~cha~ ~y be kept ictive in the
progr~ by pa~inp ~ ttS.OQ ctrti#ication fee. ThrY will be ren~rwtd ~e~r after year after
year beyand tAat. Tbe ~15.0Q fte couers a;~0,04Q pertonal liabiliEy insurance policy,
newsletter, varicus type~ of inform~tior~, #cr exa~mpte: last Year ~?~ny cosches were gi~ren
a magu ina 'Schfltastit Co~th" free of ch,rge for a period of six ~nth~, a lot of many
6enefits and infprnrttion ar! giuen to the cotch on a regulir bASis f~~ our national
office, we tlso provide infor~tion fran our tocal office. He ~trught literature and
anrone is wtltaaed to tiKe then?.
Mr• M[Gil~a~ stated ~?gain #he purposr of this ~eting is to oufiint h~w we are going ta
qo about it. In ~ burrautraty st~e of #Me problems we haue is hea? we have to worK as s
Board, ttt'it~lY s~. i1t 7tdv~f~01'Y bGxTd to the Gity Councii. ~e people may haue fett they
were left out in aar proce~s, or a~?~tave~, but that is how we ha{+e to ~rorK as a Board, we
haue a progr~a, we t?~va our ~e#i~ngs, whith are open, we trr to qe# inputs fram all the
citizens, then we ~ke aur ret~ndations #o the City Cauhcil. When ~re ~aKe this
recamnendAtiotr a~e did ~ot i:nc}udt any guid~lints on haw we were 9oing to adapt the
. progr~m, so A lot cf t~e ob.~~rtions were vaiced on due to how it +~s going to be
implemented +u?d pat netassxriiy against #he progrxm. 7oniqht we aFant to tell you a simple
outline on how ~e woutd wznt this progr~m ~t~pted by the Ci#y. Mast af rau recei~ed this
outline, consistinq c#_four ~#eps. I would like ta star# by sayiny a# the top of this the
main purp~~a thete gu~delirtes t~ help the youth of North Richi~nd Nitls. If there is a
probtem in her~ that will be tite psruaount detision af what ~ are Qoi~rg to do. It was
brought up if s tosth is no# tertified do You cantel the te~ a~ dc+ rou send the Kids
hane. Ob~iously not. if a~e ~re aperating under the assun~tion ths# ae are doing what is
best far the Kids, then we aill fiad a way around it.
To reuiew quitkiy the re~ct~eend~tiaas br tbt Board, this is na# a city ardinance or a law
yet. (Mr. McGilvary re~d #he fotlawing guidetines.)
1. Fets - Tha City of the North Rithland Ni11s wiil par #or all caarhps to
at#end tfie N.Y.~.C.A. cer#iticsfiQn progr~an for ane rear bEqinning
Janu~Y l, t~7. a# tha at~d of on: Year the proqr~ wi31 bt rsviewed~
It is reca~ndart tha# tlle routh groups adopt the required ctrtifitation
04 coathas into their s~s~iation by-laws. We would tiKe yan to run the
progra~n.
2. Grie~ances - A1t ~ieuantes conterning taaches are to bt ~a+gh# before
tht grievance cdwn~ttee c~# that Youth organization conte~ned. ~A~n
a11 youth ar4tnizati~s haue to ha~e a 9rievance co~aiittee, ~re a~eed
on thit a ltmq ti~e aga. fiht findings :re ta be braugh# bt#a~e the
PSPkf? ~t1LJ RlETltt~l~1 $WP1~ i~ ~hp tt@Xt SCA@dU1Ed AIlftlt~j~ ~Ot' 1'tVllW iJit)
dotumentatian. If thaf sa~e ~prieusnte or a srries of other grie~?ahces
is 6rouqht t~e#~re the Par~s and R~creation Boa~d concerning the sa~ne
coach, then aftrr invps#igation by staff a reca~enditia~ wiil ~
forwa~~d to the N.Y.S.C.A.
3. Ia~ptemertta#ion - The pro+~~ will tre raade ausitabie to tha youth groups
one ~tK prior to tAe s#~rt of season pr~ttices fcr that specific sport
and rgain tauo weeKs afttr !he stu tin9 data of tha# stagan. If
addittont} coaches are needed for extrs team~ or due t~ tass of caxches,
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additional clinics will be heid on timrs and dates that are awtw~ly
suitable for tht ~outA assatia~ions and crrtified ttiniti~ns pro~'rdEd by
the Parks and Retrextivn 8epartn?ent. This aiso couid intlus~ ~ndin9
them to other ci#ie~, whereuer wa can get tAe certificatian tf~ne.
4. Certifitaticn - Aii cotCAes are ta be certified fvr the sport ia wAich '
they caach. In thr e~ent ane af the cpaches cannot be prestnt A
certified toxch tan rtquezt a'temporary helper'. 7he cer#ified coath
is responsible ft?~ thr tctions of the helper. We feel that gi~ts the
caach an opportunity to iet a(pArertt) help if h~ daes not hxae a second
coach.
Mr. McGilvarr t~ntinutd bY taying we Know this does rtoE couer euer~~thing. Obviously, we
could not sit and ~mite up e~tery situation that could coa~e up. But~ we a~e trying to
write down the basic guideline~ operatinq untler the asgumption that v~ ara going to do
what is btst for the kids. Are there ~ny ather inputs from the Board before we open the
floor fo~ discussion.
Mr. vi ststad h~ w~nted to.t~e sure thAt eueryane recei~ed a caQY of the pentiled in
phrase. Mr.
Mt~~ilvarr sta#ed that under ~9-Certificatian the t~pies hiaue a ptnciled in
phrase 'far whith the~ cwch'~ that inclu~s the sports specific tipe~t on footbaii,
soaer, basketbalt, b~stbali, whate~er the sport, whith is taore in iine with what our
progrAm and the NYSCA progr~n is designed to do. We wii) nav apen thr ~laor to
discu~sion, limiting distus~ian to fiue minutes, upon addressing the 8aard, please state
your nam~ and addres~s far #he r~cord.
J~RRELL NEELY. Cammis~ion~r. Narth Richlan~ Girts Saftbat! Asso~i~tion
Mr. Neelr a:Ked haw the fees sre cotletted after the #irst ~rar? Tht Chair recognized Mr.
Petika. F~. Pet„~ stated fpr the firs# year it is a a+ao# poia#. ~ollewing that first
year, the fees w~uld be cQttected upoa certification and tht fees paid dirrctly to the
M'SCA, not to the City. The tliniciAna would collect the #ees anti forw~rd tMem along with
the at#endance and the inf~atian on the clinic. Rfter the third r~u~, h~. McGil~ary
gaue the ftoor to Martin. , M r i ztated far a lifetinte certificgtiort they would
be tantacted bY the hea~uarttr~ asKing if #hty wpuld tiKe #c? ba iift#ime members again
this year. You da nat ha~~ to qQ to any classe~, juat send in tAt ~Fee and be kept on the
insurance and cuntinue to reteiae the new~iatter, ett. t~, l~;l~ a~Ked how will each
assaciatian Knbwr who hzs rena~d their certification. Mr. r i sta#ed their office
could 1et the 01'Qi111ZitiOtl KfitMtl Wh0 is certified for thB ye~ar. ~,,;~iiv~rr asKed if
their offica tautd gend the ParK~ and Recreat3on Board a curre~t li~t to be kept an fiie.
