The Department offers thousands of varied programs and services at its hundreds of staffed and unstaffed facilities and within the park system.  Though some are offered at no cost to participants, most require at least a nominal fee.  Those thousands of fees are defined by recreation programmers and program managers and vetted by program superintendents and the fee review council.  Some of those fees must also be approved by the Director in order to ensure that the Department is adhering to its mission of providing “comprehensive park and recreation programs, facilities, and services which respond to changing needs within our communities”.