Committee on Youth, Sports, Parks and Recreation

The Committee on Youth, Sports, Parks and Recreation has scheduled a hearing for to receive testimony on the following:

BLOCK I                                                                                                      10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.

 

The Committee will hear from key stakeholders regarding the state of the Virgin Islands Horse Racing Industry, including but not limited to the franchise and development agreements for the Randall “Doc” James Racetrack and the Clinton E. Phipps Racetrack.

Invited Testifiers

The Honorable Calvert White, Commissioner, Department of Sports, Parks, and Recreation
Robert E. Huckabee, III, President and CEO, Southland Gaming of the Virgin Islands, Inc.
Andrew Dubuque, CFO/Managing Partner, VIGL Operations, LLC

Jason Williams, General Manager, Racing Operations, VIGL Operations, LLC

Hugo Hodge, Chairman, V.I. Horse Racing Commission

Elroy Bates, Jr., President, Flamboyant Park Horseman Association

Clinton Hedrington, President, St. Thomas Horsemen Association

 LUNCH                                                                                                    12:00 P.M. – 12:30 P.M.

 BLOCK II                                                                                                12:30 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.

 Bill No. 34-0267 An Act amending the Virgin Islands Code, title 3, chapter 18, section 302 relating the duties of the Department of Sports, Parks, and Recreation to include the duty to develop neighborhood parks or recreation areas primarily designed to provide facilities for team, recreational or individual sports; amending title 3, chapter 22, section 401 to direct the Department to identify, supervise, administer, manage, regulate and control all sites within the Territorial Parks System: amending title 32, chapter 2 to establish the Division of Territorial Parks and Protected Areas within the Department of Planning and Natural Resources to establish and maintain a Territorial Parks System; amending title 33, chapter 111 to establish in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands The Territorial Parks System Revolving Fund and the Recreational Parks Revolving Fund; repealing title 3, section 308, title 32, chapter 4; and for other related purposes

Invited Testifiers

The Honorable Calvert White, Commissioner, Department of Sports, Parks, and Recreation

The Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, Department of Planning and Natural Resources