The Office of Recreation and Park Resources (ORPR) at the University of Illinois conducted a survey on Land Dedication Ordinances in order to update the previous study conducted in June 2003 by Dr. Ted Flickinger and John Comerio for the Illinois Association of Park Districts. The purpose of the survey was to gain up-to-date information that would help assist agencies, communities and counties that are considering an ordinance gain valuable knowledge based on the experiences shared by the respondents as well as assist agencies with an adopted land cash donation ordinance to better understand how their ordinance compares to others.

This report is broken up into two sections. The first section is background information that discusses the importance of Land Dedication Ordinances and provides a history of how they have developed. The second section describes the survey we conducted including the data collection, analysis, and discussions/conclusions.