The meeting I thought went pretty well today. They were very interested in what we had to say on things. The metal/wood stake didn't get brought up because the ranger giving the brief was not there. Discussed the culvert, be taken care of later in the year. Went over all the spending costs, I think there is alot to be cut down on there, and told them I'd volunteer time for free with whatever they wanted me too to cut back some. The fee increase was a big thing. They listened to all of us. Bob, Me, Jen, Roy and his wife, Davey, think that was it from DDR. We all pretty much said we thought the fees would go up some, but not what was presented even though that was just a number. They had 40$ a weekend and 140$ for an annual pass. That was put on hold until a cost analysis for which weekends were the biggest turn out. It was also proposed having 3 passes, normal 7 day, and ann pass with blackout dates and the reg ann pass. Final numbers proposed but not passed were 30$wkend, 90$blkout ann, then just 10$ for the major holidays, 120$ann. Vicki will have a much better post I'm sure, as I was just a newbie at the meeting, will need to attend a few to see how everything works. The next meeting was set for April 17th at 10am....I liked the meeting overall and will be attending them from now on, alot of useful info and some not, but good knowledge....Semper Fi, Woody
Couple more things, as it was presented, they will not have any funding this year at all, besides what we pay at the gate. So the fee's are going up, just a question as to how much. There were about 21K passes sold last year total, and over 112K visitors.