HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.k. Amendment to the 2011 Fees and Fee Policy - Parks and RecreationAGENDA ITEM: Amendment to the 2011 Fees and Fee
Policy Parks and Recreation
AGENDA SECTION:
Consent
PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Director of Parks and
Recreation
AGENDA NO.
ATTACHMENTS: Maintenance Fee Survey
APPROVED BY: i)
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to approve a resolution amending the 2011 Fees and
Fee Policy to add a $2.00 per player maintenance fee and a $35 per hour lighting fee for
the use of the soccer field lights at DCTC.
ROSEMOUNT
CITY COUNCIL
City Council Regular Meeting: February 15, 2011
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SUMMARY
On an annual basis the Parks and Recreation Commission reviews the Parks and Recreation related
portion of the City's Fees and Fee Policy. The Parks and Recreation Commission recently discussed the
City's fees and made a recommendation that a player maintenance fee be added to offset park maintenance
costs and a lighting fee be added for the use of the DCTC soccer field lights.
Player Fees
As part of the 2011 budget process, staff were asked to look at service levels and make recommendations
as to what services might be reduced or if there might be another opportunity to provide the service in a
different manner. Some examples of the reductions include the Parks and Recreation Department
reducing the number of Parks and Recreation brochures from four to three per year, the Public Works
Department will only spend half of what they did last year on fertilizer and herbicide, and other
departments have been asked to make similar reductions.
One item that was discussed with the City Council and included in the 2011 budget was the direction to
collect $9,000 of user fees to help offset a portion of maintenance for athletic facility users. The City of
Woodbury recently conducted a survey regarding the collection of user fees for youth athletics. Staff has
included the survey in the packet. Charging user groups for some of the direct costs of field maintenance
is starting to become more common practice in the Twin Cities area. Included in the packet is a copy of a
survey that was done by the City of Woodbury regarding maintenance fees. User groups in other local
communities are being asked to pay for placement of portable toilets, dragging of infields, cutting of lines,
painting lines, repair of damaged turf, etc. It can be assumed that the normal mowing of grass and general
upkeep of the parks is not the responsibility of the athletic groups, but other maintenance requests are
being reconsidered in many communities often because of troubling economic situations.
Staff estimates that between 3,800 to 4,500 youth and adults will participate in athletic activities in City
parks during the spring, summer, fall and winter seasons. This number changes from year to year
depending on where the coordinating organization assigns the different sports to play and the number of
tournaments scheduled.
Staff has communicated with local youth sports association representatives regarding the proposed fee.
Although they would prefer to not pay a fee, they understood the City's position on this. The Parks and
Recreation Commission and staff are recommending that the City Council add a fee of $2.00 per player to
City
Lighting Fee Per Hour
Inver Grove Heights
$35
Eagan
$31
Apple Valley
$40
Rosemount
$35 (proposed)
the 2011 Fees and Fee Policy as a per player maintenance fee.
DCTC Soccer Lights Fee
Based on what other surrounding communities are charging for the use of soccer lights, staff is
recommending we charge $35 per hour.
SUMMARY
The Parks and Recreation Commission has recommended that the City Council consider adding a $2.00
per player maintenance fee and a $35 per hour lighting fee for the use of the soccer field lights at DCTC to
the 2011 Fees and Fee Policy.
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CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2011
A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION 2010 -90
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENTS SETTING THE
2011 SCHEDULE OF RATES AND FEES.
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the 2011 Schedule of Fees and Rates and recognizes
the need to amend certain rates and fees for 2011; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has found the need to amend certain Parks and Recreation Fees to
add a $2.00 per player maintenance fee and a $35.00 per hour lighting fee for the use of the soccer
field lights at DCTC.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rosemount, that it
adopts the attachment amending Parks and Recreation Fees.
ADOPTED this 15th day of February, 2011 by the City Council of the City of Rosemount.
ATTEST:
Amy Domeier, City Clerk
William H. Droste, Mayor
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