REPORT TO PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Informational Report on Adoption of the FY2022/23 Municipal Fee Schedule and the Parks & Recreation Cost Recovery Policy
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Enhance Community Sports, Recreational and Arts Assets
Enhance Community Engagement and Transparency
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clara Municipal Fee Schedule provides a detailed list of fees charged by the City for specific services. The purpose of these fees is to recover costs related to providing the services, with varying levels of cost-recovery. City staff review the fee schedule on an annual basis. Periodically, a cost of service study is performed to assess the City's full costs of providing fee-related services.
As part of the adoption of the FY 2021/22 Biennial Operating Budget on June 21, 2021, the Council directed staff to bring forward a Parks & Recreation Cost Recovery Policy as part of the comprehensive review of fees. The budget was also balanced with the assumption that additional revenues of $0.7million would be generated by implementation of a cost recovery policy.
The City's consultant, alongside the Parks & Recreation Department, developed a draft Cost Recovery Policy for Parks & Recreation services following public outreach to receive community input on what residents and interested parties felt were reasonable levels of cost recovery for the Parks & Recreation services offered. A community survey was conducted from March 2, 2022 through March 17, 2022. A joint meeting with the Parks & Recreation Commission, Senior Advisory Commission, and Youth Commission was held on March 2, 2022 (RTC#22-344). A study session with the City Council and the public was held on April 5, 2022 to review the Proposed FY 2022/23 Municipal Fee Schedule and the draft Parks & Recreation Cost Recovery Policy. Staff then incorporated feedback received from the study session into the final draft d...
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