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Prescott City Council Regular Voting Meeting—August 29,2006 Page 17 ` Councilman Roecker remarked the fees couldn't be raised to a point where no `r building was occurring, because if people didn't build homes then commercial buildings wouldn't come. Jim Lawrence—The City needed a fire station and had two options—build the fire station and figure out how to pay for it or don't build the fire station; he didn't want to compete with Prescott Valley or Chino Valley. Bill Matthews, President of Yavapai County Contractors Association, 1806 Pony Soldier Road -was'not opposed to impact fees; growth should pay for growth; Prescott was in competition for quality growth such as jobs, medical facilities, quality of homes, the need for education and Prescott was very much in competition with the towns around us; to go to no growth or a moratorium was idiocy; there needed to be growth and he urged the Council not to raise impact fees so high residents and businesses would go somewhere else and build and to create a community to be proud of and have reasonable growth. Howard Mechanic—there were real costs to creating a good quality of life. Councilman Lamerson MOVED to CLOSE the Public Hearing, which was SECONDED by Councilman Roecker. The motion passed unanimously. C. Adopt Resolution No. 3771 —A resolution of the Mayor and Council of the City of Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, accepting a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide funding for the Airport Master Plan and ratification of acceptance of grant funding. Manager Steve Norwood explained the next three items were not on the Study Session agenda last week and Items D and E were critical to the deadline for the City to accept the funds from the FAA. The Downer Trail item had also been added this week. Councilman Roecker MOVED to ADOPT Resolution No. 3771,which was SECONDED by Councilman Bell. The motion passed unanimously. D. Adopt Resolution No. 3772—A resolution of the Mayor and Council of the City of Prescott,Yavapai County,Arizona,authorizing the City of Prescott to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture to engage in fuel reduction and mitigation for the purpose of reducing the risk of wildfire on Federal lands adjacent to the Prescott Urban Interface, and authorizing the Mayor and staff to take any and all steps necessary to accomplish the above. kir