Delta’s Summer Pass is back.
Council recently gave the thumbs-up to a recommendation by the parks and recreation department to re-introduce the $20 Summer Pass for facilities, which was not offered during the past two years due to the pandemic.
It was originally introduced in 2014 to encourage children and youth to utilize City of Delta recreation centres, providing unlimited access to drop-in activities at each of the city's recreation centres from the end of June through the September long weekend.
The introduction of the Pass was a considerable success, producing $68,000 in revenue in the first year of implementation and generating nearly 40,000 additional visits to recreation centres from children and youth, according to a staff report.
Sales grew from 3,300 in 2014 to a high of 4,400 sales in 2018.
Since the introduction of the Summer Pass, the city made a number of changes to its fee structure.
That includes the introduction of the Delta Families First Initiative, which included a new Delta Youth Admission Pass providing Delta youth ages 10-to-18 free unlimited access year-round to drop-in activities.
The Pass will be available to all children and youth, including non-residents, who wish to purchase it at the rate of $20 for the 2022 season.
“This will also ensure children and youth visiting their relatives and friends who are Delta residents are able to enjoy the City's recreation facilities for a limited period,” the report notes.
The city will review the Summer Pass next year.
Meanwhile, the parks and recreation department is rolling out new software for its online registration system.
It’s been a big undertaking and, according to the city, programs for the Fall 2022 season will be in the new system.
Customers can now begin creating accounts online. All customers must create a new account in the system as their old ones won’t be transferred from the old system being phased out.
