Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, August 02, 2016
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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ESTABLISHMENT OF FEES FOR THE USE OF CITY FACILITIES AND A FEE REDUCTION PROCESS FOR USE OF CITY FACILITIES (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
At the budget workshop on May 16, 2016, a presentation was made to address the process in which fees are assessed to agencies and organizations that utilize city facilities. At issue are high number of fee waivers, the discounts that are requested on an annual basis and the impacts on the City's budget. At this meeting, staff was directed to better categorize the groups that use facilities and suggest revisions to the waiver process.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. Approve the Facility Use Rates and Group Categories as defined in Exhibit No. 1.
2. Cancel and rescind all fee waivers that have been granted in perpetuity by previous City Councils. Fee waivers with established sunset dates shall continue to be honored.
3. Approve the consolidated List of Organizations and Applicable Rates August 2016 as detailed in Exhibit No. 2.
4. Approve the process in which a reduced fee request is to be approved.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
Any action deemed appropriate by the City Council.
IV. BACKGROUND
The City offers the Carson Community Center and City parks facilities for the benefit of the community. These facilities are heavily used by local organizations, businesses, and residents. Due to the lack of similar public facilities in the region, the City of Carson is often approached by groups based in and out of the City of Carson seeking to use a facility for a meeting or an event. Often these groups request either full or partial waivers of our facility use fees.
The City approved $203,105 in fee waivers for the Carson Community Center in FY2014-2015, for 24 organizations. Most of the uses and organizations used City Facilities at no charge. The City currently received on average two requests per month to waive fees.
Of the $203,1...
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