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To best ensure success of the Passport, programs should be <br />well established and classified to determine qualification. <br />Programs that promote active living and have significant <br />community value should have the largest incentive for pass - <br />holders. <br />Forexample, offerings that are undera "group fitness"category <br />may be structured as the following: <br />• Included as part of the Park Passport <br />• $5 for non -Park Passport holding resident <br />• $10 for non-residents <br />By structuring programs in this way, passholders are <br />incentivised to engage in additional healthy living activities, <br />yet it does not exclude non-residents or non -pass -holders. <br />For a pass program to be successful, certain benchmarks in <br />programming should be met. The fee setting policy must have <br />adequate time to change and notify residents of their options. <br />There should also be an adequate number of programs offered <br />to make it worth it for residents to sign up. Prior to setting up <br />this system, programs should be categorized for their eligibility <br />in the pass. <br />Other considerations include establishing adequate <br />technological and staff resources to distribute and track <br />passes. This may be in some sort of physical pass or online <br />eligibility code. <br />Recreation passes are popular programs among larger cities <br />as they often incorporate gyms or pool use. A program like this <br />is adaptable to work both on a larger and smaller scale, and <br />can be amended as cities expand. They can be used exclusively <br />internally for programs and rentals, or be expanded to <br />incorporate economic development initiatives and offer <br />discounts to participating businesses that choose to partner. <br />[can extend to economic development type partnerships <br />with the private sector by offering discounts at participating <br />businesses that choose to partner. <br />CITY OF RAMSEY PARK SYSTEM PLAN <br />