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opposition from the development community is citing tangible costs that they purport are adversely
impacting their business. A strategy for reducing
this imbalance among constituencies is to make the
opportunity costs tangible, pointing out to the general public the cost of not increasing the ordinance
requirements. This strategy focuses attention on the
negative consequences of the loss that will occur
if this action is not taken. It has been widely demonstrated in the field of social psychology that this
negative framing of consequences has a powerful
persuasive impact on audiences.

The Justification for New Parks
As their traditional arguments against parkland
dedication requirements have encountered more
resistance, some in the development community
have embraced a new line of attack: How can you
justify building new parks when you are struggling
to find the money to properly maintain and operate those that the city already owns? There are four

responses to this question.
First, allocation of operation and maintenance
funds is part of the annual budget process. As
such, it ref lects a short-term view of economic
conditions that prevail in the city at that time. In
contrast, parkland dedication is a one-time, major
investment in capital infrastructure that reflects a
long-term view of amenities the city should have
in the future.
If a current council decides not to construct new
parks, then it has pre-empted the right of future residents to have them because there will be no land
available to retrospectively construct them. A current council has an obligation not to pre-empt the
options of future councils. It is the prerogative of
future councils to decide each year whether to fully fund the maintenance and operation of parks or
not to do so and, presumably, this will be governed
by the economic conditions prevailing at that time.
Not to proceed with a parkland dedication ordinance because of concerns about future operation

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