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Council pauses on changes to boat-launch discounts and paid-parking plan; staff to gather more data
Summary
Director Sarah Garso told council the city sold 213 boat-launch passes in 2025 and received $15,030; staff recommended no immediate change to the $15 resident discount and presented a paid-parking model that could take 2–3 years to break even, prompting council concern about equity and enforcement costs and a direction to collect summer usage data.
Director Sarah Garso presented the city’s boat-launch pass program and a separate paid-parking proposal for lakeside parks at the March 17 workshop. "This is the actual sale data from last year. We sold a total of 213 passes and received $15,030 from our passes last year," she said, and clarified the resident discount is $15 (resident price $60 vs full price $75), correcting a typo in the slide.
Garso explained current practice: residents can purchase an annual pass in person or via CivicRec to get the resident price; kiosk sales at the ramp do not validate a resident discount. She summarized comparables (nearby cities and county programs) and said some customers who bought kiosk passes could not be identified as residents in the records.
On revenue modeling, staff showed scenarios that…
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