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The Meadows at Hugo Sketch Plan Page 6 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. At the February 27, 2020 Planning Commission meeting, the Commissioners discussed the tentative Comprehensive Plan amendment and felt comfortable with the changes provided that all residents will be able to be served in the future. The Comprehensive Plan amendment would need to be approved by the City Council and the Metropolitan Council. 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 shown on their plan 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: At its March 20, 2019 meeting, the Parks 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. Planning Commission Update: At its February 27, 2020 meeting, the Planning Commission expressed that they like the trail connections offered throughout the development and the sidewalks shown.