r. Marti stated that ttwtd be done. M~,,,~}g,~,,,~1 asKed if thig praqr~sl t~as to be with a
city or can be dtxte.tttrou$h association~ without going thralq~ a citY progr~m? Mr. Martin
stated he did nat know o# any irtidi~iduat youth sports assotiztions wha haue the program
on their aun. The tapes basitalty u~rre tao costly ta ~welop saae#~in~ like tfiat. In San
Antonio ha c~es the clinits fat~ just about e~trYbodY. tk qoes to tfie ~arious youth
organ i zat i ans artd ~?rran~t tv do tht c 1 i n i cs for thear or h~ue st~aeor?e e 1 se do them. Lfnder '
a progrun that was est~bti~hed 1~~t Mar, we ~re offerEng the c?ideo #apes to parKs and
recreatiwi departments in Texxs ~o are primarily affilia#ed witA thr Texas Amateur
A#hletit Etdsra#ion tTpAF). Th4s! arganizations mar establish thapters, de~elop and
certify clinician3 ~d tt~ttdutt the training for their ~rei. i~., eeix asKed ~ring
tourn~ments! aroutd visi#ing tet~as be affrcted by the pr~gram ~ince theY wi11 ba plaring on
NRH's # i t l ds? h~. ~,Q~
1,,__~xrs~ ~tafed not i n ahY way, ,~r stat~ed that ther are not
home based herr, ri~„~ asK~d whare is the iine ~~wn if sa~one is hu~t at ane cf our
F fields? Mc6ilu~rv st~#ed that our coACbes and pec?ple are ca?ared with lisbility
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insuran~e, thtr~ toachts rtar~ or ~aay not. Mr. E~rowne stated mo:t t~uns travelting are
registered w+th ASA and ctt'ry ASFi teart~ insura~nce that mar heip tham eu# for trauel l ing for
taurnaments. I thinK wha# we are conterned wi#A hert is the long t4rm u~ers of city
facilities and that miut~t b~ a dif4e~entiati~i;~i poir~t. Mr. , e}r stxted tt+at he did nat
want ta be r~strictiµe t?f t~ie tesms uisiting. Mr. McGituxr_y s~~tzd it wi11 not be
restrictive trf att?er t~aRis caaing in fran ~ut of town Tor play or t~ur~,aments. Agair~,
obuiously~ a~e car? nat hei~ e~try Kid in the warld, we are ju~t frYinq ta #ake care of
those of in MRN, Mr. fil~?ely tf~en stated he did not know if it ~as ju~t the facilitr itself
the Board is trring to pratect or tht City oi hfRH. Obviousiy, sa~one from out of town
tan get hu^t, ju~t liKe their giris, it ,iust takes one tri~, t~ . M~ilvary stated then
maybe one af aur coatAe~ will be better trained to h~andie the sPt~~tia~?. r. Neel
answered possibly. }4r atso asked if enct they are tocked into the program, haw often do
the dues ga up? ' r M r~,j,~, stated he cou l d not answer th~t . Fie t'~tes not th i nK there i s
any intent ta mou~ them fii~her tnan ~15.00. Mr. eel stated tRat tht first mattrials he
receiued atat~t{ ~t2.fl0 and now it is ~15.00 and is this something that goes up on a
regular basis. r, r~,i~n gtated since the implementation af t#?t pr~qsin? untit 1985 it
was E14.00, it wen# to ~TS.00, #or alt intents and purposes it wi11 ~t~y there. There
were test casrs wh~re it w~,s ~12.Ot1, but under the progra~mm as it i~ now it will stay
~15.00, he can not ssY for sure becausr he is not the na#ional d'+rtttor. His
understanding is ~inte tt?e~ jus# put i# ~ti E15.~0 it wi1T s#ay there fpr sa~e time. Mr.
Nee 1 r asKed i t i s unt~rstoocl tloat tfie C i tY vri I 1 Day for Lhe coatlt;g' f i rst yeu~ . Mr
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Mt iiusr st~ted th~# i~ tha ~~ta~d's recammcndsEion to the Gity Council. Mr. Parker
stated for as many ta$ch~s as~ thay have. h~. h~,~iil~a~r statad the argAnitatior?s can send
as manY coaches ai th~Y war?t. This will be~one freebie hopefutty the City wili provide us
with, &euen coaehes per tt~ would be fine. Initially, a~e will probably look on our
records #ar a coatl~ snd is~iztant coath for each team to be cer#ified. We ,thinK that is
minimum. Anrone elst YQt? would wan# to s~r+d is fine. At teasE this or?e year ar tater.
Mr. McGil~arr ask~d Fk~. t~ely in referente to providing thit progt~~ tp ar~ assaciation was
he imptyinq #h~t he w~nted the tlinicians fram within his oam qrou~ or did he actually
want to run the progr~ and Ketp the list, ett? Mr. Ne~l~ 8#at~d tha# he n?eant he wanted
hi~ own clinic~art~ u~d tha running of thr proqram and tist, e#c, h~. MlcGil~arr stated
tt~at at the end of the ~e ~ar renewat , i# tMey war+ted to inc~porate th i s i nto the i r
by-laws ait we need is #Ae tist of the toaches certified. Ni~ organiz~:tion is welcomed to
run the progra~. t,~,r,,,,f~,g; asKed if that was the understanding. He understoad that NYSCR
' witl not certi4x in~ivithrat sparting es~ociations to do th~t. TheY are certifying
cl i n i t i ans, Mr M,~~,~ va,
ry sta#~d that woul t! be up ta the t~tYSC+~. , Park stated tbat he
thought that had besn to~ertd. r~ rti,~, stated that tfieir raquir~neht is the individuat
person doing the training ~ust t?e ia a sports/~dutation/rgcr~atiat~~l field an a full time
basis. Mr. McGitu~rr asked i# they had ~anrane who wauld qu~lify rould tt~ey be certified
clinicians. r h'r ~n ar~~red if they do ha~e sameone quaiified ~nd the Board feels
they could run the tt~ursei Ae wccruld have no prdblem witfr that. It wau~d Still need a
'bleszing' fran the ch~pter in this area, which is the 1~'tH Parka snd Rlcreation
Depar#ment, ActuallY; Y~u ccv~d fiave five or six cliaiciarts, pcople t~ained aad
thevreticaTly You Cau1d run twa a~ three ctinics at one ti~e, v~rith he'#requently daes in
San Aatonio. r~,,,,~,N~e1r asKt~f a~o woutd certifY tfie cl iniciitr5. hl,r,_°rtir? answered that
Jim Srowne has ~en trained here. He trained Mr. Brown~ tbOU~ thFt@ W!@KS i~0. The
~egular prcgraar is ns~d a~en passibte, is he tMr. Martin) qoes uound to train. 1f that
is no# poasibia, becausa Texa~ is a large state, thert is a uidto tape which i~ 45 minutea
long and takes ane and ane-h~lf hours to ca~?ptete tfie program. You are walked through it
fran beginning to end, t~. 8ro?~ne has a topy of that t~e. It is the Parks and
Retreation Da~partaNrnt'~ deCisian tm wha theY want as a t~rtified tlinician. . Nee1
asKed if it wa~ possibtr ~0 ClCtlfy ~AB president~ and coeaMmiszi~ner~ of each asiociation?
Mr. Mar#,i,~ stattd thxt he had na cb,iettionz to that, kw# aur~ld tike to gi~e same general
thaughts on it. If yau are oniy doing five ar zix clinit~ a year, theh you reaily do not
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nEed fi~e ar ~ix people daing thosF ciinics. Secondlr, people ar~ experts onay if the>~
are iran au#side tt~e area sa~ewt~ere. Ta do it in your argani.atit+n, he t~as faund through
experienu , tt?at they do not da a$ we11 as you would if you wtrt #o bring someone in #rom
a r~eighborin4 town. Mr el w~~ thinl;ing that thearetic~lTy tAtre eouid be e time when
Mr. Browne and Mr. Petika woutd not be a~ailabte to do it at a particular fime and they
would be mare free to set up the time~ within thEir awn limit~ of their associatior~, as
marbe brinqing in Jim, not that it would ev~r fiapptn, but it would be good to ha~e the
safety ~~l~e if ther euer fin~ themsEtues in that situaitian, Mr. PanKs ~tatFd that it is
the contern of the ParK~ and Recreation Board to certify more thxn Mr. Browne and Mr.
