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� <br />EN HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: August 15, 2011 <br />T0: Honorable Ma�or and City CounciImembers <br />Patrick Klaers, City Administrator <br />FROM: Sue Iverson, Directar of Finance and Administrative Services <br />Michelle 41son, Parks and Recreation Manager <br />Meagan Beekrnan, City PIanner <br />SUBJECT: Fee Scheduie Discussion <br />Bac��round <br />At the December 13, 2010 City Cauncil Meeting, concerns regarding certain fees in the <br />2011 fee sehedule were mentioned. Council asked for the fee sched�xle to be brought to a <br />Council wark session for review and discussion. At the January 18, 2011 work session, <br />specific concerns about ihe following fees were �dentified: park rental, vegetable garden <br />plots, city hall room rentaI, certain building pern�its, land use applications, and recyc�ing. <br />Meeting minutes from 12/13, 1/18 and 1119 are included for Co�ancil review {Attachment <br />A). The 201 I Fee Schedule (Attachment B) was adopted by the City Council on January <br />19, 2011. <br />In addition, at the joint City Council/PTRC meeting on March 21St, the City Council <br />finalized the PTRC goals and work plan far 2011. One af those goals listed was to review <br />and anaIyze the impact of establishing a fee structure for park fie�d use in the City and <br />bring a recommendation to CounciL THe Council indicated that they would iike to expand <br />this research to incIude the Ciry park rental fee struciure. Therefor�, staff researched three <br />areas of fees for the PTRC to review: youth field use, adult intramural field use and park <br />r�ntals. <br />Staff has scheduled another discussion an the 2012 �'ee Schedule for the Navember Budget <br />work sessaon. <br />Youth Field Use Fees <br />Attached is the research that staff did regarding w�at the surrounding Cities/4rganizations <br />charge for youth and adult field use (Attachrnent C}. The majority of the youth field use <br />is by the Shoreview Area Youih Basebatl {SAYB} and the North Suburban Soccer <br />Association {NSSA). Staf� provided inforrnatian based on 2010 usage on the financial <br />irnpact af charging variaus fees ta these groups (Attachment D). If the City decided to <br />1lMetro-inet.uslardenhillslPR&PWIParkslMemoslCouncil Memos408152011 Fee Schedule Discussion.doc <br />