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COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 12, 2004 APPROVED 1 the City Attorney's position. He stated that the park dedication requirements should clearly be • 2 revisited, and they will probably end up increasing the per unit dedication requirement 3 4 Mr. Gary Uhde addressed the Council, stating that the additional trails and sidewalks had a value of 5 between $80,000 and $90,000, which would be in addition to the 8.1 acres of park. He also stated he 6 was giving them a total of 30 acres of open space. He said they had met with Mr. Rick DeGardner 7 and the Park Board numerous times, and they had been told they wanted land and not money. He 8 stated they were giving in excess of 8.1 acres, and that exceeds 10 percent. 9 10 Councilmember Dahl asked Mr. Uhde if the $80,000 to $90,000 is for half a mile of trail. Mr. Uhde 11 stated there was in excess of 2 1/2 miles of trails. 12 13 Councilmember Reinert moved to adopt Resolution No. 04-43, Approving Final Plat, Century Farm 14 North 2nd Addition. Chairman Bergeson seconded the motion. 15 16 Councilmember Dahl stated she was in agreement with the $25,500 to settle the stoplight issue as 17 long as it went in the mail tomorrow. She also stated she was going to vote no because of the 18 information coming forward that she did not have prior to this evening. 19 20 Councilmember Reinert stated it would be $49,000 per acre, and $49,000 times 8.1 acres equals 21 $396,900. He stated if you add that to the $90,000 for the trails, it equals $486,900. He stated if they 22 did not take the land, they are looking at $1,650 per household, which would equal $412,500. He 23 said this equation is not taking into consideration the 13.9 acres of open space that has also been 24 dedicated. He also reiterated that the City Attorney has indicated the amount of the dedication is IF25 sufficient. He stated he didn't understand the reason for misunderstanding or not having enough 26 information. 27 28 Councilmember Dahl stated that a park with no equipment on it is not going to work out either. She 29 stated she would have preferred four acres and having something on it. Councilmember Dahl asked 30 the City Attorney if the vote were two yes, one no, and one abstention, how that would work. 31 32 City Attorney Sullivan replied there would be three affirmative votes required to pass it. 33 34 Councilmember Dahl asked whether it would help to take this back to work session. 35 36 Mayor Bergeson asked City Planner Smyser if there were any legal time limits on this issue. 37 38 City Planner Smyser replied there were no deadline problems with the application at this point in 39 time. 40 41 Councilmember Carlson indicated she would probably vote no, and would prefer to send it back to a 42 work session. 43 44 City Planner Smyser stated it is not an ordinance; it's a resolution. 45 46 Councilmember Carlson indicated a better option would be to withdraw the motion and to make a 47 motion to send it back. 48