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Item No. 19 <br />memorandum <br />TO: Mayor & City Council <br />FROM: John Godwin, City Manager <br />SUBJECT: FUNDING FOR OPTIMIST CLUB <br />DATE: December 20, 2016 <br />BACKGROUND: For the last three budget cycles, the local Optimist Club has requested grant <br />support for its youth baseball program. Club membership is down from what it once was, and <br />remaining members are having a more difficult time making ends meet financially. This is a <br />very important program to our local youth, and one that could be very expensive if the city ever <br />had to take it over. <br />STATUS OF ISSUE: Last summer, the council was scheduled to receive a presentation and <br />request from the club, but due to a personnel change and miscommunication on their part, no one <br />from the Optimists appeared, so no funding was set aside. A representative of the club has since <br />asked the council to again consider funding, and I said at the time we would revisit it in January. <br />I hate to see them penalized over a miscommunication, but now that the year is partially gone, I <br />think a partial year funding would be appropriate middle ground. <br />BUDGET: This is an unfunded item. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Authorize creation and execution of an agreement with the Optimist <br />Club providing $2,000 to support the baseball program in 2017. <br />