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Council approves parks fee updates after debate over charging for repeat swim lessons
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The Fresno City Council approved an update to the Parks master fee schedule on Jan. 9 after a debate over whether to charge for repeat swim-lesson sessions for youth.
The Fresno City Council approved an update to the Parks master fee schedule on Jan. 9, 2025, after a detailed discussion about swim lessons, youth fee waivers and program access. Councilmembers pressed staff for data on program capacity and the remaining balance in the youth fee-waiver fund and instructed staff to return with those figures and additional detail on an in-line hockey rink tariff.
Parks staff told the council the department runs roughly 3,000 swim-lesson sessions a year and that Fresno Unified students ages 3–17 were eligible for one free session annually under current arrangements. The staff…
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