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Prescott City Council Regular Voting Meeting May 13, 2014 Page 9 MAYOR PRO TEM LAMERSON MOVED TO AWARD CITY CONTRACT NO. 2014- 166 TO WAYNE HARDING & ASSOCIATES, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,000.00; SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ARNOLD; PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MAYOR PRO TEM LAMERSON MOVED TO AWARD CITY CONTRACT NO. 2014- 167 TO ROGER L. DUNLAP AND ASSOCIATES, LTD, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,000.00; SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LAZZELL: PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. H. Adoption of Resolution No. 4225-1434 approving the Impact Fee Report and adopting a Fee Schedule for Impact Fees pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes §9-463.05. Mark Woodfill, Finance Director, presented. He displayed the schedule of events and said this was the 11t" meeting with the Council and public relating to Impact fees. Craig McConnell, City Manager, said there was discussion regarding this item the previous week. Page two of the resolution in the packet sets forth some options. The Council could select one of the following: 1) Not charge police development impact fees and not charge fire and EMS development fees, which is the staff recommendation. 2) Council can defer the charging of police and fire impact fees from the effective date of August 1, 2014 — January 1, 2015, which are arbitrary dates. 3) Council could determine another alternative. Mr. McConnell said the City of Prescott does not have the money to operate new fire stations and is not in the position to recommend that a fire station be built and collect Ilkw impact fees to help pay for the station. He said the same was true for police facilities. Councilman Arnold wanted to be clear that if Council chose to defer the fees, it was the consultant's opinion that Council could only defer them for approximately six months. He asked if that was just the consultant's opinion and not a legal opinion. Mr. Woodfill responded that it was the consultant's opinion. Councilman Arnold asked that if in two years, future Council chooses to re-evaluate the fire and police fees, the City would be required to go through the same extensive process. Mr. Woodfill said that was spelled out in the statutes. The City would have to go through the process which may take approximately 18 months. Councilman Arnold said he would support staff's recommendation.