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• Table 6 indicates that half of the total park and trail system costs will be provided by future development through the application of park dedication fees. The unit cost to implement 50% of the future park and trail system based upon a total population saturation of 30,000 people and 11,111 households is $1,779 dollars per residential unit. The per unit cost is calculated in Table 7 as follows: • • Table 7 Park Cost per Residential Unit Total Lino Lakes Persons per Saturation Population Household 30,000 — 2.7 = 11,111 Total Households /Buildout - 5,255 - Existing Households 5,856 Future Households 10,417,200 (Total Future Park Cost) ± 5,856 (Future Households) = $1,780 (park cost per unit) The City will need to invest $3,943,384 dollars into the existing system to bring it up to the 50% level and provide the current residents with the level of park and trail services needed. Case law and Minnesota Statutes do not allow for the use of park dedication fees for maintenance or to provide facilities to the existing population. Therefore, the City will need to find alternative funding sources such as referenda, user fees, tax increase, grants etc., to raise the $3,943,384 dollars needed to equip the system to meet the needs of existing residents and accomplish 50% of the total park and trail system cost. COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL PARK DEDICATION ANALYSIS Minnesota Statutes and recent case law have identified that Cities must now be able to specifically articulate and justify dedication requirements on a project -by- project basis. Cities have the burden of determining that the park dedication requirement is related to the park benefit that will be derived due to the development. Individualized determinations must be made for each project and the City has the responsibility to demonstrate that there is a reasonable relationship between the dedication requirement and the park impact generated by the development. The current commercial and industrial and dedication requirements of the City are at issue with the case law and opinion of the City Attorney. There is no question that many communities charge park dedication for commercial and industrial uses. At issue is that there appears to be no rational basis for the dedication. Several sources were contacted to locate studies or guidelines related to the impact commercial and industrial and uses have on park and trail systems. The League of Minnesota Cities, National Recreation and Parks Association, and the American Planning Association were contacted with regard to this matter and none of the agencies were able to provide documentation on the relationship of these uses to parks and trails. 10 Lino Lakes Park Dedication Analysis