Comal.News calculated the table's paid-visit thresholds from the proposed increase over the current fee. They show gross charges, before collection costs. Because the city's stated backlog exceeds the amount used in the calculation, the full backlog would require more revenue.
Comal.News calculations from city item 26-1273. These are gross-charge thresholds, not attendance or net-revenue forecasts. The city's stated backlog is more than $5.6 million.
Who pays and who benefits
The fee falls on chargeable nonresident visits, while the city directs River Management Fee revenue to its River Activities Fund. More visitor payments could put more money toward river work. The table does not say how quickly projects would be built: a backlog is a stock of work, while fee collections arrive over time.
The retained Oct. 22 packet includes draft minutes from the committee's Sept. 17 meeting. They report about $36,000 in September 2026 fee collections and record a member urging that projects be prioritized for safety. One month's collections cannot stand in for a full season or establish how much an increase would yield.
What has to go right
The committee item says staff recommend a phased increase for the 2027 season. The printed options repeat one price before listing the higher option, so the item should not be read as a clean schedule of three different prices. Any decision about a fee, its timing and which projects receive money needs a later official action.
The number to watch is paid, chargeable visits over a full season. That count would help show how much extra gross revenue either option could bring in. Collection costs, any change in visits and the timing of projects would determine how much money is available for work.
What the records must establish next
The next useful records are the committee's approved Oct. 22 minutes, any City Council fee action for 2027, a full-season count of paid fee transactions and an itemized project schedule. Readers can inspect the city's fee options and stated project total in item 26-1273 as those later records appear.
