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City of Liao Lakes Park Board Meeting �.� July 7, 1997 COMMERCIAL PARK DEDICATION: Barry explained that after the last Park Board meeting Mary Kay Wyland contacted him about commercial park dedication. She wrote a memo to let the board know what the practice has been in the past . Mary Kay explained, in the memo, that if a project involves a subdivision request, such as Northern Wholesale, Ad-Graphics, etc . , as a part of the site plan review and minor subdivision request the city requires a park dedication fee to be collected at the time the building permit is issued. This amount of the dedication is outlined in the Park Dedication Ordinance and is based on the type of use and/or square footage. She also wrote when there is no subdivision of the property involved, such as construction of an existing lot of record, we can not charge a park dedication fee according to State Statutes . Paul said he still did not understand this and asked if the Park Board received money from Northern Wholesale, Ad-Graphics, etc, and if they did was it based on the value of the square footage of the building. Barry will contact Mary Kay and get an answer for him on this . Paul also wanted to know if the city was getting money from the City Center project or Gethsemane Church. George asked if we could get the figures from a project, that has been completed, as an example. He asked that this item be on the August Park Board agenda. He also asked if Barry would get a list of monies that have been received. OLD BUSINESS- Goal Setting Meeting: George talked about having a goal meeting this fall . He told members to think about whether a meeting was needed this year because of no funding is available. Referendum: George said staff does not have the time to work on a referendum and asked if the Park Board wanted to move on by n hiring a consultant . He said we would have to advertise by the end of August (57 days) if it is going to be on the ballot in November. Joe did not see how it was possible to get this done. Paul asked if it was possible to put on the ballot to see if 4