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Cities use a variety of criteria as the basis Ear setting <br />park dedication tees. The survev responses were: <br />• Rate of inflation - 1 t <br />• Increase in property vaiues - t <br />• Correlation to other cltl °l - 1 <br />• Relationship to CIP - 111 <br />• Other — 10 <br />The number of responses exceeds 52 because some <br />cities reported using more than one criteria. <br />Collection of Park Dedication <br />The majority of cities (30 cities /58 %) collect park <br />dedication in connection with the platting process. <br />Nine cities (17 %) collect park dedication fees <br />through the building permit. Another nine cities <br />responded that fees collected both platting and <br />building permit. <br />Residential Property <br />The survey did not find a common approach for park dedication requirements. The responses suggest that <br />approaches are tailored around the unique conditions in each city. The survey asked the city to select the <br />response that matched the current park dedication requirements for residential property. The potential <br />responses were: <br />Figure? <br />"ear of .Most c„ e =.djustmene <br />Unknown <br />23% <br />2007 <br />is <br />29% <br />Prior to 2004 <br />9 <br />17% <br />2004 <br />0 <br />0a /0 <br />2005 <br />6 <br />12% <br />2006 <br />10 <br />19% <br />• Cash or land equal to 10% of land value /area <br />• Cash or land equal to _% of land value /area (fill <br />in percentage) <br />• Fixed rate per type of dwelling unit. <br />• Fixed rate per acre of land. $_ /acre <br />• Other method of calculation <br />The chart in Figure 3 summarizes the survey <br />responses. The total number of responses is more <br />than 52 because several surveys checked more than <br />one method. <br />Eleven cities reported using a land area /value ratio <br />other than 10 %. Five of these cities use a ratio <br />between 5% and 8 %. Two cities reported ratios <br />between 119 /0 and 16 %. The other four cities did not <br />indicate a specific ratio. <br />Figure 3 <br />Reported Requirements for Residential Property <br />50 <br />40 <br />30 <br />20 <br />15 <br />n <br />to <br />Cash or land Cash arland Fixed rate Fixed rate Other No response <br />epual to 1096 equal to per ype of per acre of method <br />of land other IS of dwelling unit land <br />value /area land <br />value /area. <br />19 <br />Some of the other reported methods of determining park dedication for residential property include: <br />• 1 acre for every 75 residents. <br />• 1 /25th acre per unit. <br />• Per capita measure of city park system. <br />• Variable rate based on density. <br />M© <br />Page 2 <br />9 <br />