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The Meadows at Hugo Sketch Plan Street in the future. The proposed location change will still allow the surrounding properties to be served with sanitary sewer, but in a different way than assumed by the Comprehensive Plan. Further, a Comprehensive Plan amendment would need to be approved for the change in location of the connection to the Met Council Interceptor. The sketch utility plan proposed by the developer currently shows a portion of the sewer flowing to the south and west. The proposed sanitary sewer would need to be directed to the new trunk main proposed with the development. Parks / Trails According to the Parks, Trails, and Open Space Plan, the property is in neighborhood park service area 3. There are no existing parks in the area besides the park land that was recently dedicated with Oneka Place which is adjacent to the development. Currently, there is not a plan for the park but a passive trail system has been discussed. Frog Hollow, in neighborhood park service area 4, is to the south of the property and may be considered to be within walking distance. The Trail Plan shows an existing trail extending from Farnham Avenue North through the northeast corner of the property. The entire property is shown as a part of the greenway corridor that follows the ditch. The developer has indicated that they would extend the City's trail system through the subdivision and make connections to the trails in the future park. The developer is required to dedicate land, pay a fee, or a combination of land and fee. At this time, the developer has not indicated how they propose to satisfy the park dedication requirement, but it is assumed that they will pay the fee because they are not showing a land dedication. The park dedication section of the City Code requires the applicant dedicate 10% of the developable acres for park land with a density of up to 3.99 units per acre. The developer has indicated that there are 27.31 acres of buildable land in the development. Therefore, the developer would be required to dedicate 2.73 acres of park land. The current park dedication fee is $2,400 per unit. If a fee is preferable, with 84 units, the park dedication fee would be $201,600. Parks Commission Update: The developer's proposal was evaluated by the Parks Commission at it March 20, 2019, meeting. The Commission liked the trail through the development and the proposed off street trails that will connect to the future park to the west. The Commission agreed that the existing parks are sufficient to serve the development and recommended the developer pay the fee to satisfy the park dedication requirements. Landscaping The developer has not submitted a landscape plan. In exchange for PUD flexibility, the City could expect a landscape plan that goes beyond the minimum requirements to provide street trees, entrance streetscaping, plantings around any monument sign, plantings in openspace, etc.