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FROM: THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE .3y 12 , 1981
SUBl[tT' SUGGESTED CHANGE IN SWI14MING TICKET FEES AND POLICIES
In the past the City of Lodi, for the purpose of giving families
an opportunity to swim at reduced rates, instigated a family and
single ticket type of program. Prices were set at $20 for a
family ticket, regardless of how many people were in the immediate
family, -and $10 for a single ticket. This would allow the user to
use any one of four facilities at Blakely Pool, Tokay High Pool,
Lodi High Pool, and Lodi Lake.
We have known for many years that this program has been abused -
by the ticket purchaser. The abuse ran the gamut of many prob-
lems -•- some falsifying members of the family by including
cousins, neighbors, by passing family.tickets on to someone else
when not using them, or passing them through the fence at the
pool so someone else could use them, splitting the cost of the
ticket with another family, etc. There have been abuses too
numerous to mention. '
We are not necea=arily looking at a method of making more money
but at a method of controlling the abuse. We feel that this is
very important.
It Would be the recommendation of the Recreation and Parks
Department, therefore, that books of tickets, with 20 tickets to
a book,.be sold for $3.50 per book. These books could be sold
at the various pools as well as through the Recreation and Parks
Department office. *This would mean that every user would have a
ticket when they come to a facility or they would have to pay the
regular admission price.
The present pool prices are 50t for youth 16 and under and 754�
for adults. A youth could buy a book of tickets for $3.50, which
means he or she would actually be swimming for 171�t.
The adult book of tickets would cost $7.50, which is half pr -',!e
as compared to the general admission. This could mean that the
City might actually take in less revenue than before, but it
would give us better control.
The Commission for Recreation and Parks has a theory that since
the pools at the present time are not being used anywhere near
capacity,,maybe this would be an incentive to get more people
into the.pools and keep them out of canals and rivers.
Yet,.to a family with three children who swim a considerable
amount of time, it actually means an increase in cost to them.
For example, if one child were to swim 60 days of the year, it
would cost that family $10.50 per child. A family of three could
swim 60 days for $31.50 as compared to $20.00 in the past. The
cost for the family would escalate with the number of swims, of
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COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
SUBJECT: INCREASED SKIiMING TICKET FEES
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course, but 60 swims for three children for $31.50 is fair as
most cities around us charge at least $30.00 for a family ticket.
The Commission for Recreation and Parks has been discussing this
problem for several years, and to be very honest with the Council,
we do not know what t`ie solution is. We have looked at many
different aspects. die still feel it is important to give -people
an opportunity to swim. Swimming pools are a loser at best; it
,is just a question of how much.
We would like to try this method for one year to see where it takes
'.:us. We can discuss methods and there are many, all of which have
-good points and bad points. Hopefully, this method as suggested
above will solve some of our problems without being a total
'financial failure.
0
or
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Recreation and Parks Dept.
" RESOLUTION NO. 81-73
RESOLUTION AMENDING LODI RECREATION AND PARKS
DEPARTMENT SWIMMING TICKET FEES
RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Lodi does
hereby set the following fees for Lodi Recreation and Parks
Department swimming tickets:
Youth 20 swims for $3.50
Adults
(age 16 and under)
20 swims for $7.50
(approximately 90 days)
Dated: June 17, 1981
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 81-73 was passed
and adopted by the City Council of the City of Lodi
in a regular meeting held June 17, 1981 by the following
vote:
Ayes: Councilmen - Katnich, Hughes and McCarty
Noes: Councilmen - None
Absent: Councilmen - Murphy and Pinkerton
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AloceaH.
R,&Ymche
City Clerk
81-73
CITY COUNCIL (.2.
MMES AY, Mayor CITY O F LO D I
ROBERT G.. MURPHY.
Mat/OfHYMat/Of Pro Terse
RICHARD L. HUGHES
WALTER KATNICH
JAMES W. PINKERTON. Jr.
CITY HALL. 221 WEST PINE STREET
POST OFFICE BOX 320
LOD1, CALIFORNIA 95241
(209) 334-5634
July 17, 1981
Mr. Rick Stagy? -it
Vice -President
Sports Advtsory Board
268 Mut berry Cr.
Lodi, CA 95240
Gentlemen:
Please be advised that your June 29, 1981 letter
was presented to the Lodi City Council at its
regular meeting of July 1, 1981. The letter was
read in its entirety to the Council and was duly
noted by the Council.
Should you have ony questions regarding Council's
receipt of this information, please feel free to
call this office.
Very truly yours,
heu Z
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W&
Alice M. Ree
City Clerk
AR: dg
HENRY A. CLAVES. It.
City Manager
ALICE M. REIMCHE
City Clerk
RONALD M. STEIN
City Attorney
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June 29, 1991
TO CITY COUNCIL:
On behalf of the active softball community of Lodi we
the SPORTS ADVISORY BOARD respectfully submit this letter
of information and request.
As duly elected officials representing 5,000 participating
players and coaches, we carry a message of concern to
our :councilmen.
For years our community's softball growth has been
minimized due to the lack of playing facilities. We
are keenly aware of the budget crisis created with the
passage of Proposition 13 and the restrictions imposed
on spp*�ndingHowever, a master plan for softball
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facilities n the immediate area could be implemented
with construction of the capital portions done in yearly
phases to ease the money burden. At present our
Recreation Department has to turn away tiaras vieing for
placement in the adult league, and those fortunate to get
in are forced to play on an B 1/2 day rotation schedule.
Further, with the increasing popularity of softball, the
sheer size of the Lodi league, and the large economic
impact on the community from softball, the time has come
for permanent leadership in the form of a professional
reereator to stabilize the program.
Our program in the past has been run by part-time
personnel without irput to budgetary considerations
and administered to by the Director of Parks and Recreation
whose calendar is already booked solid with summer
commitments.
We, as a board, consider the most pressing of the issues to
be the procurement of a Recreation Supervisor. Without
continuity of leadership our board loses its impact and
our program will continue in limbo.
TO CITY COUNCIL - continued Page 2
Please accept this letter in the light for Which it is
intznded. We the SPORTS ADVISORY BOARD of 10 members do
in fact speak for the majority of the 5,000 registered
softball players in our community and were so elected to
act as a liason between them and the agencies who govern
us all.
Thank you so much for your valuable time in this matter.
YOURS IN SPORTS,
10 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
WILLIAM CREE, PRESIDENT
RICK SWEAT, VICE PRESIDENT
RONALD SANCHEZ
RONALD WILLIAMS
LARRY MILLER
RANDY GOMPS
CHRIS NEWBOLD
JOHN SYPNIESKY
MIKE FLETCHER
SKIP EHLERS