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Parents and league leaders urge council to rethink proposed fee study hikes for youth sports
Summary
A proposed fee study that would raise youth sports field rental fees from $2/hour to as much as $19/hour prompted lengthy public comment from coaches, league presidents and parents who warned the change would price children out of rec sports.
The City of Orange’s draft cost-allocation and fee study, presented by Matrix Consulting, showed the city under-recovering about $2.9 million across roughly 700 fee line items. For community services — including youth sports field rentals — the consultant said current cost recovery is low and recommended several options including phased implementation and an annual escalator.
The consultant noted the study used a ‘reasonable average’ time-and-burden approach to compute fully burdened service costs, and identified community services as the largest deficit area.…
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