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To:Parks and Recreation Commission From:Lonnie Brokke Date:July 25, 2017 Re: Notes for Commission Meeting onThursday, August 3, 2017 Introductions 1. Public Comment Invited 2. Approval of Minutes of the June 6,2017Meeting 3. Enclosed is a copy of the minutes of June 6, 2017.Please be prepared to approve/amend. Requested Commission Action:Approve/amend meetingminutesof June 6, 2017. Park Dedication Method Discussion 4. As part of the Comprehensive Plan, a subdivision codeincludes a Park Dedication requirement. This is something that the Parks and Recreation Commission recently reviewed and provided input for City Council consideration. Included in your packet is the final Ordinance language. As discussions have continued surrounding the Park Dedication Ordinance, there were some suggestions about looking into the League of MN Cities suggested formulas for calculating fees. The City Council requestedthat staff and the Commission look into this and provide feedback. In your packetis theLeague of MN suggested step-by-step approach and an example of a most recent residential development and an example of a recent commercial development for you to review. Due to the extensive Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and a robust and relatively recent Park and Recreation System Master Plan, the current process for identifying Park Dedication Feesis by surveying other similar community’s rates.In contacting other communities, this is there method as well. The current rate for residential is 10% of the land or $4,000 per unit. For non-residential, the rate is 5% of the land or 10% of the FMV. There was also discussion at the City Council level about increasing the commercial rate from5% of land to 10%, making it the same as the FMV requirement. Staff will be prepared to reviewthe current process as well as the step-by-step approach as interpreted. Requested Commission Action:Review, discuss andprovide feedback. Comprehensive Plan - Parks and Recreation System Master Plan Review and Update 5. The Parks and Recreation System Master Plan goals and policies are being reviewed as part of the City Comprehensive Plan Update. These will eventually substitute those currentlyin the Parks, Open Space and Recreation Section in the Comprehensive Plan. At your May meeting, you arrived at a review process per the enclosed spreadsheet indicating whether to keep, delete or revise. At your June meeting,you reviewed and commented on goals and policies #1. It is the intent at this meeting to get as far down the list on Goals 2, 3 and 4 at a pace you are comfortable.