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Ordinance 01 -06, Park Dedication page 5 or shall pay a fee in lieu of such land dedication as established by City Council resolution. Said amount is the City's best estimate of the effect of the subdivision on the City's park system. Subdivision 10. All land proposed for trail and /or bikeway dedication shall be subject to the recommendations of the Park Board and approval of the City Council. Subdivision 11. The City may elect at its sole discretion to receive a combination of cash, land, and development of the land for park and/or trail use. The potential cash donation generated by the dedicated land and/or the value of the development of land shall be calculated. That amount shall be subtracted from the cash contribution required by Subdivision 9 of this Section. Subdivision 12. Planned unit developments with mixed land uses shall make cash and/or land contributions in accordance with this Section based upon the percentage of land devoted to the various uses. Subdivision 13. Park cash contributions are to be calculated and established based on land value at time of final plat. Cash dedications shall be included in the development agreement and paid prior to the City's signature of and release of the final plat. For subdivisions that do not require a development agreement, the cash dedication shall be paid before the City releases the signed approval of the subdivision for recording. Subdivision 14. Cash contributions for parks and trails shall be deposited in either the City's Park Fund or multi - purpose trail fund and shall only be used for park acquisition or development, and trail acquisition or development as determined by the City. Subdivision 15. Property being replatted with the same number of lots and same number of dwelling units shall be exempt from all park land dedication requirements. If the number of lots or the number of dwelling units is increased, or if land outside of the previously recorded plat is added, then the park land dedication and /or park cash contributions shall be based on the additional lots and on the additional land being added to the plat. Subdivision 16. If the applicant or developer does not believe that the estimates contained in this Section fairly and accurately represent the effect of the subdivision on the park or trail system of the City, the applicant or developer may request that the City prepare an in- depth study of the effect of the subdivision on the park and trail system an estimate of that effect in money and /or land. All costs of such study shall be paid by the developer or applicant. If the developer requests the preparation of such a study, no application for the development shall be deemed complete until the study has been completed and a determination is made as to the appropriate amount of land or money necessary to offset the effects of the subdivision.