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St. Pete Beach advisers review Raftelis fee study, prioritize resident access and utilization
Summary
Consultant Christina Pinchilla presented a parks-and-aquatics fee study to the St. Pete Beach Parks & Recreation advisory committee; members asked staff to preserve resident-priority registration for capacity-limited programs and favor utilization over maximizing fee revenue, with final proposals due to the City Commission in early March.
St. Pete Beach Parks & Recreation advisory committee members reviewed a fee study for the recreation and aquatics program presented by consultant Christina Pinchilla of Raftelis and gave staff direction to focus on utilization and resident protections rather than immediate across-the-board rate increases.
Pinchilla told the committee the project's objective is to "right size" fees by linking each fee to the true cost of service and applying an industry-standard tiered cost-recovery model drawn from the American Planning Association and the National Recreation and Park Association. The study groups fees into seven service categories — pool, recreation programs, camp, gym, facility rentals, special events and beach weddings — and assigns them to three tiers: Tier 1 (0–20%…
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