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Twentynine Palms council trims nonprofit fee waivers, adds appeal path after heated public debate
Summary
After public testimony and council debate, Twentynine Palms' City Council amended its facility fee-waiver policy to limit nonprofit waivers to two days per calendar year per facility, add deposit and cancellation rules, and create a no-fee appeal to council for denials; the motion passed unanimously.
Twentynine Palms City Council voted unanimously to amend City Council Policy No. 1 on facility fee waivers, narrowing the number of annual fee-waived days available to nonprofit organizations and adding a formal appeal process.
The changes, approved 5-0, reduce the previously available three fee-waiver days (per the prior policy) to two days per calendar year per facility, introduce refundable deposits and forfeiture rules for late cancellations, and add an administrative requirement that appeals of staff denials may be heard by the full council without an appeal fee.
Staff presented the amendment as a fiscal-responsibility measure. City staff reported the city has tracked just over $20,000 in potential rental income foregone under the current…
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