Donna Finch
Community Services Director
October 16, 2024
That the City Council provide feedback and direction on athletic field reservation rates.
• Adopted February 7, 2024
• Creates a unified vision and
planning framework for the
enhancement and long-term
sustainability of parks and
recreation facilities and programs
• Includes initiatives and
recommended actions to upgrade
the park experience, improve
recreation programs, maintain and
manage assets, and sustain parks
and recreation services long-term
• Financial Sustainability Strategy is a key component of the PRMP to ensure long term sustainability of the parks system:
• Identifies a baseline measurement for the cost of services • Evaluates the balance between tax subsidy and fees/charges • Defines the philosophy for funding strategies
• Multiple workshops held to discuss financial sustainability philosophy, service categories, beneficiary of service, cost-of-service analysis, and goal setting for the future:
• May 19, 2022 – Special Parks & Rec Commission Meeting • August 15, 2022 – Special Parks & Rec Commission Meeting • October 26, 2022 – Special Parks & Rec Commission Meeting • Open Access Services
• Community Health & Wellbeing Services
• Signature Events
• Drop-In Activities
• Partnered Specialized Community Events
• Skill-Based Activities
• Education/Enrichment Services
• Reservations
Service Categories
• Who benefits from the service is a primary
driver in making standardized pricing
decisions
• Services categorized and ranked from
Common Good services progressing to
Individual Benefit services
• Common Good services are accessible to all
in a community and provide universal value
• Individual Benefit services provide exclusive
specialized benefit to individuals and can
include constraints or barriers to access
Beneficiary of Service Model
• Higher subsidies for
services for the common
good
• Lower or no subsidies for
individualized services
• Encourages defensible
subsidy allocation
• Establishes a more
equitable cost recovery
strategy for resident user
groups
Athletic Field Reservations:
FY24 Expenditures = $1,700,189
FY24 Revenue = $242,025
Cost Recovery = 14%
Skill-Based Activities: classes and other
instructed activities in which the primary
intent is to acquire or learn a skill;
includes youth sports, STEM classes,
fitness activities, and contract classes.
• Athletic field reservations have not received a rate analysis since 2018 • A recent update to the Master Fee Recovery Schedule increased hourly field reservation rates as follows:
• Group II (Resident Recreation Non-Profit) – from $10/hr. to $20/hr. • Group III (Resident Competitive Non-Profit) – from $19/hr. to $25/hr. • Group IV (Resident Private/For-Profit) – from $31/hr. to $40/hr. • Group V (Non-Resident) – from $41/hr. to $50/hr.
• Rates were determined based on cost recovery goals in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan • Several sports leagues are paying an outdated Group IIY rate of $4/hr. previously offered to teams on the Youth Sports Advisory Council (YSAC). YSAC was eliminated in 2019, but the billing rate change did not occur
Hourly Rates*
Cities Resident Recreation
Non-Profit Groups
Resident Competitive
Non-Profit Groups
Private/NonResident Groups
Rancho Cucamonga $21 $21 $32
Fontana $10 $15 $21
Ontario $15 $15 $50
Chino $10 / $11 $10 / $11 $16
Riverside $2.50 / $8 $2.50 / $8 $18
Murrieta $26 $26 $31
Corona $20 $25 $40 / $50
* Based on fees published in Master Fee Schedules; does not include hourly rates for lighting.
Expenditures Revenues Cost Recovery
FY24 Field Rates $1,700,189 $242,085 14%
FY25 Field Rates $1,700,189 $958,055 56%
Current Registration
Cost (@$4hr)
Fee Impact**
New Registration Cost
(@$20hr)
Soccer
AYSO $175 $59 (34%~) $234
United $180 $35 (20%~) $215
Arsenal FC $895-$1,095 $33 (3%-4%~) $928 - $1,128
Baseball
Pony $175-$245 $51 (21%-29%~) $226 - $296
National Little League $175 $119 (68%~) $294
American Little League $140-230 $134 (58%-96%~) $274 - $364 Softball Corona Girls Softball Association $175-250 $123 (49%-70%~) $298 - $373 Football Corona Chargers $385 $16 (4%~) $401
*Rates are estimated assuming that each league utilizes the same field rentals as the previous year. Actual costs will vary based on the average number of kids per team and the total hours of field space the leagues reserve per season
** Figures rounded to the nearest dollar
($4hr - $20hr)
Option 1
Implement
Rates as
Adopted
($4-$12-$20)
Option 2
Phase in Over
2 Years
Option 4
Phase in Over
4 Years
Option 3
Phase in Over
3 Years
($4-$9-$14-$20) ($4-8-12-16-$20)
Option 5
Other?
That the City Council provide feedback and direction on athletic field reservation rates.