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Rec & Park defends court‑reservation fee after public outcry; committee continues hearing for outreach plan
Summary
After a pilot $4 per session reservation fee for badminton, Rec & Park said it will roll the court‑reservation fee out to basketball and volleyball in spring and improve scholarship outreach; supervisors and players criticized rollout and the committee continued the item to the chair for a detailed outreach and participation plan.
Supervisor Carmen Chu convened a hearing after constituent complaints about a new $4 per 45‑minute court‑reservation fee imposed first on badminton sessions. Denny Kern, director of operations for Recreation and Parks, said the department began with badminton to address inequitable bookings that left long waiting lists; the fee was intended both to manage demand and to create a reservation system that could be applied to other open‑court activities.
Kern acknowledged the department "regrets the way we rolled this thing out"…
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