PEtiKa as c}ir?iciar~s. Th~re will be more avaitable if ttrey are both gane. There are
seuerat Board me~at?4ra ~daa are wilting to bc certified and feels that problem would not
happen. Mr. Martin add~d that we ha~e one ather chapter in the Fort Werth area and
working with eiqh# ar nine o#h~r~ now ir~ the Fort Worth areA to estabiish chapters, not
necessarilr taKing it hert. ~a if Mr. Brovm e is nat auaitable Yau could get ~aneane from
~nother chapter to tame in. Mr. Tions sta#ed tbat should be co~ered at fhe end of one
year the pragran? will be reuiewed and we eoutd discuss something tiKe that. Mr. McGiluarr
d~SD referred barK to Imptementa~tion section of the guideli~e~ s#ating `addit'ronal
~linits` and 'mutualty sui#able times'. Mr. ParkeY stated what e~eryone is trying to say
is that it witi ~ wo~Kad ~utualtr acceptable to both parties xnd t?at farced deam your
throat, it will b~ warKpd out between ~a.
Mr. McGil.~arx a~Kfd for thc next speaKer.
MR TERRY HICKS,,_~!1 5tot, t~,yv~,, hIRH, T~x~~
Mr . Hi cks asKed how ~u1 t! art assoc i at i an Know i f tt~e spealcer$ i n ti~e program~ are
" qualified? Mr. McGi~vtrx asked Mr. lticks if he was asking haw ualt~abie the program is.
htr. HicKs said Yes. h~r.
MtG~ituat~r ~tated that as a ParK~ ~~d Recreation Board '+t is a ,
very valu~bie ~rogrtrn. I~r,s l~r~silvarr asked Mr. N'rclts if he had seen any af the tapes.
Mr. HicKs replieti that he hui not. Mr Par stated that he fiad seen same. Mr. Martin
tisted sanE of the ipeaKars ~n the tape~ as baing;
Sports Psyct~ol~y Or. RichAr~ McGill, Louisiana State l3niuersity
. speci~~+~i~g in youtfi sports.
Spnrts Medicine Qna dottor who writes a colwan on sparts ~edicine.
~nd the trea#inq of sport injuries. F~t works
w+th a~ athletic trainer worK from Deiaarare S#ate
in this area.
dr. Mithael Gray, Uni~ersity o4 Lauisville~ KY
~?o ha$ worked witl~ the Qlympic Ca~rt+ittee in
scrtcrr and dors research,
Football Hauard Schneilenberqer Ec Staff, Uni~ersity of
Mi~mi
At1 the sport specific tip~s are geared tavard to the yaung a#hTete, not the coliege
athtete. Mr. HicK~ asked if the Bwrd had ~een the tapt~. M~,
~tc~£situarv answered that
the Bwrd hss seen the introductary tape, 6u# not the sQorf ~pecific #apes. Mr.
Fenimore
totd Mr. HitKs tfiat tht 5tate of New 3er~ar's Legis3aturt has pxffised this pragram. Mr"
n' re ~tated thst Mr. Curt Goaidy is the national spcr~esperson ~ar the progr~n. Mr.
HicKs alsa ffit~ted that fi4 has toachcd since 1470 in this c+ty and asK~d i4 he has to be
certified in bott~ ~parts. To clarifY himsetf, he stated the #irst Ye~r the Coun~il is
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goin4 to pay for the crrtific~tion. The second year, the coaches ar a~saciatior~ witl ha~e
to pay far it, ~€o he wiil have to be certified in bot~ spor#t. Mr.
Fenimare explained
that it onir costs ~ on~ time E15.00 per year, hut can be quaiified for as many sports as
netess+~ry at no additionai cast. You are getting ~30Q,Q00 wortt~ crf insurante. Mr. Parl(er
stated that in tAe 'a1d dars' of RYA it wa~ aery diffituit tc ~t insurance. Mr. Pariter
also ~tacfed that Mr. H+tks is the senior coach in ~YA. You can not bur~ ~300,440 worth of
insurance, and ycu may neuer be sued. But sued one time can ruin You. If r~othing etse,
~300,000 is weli warth it. Mr.`
M~rtin then stated that nexE manth NYSCA witi be
officially announeing in insurance poticy for in,iury, medital [iTE aRd lidbilitY at a ~ery
high amounts for yputh league~ at a~ery reasonable price with one provisian, the coaches
ha~e to br terti#ied through the NYSrA program. The coathe~, plural. If this prograrr~ is
implemented as Countil is retarmending, yaur organizations wauld br quatified for that and
saue yoursel~es t~nsid~ra6ie ams+unt over what you are using now. Mr.,~,Hick~ stated that
sometimes it is +~ery h#rd to get an assigt~nt coach, do ali coachrs haue to be certified.
Mr. MtGiluarr stated that we require at l~ast one coath and one assi~tant toath bE
certified. Howeuer many aEher helpars you want tertified, that is fine tao. Mr. NicKs
stated tfi st the #olia~ring ca~er~t is not diretted to Mr. Martin. Contrary to belief sane
of them are out there for the kids, not for self pride. We would not stay in it as tong ,
as ha~e. Mr. Feni~,~rt stated that he is here to testify for Mr. Hi;k~, but asKed Mr.
HicKs what is wrong with tfie proqr~nt, Mr. Hi s$aid he did not Kaaw anything abaut it.
Mr. F~ni~~re stattd tA~t there are &time peapie who do not }iKe the program and it can not
be anything but gaod. Euen if it was~'t but just half-way good progr~?, it is better than
not seeing it. If it te)ls c~ne c~ach don't stream at your kids, if it peaKs his interest ,
be4ore th~ seafpn s#arts, ma~ybe Ae wiil remember it after he does it ~nd say, 'Hey, I'm
not supposed to do that", Mr. i k asked if Mr. Fenimore really beli,eues it witl change
the pfiilosophy of sorat o# the coacfi~s thry ha~e n~w? Mr. Fgnta?,~re afls~?ered it won't
untess #he ~:saocia#io~ backs it. Whi~h is needed dearly. We're trying to eliminate some '
of the things we hgve had before and son~e eoathes that should not be aut there. And there
are some you and I can n~e t1?e~a. Mr. P~r ( added that i# tre ha~ resd i n the paper the
statemen# lats of timas 'this is ttiot going to maKe a bad coach good', it stilt won't, but
we Mave heard in s~r irrstancts, and ~aaybe not in our organization, of coaches hitting
kids. We have airaadY heard sc~e casas tMi~c year of thinqs that hava happen. This is
going to giae the org~nizatian it~elf, not us, the opportunitr to de-certify that coach.
Once he is de-certified, he can no longer coach in the City o# NR'H, periad. That witt
gi ue you that oppartun i ty. F~,~,r ,,,F,,~r
C,~ s#ated that i 5 true for any ather c i ty or
organization partitip~ting in t~tYs~A. N~r. MtBi.l~ar stated that we are for the Kids too.
Our intent is nt?t to ge# ~c?~auct~ paperaork, or red tape, that rau can't use our
facili#ies, TI11S,15 a SI~~1! progratn that is goed.
Mr. McGiluary gave the flot?r to Ms. Linda TurK.
M5 . L 1 Nt)A TL~K, Pre~ i¢~rt t t Rl` . b2b6 Ga i 1. NRH
M. TurK aslced if the insurance program recei~ed in the mail fran FM. ~etiKa's office did
not have faotbait insurance o~ it. Qoes the insurance tarry footbatt tiability. Mr.
artin answered thr p~oge~a will not begin t~nEil next month. There was sane initial
literature sent out. Th# f~tball league insurance will nat be put into effect until next
Year's season. Tfiis is not the coaehes' tia6ility in~ur~nce tovarage. This i~ the league
insurance discussed eartier. Ms~ ~~~ttes aslted Ms, Turk if the RYA haue any insurance at
this time. M. Tur an~wered fhey do not hau~ any insurance that couers the chitdren.
They do not hawe any tiabititr a~t this point, but are 1oaKinq inta 'rt and haue some
quotts. If this progr~n is tnatted there is no reason to spet~d f3,000. Ms. Battles asked
if ~3,OOQ is whi# it would cost them to couer liability. ~l , TurK atated that was for one
of the quotes. Mr. Mc6itvar,~ sttted that #his praqram will give you the co~eraga for a
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tat 1es4 plus tht trxining, M5, Eattte_ aske~ if they haut evQr had ar~y liabitity
insurantt. Turk ~#~ttd they do not but haue release~ for the toath~es. Tt~ey haue gone
to court ~:nd t~s~ra stoad up in thr p~s#. h!_. T rK asKed what cities in #he ~tate of Texas
haae this ~rogr~. r, hl ~ih Stattd thxt tfie program actually started in San Ar+tonio.
