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Page 2 City Council Minutes April 28, 1986 e COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS MOVED TO AUTHORIZE MR. DAN STODDARD TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE PROJECT TO PREPARE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE STUDY AND TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE MPCA AND SHERBURNE COUNTY WITH THE STIPULATION THAT A CAP OF $1,000 BE PUT ON THE WORK TO BE DONE. COUNCILMEMBER ENGSTROM SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 4-0. 4. Administrator's Update A. Park Dedication The City Administrator noted that City staff had become aware of an imbalance in park dedication fees being charged. He indicated the staff was proposing park dedication fee of $100 per dwelling unit as opposed to 10% of the raw land value. He noted the reasoning for the proposal was that apartment units and other high density residential areas should be charged more for park dedication than larger lots for single family residential homes because larger lots have less need for parks and the apartment unit lots are adding more families which puts more of a demand on the parks. Mayor Hinkle noted he felt it was not unfair for people subdividing a large amount of land to have to pay 10% of the land value for a park system. e Councilmember Williams indicated he felt there should be a new way to assess the fee because it is the people that use the parks, and the people that should be assessed, not the land. Councilmember recommendation figure. Engstrom but was indicated he approved of the staff not sure the $100 figure was an appropriate Councilmember Schuldt noted he felt the recommendation was a better and more equitable plan to use. Discussion was held as to how to determine how many units should be paid for on a piece of land. It was suggested that the the fee could be based on the maximum density allowed in the zone and if there are not that many dwellings put on the land, the landowner could be reimbursed. Discussion was also held regarding when the money should be collected from the City. Peter Beck, the City Attorney, indicated that the fee could be levied at the time of administrative subdivision and collected at the time of building permit application. e It was the consensus of the City Council to levy a park dedication fee of $100 per dwelling unit at the time of administrative subdivision, and to collect the fee at the time of building permit application. It was also determined that this would be presented to the City Council in resolution form at the May 5 City Council meeting.