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In February 2007, Hoisington Kocgler Croup Inc. (HICGi) sent a survey on Che use of parlcdedication to ll0 <br />Minnesota cities. A total of 56 cities returned surveys. 91tis doaunent summarizes t'he results of the 2007 <br />Park dedication Survey. <br />'lhe Survey is parC of an ongoing efl`ort by I IizGi to understand the implications of statutory changes made in <br />2006 and t'o help cities define besC practices for the use ofpark dedicaCiott. Lacer in 2007, eve will be preparing <br />a set of recommendations for park dedication regulations and the relationship to park planning. <br />Use of Park Dedication <br />Of the 56 cities that rel'ttrned surveys, four of them do not currently require park dedication. The Cabulation <br />of results that follows relates to the i2 responding cities that use park dedication. <br />Not everycity applies park dedication to nturresidenCial <br />development. Eight cities (15°/u) only require park <br />dedication for msidcutial development. <br />Money from park dedication fees is used to both <br />acquire lanc9 and to improve parks. Over 80"/0 (42 <br />cities) use park dedication revenues to develop new <br />parks. 'Thirty-eight cities (73%,) reported using funds <br />for the improvement of existing parks. Most cities <br />eeported using revenues for nniltiple purposes. Only <br />four cities use park dedication monies for a single <br />purpose. The chartin Figure I shows the distribution <br />ofsurvcy responses. <br />Response to 2006 Legislation <br />Figure 1 <br />Use of Monies Collected Frorn Park Dedication <br />Many cities have no[ responded Co the 2006 changes <br />in the statute governing park dedication. Only 25°/n of the cities reported tna]<ing amendments in its park <br />dedication ordinance in response to t'he 2006 statutory changes. Among the sfahrtay changes wade in <br />2006 were the requiretnenCS 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 chartin Figm~e <br />2 shows the year of the most recent tee adjustment, the number of responses and the percent of survey <br />responses. <br />l~® <br />(c) 2007 Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. <br />