San Antonic, has it ~ery t~e~v~ty. There are ti tt~apters and wilt try to name them all;
Pasader~a, 7exas Ci#y, Lau~hlin pF6, McAlien, Edir~bury, Whitr Settlemer~#, Stephenvilie,
Fort Wor#t~ fixs tontact4d, but ht~e nat signed, Nacagdathes, be cauld rtot remember aii af
them. Th~rt are apprcxinrately 18 more cities who wili in abaut or~e month sign to becane
chapters, M„~T,~;K regd t~?a part of the guid~lines tha# states Alt toaches are to be
certified for fihre ~port wititi» the 6port th:ey coach. Would that inciude their cheerleader
coatAes? Ss there ~ progr~n fetr cheerl~ad4rs? Mr. MtGit~arr sttted tt~at had not been
addrt5sed until now. Mr~F .r,~,~, s#ate~d that they had addressed it samewhat in the
pre-mteting, ,M,,,~,,_ tin s#~t~d that he Aatl address~d it in thE pre-rt?eetinq, because i~
his estin?ation chaerlfaderi instructar~/spansars are toaches in eVerY gxttnt af the ward
the same as thp other praple in spart~. We da not haUe a sparts speci~ic film for . ~
ch~eerleaders. Before and sNrtte we have a11 the spart spetific fil~ns, he frequesntly,
will be brinp gna~t teetrrrsrs, i,e., high schoot coaches, folKs h4 Knows who haue the same
general phil~sophY about routl~ sport5 that tbe proqram has. There ~re times when the
sport specific fitms t~rP not u~sd. There is nothing wrong in doing that and does not Know
what tht Coantil`s iotent is. Hi<s recanmendation is to bring tt~e cheerleader
instructorslsportsors inta the pro~r~. Ms. Turk asKed if thi~ wiwld ehtitle #he
cheerleader inst~uctor~s~ptmsors to haye the 3IS.p0 tiabiti#y cc~ara$e. Mr. Martin
answered #hat was c~rett. Giiua~rr stated that could be opeti ta the a~sociation, if
yau want us to ras}uire th~t~ we ran.. M~Peti,~ asKtd Mr, Martin if he uaderstood that
the cheerleader instrut'ts~r~'spc~?sors ~houtd be shawn the basic t~?pe plu~ have a
professional in the fietd or $t~ebne in that field to discus$ at rafher than a sport
sp~c i f i c f i 1~. r PI r,~,~, ~t~ttd th~t wa~ torrect and if th~Y ~ect foptball cheerl eaders
tt~ey might ~ant to sit thrtw~t a#ootball tape. It would ~t~t hurt. Quite frequently in
his clinic he will ha~e the head scoreKeepar, team mothars, ths persa~n running the
contessian ttand, folks wha u+e jus# ~s invol~+ed in the ~rogr~ tt?~t are no# necessarity
caaches but ~y t~ot ba v~Kin~ directly with the Kids. Tha# is not untansian. He does
encottraqe that direttio~. !j„p. ~lu_
arr skated that anyone in the rdu#h arganization who
wauld liKe #o t~e the pr~r~ ~re welt~d to it. h~r~ P
r~Ke~„ s#a#td #ha# belie~e5 #here
i s a tape for parents, t~. Mgr '~,,,~r stated that euen t#~~gti i t has not b~en addressed th i s
e~ening, there is a whott srries of manag~nt tape~ that ~~e cfesigned far you when rou
train~yo~tr rtfer~e~ 4r affici~ls. it dc?rs r~ot talk abaut til~ing ball~ ar strikea but it
ta1Ks about the ~e typ~~ a# p~~chota~ ia the coaches, sutte a~ ~fo You have your head on
strai~ht as far a~ ce~e~erir?q th4 gime +s for the kids u?d not ~~r th~ adutts. They have
tapes fr~ offitiat~~ ~mgu~izittig cancessifm stands, arganizing arr~t:~tdministering your
organizatian a3ong witb thre~ ar faur otherz. M Tur a~K~d if tt?ey were allowed to ~iew
those tapes at f#5.40 evary ti~e they ~aartt to uiew thr~a. Mr~,~.tL stated to aiew these
tapes woutd be st no ct~trgt~ "fre~'. He can not speaK #or the Parks and Recreation
Department, but as tong a~c ~ny~tte wovid wan# ta cane in ta use thoge films, and there is a '
tontrol ar?d guar,tntee that tt~~y wil) get them batk, he doe~ la~n th~~a ~ut. Any certified
coach in San fintanier can tt~ in and chetk one ou# to ~haa ta his p~?rents or his Kids, or
whatever. McR h~c6t,Ivarr st~#ed that the Board has instructed 5taf# that a~ytim~ you woutd
want to ~iew these filarS as a~o~tp, you are weitan?~d to tha~ ~d they will be shown. Ms.
Turk then asked if tt?is prc?gr~ has #o gc tr~4are ~i ty C~unci i t~ ba appro~ed? Mr.
McG.ilvarr cortfirmed ha~ 4uestian positivetY. M. rK ~sKsd if the BoArd is asking RYA to
certify their a}i tbeir twche~ r?o ~atter whsre theY plaY, as ?~g zs they are tertified
coaches~ SasKetball is not ~rt:yed on city pr~perty. Mr ~t~,~~,~~ stated that anyone ~o
uses NRH fac i l i# i es. If Ysru do not use t i tY fat i 1 i t i es ae t3bu's Cwst Y dc? not ha~t any
cantral. Ms. T~rk sta~ted #hat they hava te~ms who came in to inttrlocK with thea?, such as
Northeast ttptimiat, ColleY~illt, Ke11er, etc., da theY htue to bt tertified al~o. They
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wili be playing there eUerr- weeK, Mr, ~cGil~a~ $tated if theY are visiting team, Ms.Tur?:
interru~~#ed bq saying theY are not visiting, they are interlocKed into their association.
Mr. M~ii_
r then said Yes, t~ t~4,Y are +n Yaur association, and they use NRN facilities,
then #hey dtt hawe to be tertified. t~ tle~ a5ked wt?at Ms. T~rK ~ant bY
'interlotKing` Wifh NEOt K411l~~ Calteyuillr, etc? Are You ~peaKiag oaly of tournaments?
Ms. 7urk said na. In their Goit 1Ea~ue rear before ther intar}ocKed with Colt. Ms,.
Ba.ttl~ asKed if thaf wa5 betause of a 1acK of havirtg enaugh teauns? How many teams did RYA
have? M€. TurK an~wered one. M~.,~attle~ then asked if that was why they ir~terlacked.
Ms. T~rk said ~es. p,~,`.,,t,~ said in Keiler right now th~y fi~ue the bantam fiee wee league
playing euery wee~ at Rith4ieid Park. Mr, Mc~i~uar>~ said a5 ha ~nderstands it euen t~ough
they come here ta play they are treated as a'uisiting #e~»". Mr ~K~ s#a#ed that even
though they ara inteFiocKin~ ther are a~isiting team, they haae to provide t~eir own
coaches, their own insurance, etc. Ms. T rK stated they charge them thF same as thei~
coathes spon~or~hip. r Ti x~Ktd if wt~at is meant as a"~isiting team' is ther come
here to ptaY one o~ ouP teme~? Mr ~rke said two NEfl te~ms would nat be plaring on aur
parks at the same time unlrs~ i# ws~ a taurnament. Mr. ~+i questicrr?ed if this would be
the same te~ms visitinq euery week. Mr. ParKs that if thay are invo)~gd, then our
children are ~ot ir,woluetl, ~t r1t stated their bantam teams pisy at `their' fietds,
they ara an #heir schedule thd p1aY euecY ~reek at 'thelr` fietds. h4r. Tipos stated they
are plariny our teams. 1~,,~,P r e asked if they collect their martey. Ms. Turk stated not
their regis#ratiaA fees. Mr
~j?~,~~ then stated that would classify them as ~isiting
teams. Mr. Mt6ilv~ry sta#ed that would classi~Fy tham as uisiting teun~. Mr. FenimorE
stated that we wtwid be gtad far thtn? to taKe it. Mr. Parks aqrced. Mr.
