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Plann'vng Case No. 505-97 Mounds View Business Park East Second Add'n Plat October 1, 1997 Page 2 Analys�so According to Sec'tion 1242.01, Subdivision 1 of the City Code, full platting is required for all major subdivision rec}uests. The applicant, Everesi Development, LTD., is eequesting approval of a preliminary pIat for the praposed Mounds View Business Park East 2nd Addition. R�view of this plat is required by the City Engirteer, the Director of Public V�orks, the City Atiomey, Rice Creek Watershed District, and itamsey County. Ai the time this report was written, no comments had been rec�ived back. The plati, dated 9/8/97, bears the necessary data for both peeiiminary and final plats, as speci�ied in the Ciiy Code. As with any subdivision of Iand within Nlounds View, two issues need to be addressed. The first is easements. As a resui� of previous plattings, easements have already been dedicated to the City which will need to be vacated as a conditian of this plat's approval. Vacations are done by ordinance, and staff'has requested the City Attorney to draft the necessary language to accomplish this. The areas to be vacated are highlighted on th� 8'/a by 11 pla� reduction attached to this report. The applicant will need �o provide the appropriate le�al descriptions of the easement areas to be vacated. From discussions with Jim Hess, the City's Engineering Techniciay�, ii may be the cas� that additional right of way may need to be dedicated along Program Avenue to ailow far an 80- foot continuous right of way where there is currently oniy 60 feeY. Be%re the new drainage and uiility easemenis can be shown on the p�at, the Director of Public Works will make a deternunation ,'; regarding the specific right of way dimensions. This wili be done prior to your next meetin� i scheduled for October 15, 1997. - The other issue addressed with every suhdivision of Iand is ihe park dedication requirements. According to Section 12Q4,02 of the City Code, alI subdividers of iand are required to dedicate to the City for public purposes a portion of land, or, ai the City's soie discretian, an equivalent amount in cash based upon �he fair market value of the undeveloped land. It has been and continues io be the City poIicy of requiring a cash dedication in lie�a of land. For commercial and industzial lands, the appropriate figure is ten percent. Because this proposal replats land for which park dedication fees have already beec� paid, Subd. 6 of Sectian 1204.02 relating to dedications for re-subdivision applies. Attached to this report is a letter dated 9/3/97 to the applicant indicating the exact park c�edication fee that wilt be required for this re-subdivision. Also attached is a response from the appiicant dated 9/18/97 which disputes the City's interpretation of the park dedicaiion requirements. Sta�i' maintains thai the appropriate park dedication fee for this re-subdivision is �Sd,771, which amounts to ten percent of the land's fair markei value less prior park dedicatiot� payments made for these properties. The Mounds View Parks and Rec�°eation Com�nis5ion, at its meeting on September 25, 1997, voied to recor►urtend to the Ciiy Council an approximate park dedication fee of �60,000 as autlined by staff in the letter dated 9/3/97. The Planing Comtriission, before it acts on this request at its next meetin�, will need to re�eive either writien or verbal assurance from th� applicant that fhe appropriate park dedication fee witl be paid. I3�corr`en�r�ci�taon: