The City of Yakima Parks and Recreation Division provides an extensive selection of recreational programs, services and facility rentals for the enjoyment of our community. The costs to provide such services and activities continues to increase, placing a strain on an already distressed budget. The last time Park & Rec fees and charges were adjusted was back in 2019. It has now become necessary to increase such fees and charges in order to continue to provide quality of life programs and services.
The program costs, service fee and rental charges are based on similar fees and charges of other like organizations and are intentionally kept low to allow people to be able to afford to participate in the programs and enjoy the facilities and services the City’s Park & Rec Division has to offer. The directive from City Council was to keep costs and fees for youth programs unchanged or as low as possible while increasing costs and fees for non-City residents.
Attached for review is the 2023 Proposed Fee Schedule (Exhibit A) which incorporates the adjusted fees and charges based on the recommendations from the Parks Commission and as directed by the City Council at the October 4, 2022 Budget Session and the 2023 Proposed Fees Schedule Policies. Redlined copies of both documents have also been enclosed. The revenue received is collected into the Parks & Rec Operating Fund 131 and will help defray the increasing costs of facility operations and maintenance for the City’s Park & Rec Division. |