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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON AND PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 10, 1998 In accordance with notice duly and legally given, an Adjourned Joint Regular Meeting of the City Council for the City of Colton and the Parks and Recreation Commission was held on the above given date at 6:30 P.M., at the Colton Community Center, 670 Colton Avenue, Mayor Pro Tempore Cook and Vice Chairperson Colunga presiding. CITY COUNCIL ROLL CALL: Councilmembers present were Bennett, Chastain, Hutton, Sanders, and Mayor Pro Tempore Cook. Also present were City Manager Garcia and City Clerk Barrera. Absent were Mayor Gaytan and Councilmember Grimsby. Commissioners Baden, Vega, Berg, and Vice Chairperson Colunga. Also present were Neighborhood Services Director Anstine. Commissioner Mitchell appeared at 6:50 P.M. and Chairperson Lucero appeared at 7:47 P.M. Mayor Pro Tempore Cook made opening remarks and encouraged those present to remember the theme for the 1998 Winter Olympics the "Children of the World," and she restated the purpose of the meeting. City Manager Garcia explained that information would be provided in order to get feed back from the Council and the Parks and Recreation Commission in order to come to a solution that would benefit everyone. Neighborhood Services Director Anstine presented an overview on the subject of fees and the waiver thereof. His presentation began with a background of the subject matter which included the need to address basic concerns: • Fees vs the tradition of free public services • Fees perceived as "double taxation" • Effects of fees on special users • Effects of fees on facility visitation • Impact of fees on agency administration • Public agency competition with the private sector • The "profit motive" replacing the "people motive" 0 Ensuring that fee revenues benefit the City