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<br />---. <br /> <br />-e <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 7'-/0 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION RELATING TO ACCEPTANCE OF CASH <br />CONTRIBUTION IN LIEU OF PARK DEDICATION <br />MADE BY EAST SIDE BEVERAGE PURSUANT TO <br />SECTION 22-9 ChI OF THE ARDEN HILLS CODE <br />OF ORDINANCES <br /> <br />WHEREAS, PHILIP T. RESHA and WILLIAM F. FARHET, SR., <br />d/b/a EAST SIDE BEVERAGE CO., hereinafter referred to as "East <br />Side", are developing a 5.19 acre tract of land located on <br />Grey Fox Road in the City of Arden Hills, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, East Side has indicated to the City that as <br />many as 10 to 15 families will move into the City as a result <br />of East Side's development and approximately 70 employees will <br />work at East Side's facility in the City, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, both the families who will be moving into <br />the City and the employees of East Side will utilize the City's <br />park facilities and program, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it has been a long established policy of the <br />City's Parks and Recreation Department to provide facilities, <br />programs and services not only for residents of the City but <br />also persons who are employed by businesses located within the <br />City, this policy being consistent with statewide parks and <br />recreation policy, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, employees of other businesses in the City of <br />Arden Hills participate in the softball, volleyball, broomball, <br />soccer, and basketball leagues established and conducted by the <br />City; take golf and tennis lessons offered by the City; use the <br />City's parks for picnics and unstructured athletic activities; <br />and utilize the City's system of walking and jogging paths, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, commercial and industrial developments augment <br />the flow of storm water drainage from the sites on which they <br />have been located and usually because they consist of a preponder- <br />ance of impervious surfaces they create a greater flow of storm <br />water drainage than residential developments, which usually con- <br />sist of a preponderance of turfed areas, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 22-9(b} of the Arden Hills Code <br />requires that, among others, commercial and industrial developers <br />such as East Side must, in connection with their development of <br />land within the City, either dedicate a certain proportion (not <br />to exceed 15%1 of their development tract to the City for park, <br />recreational, open space or storm drainage purposes or pay an <br />amount in cash equal to the product of the percentage of land <br />required to be dedicated multiplied by the undeveloped land value <br />of the development tract, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that no portion <br />of the development tract would be suitable for dedication because <br />of its locale and size and because the City has established parks <br />which are available for use by employees of East Side and are only <br />a five minute drive from East Side's facility, and <br />