Parks and Public Landscaping Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2021 04 01

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LL Cityof Louisville PARKS, RECREATION & OPEN SPACE DEPARTMENT Memorandum To: Parks and Public Landscaping Advisory Board (PPLAB) From: Nathan Mosley, Director of Parks, Recreation and Open Space Date: April 1, 2021 Re: Commercial Rental Fees Purpose: The purpose of this agenda item is to discuss potential creation of fees for commercial use of City park facilities. History: Historically commercial uses of park spaces have been approved on a case by case basis with no specific process for approving them or for specific charges associated with the use. Staff has consistently discussed the desire to add a commercial fee to our existing fee structure. Additionally over the past year there has been an increase in the number of businesses that have reached out to inquire about renting park facilities due to the impacts of Covid - 19 and the restrictions placed on indoor commercial operations. For the purposes of this discussion, a commercial entity would be an organization that is charging a fee to participants and is interested in utilizing City of Louisville parks to provide their service. In an effort to determine the viability of a commercial fee structure staff would like to get feedback from PPLAB on the following items: • Is PPLAB supportive of creating a commercial fee for park rentals? • If yes, are there specific limits that you would like staff to consider in developing a plan? o Limits on the number of people? o Limits on the days of the week or hours in the day available to commercial entities? o Restrictions on the types of commercial activities? I.e. The use would have to be compatible with the intended use of the park. • Are there other question or issues PPLAB thinks staff should consider in creating a commercial fee structure? • Fee Structure o Currently our fee structure includes both resident and non-resident fees (2021 Fees are included as attachment #1)