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Request for Council Action continued Page 2 April 9, 1998 Park Dedication Fees for Residential and Commercial/Industrial Property - Resolutions ________ The attached resolution establishes minimum and maximum park dedication amounts for residential/agricultural/multiple residential zoned land. Commercial/Industrial Park Dedication Requirement The City's park dedication ordinance indicates employees of commercial/industrial developments make use of the City's park system in ways similar to City residents, particularly since the City's park system is focused on trails and natural areas. Therefore, the park dedication ordinance ties the commercial/industrial park dedication requirement to the residential park dedication requirement by determining the number of commercial/industrial employees that is equivalent to a residential dwelling unit in terms of impact on the City's park system. Based on the opportunities for park use by commercial/industrial employees being significantly less than for City residents, particularly in relation to weekend usage and family usage, staff is recommending that, for purposes of calculating the park dedication fee, ten employees are equivalent to one residential dwelling unit in terms of impact on the park system. Because one dwelling unit has approximately 2.7 persons, this is a ratio of 3.7 to 1. To provide an indication of how this ratio translates to a park dedication fee, staff has obtained from the City's planning consultant information on the number of persons generally employeed in an office-type development. A conservative standard is that for a small office building there is one employee per 1,000 s.f of gross floor area. For a medical/dental building, there are two employees per 1,000 s.f. of gross floor area. A two acre site would accommodate a 20,000 s.f. office building. This office building would have approximately 20 employees, which would be equivalent to two residential dwelling units. Using a fee of $4,900 per unit, the park dedication fee would be $9,800. A 20,000 s.f medical/dental building would have approximately 40 employees resulting in a fee of $19,600. These fee amounts compare to a $50,000 fee amount which would be the full 8% park dedication fee on a two acre site zoned for office development. A resolution reflecting the ratio of ten employees per residential dwelling unit for the calculation of the commercial/industrial park dedication fee is attached for Council consideration. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: 1. 2. Motion to adopt a resolution establishing miiumum and maximum park dedication amounts for residential/agricultural/multiple residential zoned land. Motion to adopt a resolution establishing minimum and maximum park dedication amounts for commercial/industrial zoned land. PKDtOPtI