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Memo To: Mayor and City Council From:Michele Bergh Date: 10/10/01 Re: Non-Resident Fees for City of Elk River Recreation Department I am recommending the following policy for non-resident fees beginning January 1, 2002 with an evaluation of these policies taking place August 1,2002. · Residents of Elk River will have a Window of 7 days to register for programs prior to allowing non-residents to register. · Non-residents will generally pay 50% higher fees than residents of Elk River. I would like to leave the fee structure at this level, as I am concerned about keeping programs affordable to those in neighboring cities so they continue to participate. I would also like some flexibility with the non-resident fees so that we can adjust that amount, depending on the program. An example would be a program that is already very expensive and would cause the non-resident fee to be so high that the program becomes unaffordable or if a program is subsidized by the City of Elk River to keep costs down, perhaps the non-resident fee should be higher than 50% to allow us to recoup the subsidy as well as a non-resident fee. Since many of our programs run at capacity, I also think the 7-day window for Elk River residents to register is a very good benefit. This will allow Elk River residents to participate in a program over a non-resident if they register dght away. Registration for summer will be wrapping up by August 15t, making this a good time to evaluate the e[fectiveness of our policies. At this time we would be looking at numbers of participants as well as revenue (program and non-resident revenue) received. To see if the policy is effective, I would want to see an increase in all areas. If we don't see this, we can look at modifying the policy at that time.