Laserfiche WebLink
BREAKFAST OPTIMIST CLUB <br /> Paris, Texas <br /> <br />Michael E. Malone <br />Paris City Manager <br />P. O. Box 9037 <br />Paris, Texas 75461-9037 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Malone <br /> <br />The Breakfast Optimist Club wants to thank the City of Paris for the 28 years of financial <br />support with the electricity for Woodall Fields at Charles Taylor Youth Complex. With <br />your support of ours and other youth programs in the city, the youth of Paris and Lamar <br />County have great programs and facilities for youth sports. Your support has helped <br />expand the original baseball complex from two fields to the present seven. The program <br />has grown from 200 to 850 kids that play in the program. We are very proud to say that <br />WE HAVE NEVER TURNED A CHILD AWAY that wanted to play baseball. <br /> <br />The facility is something that the City of Paris and Lamar County can be very proud to <br />have. It is one of the best youth complexes in North East Texas. We continue each year <br />to upgrade the facilities to make them even better. This past year we added a new a <br />baseball field for 7 and 8 year olds, a new batting cage, a new pavilion for family use, <br />new sidewalks and asphalted part of the parking area. The total amount spent on <br />additions and improvements was over $86,000. We continue to plan for needed upkeep <br />and improvements. We need to remodel the restrooms, build sidewalks for handicap <br />access, repair and widen the access road into the facility, continue to pave the remainder <br />of the parking lot, and buy land to build an emergency access road out of the facility. <br />These projects are estimated to cost over $250,000. <br /> <br />Our program does not have any paid employees. There are 35 Breakfast Optimist <br />members who work approximately 12,700 volunteer hours per year. <br /> <br />Our committed expenses for the fiscal year that will end September 30, 2003 will be <br />$1,395 more than the revenue that has been generated. The 2004 budgeted operational <br />expenses are project to be $13,350 more than the projected revenue. Unless revenue <br />exceeds our projections, some of the improvements will have to be moved into future <br />~earS. <br /> <br />The City of Paris can buy electricity at a much cheaper rate than can the Breakfast <br />Optimist Club. Therefore, the benefit to the Breakfast Optimist Club is much greater <br /> <br /> <br />