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June 3, 1992 Park Board Minutes <br />Anderson went through each CIP item. <br />Discussion of the CIP was delayed until after the Little Lakes Little <br />League agenda item. <br />B. Little Lakes Little League <br />Len Pratt stated he was second year President of Little Lakes Little <br />League. He introduced Ken Cooper; previous president and Jack <br />Pederson, board member and in charge of try outs. <br />4 <br />Pratt stated this was LLLL 31st year. Have approximately 1,300 kids <br />playing this year from New Brighton, Arden. Hills, Shoreview, North <br />Oaks, Mounds View. <br />Pratt responded to the anonymous letter written to Little Lakes Little <br />League expressing concern about the tryouts and how children were <br />chosen for teams. <br />It was explained that those who participated in tryouts received 18 <br />evaluations. No names were on participants when they tried out, <br />numbers were used instead. Rankings were made on everyone but <br />they were not made public. The overall rankings of children by all <br />evaluators were very close. Before tryouts parents had the <br />opportunity to attend a meeting where the try out process was <br />explained. <br />Pratt stated the letter indicated that kids who had parents involved <br />with. LLLL were chosen over other kids. Pratt indicated that his son <br />did not make the tryouts. <br />It was noted that all players were placed on teams but not all made <br />the tryouts. The city the child was from was not a factor in <br />determining who made tryouts. About 50% of the kids are from <br />Shoreview and about 10% from New Brighton. Shoreview provides <br />50% of the fields and New Brighton about 10%. There are other <br />baseball leagues in the communities. MVAA draws more New <br />Brighton people. LLLL is able to participate in the National <br />Tournament; MVAA does not participate in the National Tournament, it <br />is a more amateur league. <br />The Park Board thanked the LLLL representatives for coming and <br />added it was good for the Park Board to hear about the tryout <br />procedures first hand. <br />CIP DISCUSSION CONTINUED... <br />Anderson felt more money may need to be added to the CIP for <br />Innsbruck in 1993 since a meeting with the residents in that area <br />would be held soon. <br />