F,_,_,enimore stated
that he Knew tAa# basKetball tosches do nat play on ci#y cwne~d fatilities, but why
wouldn't she wan# her ba~etbali caathts tertifieci~ ~ ri an~wared if the coaches do
nat wan! to dc this, then she will not maKt them. M. t~,gg stited 5he w~utd tfien
question thei~ mo#ives ~nting to cr?ach if they da not want to better the!~se{ves. This ,
has been her questior+ ali along, Whr aoatd someoRe not want to better themsel~es or try
ta get extra h~lp. M~_„~ Tu~„( sta#ed that ~ane o# the cauhas wl~o h$ue been tAer~ seueral .
years, Ms. Battfie~ intercuptet4 bY ~aYing same of those could picK up sanething out of '
these fiims. 'tur~C sta#ed tha# maybe thay rould. Ms. B~t~les ccmt~nued br saY~ng she
fiad beer, ~ c~atn and sl~e ~ndrrstafl~s and #ha# i s why she i s a~k i ng so ~aany quest i ons.
When 5he was caach ~tt?t wi stied gane of these th i ngs cou 1 d have ~e~ avai 1 ab3 e. She f i nds
i# hard for her to s#and there aad #ell hef #hat Ms. turK has people dh her arganization ,
who do no! want it, i4 theY ~re reafly there 4or bettering t~~selves, Ms. 7urK
interrupted bY $$Yin~ st?e has ttt~xtl~es who witl iea~e th~ cr~aniz,~#iort as coaches. Ms,
attles then stated shr wou~d think her orqanization would no# ne~d thbse lcind of coacftes.
~s. T~rk stated #~at sfie dats nb# thinK theY are good coach~s. Ms~B~!#i~s stated tt~at
thpy have been there tao i~g an~! that is what the probtem c~uld ~r. ~lr. MtGii~arr catled
ordec bacK to #h~ ~efing. Ms~,,,~~ttles tha~ apologized and ezplain~d that she has begn
inuol~ed too much. hM. F~nims?r~e dSKt+d M5. TurK ahat percen#age did she tl~inK woutd leaue. ~
Ms• TurK #hen arrswer~d ~he had only heard cf five. Mr. Feai ~~,Q~M~ B~tties bo#A
stafed that waufd not ~ti1i her or Aurt her. Mr.Fenimare cc~ntinu~ed bY sxYing he did not
Kt10W WhY th i S i 5 be i,~Ig i0tlE~ ~~o hard trecause those f i ue tt~athas - i f theY go and spend
~ fiue hou~s ~t registra#ion sitt'tn~ sround so they will haue a j~ adten it cartes to
drafting, and they do not want ta cort+e to a six hour ~linic. Ms. Tu~ then stated that
she does nat this~k these parEicuiar five did that: Mr. Fenimore con#ir+ued to ~ay that
toaches da that, t?e Aas'been a taach befare. If they wxnt to do that ther? they can spend
tive to ~ix hours pofn~ thraut,~ this program. Hs tould tare tes$ about the last th~ee
hour~, he thinits the fir~t three hours 'r~ the best part. The p~~chology and sports aid,
helping th~em wMen tt?aY get Aurt on the 4aa#ba~l field, picking thea? up and saring 'come
pn, You tan do i#" wh4n t?e migh# realty be hurt. Just think about i#. That is all we
want #o do, put #he ide~ in thair head, this Kid may be hurt, let's checK Aim out first.
4ie prcisabl y ha~ dot?e ths s~me thi ng i n ba~bal i,' go on out, ycu'r~ nat hur t' . M,~. Turk
il
MinK~ if m~st of her basKetbalt caathES go thraugh t~e basetall And footbail, they ha~F
5een tt~~ pro~~~. Mr,
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4n,~,,,, imore~ then sta#ed tt~d~ f1iBy d4 AGt hiYf !a go through the f i rst
three Aours, they just nee~ the sport sprcific the Becond tiart. It won't hurt them to
learn tc, organi=e, or teath kids tG da be#ter. They da nat t~ave ta go thrauoh !he first
three hours, but once a ysar. Then they ha~e to get quslified for the other and Re can
not see where it will hurt anrone. Ms. Bat#tes asked if f•F~f couid gi~F an eaample ar,d
explain why ~he fetts tht way she does. She ha~ a son who i: studying tr be a trainer.
This is wt~at he want~ tQ spend t~is life doing. ~o, she can understand why it is so
important and cauld tell many stories that could turn a stanach, but woulG IiKe to tell
anly nne. Her san is final)Y wor~ing at a high school and was p}aced there br EhE caltege
he a#tends. The fir~t game ha was on the field, a high schooh player went down. He went
on to tht field ~nd tAere was ma~n leaning o~er the~ inJUred pla~rr and he said, 'he is anly
ha~ing upper chest pains'~nd he is.fine. Her son asKed if fie was #he te~+ physician, the
man said he was not, he was a coACh. Ner ~an insisted that the ptayer be taKen off. She
clarified that she is ~psaKing o# a 20 rear o1d boy. He putted the bay nff.the fieid and
sugges#ed that ~n ~uta;nte be ratled. 8ti11 many peo~le were stan~inq around and saying
they did not belie~e thi~ needed to be done. The father sars if he sars so, then iet's do
it. They went to the hospit:l, #he player and father did nat return. The ~mbulante did.
The in,iured player had a bruis~d liuer, internal bleeding and seueral broKen ribs. At the
end of the game, the toich Caa?e up to he~ son and said I am so gt~d you were here, because
I was going to telt hi~ to ge# a drinK ai water and put him b~cK in. That, ta her, is
ano#t~er reasor~ ~Y i# yo~u h~ve got ~ot~?ecn~ there, and many co~tt~es do nat th i nK that, the
g~me is p~ut ahP~d. 1'hait is one exampie that she thinKs couid hatp a program. Ms. TurK
ask~d Ms. Battles if she p}ays ~o#tball or basebalt. P„~,,,$at#}es answered softbali and ;
her husband has been i~~aived in A~,rd batl and so4tball and is a#fitiated aith NEO. Ms.
TurK began to return to her seat, when the CAair asked h~r #c re#urn for a
statemtntlques#ion fr~ Mr. Pdrkey~ Mr, Par~ker stated that t?e has restl in the newspaper
lately that t#ere hive been so~ con~ents that the "city' was dairtg tAis, that the 'city'
was instigatinq this progr~m~ atc. This has not gane #o Countil, yct, Sa far the only
#hing that Mas tre~n done is that this pragr~m has been discassed bY tt~is Baard. The Board
is non-etected, nan-paid, just tike you and anybody else~ Board. And ther ha~e etected
and decided that this pragr~n is good a,nd have recanmendEd it go to Council. Ms. TurK
interrupted by ~sKinq i# t~tis wa~ ao# a City 8oard. Mr P!~ s#attd it is a City Boa~d.
Ms. TurK stated #hat was what was stated. Mr, ark st~ted i# is not an elected Baard,
it is an appainted Board~ the point Mr. ParKey was tryi~g to ar~Ke is he per~sonally taKes
exception to a statea,ertt that wa,~ made in the Monday niqMt`s M3d-Citie~ newspaper. He
witl quote Ms. Tu~K, artd this Fefers to Mr. HicKs, where i# saYS, 'I really don't thinK
they're doing thi~ far the kids', she said, "there'S got to be ta~~hing behind it, I just
don't unders#and what,' Fle again stated that ha reaity ta:kes exception ta that statement.
He daesn't thinK there is anyt~ne on this Baa.rd, when we decided ~,nd talKed abaut this
said, let's do this tc the c+~~athes of RYA, t¢t's do this so we Csn help the Kid~ of NRH.
Ms. Turk interrupted by saYin$ she had listened ta his speech FridtY night and does not
betieue everything he said FridaY night he couid say to #h~n:taa. He is fighting 4or
sanething that beiongs to Yaur schoal and they ara #ighting for sanething tha~t belongs ta
their association. ,Mr~„ rke asked Ms. Turlt what the Bosrd was taRiAq away fran them.
Ms. TurK answered that right naw tt?e Brrard is maKing the ~o~ches be certified, and they
Aave not been certified in ~ Years. Mr. ParKs added that it is the Bbard's cancern for
the chitdren, Linda. M. rk interrupted by saying that he ~gid last week that he was
concern~d far the childrtn, but they are ccncerned for the chiidren af NRH, Watauga,
Richtand Hitls, etc. r P rK #hen a~Ked if they are conternad, then how in th~ world
could they fight a pragr~m 1iKe this to protect the chi}dren. h,~, TurK answe~ed said they
were not fighting the pro~~, no one said the pragr~a? wa~ no# any ~ood. They said they
would }iKe to tontroi it. She cantinued br saYing that was a~~t they got treferring to
the Guidetir~es, ~1-feas) one year fran now they can put it in tfieir by-taws. Mr. Parks
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stated that was tarrect. Ms. TurK siated that was not wh~at was in t~e beGinr~ing. The
$oard wa~ •~~and:toryir~o` it right ~wa~=. Mr. ParF'~ stated thit it i~ ~ery possiGle ir~ that
ane year it will ~till be pu~datOry, Ms, Turk interrupted by saYin~ that ther are now
beinG allowed ta put it in their by-taws. This 15 Whit fh4Y WsAtE~. R1'A t0 contrat it.
Mr, ~ark~ asked what is ii tAey want to cantrol, Ns~ Tu~k xnsw~red to find saneone to do
their certificatian, to do it within their own arganizatiory. Mr. PirKs stated this is not
guaranteeing, we are making a rtt~mmendaticn, and in a y~ar's ti~ ta be reviewed, we do
not want ycu tt~inK thxt in one years time you witl be able tp Cdt1tr81 thlS thing or any
tertain yauth arganization or anyorte outside af the city is gainq to ba able to tontrol
this. Ms, Turk then ~sKrd ycu want to control the coaches2 n R r~ answered not at
ail. We aant you ta tontrol the coathes, ail we are doinq is pr~viding a~ertification
program that will protect the tfiildre~. It wi~l alert them to gnYthing and everything
that can be h~pQcnin~ withia tAe child's ma~keup. Physictlly, e~ational)y ar mentatly.
Ms. turK added that ~~s aiha# #hey wanted. Mr. P}rKs continued by saying he had told her
last time he had obserued 4or the tASt thr~e weeK~ at #he practicrs, where your coaches
are. He had asKed M~. TurK if sh~ had been ta the prattices and ~Ae reptied yes. He had
neuer seen her out there. 8ut th~t is besidc the point. M5. TurK tried ta interrupt and
Mr. ParKs ssKed to let him finish. He has ~een things go cn, wh$re children were hurt,
coathe4 kept fiim plaring, whether or not, anr coach went down ~nd pic~ed the Kid up, he
has heard ~er caachec curse a# tfie kids, he has seen sevtra} things happen that he brought
up in the iast Board ~eeting. Then you asK the 8oard why do we want your coaches to be
certified to take this prcgr~n, The only cancern of ours is #or our chiTdren. They may
be your couhes, but their a~r childr~n out there fo~~the citr. We are a~king rou to
pra~id~ the best aervicf that you c~n. And, Youi a~ 8 YOUth i4~t~ri youth director, I can
not understand a~hy yon, pers~a;tlY, wtw3d not want to prao'ide the very best pragram for
the childrea, parents, s?nd th~ toa~ches rou are asFng in your pragr~ and people you are
serving. M. T r s#a#ed ~Aat Mr. ParKs had tost the poin#. She ~~id she wanted the
pragram, but they wartt it ta t~e st~ne#hing they put in. This i~ their organisation, not
the Board's. Mr~ agreed that it is their organization, ail the Baard is doing is
praviding N.Y.S.C.A., ~~king s~e things n~,nda#orY. Mr~ ParKer added that N.Y.S.C.A. can
not pra~ide i# to ttreir assatiation, That is the whott point. . TurK reptied that Mr.
Martin had statad tfiat it tauid pc~ssibly be. Mr. ParKex stated nb, no# in Texas. Mr.
M,~ ilu r stited th~t it c~nnat ba in the ~tate af Texas, i# m~t5t ~o thrcugh the ParKs artd
~ Recreat i an 6~eparta~ent~. I~y,Tr,~t,~,K S~Stld ShE COU1 d f10t urtderstsr~d Aow #he ParKs &
„ Retreatian Depact~tnts tan providt tht program when we do not ha~e any cosches. Mr. TIDDS
a~Ked Ms. TurK tiow ~anY Yea~r~ she has been in #he RYA? Mg,~ rK ~tated eiQht years. Mr.
TID~~ continued bY sxri~g that a~e ha+~e been doing this ft?r ie~~ than a rear trying ta get
this thing. Yat~ say that y~ want this progr~n. You have ba~n th~ere for eight years and
yau did rtat ccme up with it., we haue ~een at it for less th~tt ont year and wa haue came up
with it. This is ot;r ¢nogra~ and we are trying to provide it for yau. In other words, we
are resting your c~se, yau do nat haus anything #o warry ~bout u?Ymorc. We are going to
do it. Ms~ TurK s#sted tha# ther have tooKed into clinics ~nd have put on clinics and Mr.
~ Calbert said the onty the Mus#~g coathes showed up for it. Mr.T~ int~errupted Ms. TurK
by stating she does not hsUe to wc?rry about it anymoce. Wt have gt~t it alt taken care of
right here. M~, TurK a~greed that it was good. Mr, Ti atso a~etd. Mr. hlcGil~arr then
state~d that wa~ gc?ad a~nd asked f~ her help r~en it gets ~oing because it obvioustr will
not maKe anyone a perfect coath. Mr. FarKs stated that it tan heip them. He continued to
say that Mr. Martin ~?en#ioned before the 8oard meeting, he tAougt~t it was ~ery good. He
toa~;ed bacK on his spart atti~ritits~ You go cut an the #ietds, ~?ost of them haue got 14
Kids out there and ane in the batter box, and 'il~ere out there doin~ sc~ethinq and the
ather guys are ~ucking their tA~nb~, Thry pravide sape prs~gram and some things they have
tested with ather coaches and and fran cclleges artd things 1iKa th~t, and they wi11
prouick for you coathes out thRr~, and I do not know how a?an~ of You are coaches, but they
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are offering to provide you with some idea5, whether you implement tt~ese are up ta yau.
Mr, Mt6ilv~ry asked Ms. TurK if she had anything further to sar. M~. TurK stated she did
not.
fA pause was taKen to turn the casette o~er.)
Mr. McGiluarr stated 4or t~e record that this program cannot be issued to an assaciation.
It must go through a parKs and recreation department. Is that true Mr. Martin? Mr,
Martin answered t~at was nationat. Mr. MtGilvarr reaffirmed that was a national criteria.
8o You cannot get this program. It can anly be offered #~rough a parKs and recreation
departm4nt and that is why we are doing it.
Mr. McGiluarr astied for the next speaKer.
BOB L~. 6929 Declaratior~ Watau~a. TX. RYA C~ach
Mr. tee stated that he has been associated with RYR for eigh# or nine Years and has
coat~ed for five o# t~ase Years. He feels after speaKin9 with the other coathes he feels
they are nat against the p~4gram. One o4 the qroblems is 1) they feet it is being pushed
down their throats and if the Board's conce~n is with the Kids, tfien whY can they not
get hetp with tfie lights, havinq thr lights paid for, help for the Kids who fall in ant
piles while being tacKled. There +s neuer any maintenance. 7he cr,aches do 9~/. of the
maintenance. He thinKs there are other aays that Richland can hetp. She (referring to
M~. Battles) says she ib fran NEO. Haltom City pays for their lights. That takes a big
burden off tfie organization. RYA n~eds ta ha~e a lot of different fundraisers. He feels
the Board's considera#ion is for the Kids when the Beard tames up with something tiKe
this. He would tiKe to see ~o~e than just this> Mr. McG+laz~Y statrd that he was
speaKing of sortrething that was not on the agenda. He would address two cf the items.
