ADMINISTRATION- Nate Monahan, Recreation Manager
Title
FIRST READING
AMENDING SECTION 74-81(g)(4)g OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF BLAINE ESTABLISHING 2021 PARK DEDICATION FEES
Background
In 2000 the City passed a bond referendum in the amount of $3.5 million for the purchase of open space property. As part of the process the City Council created the Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) to make recommendations on which property to purchase and how to manage the open space property. To provide an ongoing funding source for the NRCB’s management of the open space property the Park Dedication Fee Ordinance was changed to split the park dedication fees collected with development to have 35% of fees collected from residential development go to an Open Space fund. The remaining 65% of residential development and 100% of industrial and commercial development would go to the existing Park fund.
Park dedication fees can be adjusted annually to reflect any increase in fair market value of undeveloped land within the City, with an annual increase not to exceed 10%.
The Park Board has reviewed the Park Dedication fees and is recommending no increase to residential, commercial, or industrial development based on the cities middle rankings in the 2020 Comparative Cites chart for both residential and commercial park dedication fees.
2021 Recommended Fees (No Changes)
$4,449/per residential unit
$8,704/per acre of commercial
$6,702/per acre of industrial
Recommendation
By motion, hold first reading of the proposed ordinance and schedule second reading for November 2, 2020.
Body
THE CITY OF BLAINE DOES ORDAIN: (added portions are underscored and deleted portions are shown with overstrike.)
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Blaine Resolution No. 03-249 provides that park dedication fees shall can be adjusted beginning January 1 of each year by the percent of increase in the fair market value of undeveloped land within the city, with an annual increase not to exceed ten percent. The fair market value average of unimproved land has increased in 2019 2020 and park dedication fees for 2020 2021 shall remain the same as 2019 2020 park dedication fees.
1. 2020 2021 park dedication fees. The following fees are hereby adopted for 2020 2021, and shall be effective for final plats, plat waivers and building permits approved or issued after January 1, 2020 2021, except for those final plats that are part of previously approved developments, which have specific language limiting park dedication rate increases approved by City Council in previous development agreements.
FEE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT
$4,449/unit of Single-Family
$4,449/unit of Duplex
$4,449/unit of Townhouse and Quad
$4,449/unit of Multiple Family
$4,449/unit of Mobile Home
$8,704/acre of Commercial
$6,702/acre of Industrial
2. Use of Fees. The fees collected for residential development shall be distributed 65 percent to park development and 35 percent to open space development. One hundred percent of commercial and industrial fees shall be used for park development. The cost for land acquisition and construction of trails outside of parks shall be funded from the open space portion of the park dedication fee.
INTRODUCED AND READ in full the 19th day of October, 2020.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Blaine this ____ day of _____, 2020.