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Honorable Mayor and Members of the Council: BACKGROUND All fees and charges established by the Department of Parks and Community Services are to be approved by the City Council Resolution 92-99 (Fee Policy) and Resolution 92-200 (Master Fee Schedule). During the past two years, the Department has made various adjustments to the fees and charges to compensate for increases in staff/contractor salaries and program materials and have added and omitted classes and programs due to demand or lack of demand. Effort has been made to delete from fees submitted for approval those "add-on" items that are controlled by the market, i.e., insurance, uniforms, books. If no change is proposed, the existing fee remains in place. If an increase is considered significant, 10 % of existing fee, or special circumstances exist, an explanation has been provided for the proposed fee. BASIS FOR FEES The basis for fees varies between programs. The adopted Council fee policy has established revenue goals for programs based on the service provided. Direct Program Costs It is the adopted Council fee policy to recover 70%-100% of the direct program costs for all revenue-generating programs except the Senior Program, Theater, Paratransit and the Recreational Activities for the Developmentally Disabled Program. Those programs are expected to recover a much smaller percentage of direct program costs. Direct program costs include: • Staff time (temporary, full-time and contract) associated with the program except the Director and office staff. • Program materials and supplies and costs unique to the program such as travel, etc. • An additiona130% to account for office overhead (Director, staff, promotion, etc.). • The gas and electric costs associated with the tennis, softball, and theater programs. • Temporary staff who provide custodial and basic, simple pool maintenance tasks at the swimming pool. SR 97:289 Page 2