WEBVTT 00:08.208 --> 00:09.907 align:start . 00:09.910 --> 00:11.576 align:start >>> WITH 28 THOUSAND HOMES TO BE 00:11.579 --> 00:16.314 align:start SOMEWHAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 00:16.317 --> 00:19.150 align:start 50 TO 70,000 IN GROWTH. 00:19.153 --> 00:21.919 align:start >> LOCAL LEADERS FROM ALL OVER 00:21.922 --> 00:23.254 align:start THE STATE GATHER IN TUCSON FOR 00:23.257 --> 00:28.493 align:start AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE. 00:28.496 --> 00:30.461 align:start >> PROJECTED TO BE 20,000 HOMES, 00:30.464 --> 00:31.963 align:start WITH SOMEWHERE IN THE 00:31.966 --> 00:32.296 align:start NEIGHBORHOOD OF 50 TO 70 IN 00:32.299 --> 00:34.399 align:start GROWTH. 00:34.402 --> 00:37.368 align:start >>> HOW THE LEAGUE OF ARIZONA 00:37.371 --> 00:37.802 align:start CITIES AND TOWNS CONNECT 00:37.805 --> 00:40.038 align:start COMMUNITIES. 00:40.041 --> 00:41.272 align:start >> THIS IS OVER A THOUSAND 00:41.275 --> 00:42.040 align:start PEOPLE ATTENDING THIS CONFERENCE 00:42.043 --> 00:44.275 align:start EVERY YEAR. 00:44.278 --> 00:46.811 align:start AND IT REALLY HAS BECOME A MUST 00:46.814 --> 00:47.745 align:start ATTEND FOR PEOPLE IN THE 00:47.748 --> 00:55.019 align:start GOVERNMENT SECTOR. 00:55.022 --> 01:01.993 align:start >> FROM THE J.W. MARRIOTT TUCSON 01:01.996 --> 01:04.729 align:start AND SPA RESORT, THIS IS "ARIZONA 01:04.732 --> 01:06.297 align:start WEEK." 01:06.300 --> 01:06.698 align:start >>> HELLO, AND THANK YOU FOR 01:06.701 --> 01:11.703 align:start JOINING US. 01:11.706 --> 01:14.138 align:start WE'RE IN WEST TUCSON AT THE J.W. 01:14.141 --> 01:16.140 align:start MARRIOTT TUCSON SPA, THIS WEEK 01:16.143 --> 01:20.144 align:start LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE ARE 01:20.147 --> 01:22.747 align:start HERE FOR THEIR ANNUAL CONCERTS. 01:22.750 --> 01:23.147 align:start ARIZONA, 91 MUNICIPALITIES ARE 01:23.150 --> 01:25.016 align:start REPRESENTED. 01:25.019 --> 01:28.319 align:start HERE IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE 01:28.322 --> 01:28.920 align:start LEAGUE OF CITY AND TOWNS. 01:28.923 --> 01:30.221 align:start >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:30.224 --> 01:31.689 align:start >> YES, MY PLEASURE. 01:31.692 --> 01:33.057 align:start >> LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THE 01:33.060 --> 01:35.026 align:start SERVICES ARE OFFERED TO THE 01:35.029 --> 01:36.027 align:start PEOPLE WHO COME HERE, THE 01:36.030 --> 01:37.628 align:start MUNICIPALITIES THIS WEEKEND. 01:37.631 --> 01:40.098 align:start >> WELL, THIS CONFERENCE HAS 01:40.101 --> 01:41.265 align:start REALLY GROWN OVER THE YEARS TO 01:41.268 --> 01:43.301 align:start BE THE PREMIER GOVERNMENT 01:43.304 --> 01:44.802 align:start CONFERENCE, NOT JUST CITY AND 01:44.805 --> 01:46.237 align:start TOWN, BUT PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY FROM 01:46.240 --> 01:46.904 align:start THE STATE AND COUNTY 01:46.907 --> 01:48.339 align:start GOVERNMENTS, FROM BASICALLY 01:48.342 --> 01:48.740 align:start TODAY EVEN FROM THE FEDERAL 01:48.743 --> 01:49.807 align:start GOVERNMENT. 