Parks commissioners discuss code change to fee-adjustment method; approve three consent items including CoachLA partner amendment

The Comisionados de Parques y la Junta Directiva de Recreativa approved three consent items and discussed a proposed municipal-code amendment for how park fees are adjusted.

At the start of the meeting, the body approved three listed consent items after a roll call. Councilmember Herrado and Councilmember Hernández voted “yes”; the vice or other member(s) were absent. The approved items included: (1) Amendment No. 1 to a partner agreement with the Angels and Nike USA to update employee structure for the CoachLA initiative; (2) a transfer of interest related to Oldbury Street under contract C119542 involving Bertha Gómez and Olvera Marchant, described in the file as relating to article 12, section 12.10.1/0.2 of the concession agreement; and (3) a request to award and accept a grant to support summer meal service for the 2024–25 program year and to accept associated funds for the department referenced in the agenda.

After the consent approvals, staff introduced a proposed amendment to the municipal code (identified in the agenda as an amendment to subsection D of section 10.405, division 10.4, article 10, chapter 1A of the Los Ángeles Municipal Code) to update the method used for annual adjustments to park fees. A Parks and Environmental Creatives staff member explained that the amendment is intended to make this section consistent with a recently revised section (10.23 AD as read in the meeting). The staff member said the department calculates adjustments annually using a rolling-average percentage derived from an engineering-record index (calculated March-to-March) and a second index identified in the staff explanation (referred to in the record as "Rasomina"), which is calculated on a different quarterly cadence; staff described the second index as typically covering an October–December period. The staff member said the adjustment must be published within 180 days after the end of the fiscal year.

During questions, commissioners asked how the calculation is scheduled and which quarters each index covers. The staff member repeated that one index uses a March-to-March average (the engineering-record index) and that the second index is tied to a later quarter; the staff member said the department routinely publishes the annual report. Commissioners also asked about permissible uses for fee revenue; the staff member replied that park fees may be used only for projects within the jurisdiction or for acquiring new park land, and that projected fee revenues for the next fiscal year are being reviewed by staff.

The ordinance discussion at the meeting was presented as administrative and explanatory; at the close of the recorded segment staff invited additional questions and the presiding officer asked staff to call the vote on the item. A final recorded vote on the code amendment does not appear in the provided transcript excerpt.

Votes at a glance: the body approved the three consent items listed on the agenda. Recorded roll-call responses in the excerpt: Councilmember Herrado — yes; Councilmember Hernández — yes; result listed in the minutes excerpt as "2 in favor; this item is approved." Specific mover/second and full roll-call counts beyond the two recorded "yes" votes were not specified in the excerpt.

The discussion on the code amendment focused on technical points about which indices the department uses to calculate annual adjustments, the time periods covered by those indices, the statutory publication deadline (180 days after fiscal year end as described by staff), and the allowable uses for fee revenue. Staff indicated they are available to answer follow-up questions and to proceed with the ordinance process; the transcript excerpt ends with a request to call the vote.