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In February 2007, Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. (HKGi) sent a survey on the use of park dedication to 110 <br />Minnesota cities. A total of 56 cities returned surveys. This document summarizes the results of the 2007 <br />Park Dedication Survey. <br />The Survey is part of an ongoing effort by HKGi to understand the implications of statutory changes made in <br />2006 and to help cities define best practices for the use of park dedication. Later in 2007, we will be preparing <br />a set of recommendations for park dedication regulations and the relationship to park planning. <br />Use of Park Dedication <br />OEthe 56 cities that returned surveys, four of them do not currently require park dedication. The tabulation <br />of results that follows relates to the 52 responding cities that use park dedication. <br />Noteverycity appliesparkdedication tonon-residential <br />development. Eight cities (15%) only require park <br />dedication for residential development. <br />Money from park dedication fees is used to both <br />acquire land and to improve parks. Over 80% (42 <br />cities) use park dedication revenues to develop new <br />parks. Thirty-eightcities(73%)reportedusingfunds <br />for the improvement of existing parks. Most cities <br />reported using revenues for multiple purposes. Only <br />four cities use park dedication monies for a single <br />purpose. The chart in Figure 1 shows the distribution <br />of survey responses. <br />Response to 2006 Legislation <br />Many cities have not responded to the 2006 changes <br />in the statute governing park dedication. Only 25% of the cities reported making amendments in its park <br />dedication ordinance in response to the 2006 statutory changes. Among the statutory changes made in <br />2006 were the requirements to base a park dedication ordinance on an adopted "plan'; requirements to give <br />consideration to private "parks" that are open to the public, a determination of need for the dedicated land, <br />and limitations on collecting park dedication from the "resubdivision" of property. <br />Fee Adjustments <br />Cities have worked to keep fees current. Almost half had adjusted fees in 2006 or 2007. The chart in Figure <br />2 shows the year of the most recent fee adjustment, the number of responses and the percent of survey <br />responses. <br />®® <br />®® <br />(c) 2007 Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. <br />Figure 7 <br />Use of Monies Collected From Park Dedication <br />