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The Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department created the Recreation Membership Program in 2008 to offset budget reductions and support the operation of the centers and facilities you know and love. The Phoenix City Council recently approved a budget that contained an update to the program for the fall of 2009. During the budget hearing process, residents almost unanimously urged staff to consider fee increases to offset service reductions. Through mid-2010, the revised recreation membership program will play a vital role in maintaining hours at many of our centers and facilities.

If you're participating in any registration based class or program during the summer session, you'll need a $5 membership. There also are additional facilities, such as skate parks, for which you'll need a card for summer drop-in.*

A new membership fee schedule will take effect for the fall season, beginning Aug. 1 (for July registrations). The new fees will be $5 for city-resident youth; $10 for city-resident adults and nonresident youths; and $20 for nonresident adults. All card holders will need to renew memberships at the new rate to participate in registration-based classes and to use facilities on a drop-in basis for the fall season regardless of when they purchased their original $5 memberships. All memberships will be effective from Aug. 1 through July, 2010.

Details on the membership program are listed below.

Who needs a card?
In general (requirements at some facilities and areas may vary. Please check with facility staff for details)::

•All participants ages 3 and older using facilities or participating in registration-based department-run classes/programs, services and sports programs.
Also included :
• Regular “drop in” users of center-based areas including weight/exercise rooms, gymnasiums, classrooms, as well as sport/athletic courts at staffed outdoor sport complexes.**
• Parents or guardians that are routinely in a facility and responsible for minor children engaged in facility activity.
• Users with a regular or recurring classroom or facility rental.
• Senior congregate food program participants that also use recreation facilities.
Obtain recreation card at any community center.

Who doesn’t need a card?

• Drop-in, day-use visitors of facilities that charge daily admission, such as city pools and Pueblo Grande Museum.**
  • Seniors participating only in congregate food programs operated by the Human Services Department at facilities that offer this service.
  • Visitors at a facility for a one-time visit or event. This includes extended family visiting a facility to observe someone participating in a class or sports program and participants in single-day, drop in special events such as festivals. (A card is required to participate in any registration-based class or program regardless of location or length.)
  • Visitors using a center or facility as part of a one-time rental.
  

If you have any questions about the card or fee, please see any staff member or e-mail us at pks.pio@phoenix.gov.

*These newly added facilities include the Rose Mofford and Encanto sports complexes, the Shemer Art Center, the Phoenix Center for the Arts and skate parks. Requirements at some facilities may vary. Please check with facility staff for details. Other facilities may have additional membership requirements.
**There also is no membership requirement for drop-in, daily use of most city parks, preserve areas and facilities that charge a daily admission fee, such as city pools and Pueblo Grande Museum. However, participation in registration-based classes at these facilities and areas will require purchase of a membership.