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Pdver July 3, 2002 Cindy Hallman CIGDZ4~aol.com Subject: Lions Park Center Dear Ms. Hallman: Thank you for your comments regarding the Lions Park Center (LPC) fee and usage policy. By way of background, the LPC was mostly a Lions Club designed and financed construction project with some city participation and, of course, this facility is in a public park. One of the goals for LPC was to have more meeting room space available in the community. The city set up a fee and usage policy for LPC that was modeled after what we saw as successful examples for other communities. Shortly after opening the LPC, some Lions Club members expressed concerns over the fee and usage policy. Accordingly, the fee and usage policy was discussed and evaluated at a joint City Council and Lions Club Committee meeting. A higher fee for longer use of the room is part of the fee structure in order to encourage having the facility available to other groups. The concern was that without a fee differential one group could dominate the use of the facility. Another goal of the fee and usage policy is to recapture a significant part of the operating expense for the facility. If the City Council finds the fees to be too high, either through letters like yours or through reduced usage of the room, then the current policy will again have to be reevaluated. The city is new to the business of owning and renting out meeting room space, so it is very likely that the LPC policy will evolve as we learn more about the operating expenses and the usage that is taking place at the facility. I hope the above information will help explain how and why the new policy was established shortly after the original policy was set up. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact me. Patrick D. I(daers City Administrator