Mr, McGil~arr gave the ftoor ta Mr. PetiKa. Mr. PetiKa asKed for Mr. Lee's rtame. Mr.
PetiKa asKed Mr. Lee that he stated that the City does not help out with any of the
. tighting ar maintenance. Ia that correct? tNo verbal repty was given.) Mr. Petika
proceeded bY saying that last yeAr this City Council had tlose to ~50,000 worth of
iighting repa+r done. Thia division, headed by JacK Gi~canarro, had ttose te E9,000 worth
of parKing lot repair done. N~er4us times Mr. Giacomarro and crew, haue bee~ out there
to maintain and repair facilities that are specifically used bY yaur arganiza#io~. Mr.
Petika then directed his nex# statement to the Chair saying that as far as the maintenance
is concerned he is sure t~at Mr. Giacomtrro would 1iKe to address tA~t. Mr. McGii~arr
then asKed to Mr. Giacanarro ta mention some of the things that h~~~ be~n done in the past
year. Mr. 6iatomarro stated that they haue tried to campiete tAe repairs at Rithfield
ParK. The ant hilts have bee~ a tremPndous probiem. Mr. e interrupted by saying that
he is talKing about kids. That haa nothing to da with the kids. ~r, ricGituarr
interrupted bY sayinq he was talKing about lights, parKing tots and ant hills. Mr. Lee
tried #o in#errupt artd Mr, McGii~arr stopped him to tet M~. Giacamarro continue. Mr.
Giacamarro ca~tinued by saying tha# there are ather things assigned to that diuision ta
mainta+n baside pa~Ks so it t~kes quite a bit of their time. They would liKe to spend
m~re time at ~ust one park and keep th~ pea~le there continousty, but due to the worKload
tfieY can not do tfiat. He understand5 about tha problem with the ants. It has been
sanething we haue had problem~ with far quite sanetime, but we are trying to worK with
that. He i~ sure that in the past we ha~e warKed with the people anY time they have
ca}ted in. Whe~ theY h~~e a particular problem, we try to get to i# as soon as we can.
Mr, lee then stated that he htd seen the grass, especially on the Bronco field about that
hiqh tdisplaYed heiQht #o bt abot?t Knee hiqh). At the beginning of the year it's the
coaches and organization that go out tMere and get ev~rything readY, not the City of North
~ Richiand Hil{s. Mr. McGilvary asKed Mr. Lee if we couid get back an #he subject of ihe
a
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N,Y.S.C.A. Mr, Lee stated that it bothe^a t~e coache$ dnd h~Ri that thEr t,a~e been :it;in?
tt~ere for 2i; ar 3G rt,ic,ute~ liste~ning tc tt~e Eoar~ ~a.ying "the Kids, we're dc,~ny this for
the Kids',
Mr. Fa.rKey asked who i~ thF Baard dainG it for if it is not the Kids? (Ttre ftoor went aut
of arder.? The Chair tal~ed the meeting bacK to order. Mr, Fark:er asked the Chair to let
Mr. Lee answer that question. Mr, McGi~~arr stated that it was obvious that we need other
pr~ograms toa, and obu+ausiy we can nat stop here. There are ather thinqs that need to be
done, but we're daing this right now and we need raur help to do it. htr. Pariter asked Mr.
Lee if we are nt~t do+ng tAis for the Kids, then wha ar•e we daing it far? He wouid liKe to
Know that answer. He has heard thi5, has read it in t~e oaper and now he has heard it
from Mr. Lee. Wha are we doing this for? Mr, Lee stated he did not Know. A1l he Knows
that in the years he has been in RYA there has alwa.rs been a conflict between the City of
North Richldnd Hills and RYA. Mr, ParKe_r stated that he h~ad been with the RYA 10 years
before he joined tt~e RYA and he werrt tt~rough the same things they are going through, He
was President of RYA for two years. The CitY has ~orKed with RYA through the years where
the RYA would do t~e maintanance on tfie fields dnd thE City wauld help out. There ha~e
been alot of things, and he stated that knows t~e i~ off the sub,~tct, but there ia a
contract. Yau rreed to #a1K to your P~esident. They haue signed a contract with tt~e City,
There are different thing~ that ha~e been done. Not e~eryone in the AsSOCiation Knaws
wha.t is going on between the RYR and the City. Ms. Eattles stated as a former Haltam City
ParKs and Recre~:tion Board Member. She wa.s on Hattom City's ParKs and Recreatior~ Board
for eight yeara and wants to le# Mr. Lee in on a little setret. Haltom City's softball
and football organizations are griping abaut the same p'roblems you are, so you do not have
anymase problems than they do. Yes! Hattom CitY daes paY for lights, but they are trying
to da just what this Board is try+nu to do, but they haue casie caaptaining about tt~e
grass. The Board's respanse is that they ha~e cffered them the fields and haue done
euerything they can and sometimes You need to ga a little extra mile ta help out and ta
he1F y~ur Kids too. I don't thinK its asKing you that much - I think yau're nicKpicKing
is what she is trying to saY on this grass and ~#uff. Ms. Batttes cantinued by asKing how
many staff inernber~ theY hau¢ for mowing and stuff. Mr. McGitvarY interrupted by asKing ta
sa~E this con~rersatian for an~ther meeting. These type~ of corrments would be weicaned at
ar~other meeting. This is what the Board wants to hear, conments about more money, gra~s,
dttt5s etc. !"r, ee stated that he did want ta relterate he t5 ndt d~8it15: tAe pragram.
He had a persanal case before ahere a boy on his team was strucK by iightnin9 and he had
to be re~i~ed. If it had not beert what he remember~d in the military about first aid, the
t,oy tould be dead, he did not Know. So he ,hinKs this is a great program. But it does
bother him that this comes up and feets that there are ather thinga, Sttd R~dy bk the Eoard
is working on them whith is great, but there are ather things tha# may be need to be done
for RYA too a~nd some of the other coatt~es f~el that way tao. He is wilting ta bet that
#here are nat too many toaches against this prograsn, but he thinks they feel this is b~ing
puahed down their throats. r. Ti s stated that earlier this e~ening Mr. Bill Catbert
stated that they had sornething liKe this prog~am offered ta the coaches and #ew showed up.
If we do not maKe it mandatory the same things witl happen. Uery few wiil show up. That
is our point, we want e~errone ta be certified. We have got to maKe it mandatary. Mr.
McGilUary ~#ated that thp positiue thing is that we need the pragram. What words we use
tiKe 'mandatory' doe5 not matter, we need the program and '+t is goad for our Kids.
Mr. McGilvary asked for the next speaker.
KEt~I GkAVES Farmer Comnissianer of the North Richlanc~ Girts Softball Associa.tion
t1r. Graue~ stated that he has been before the B~ard many times with proGtems. Dave
Petika, sim Browne and myself ha~e had discusaions over this program, same of them not
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friendiY. I do not belieue that any af t~e discussions were o~er tMe ir~tegrity of the
progr~m. The only proble~ he had was tAe imptementaEian of the program. •Mandatory" does
not botAer Aim tnyrt+ore. TAe proGlems t~e had were ironed out at the tast meeting as far as
not sending Kids home. 7hat was the first problem he had. The second problem was the
E15.OQ. But that ha~ been taken care af. There has aisa beer~ some discussior~ around the
fields. Jack, and he will not attempt to pronounce JacK's tast name, has aiways been
more than helpful ta their As~x iation. Mr. Graves is now an advisor the NRGSA's Board.
Thty, as Board members, suppori the progr~m totally. They wiTl encou~age all 04 their
coaches to participate and suppart the program. He thinks the Baard has done a an
outctanding jab. It to~k two or three times to get it dane. Ht has ~poKen with Mr.
Fenimore a couple of times. He thinks the Eoard has qane the extra mile and they
appreciate that.