01:49.810 --> 01:52.477 align:start THEY ALL LIKE TO COME HERE 01:52.480 --> 01:53.644 align:start BECAUSE THIS IS SORT OF WHERE 01:53.647 --> 01:55.880 align:start YOU CAN CATCH UP ON EVERYTHING 01:55.883 --> 01:57.115 align:start THAT IS GOING ON IN THE PUBLIC 01:57.118 --> 01:57.515 align:start SECTOR AT EVERY LEVEL OF 01:57.518 --> 01:59.150 align:start GOVERNMENT. 01:59.153 --> 02:01.052 align:start AND IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE NUMBER 02:01.055 --> 02:03.688 align:start OF CLASSES, BREAKOUT SESSIONS 02:03.691 --> 02:05.423 align:start THAT WE HAVE, WE USUALLY HAVE 02:05.426 --> 02:07.125 align:start FIVE OR SIX GOING AT ANY ONE 02:07.128 --> 02:08.393 align:start TIME AND FOUR OF THOSE SESSIONS 02:08.396 --> 02:08.793 align:start OVER THE COURSE OF THIS 02:08.796 --> 02:10.094 align:start CONFERENCE. 02:10.097 --> 02:11.362 align:start SO THERE ARE MANY, MANY 02:11.365 --> 02:12.964 align:start OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PEOPLE TO 02:12.967 --> 02:14.866 align:start REALLY DRILL DOWN IN THE THINGS 02:14.869 --> 02:16.234 align:start THAT ARE CHALLENGING, THEIR 02:16.237 --> 02:17.702 align:start COMMUNITIES AND HAVE ANSWERS AND 02:17.705 --> 02:18.736 align:start OF COURSE HAVE LOTS OF 02:18.739 --> 02:20.204 align:start OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET WITH OTHER 02:20.207 --> 02:21.706 align:start CITY LEADERS WHO ARE GOING 02:21.709 --> 02:22.674 align:start THROUGH THE SAME CHALLENGES THAT 02:22.677 --> 02:24.609 align:start THEY'RE EXPERIENCING. 02:24.612 --> 02:26.010 align:start THIS IS OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE 02:26.013 --> 02:26.310 align:start ATTENDING THIS CONFERENCE EVERY 02:26.313 --> 02:28.246 align:start YEAR. 02:28.249 --> 02:29.647 align:start AND IT'S REALLY BECOME A 02:29.650 --> 02:30.348 align:start MUST-ATTEND FOR PEOPLE IN THE 02:30.351 --> 02:32.116 align:start GOVERNMENT SECTOR. 02:32.119 --> 02:33.818 align:start >> WE'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF 02:33.821 --> 02:35.887 align:start SMALLER GOVERNMENTS HERE WHO 02:35.890 --> 02:37.388 align:start WILL SAY THEY FEEL SUPPORTED BY 02:37.391 --> 02:38.356 align:start BEING EXPOSED TO ALL OF THESE 02:38.359 --> 02:42.060 align:start OTHER BIG CITIES. 02:42.063 --> 02:42.794 align:start IS THAT WHAT YOU WOULD SAY IS 02:42.797 --> 02:43.094 align:start MAYBE THE GOAL OF SOMETHING LIKE 02:43.097 --> 02:44.796 align:start THAT? 02:44.799 --> 02:45.630 align:start >> WELL, I THINK THAT IS ONE OF 02:45.633 --> 02:47.765 align:start THE GOALS. 02:47.768 --> 02:49.500 align:start BUT THERE IS ALSO THE VALUE BIG 02:49.503 --> 02:51.769 align:start CITIES GET OUT OF THIS, TOO, 02:51.772 --> 02:53.371 align:start WHICH IS TO TALK TO OTHER CITIES 02:53.374 --> 02:54.739 align:start AND SMALL CITIES WHO ARE HAVING 02:54.742 --> 02:56.140 align:start THE SAME CHALLENGES THEY ARE 02:56.143 --> 02:57.742 align:start JUST ON A DIFFERENT SCALE. 