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$250,000 for developed land. The park dedication formula uses a dollar amount for unimproved land ($209,000 per acre plus cost of adding street improvements). That brings the actual cost of parkland to approximately $268,000 per acre, which is higher than was used in this study. $250,000 was used because as a park gets bigger, the cost of improvements goes down. Ms. Michelotti asked if Mr. Tarver had another fee range in mind? Mr. Tarver indicated there is a lot more information and discussion necessary to arrive at a fee and he was only questioning whether the staff assumptions are fair. He is looking at the number of employees compared to number of residents and treating them equally. There is discussion of overlapping uses and what can be discounted. Council cannot just tell the business community it owes 75 acres of park. Ms. Dennis clarified that the five acre per thousand figure is a legislated standard and is not actually based on park usage. Therefore, if estimated park usage is not discounted for residential developers, why should it be done for businesses? She asked if there was another way to approach the calculations. Usage varies and she suggested a policy encouraging use of the park facilities. Mr. Swift indicated five acres per thousand is a generally recognized national standard for park needs for neighborhood and community parks. Those statistics usually apply to self- contained cities where the residents comprise the employees and there is not much in- commuting. That is the reason staff felt the standard had to be adjusted. Mr. Tarver asked if all facilities in the master plan were considered when calculating the impact of the business community. Dolores Bengtson indicated there are many areas that are subjective. She indicated staff considered the facilities there were likely to be used by non-resident users and considered the national standards and known uses of existing facilities in the City to derive a set of standards to apply to the workforce. After the needs were determined, staff calculated how much land would be needed for the facilities. This could be on a 40 acre or 60 acre site, but staff believes that twenty acres is sufficient, especially if the site is regularly shaped. Ms. Mohr inquired if the 29 % of non-resident employees using facilities would be the same if there were greatly expanded facilities? Ms. Bengtson indicated people travel to go to programs. She indicated the softball complex is a good example. As volleyball and basketball programs are developed staff is seeing increased participation by the workforce. She felt that if teams are formed at one of the north Pleasanton businesses or at Koll Center, they will play whether at Sports Park or at a park in north Pleasanton. If new facilities are developed, such as an indoor ice hockey facility, of 02/21/95 -7-