Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 09/22/1983

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This is a reco~nenda%ion Cot a change to the Park Fee assesment ordinance o¢ the City o~ Ramsay. It hms cot,~e ~bout buy di~ectlon ~po~n the city council to the planning and zon i ng co~n~n i ss i on. The apparent re~son ?or the ~equested ~ctlon Is to ¢ind ~ w~g to reduce the burden on · develope~ne~t in the one (1) u~it in ten (10) acre densit~ pequire~ent for the rural ~re~. The reco~m~fl~ended ordinance change is the result o? research o? other cities methods. In this research e~'~'ort, there was no s i ~,~ple tor~,~u la found that was inpl~ce co~,~uni~g that ~outd serve ~he diverce needs Ra~,~sey. The criteria ~as simple, e ~ethod that ~ould be equitable throughout the c it,.~ ~nd not need drastic change to ~eet the future needs of the' city. The proposed chenge ~eets these standards, ~nd would only require the chenge one (1) nu~lber to change the tee structure and the. r~ising or lowering o~ the ?ee. , This new ~nethod will re~l~ove ~.he ?inancial burden o¢ the ;,ark, fee froai the developer o¢ the property, and [,ut it on the end user. The Builder or end user is the party who create the need ~or parks ~nd their developernent mhd maintenance. It is mssu~,~ed thmt becmuse the developer is saving f~oneg, in the forl~ of not ;,aging a large ,fee up front, that this will lower the cost o? the land to ~the end user. This new ~ethod should be equitable to all sectors o~' Ra~segs residential and business cu;l~;,unity. A tee a~ounting to two and one-hal? tenths o? one percent o? the building vmlue, assesed along with the building per,nit, and paid mt the sm~e tithe. This ~ee should be col~puted bg the ~inmnce depmrt~lent, who wilt i,lmke the proffer dispuser,lent to the account which should ~eceive it. Exception: I~ in the ;,letting process, the Park, ~nd Recreation Co~mission deter~,ines thmt m portion o~ the Plat, ot not less than 10 percent o~ the totml tend being platted, is desirmble ~or'Cit~ purposes, ~,~mg recco~end to the City council that thev seek FEE TITLE to this property end waive the msses~aent mgmiMst property when the building peri, itS ere applied ~or. This sm~e peco~endmtion cmn be ,,~mde bg a~g duly appointed co~,ission o~ the ~itg.