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Prescott City Council Special Meeting February 18, 2014 Page 3 growth related plans of the future police station expansion costs resulted in cost per service unit of $71.00. He said that was $113.00 per housing unit and a range of $77.00 to $250.00 for non-residential. Mayor Pro Tern Lamerson asked why a single residential family unit would use police less than an office building. Mr. Rheem explained the methodology of the assessment. Mayor Kuykendall asked if the staff had considered consumption on a per unit basis. Mr. Giardina said they are committing capacity and the ability for the customer to use that capacity. The capital commitment the City is making is intended to be recovered through the impact fee. He said it is not intended to represent the way each person will use the facility. Mr. Rheem noted that collection of fees may be deferred to a date certain until sufficient funding is available. Councilman Arnold noted that if money were collected for a new fire station and within ten years, the City did not have the money to build and/or operate the station; the money would have to be refunded to the property owners with an interest rate. He said that he is concerned with obligating future Council and the community to this project. Mr. McConnell said that early in this process there was a review of the existing impact fees. According to the legislation, some of the fees could no longer be assessed. He noted that some fire stations may not be optimally located. That discussion is not about new growth, but about service delivery and response time. He said that fire and police were added into the project so that they could be examined. As the process proceeds Council and staff will have the opportunity to ask all of the right questions to determine their conclusions. Mr. Giardina said that under the philosophy that growth pays for growth, the existing community has made that investment and growth needs to buy into it. Councilman Blair noted that legislation dictates the way the City of Prescott treats their sewage and the process now has to be changed. He noted that it is not always growth that is causing the City to spend money on a new sewer plant. Mr. Giardina said the cost of that plant, related to meeting new regulations to serve existing customers is not in the impact fees. Councilman Arnold said Council is currently discussing whether this will be a funding source for new fire stations, or if they need to look at alternative methods. Mr. Rheem continued with street facilities and noted that the projects identified for potential fee recovery are Sundog connector roundabout, SR89 (Granite Dells Parkway Interchange) and SR 89 Side Road connector roundabout. He discussed the land uses in each of the area and the preliminary street fee. Mayor Pro Tern Lamerson asked if the impact fee was going to be assessed to retail. Mr. Rheem said yes, based on projected zoning in that service area.