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allows people to walk, relax, enjoy, photograph, picnic, etc. in the park. Active Recreation - This is when areas are created and developed in a park for team sports, such as baseball, soccer, tennis, skating, softball together with uses for bike/hiking etc. The catagories for functional use of open space, passive and active parks are not mutually exclusive, but can be the same acreage and serve all three purposes. Parks in suburban areas particularly developed within the last 20 years tend to be incorporate all 3 aspects. In the case of Orono, Attachment D, which is the Park and Open Space plan, indicated one of the functions of large lots is to provide open space for people and the City itself does not need to provide parks for that specific function. These large lots while providing the open space and some "room to roam" especially for children does not provide the nee-^ed space or generally allow for the development of substantial playground equipment, organized games, etc. (in part because those lots are often wooded areas or not flat enough, which effectively limits such sports activity). Current Ordinance - As noted earlier the City of C’ono's schedule Tn lieu of dedication fees has remained the same since 1975. The City has had the option of obtaining a reasonable portion of land. If the City would look to pick up between 5 and 10% from any subdivision the value of that land would far exceed dollars in the fee schedule. In that regard the current system has an inequity in it, that would would be rectified by increasing the cash in lieu of contribution to a figure that would be comparable to the amount of land that would be requested to be dedicated. For the City to take an amount of land that would be equal to the current cash in lieu of contribution at tolays values the City would pick up less than .4 of an acre in a 40 acre subdivision, which is an area substant' al ly less than that needed for one ballfield. An 8% land dedication would yield about 3.2 acres. The impact of subdivision and the way to monetarily gauge it can fall into two catagories. A. Per Unit - From a park demand standpoint in the area of organized play/active recreation a four bedroom house on 5 acres of land has the same demand for organized play as would a four bedroom house on 2 acres or on a 1 acre lot. B. Valuation - To a degree the value placed on the property does reflect the anticipated intensity of use and in turn intensity would dictate the demand on the park system. For example a 10 acre parcel can be developed into 10 one acre lots, 5 two acre lots or 2