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Forest Lake commission favors planning two neighborhood parks for Hidden Creek area
Summary
City staff reviewed the Hidden Creek South concept plan and park-dedication math; developer John Dobbs urged building a neighborhood park now using existing and future dedication funds. Commissioners gave verbal direction favoring two neighborhood parks and asked the developer to return with two refined concept plans.
Forest Lake city staff and developers discussed early concept plans for the Hidden Creek South phases and asked the Parks and Recreation Commission for nonbinding feedback on park locations and programming.
City Planner Ken Roberts summarized the Headwaters PUD history and the Hidden Creek additions, noting the larger PUD was approved in 2006 and the new phases would add roughly 170 single-family lots. Roberts said developers estimate 40–50 developable acres for the new phases; city park-dedication calculations therefore indicate roughly 4–5 acres of dedication would be required, or the equivalent in cash at the current fee of $2,500 per lot.
Roberts warned that stormwater…
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