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i COMMUNITYGROWTH N S T 1 T U T E MEMORANDUM To: City of Pequot Lakes Park Board From: Lisa Barajas, City Planner Date: November 10, 2005 Re: Park Dedication for New Subdivisions The adoption of the new Land Use and Subdivision Ordinance includes provisions that pertain to the Park Board. Specifically, the Ordinance states the following: 1. Duties of the Parks Commission under this Ordinance. a. To make recommendations to the Planning Commission on park dedication fees and/or land dedications within new subdivisions. b. To periodically review the Park Plan and Ordinances and consider their role in shaping the growth of a community and to recommend changes to the City Council of these documents to guide growth and current land use toward the goals of the Comprehensive Plan. To clarify the park dedication duty:The Ordinance requires that all new subdivisions dedicate land to the public for the use of parks or pay a park dedication fee.The Park Board's role is to review proposed subdivisions and to determine whether any land contained in that subdivision would be appropriate for a land dedication. If the Park Board finds that there is not any such land, then the Park Board recommends that the fee be paid instead. We have two subdivisions for the Park Board to review. One is the Island Vista Plat and the other is the Wilderness Point Plat. On the Island Vista Plat, the Park Board's review is a formality at this point because the project has been approved and the fee paid. It was not realized until after-the-fact that the Park Board had duties pertaining to subdivision approval. The Wilderness Point Subdivision, however, has not been approved yet,so we do need Park Board recommendation on this one. 14084 Baxter Drive, Suite 7 Baxter, MN 56425 (218) 828-3064 www.communitygrowth.com