4/29/2025 Item #4
City Council
Meeting
Item #4
Adopt Updated Definitions for Field
User Categories and Field User
CIT Priorities of Use and Adopt a
Resolution Incorporating the Updated
1852 Recreation Fields and Turf Areas
THE MISSION CIN Reservations: Practice & Games Fees
into the Proposed FY 2025/26
Municipal Fee Schedule.
April 29, 2025
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Santa Clara
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Background
• Free Field Use: Santa Clara Youth Sports Group (51% residents) Budget shortfalls and aging infrastructure
Cost Recovery Policy adopted by Council on April 19, 2022 Field Use Fees adopted with FY 2022/23 Muni Fee Schedule City Council paused fees April 2023
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Community Engagement Process
User Group Feedback:
- Wade Brummal Program
- Field User Categories & Priorities
- Municipal Fees
• 20+ groups representing Youth Sports in Santa Clara
• Groups met 9 times between March 2023 to February 2025 3 City of
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Wade Brummal Update Adopted
• Based on this process Council adopted new program guidelines (March 11, 2025) for the Wade Brummal Scholarship & Grant Program.
Updated program rolled out this spring and summer.
• Program monitored by Parks & Recreation Commission annually. • Wade Brummal supplements existing youth sports group scholarship programs and fundraising.
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Field User Categories & Priorities of Use
1. City Programs
Resident Youth Non-Profit
3. Resident Adult Non-Profit
Resident
Non-Resident
6. Commercial Entity
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Benchmarking
Santa Clara County Cities
Cupertino Campbell
Milpitas Mountain View
Palo Alto San Jose
Saratoga Sunnyvale
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Proposed Fee Schedule
Field User Current + Synthetic
+ Lights
Categories & Field FY FY FY
FY Turf
Priorities for Rental 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28
2027/28 FY 2027/28
Ise Fee
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1. City Programs
2. Resident Youth $14 $8 $10 $10+CPI MR MR
Non-Profit
3. Resident Adult $14 $25 $30 $30+CPI MR MR
Non-Profit
4. Resident $100 $60 $60 $60+CPI MR MR
5. Non-Resident $280 $280 $280+CPI 2027+CPI MR MR
6. Commercial $280 $280 $280+CPI 2027+CPI MR MR
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Other Considerations
New/Added User Category
- Non-Resident; Non-Profit
Sliding Fee Structure
- High residency = lower fee
Community Grant Process
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Santa Clara
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Thank you to the many groups and
community members who were dedicated
to the process.
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Recommendation
• Accept Recommendation by the Parks & Recreation Commission and Adopt a. Updated Definitions for Field User Group Categories; and b. Updated Field User Group Priorities for Field Allocation; and c. Adopt a Resolution Incorporating the Updated Recreation Fields and Turf Areas Reservations: Practice & Games Fees into the Proposed FY 2025/26 Municipal Fee Schedule.
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