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Prescott City Council Joint Special Meeting/ Study Session — October 21, 2008 Page 18 Ms. Griffis said that the Council saddled the YCCA with the task of coming up with alternatives, but prior to that they felt it was important to get their arms around Mr. Jacksons's report. As they did that they discovered that there were data discrepancies in the report as compared to the City of Prescott's CIP. She said that there are errors in the report and no one has approached them to define what they are. Mr. Jackson said that during the last 45 days they were asked numerous questions about the data in the report. It is a difficult report to understand; they have to understand the information they are looking at. Just because two numbers are not the same does not mean there is a discrepancy if they are not looking at the same numbers. He said that an example is that one table refers to customer accounts --the other is ERU's. One section of the CIP only includes nine years; another is ten years. He said that the job of an analyst is to look at the numbers and understand if they apply to impact fees or rates, and apply appropriate. He said that there are no discrepancies in the report. Ms. Griffis said that there are discrepancies and she would love to meet with them to review. Based on the tools they were given, they worked extremely diligently. She said that she was not there to punch holes in Mr. Jackson's report, and she thanked him personally adding that she did learn a lot. She said that their real question is what the real numbers are. They did not see how the Council can make a decision without know what the real numbers are. They have to be on the same page. She said that they are not against impact fees. They are not attempting to postpone or object, and they agree that growth should pay for growth. However, innovative alternatives can make a difference and the options and alternatives are seemingly endless. Their group came up with over 23 alternatives and several have been used successfully. She said that she does not know if any of them are the direction in which the Council wants to head, but they cannot make that decision until they know what the real numbers are. She said that DPF&G came up with five alternatives that were geared to growth and they were asking that they be creative, innovative and that Council help them become engaged in a decision that will work. If it takes six months, they have intelligent people, Leslie, Mr. Danforth, nonprofits, and they all need to be a collective group and work together. Mayor Wilson said that it was stated that contractors do not oppose impact fees and do not support a delay. He asked if she would support the Council passing the current impact fees as presented. Ms. Griffis said