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The fees and charges of Department of Parks and Community <br /> Services programs and facilities are based on the policy <br /> of recovering the full direct program's cost of fee <br /> classes, special clinics, camps and private facility use, <br /> and recovering 0%-75% of the direct program cost of broad <br /> based children's programs, teen activities, disabled <br /> programs, senior programs, facility use associated with <br /> nonprofit organization program use, or programs targeted <br /> to address identified community needs. It should be <br /> noted that direct costs do not usually include facility <br /> maintenance, custodial services or utility costs. <br /> <br /> Honorable Mayor and Members of the Council: <br /> <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> <br /> All fees and charges established by the Department of Parks and <br /> Community services are to be approved by the City Council <br /> Resolution 92-99 (Fee Policy) and Resolution 92-200 (Master Fee <br /> Schedule). During the past year, the Department has made various <br /> adjustments to the fees and charges to compensate for increases in <br /> staff/contractor salaries and program materials and have added and <br /> omitted classes and programs due to demand or lack of demand. <br /> <br /> Effort has been made to delete from fees submitted for approval <br /> those "add-on" items that are controlled by the market, i.e., <br /> insurance, uniforms, books. Those fees shown which include such <br /> costs have an asterisk. <br /> <br />If no change is proposed, the existing fee remains in place. If an <br />increase is considered significant, 10% of existing fee, or special <br />circumstances exist, an explanation has been provided for the <br />proposed fee. <br /> <br />BASIS FOR FEES <br /> <br />The basis for fees varies between programs. The Community Services <br />Division of the Parks and Community Services Department has <br />established revenue goals for programs based on the service <br />provided to the community. <br /> <br />The goal of the Community Services Division is to recover 70%-100% <br />of direct program costs for all revenue generating programs except <br />the Senior Program, Theater, Paratransit and the Recreational <br />Activities for the Developmentally Disabled Program. Direct <br />program costs include: all staff time (temporary, full-time and <br />contract} associated with the program except the Director and <br />office staff, all program materials and supplies and costs unique <br />to the program such as travel, etc., and an additional 30% to <br />account for office overhead (Director, staff, promotion, etc.). <br /> <br />SR 94:111 2 <br /> <br /> <br />