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•�s <br />Rive <br />Request for Action <br />To <br />Item Number <br />flavor and City Council. <br />! <br />Agenda section <br />Meeting Date <br />Prepared by <br />Public Hearin s <br />tilt/ 5, 2016 <br />Zack Carlton, Planning Manager <br />Item Description <br />Reviewed by <br />Ordinance Amendment Regarding Park Dedication <br />Pctcr Beck, City Attorney <br />Fees <br />Reviewed by <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Action Requested <br />Adopt, b} Motion, an ordinance amendment modifying the park dedication requirements described in <br />Section 30-327 of the City Code. <br />Background/Discussion <br />Staff has bcen working with a number of consultants over the past six -plus months to draft an <br />amendment to the city's park dedication ordinance. The need for the change was identified during the <br />Parks and Recreation Master Plan project, and this update is the final component of the larger master <br />plan. After a number of discussions with the City Council and outside consultants, the following changes <br />to the park dedication ordinance are recommended. <br />Residential park Dedication <br />The current park dedication requirements require a dedication of 10% of land, or a per unit cash <br />dedication described in the city's fee schedule. Staff is recommending a change to both the land. <br />dedication requirement and the current fee schedule. The new residential rates are based to factors unique <br />to Elk River, and do not rely on comparisons to peer cities generalizations. The land dedication rate is <br />based on the average acres of park land required per resident, as described in the Parks and Recreation <br />Master Plan, and the average household size for three residential land classes. The household size was <br />calculated using information sourced from the latest census, and Till be updated with future census data. <br />The results are shown in the table below: <br />Acres of land <br />Persons per <br />Acres of land <br />Land Use Designation <br />dedicated per <br />Household <br />dedicated per <br />person <br />dwelling unit <br />Law Density Residential <br />0.03 <br />X 2.82 m <br />0.0846 <br />Medium Density Residential <br />0.03 <br />X 1.80 - <br />0.0540 <br />High Density Residential <br />0.03 <br />X 1.58 = <br />0.0474 <br />The land dedication will be based on impacts to the park system created by each new dwelling unit, rather <br />than a flat 10% dedication rate. <br />P 0 W E 9 E R B C <br />NAWREJ <br />