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Prescott City Council Regular Voting Meeting — October 28, 2008 Page 15 months, if the growth-related projects would also pushed back an equal amount of time. She is still not sure whether those would be pushed back. Mr. McConnell said that it is cause and effect. If the effective date is not there, or pushed out and the money was not there, then there would be an effect. That is about the only response they can give because there are a lot of unknowns—how many building permits will come in, what is the specific status of a number of projects which comprise the capital plan, etc. The best response is ageneral response, and to consider a six-month window he p p { could not say would have a dramatic effect. It will have an effect, but not a dramatic one. Ms. Hoy asked if the growth-associated projects were not pushed back, how they would be paid for in the interim and who foots the bill. Mayor Wilson said that was answered earlier—by the ratepayers and they are paid back. Ms. Hoy asked them to elaborate on how the ratepayers are paid back. Mayor Wilson said that the funds are borrowed between funds. Ms. Hoy asked if there is interest paid; Mayor Wilson replied that they did not. Ms. Hoy said that from reviewing Mr. Jackson's study and being privy to all the questioned asked by the YCCA, she understands that Prescott's share of the cost of the Big Chino Pipeline are covered in the study and the ratepayers are already paying 20%, for which they don't have a choice. She asked if Prescott's 54% share of the $144,000 that she read about in Sunday's paper is being spent without a Council vote for the PR firm to sell the citizens on the Big Chino project, are included in the approximately $80,000 for the Big Chino to be paid by impact fees. Mayor Wilson replied that they were not. Ms. Hoy asked where that money was coming from. Mayor Wilson said that he would have to get back to her on that. Ms. Hoy said that the whole process of approving the impact fees does appear to be broken. She does not know what the answer is, but if they would pass the impact fees then maybe it would be good to form some kind of committee to examine the process and try to come up with something better because otherwise it goes on year after year. Ms. Hoy said that when she called Councilwoman Suttles on her show this morning, she implied that because many of the CWAG Board Members are retired, they are not qualified to speak. She wanted to point out that Mayor Wilson, Councilman Luzius and Councilwoman Suttles are retired and Councilman Bell is older than everyone on the CWAG Board. Bill Kindig, 4866 Comanche Trail, said that when this first started he reviewed the report presented and he thought it was a good job, but after sharing all the things that have been going on, and the questions raised, he