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In the case of the City of Lino Lakes, City Staff indicated that there has been no formal • response from the business community with respect to team participation or employee use of community park facilities. If this is indeed the case, the collection of park dedication fees from commercial /industrial uses may result in the unintended consequence of collecting park dedication twice, once on a resident's lot/home and again from the resident's employer. Unfortunately, there is no further data that our office could find that breaks down the number of actual Lino Lakes residents and employees that utilize the community park system as opposed to non - resident use. In the event that a relationship cannot be established concerning business impacts to the City park and trail systems, it is recommended that Lino Lakes discontinue the commercial /industrial park dedication requirements. • SUMMARY Case law and Minnesota Statutes provide that dedication requirements can only be applied facilities that will be impacted by the specific project. Future park dedication fees cannot be utilized to improve or maintain existing park and trail systems in fully developed neighborhoods unless a correlation can be made between the development and park use. The amount of cash /land dedication required from new development must be proportional to the impact that the project will generate on the park and trail system. Minnesota Statutes also provide that park dedication may be based upon the value of land at the time of final plat. As Table 4 indicates, the value of land at the time of final plat is generally higher than raw land value because the final plat value considers raw land plus profit. This being the case, it is recommended that the City consider calculating park dedication at the time of final plat. The total planned park and trail system is estimated to cost $22,909,399 dollars, based upon the current Comprehensive Park and Trail Plan, 2001 land values and current facility costs. The City is developed with about 1/2 of its estimated saturation population of 30,000 people and 11,100 households. Based upon existing development, approximately 50% of the total park and trail system or $11,454,700 should be in place to satisfy current resident demand. The current park system is land rich but facility poor based on national park per capita standards. The existing system provides for more land acreage per 1000 population than is required (based upon NRPA guidelines). However, the park system analysis indicates that the existing infrastructure is 39% as opposed to 50% developed. The analysis indicates that an estimated $2,490,134 dollars of improvements are needed to equip the system to meet current population demand. As such, the City will need to find alternative funding sources, other than park dedication, to generate the $2,490,134 dollars to equip the system for the current population. The balance of the planned, future park and trail system is estimated to cost $11,454,700 and should be paid for by future development. Based upon the saturation population of 30,000 people and 2.7 people per household (projected number of people per household pursuant to the Comprehensive Plan Update), the balance of the park system should be paid for by the 5,856 households that will be developed in the future. • It is important to note that the projections for community growth indicate that the City will 12 of 14