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Prescott City Council Workshop — July 2, 2013 Page 5 Mr. Paladini summarized the two proposed alternatives. Daniel Mattson, Prescott resident, said he is worried this is going to come back and bite the City. He supports an informal review so the public knows what the differences are. He asked for a cursory statement. He said a cost benefit analysis should be done. He is concerned that workforce housing is not proposed in the first Phase. He feels the Council should make that a requirement. Mayor Kuykendall explained the reasons he supports the project. Creating rooftops will help the City. The Mayor said workforce housing is important to the Council and they have been talking about this for some time. Lindsay Bell, Prescott resident, addressed the emphasis on the annexation policy for the past few years. She noted that it was on land suited for commercial development as opposed to residential. She said there should be some justification for the residential rezoning. In terms of changes to the Airport plans, she did not see anything regarding the noise attenuations. She urged Council to look at Alternative 1 regarding the Water Service Agreement. She would be hesitant to allocate half of the water portfolio to a single development at this time. She said the City is on the cusp of major annexations, and water should not be tied up. • Mayor Kuykendall asked if she thought it would be the end of Prescott, once the water is used. She said there are many techniques to be considered to assure water availability for current and future residents. She mentioned increasing recharge and rainwater harvesting. Judith Merrill, Prescott resident, said she is impressed with questions being asked. She questioned why the rezoning is connected to the addition of 600 lots and why there could not be more open space in the area. She said she did not know what the benefit to the City would be to add 600 lots. She noted that houses have to be balanced with industry. If the Peavine Trail is lined with small lots, the trail will not be anything like it currently is. She said it is an asset to the City and some of the open space should be along the Peavine Trail. The doubling of the number of cars going across the at-grade crossing on the Peavine Trail is worrisome to her. Mr. Guice, Community Development Director, said the crossing at the Peavine Trail had been addressed. Leslie Hoy, Prescott resident, commented as a member of the Proposition 400 Committee. She is disappointed that Council is considering the rezoning over a holiday week and noted that more people would be at the meeting if they were not on vacation. She emailed George Worley about the cost benefit analysis and was told that this is not required. She emailed all Council and did not hear back from anyone. She said residential land use cost the taxpayer's 15 - 50 percent more than any income produced by the City's coffers. She said that she did not know how it would be good for the City if