TITLE
A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Maricopa, Arizona, adopting a fee schedule for the rental of facilities owned by the City of Maricopa, including increased fees for non-residents. Discussion and action.
AGENDA ITEM DESCRIPTION
Beginning with an action item from the Futures Planning meeting on February 9, 2023 to make city facilities more accessible to residents and non-profits staff wrote a Facility Rental Policy. With feedback from City Council and members of the public at the July 25, 2023 Work Session and September, 19, 2023 Regular City Council meeting staff fine-tuned the Facility Rental Policy, which provides a discount to residents/non-profits and increases the rates for non-residents. Council adopted the policy on October 3, 2023.
The discount to residents/non-profits is 35% discount from the previous resident rate. Those rates went into effect on November 2, 2023.
The new policy places the non-resident rate at double the previous resident rate now termed base rate. Based on A.R.S. 9-499.15, because we are increasing the non-resident rates they must be posted publicly for 60 days prior to council approval.
The increased non-resident fees were posted the week of September 25, 2023 and are now being brought back to Council for approval.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the fee schedule fro the rental of city facilities, including an increase of non-resident facility rental fees.