Mesa parks director outlines fee changes; aquatics lane‑heating fee moves from school district to city

Andrea Moore, director of Mesa Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities, outlined proposed revisions to the department’s fees and charges during the council study session, saying the department follows a schedule that must be set before summer registration for camps and aquatics.

Moore said the department reviewed neighboring cities’ fees, cost of service and market conditions with a subcommittee of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, and the board recommended approval of the proposed changes. "We reviewed other communities' charges, compared them to ours, went through our entire fee structure with a subcommittee of the parks board, and then reviewed the changes that we're recommending to you with them," she told council.

The most significant fiscal change identified in the presentation is an aquatics pool‑heating fee the city will now assess directly. Moore said groups that rent pools had previously paid a heating fee to Mesa Public Schools; with the city taking over utility accounts for pools under the intergovernmental agreement…