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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 21, 2004 APPROVED 1 Meadows. The land value only comes into play when the City asks for less that 10% land 2 dedication. 3 4 Mayor Bergeson stated the City should discuss and review the park fees after the 5 Comprehensive Park Plan is completed and approved. Those fees should be reviewed 6 annually along with other City fees. 7 8 Councilmember Dahl advised she received information regarding park fees from other 9 cities. Their justification for the fees includes a fair market value of land and is raised 10 10% every year. 11 12 Public Services Director DeGardner stated the park dedication fees would be based on 13 future park needs for the entire City at full development. Park dedication fees are 14 determined at the time of final plat approval. No new development will be coming 15 through the City process prior to the review of the park fees. 16 17 LOCAL HISTORY PROJECT, ANN BLAIR, GORDON HEITKE 18 19 City Clerk Blair advised a few weeks ago, there was a meeting between Gordon Heitke, 20 Ann Blair, Betsy Friesen and Jerry Berg of the Lino Lakes History Project to discuss the 21 overall status of the existing history project. At this meeting, Volunteer Coordinator 22 Friesen expressed her interest in expanding her activities to preserving a couple of 23 privately owned buildings in Lino Lakes. She was interested in seeing the City of Lino • 24 Lakes become a "Certified Local Government" in order to be eligible to apply for historic 25 preservation grants. Jerry Berg indicated that he wants to see the City require 26 archaeological surveys done in conjunction with excavations in Lino Lakes, whether or 27 not they are required or recommended by the State Historic Preservation Office of the 28 Office of the State Archaeologist. 29 30 City Clerk Blair also advised an e-mail was received last week from Betsy Friesen in 31 regard to fundraising for local preservation projects. The fundraising question needs an 32 immediate answer, but this is a good time to review the Council's interest in: 1) 33 expanding the scope and activities of the Lino Lakes History Project and 2) becoming 34 eligible for historic preservations grants through the formation of a Historic Preservation 35 Commission and becoming a Certified Local Government. 36 37 City Administrator Heitke stated the City originally committed to doing just the history 38 project, but has also discussed doing what is necessary to apply for grants. Staff needs to 39 know if the Council wishes to expand the scope of the original commitment to this 40 project. 41 42 Mayor Bergeson stated he thought the project entailed interviewing residents about the 43 history of the City. 44 45 Councilmember Carlson stated the Council needs to get a report from the coordinator on 46 the status of the activities that were originally approved in the resolution. 47