Garden City commission approves rental-rate and parking fees, sets teen fitness rules; staff to refine drop-in pricing

The Garden City Parks & Recreation Commission approved new rental and parking fees for spaces at the Radcliffe Center and set a teen fitness membership that requires an accompanying adult, the commission said Oct. 28.

Commissioners voted unanimously to adopt a standardized rental-rate chart for room rentals and to approve a parking-lot rental schedule and vendor-event fee after staff presented a revised fee schedule intended to simplify pricing across similar rooms. The commission also approved a teen fitness add-on membership and removed a proposed family (center) membership from today’s approvals; all motions passed by voice vote, 8-0.

Why it matters: The changes are intended to make Radcliffe Center room prices easier for renters to compare, increase rentals of underused rooms, generate modest revenue from large parking areas and formalize a teen membership that keeps teens in the facility under adult supervision.

What the commission approved and how the votes went:

- Rental-rate chart: The commission approved the room rental pricing as presented by staff, which organizes weekday nonresident rates into three tiers to reduce price discrepancies…