The next speaKer approathed the podium,
MS. LINDA MpRCiAhI, ?53$ Nor#A Rithland. NRH
Ms. Moroan stated tha# as a parent and moth~r of three boys, she woutd liKe to see the
program in effett. Her youngest son plays for the Haltom-Richland Associatior~ and their
coathes are ~equired to be certified. Also the referees explain to the thildren what the
penatties ara. Her s4n got hurt at the last g~me by getting KicKed in the chest with the
bail, the referef went to the child to checK him and helped him out of the game. So,
there was na dcubt tAat the chitd needed ta come out for a littte bit. 5he continued to
say that some of the caaches forget that these are little Kids not pro4essionats. He~
husband has helpad cdach too and she has had to remind t~em these are tittle eight and
nine Year ald Kids. They are not playing college bat1. They ca~'t be pro4e~sionals, they
maKe mistakes. She thinks parents sametimes want the Kids to win so bad theY forget the
Kids haue fun daing it, whether they win ar n4t. She thinKs theY have gotten awaY from
this and feets this pragrun needs to be done.
Mr. McGilvarr tfianked Ms. Morgan. He cantinued to saY tfiat this Qrogr~m may not solve alt
the probtem~. We stitl need the involvement of parents an~ euerything else, but this is a
positi~e step we can take.
The next speaKer approached the podium.
MR. KEt9 2Ih~lER. 7001 Pos# Oak Orive. NRH. Vice President. RYA
Mr. 2icimer stated thzt he has two guestions he woutd tiKe to asK as the Vice President of
RYA and then a camxent that is of his own opinion,
The first one is about hav manr sesaions Stafi plans to haue for each one of the sports as
far as certification gaes. Mr. McGil~arr asKed Mr. Browne for the repty. Mr. Browne
answered in the Guidelines t~at were handed out tanight we plan to try and affer ane
course at least one weeK priar to Your practice season and ane course, the same course,
two weeKs inta you~ ~ctual sessan so that wi11 entaapssses the time necegsary to find out
what ~oaches are going to stitk with it, what caathes Y~u need to ~dd in or recruit in as
the season begins. We also mentioned that we will be more than willing to t~y to
acconmodate any requests at a later date, if yau find you hav~ lost a number of coaches or
needed se~eral more certified, we wilt work with You to find a mutualty agreeable time to
trY and offer that program again. The program witl be offered tho5e preacribed times for
each sport season. Far exampte: softbatl/baseball season, footbail Season, basKe#ball
season and then compiete the cycle with otAer ~ports addrd in - if socter becanes
auaitable. We wili maKe aaailable aa adequate number of 5@551G~5 to be convenient for
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euerybodv, Mr. ?irtrr~er asked if it would be a sa~e asUmptior~ sir~ce tdSKE~Gd~~ is fir~.t
t~+at if theY find tt,at one session one weeK priar to the season is nat tr~e right tim~ny,
etc., staff arou)d be ~illi~g to mo~E it up two ar three weeks, ar whatever. M?. B~a,mF
answered whate~er i~ aoir,g to warK. Mr~ MCGi1~d~Y sta.ted tAat tRe Gu+delines stated
"mutuaily suitable". 6aseball w~uld be the first. Mr, irtmer asKed if ~asKetGall would
be s~ipc~ed because of when it starts. Mr. Browne s#ated that it could be made avdilablF
or~ a~~alur~tary basis, wE wilt wark with you. Mr. Fer~imore, stated tt~at proGaGly wauid
havE ane tar t,asketball, one is rEally needed. Mr, Zimmer stated that ther~ t~a~e a
Grie~ance ~o~.rG ~t RYA and when they are asked to meet with the Board far reviEw ar~d
dacumentation. Could it be explained what the Board rnean~ by dotumentatio~? They ~a~e
disc+plined toathes before but they dc~ net put it in writing and t~e needs sorne +dea r,f
what the Baard is expecting from the Association. Mr. McGilvarY answered that the
grievar+ce procedure was set up in the City guidelines. As far as what datumentatian is
eapected Mr PetiKa can answer that. Mr. Petika sYated ab~iousty if it i~ a minor
infraction and ;~ou feel you tan handle it, that is entirely up ta Your Board. Staff woutd
like to {tnaw of even the rt~inar infractions so we Know how to answer the parents. We do
pet numerous calts froa~ various parents. We wou3d also reque~t that sartrething, a form, a
letter, a note, a memo, be sent to the o4f'sce by mail or hand deliuered, sa that can be
pr~esented tu the Eoard sc that can document it. Ob~iauslr, i4 there are a whole lot of
offenses against a coach and nathing that comes bacK a second time, then some action
should be taken a4ainst that coach. Mr. Zinmer asked if this means we tan work together
on what that format will be. Mr. Zirtmer commented that the guideline on the City payinq
far thE first year is realty sanething theY wanted and was impartant to their organization
and the spetling out of the grie~ance end of it. Personally, he is ~ery supporti~e of the
program will carry that support inta the P.YA Board meetings.
Mr. Mc6itua~>~ aSKed for the next speaKer.
MR. LYt~6d CRF~IFILL~ 671b Fair Meadou?s. NRH. BasKetbal t Ca~rnissi_oner. RYA
Mr. Cranfitt stated that he too supports the program. Will therc be a program for
bashetball ctioic this year. Mr, ParKeY Stated that it can not b~e mandatory, but it wilt
be offe~ed. Mr. Cranfili $ta#ed he knew that and he thinKs it is a gaod idea. Mr.
Fenimare stated that he had news for him, he's got it! Mr. Cranfill stated t~at hE war~ts
Mr. Fenimore ta a.ttend. Mr, Fenimore said he wauid be there. He gaing ta t~r to get
certifiEd to help. He Knows some peoDle do not tarE. Mr. Cranfill stated that if Mr.
Fenimore liKes #he pragram, its got to be a good program. Betause he dealt with Mr.
renimare last year and everything is fine, but it sound~ like it i~ going to be a oood
pragra~ and he usants ta get the basftetball peaple in~ol~ed in it. Mr. Ba~is asked when we
get the ~ew 4acility we witl ha~e bd5K2tba11. Mr. Da~is' statement was corrected that
youth basKetball would not be inctuded.
Mr. Parker made a motion tfie Board approue the four amendmen#s to th~ presentation that
has already been presented to Council for Council's appraval. M~. Battles secanded. Mr.
}~r_~j}V~~Y asKed far discussion. Th~re was no discussion. Mr. MtGileary then stated that
there is a motian and sECOnd to accept the outline of procedures ta our motion to City
Councit to adopt the N.Y.S.C.A. for certification for city toaches that use city
facilities. Vote was unanimaus in fa~o~ o# the motion. Mr Davis requested to tet the
record reflect a unanimaus ~ote. The Chair asKed that 5a be retarded.
Mr. rowne made a quicK announcement.
~tr. Browne sta#ed the 3rd Ar~nuat CYStic 5K Run was held an October 11, 1986. There were
7Q runners participatiag. There was an increase i~ torporate sponsorship - the North
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Hilis Medital Genter and the Narth Hilis News along witf~ Krtowlton-fnglish-Flowers, Inc,
and seueral other campanies becom+ng in~olved in helping us buitd this e~ent. We raised
a)moet ~1400 and lookinQ forward to doinq this next yFar.
Mr. ParKey made ~n announcement bY stating he personally would liKe to thanK e~erYOne for
corning tonig~t, This Board meets on the first 7uesday of each ~anth at 6:30 PM, except
for next month, betause we haue already had two meetings this month. There does not ha~e
to be a probtem for you to ccxne. There are thing5 t~at happen, that if yau do not come,
especiallY RYA a~d NRGSA should fiave a repre~entati~e at euery one of our meetings. The
Board meeting~ are nGt held befiind closed daors. He wauld fiKe to maKe t;at invitation
open to e~eryonp.
Mr, Da~is asKed to thanK the QUBStS from City Council to hear openly what was said.
Mr. M~~iluar~ alao tfianKed Mr. Martin for coming to speaK abaut the program.
Mr. TIODS also thanked those who support this program. It is nite of rou to come up and
comment on it. Th~t makea the Board feel tiKe #hey are do+ng something worthwhile.
ADJDURMtENT : Mr. Fenimore made a motion to ad~ourn. Mr. ParK.s seconded the
ma#ion. Vote was unanimous in fauor of the motion to adjourn
at 7:5U Pt1.
Resp ctfutly Subrt~itte ~
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Recording Setretary