DATE: November 5, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Parks and Recreation Department
TITLE: RESOLUTION APPROVING UPDATES TO THE USER GROUP CLASSIFICATIONS AND AMENDING THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER FEE SCHEDULE
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving an updated User Group Classifications and amending the Parks and Recreation Master Fee Schedule.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The City of Oceanside Parks and Recreation Department allocates fields, courts, and facilities pursuant to guidelines in the Facility Rental Packet that were developed based on the Priority Class Descriptions approved by City Council on September 8, 2010. The existing Facility Rental Packet is silent on multiple issues, which has required staff to make decisions based on its best judgment and industry standards. The deficiency of the existing Packet was amplified in 2022 when it was discovered that a local Charter High School was placed in the same classification group (priority class B) as Oceanside Unified School District (OUSD) programs. When this error was identified by community members, staff immediately addressed the situation, ensuring that said Charter School no longer received the same priority as OUSD programming which is subject to the terms of a Joint Use Agreement. Another prevalent issue not addressed in the current Facility Rental Packet is how to differentiate between resident and non-resident organizations, compelling staff to develop a standard of 70% residency that was consistent with neighboring cities, but was not identified in any formal policy or instruction. These high-profile issues ultimately led to the formation of a Parks and Recreation Commission Ad Hoc Committee on November 9, 2021 that was tasked with working with the community, including affected user groups, to evaluate equity in field and facility allocation. The Ad Hoc Committee was subsequently converted to a Standing Commit...
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