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Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes 04-07-04 The Parks & Recreation Committee discussed the various options at length. Committee Member Peil stated she was in favor of charging fees per acre, but wanted an amount lower than the cities current $3000/unit charge for Residential Park Dedication Fees. Committee Member Peil felt the various fees charged for permits was already a deterrent to businesses choosing to look at building in Centerville and wanted to keep the Park Dedication Fees lower so as to not discourage businesses or appear that Centerville was not business friendly. Chairperson Peterson agreed and added that Centerville's requirements for building in industrial and commercial areas were already more stringent than neighboring communities, and although that allowed for higher quality buildings, it also kept some businesses from choosing Centerville. The committee agreed charges per acre would be the fairest standard to follow opposed to per unit, since there could be one large unit on 20 acres or lO small buildings on the same piece of property. It would be uniform, if charged by acre. The committee discussed keeping the fee for industrial & commercial the same as residential, but compared to the Cities of Lino Lakes and Hugo, the City of Centerville already charges more for residential than the neighboring communities. It was decided to recommend to council that the fees for Industrial & Commercial Park Dedication Fees be set at the same rate as the City of Lino lakes, which would be $2 I 75/acre. Chairperson Peterson also suggested passing this on to the Economic Development Committee for their input. Motion was made by Committee Member Ziegler, seconded by Committee Member Anderson to recommend to City Council incorporating an Industrial & Commercial Park Dedication Fee into the fee schedule with the amount being set in line with the City of Lino Lakes at the amount of $2175/acre. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. Committee Member Ziegler commented that if the average lot size for a residential lot is 14 to Y2 acre, the Residential Park Dedication Fees already amount to approximately $5,000 per acre so charging Commercial and Industrial $3000 per acre would be considerably less than residential if the same formula was used. Committee Member Peil was adamant that $3,OOO/acre was too high as fees and building codes are already higher/stricter than our neighboring communities. She also stated commercial and industrial property was not selling within Centerville, while residential was selling because of schools and other amenities the area has to offer homeowners. Committee Member Seeley felt a minimum of $2,000/acre should be charged, but would rather see $3,OOO/acre as the commercial and industrial properties also have benefits to their employees by having trails go through their properties and the benefit is the same as it would be for residential properties. Committee Member Peil felt the situations are entirely different and the usage window for employees to use a trail is small. 40f8