02:57.745 --> 02:59.077 align:start BUT WE TRY TO HAVE ENOUGH 02:59.080 --> 03:00.712 align:start PROGRAM VARIETY THAT IT APPEALS 03:00.715 --> 03:05.516 align:start TO EVERYONE, WHETHER YOU'RE FROM 03:05.519 --> 03:06.517 align:start A LARGE CITY OR SMALL CITY. 03:06.520 --> 03:07.151 align:start AND BY AND LARGE WHEN YOU GET TO 03:07.154 --> 03:08.820 align:start THE ISSUES THAT DEAL WITH 03:08.823 --> 03:12.824 align:start MUNICIPALITIES AND SHARED 03:12.827 --> 03:14.258 align:start REVENUE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 03:14.261 --> 03:14.993 align:start AND TRANSPORTATION THOSE ARE ALL 03:14.996 --> 03:15.660 align:start THE SAME ISSUES THAT EVERY CITY 03:15.663 --> 03:17.462 align:start FACES THEY'RE JUST SCALED A 03:17.465 --> 03:20.164 align:start LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING 03:20.167 --> 03:20.465 align:start ON YOUR POPULATION AND LAND MASS 03:20.468 --> 03:22.300 align:start SIZE. 03:22.303 --> 03:23.334 align:start >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE 03:23.337 --> 03:23.668 align:start ARIZONA'S OVERALL ECONOMIC 03:23.671 --> 03:25.336 align:start PICTURE? 03:25.339 --> 03:26.904 align:start >> WELL, I THINK IT'S BETTER 03:26.907 --> 03:27.705 align:start THAN IT WAS AND IT'S NOT WHERE 03:27.708 --> 03:29.173 align:start IT SHOULD BE YET. 03:29.176 --> 03:30.508 align:start IT'S RECOVERING BUT IT'S 03:30.511 --> 03:31.976 align:start RECOVERING AT A SLOWER PACE. 03:31.979 --> 03:33.611 align:start AND ESPECIALLY WE'RE SEEING THAT 03:33.614 --> 03:35.680 align:start AT THE CITY AND TOWN LEVEL. 03:35.683 --> 03:39.283 align:start THERE ARE MANY CITIES THAT HAD 03:39.286 --> 03:41.052 align:start MAJOR CUTBACKS DURING THE HEIGHT 03:41.055 --> 03:42.453 align:start OF THE RECESSION. 03:42.456 --> 03:44.789 align:start AND THEY'RE STILL FOR THE BACK 03:44.792 --> 03:49.360 align:start TO PRE-RECESSION LEVELS IN THEIR 03:49.363 --> 03:49.827 align:start BUDGETS OR EVEN IN THEIR 03:49.830 --> 03:50.561 align:start STAFFING LEVELS. 03:50.564 --> 03:52.764 align:start PART OF THAT HAS CAUSED PEOPLE 03:52.767 --> 03:53.798 align:start TO HAVE TO DO MORE WITH LESS, BE 03:53.801 --> 03:55.333 align:start MORE EFFICIENT AND INNOVATIVE 03:55.336 --> 03:57.535 align:start AND THAT MAY HAVE RESULTED IN 03:57.538 --> 03:59.170 align:start BETTER USE OF TAX DOLLARS SO 03:59.173 --> 04:00.772 align:start THAT WAS NOT ALL ENTIRELY BAD. 04:00.775 --> 04:02.173 align:start BUT STILL WHEN THE PROGRAMS ARE 04:02.176 --> 04:03.708 align:start CUT AND NOT BROUGHT BACK YOU 04:03.711 --> 04:05.443 align:start KNOW THE PUBLIC MISSES OUT ON 04:05.446 --> 04:06.844 align:start SOMEWHERE THINGS. 04:06.847 --> 04:08.379 align:start SO I THINK WE'RE CAUTIOUS THAT 04:08.382 --> 04:09.981 align:start THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER. 04:09.984 --> 04:11.315 align:start BUT WE ALSO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 04:11.318 --> 04:13.217 align:start SOME OF THE POLICY DECISIONS 04:13.220 --> 04:15.153 align:start MADE AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT ARE 04:15.156 --> 04:15.486 align:start STILL AFFECTING CITIES AND 04:15.489 --> 04:16.854 align:start TOWNS. 04:16.857 --> 04:18.890 align:start >> A BIG COMPONENT OF THIS 04:18.893 --> 04:19.524 align:start CONFERENCE IS TALKING 04:19.527 --> 04:21.059 align:start LEGISLATIVELY WHAT THE 04:21.062 --> 04:21.459 align:start LEGISLATOR CAN DO FOR A 04:21.462 --> 04:21.826 align:start COMMUNITY. 04:21.829 --> 04:22.927 align:start >> RIGHT. 04:22.930 --> 04:24.562 align:start >> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE 04:24.565 --> 04:25.663 align:start MAJOR TAKEAWAY FROM THOSE 04:25.666 --> 04:27.231 align:start DISCUSSIONS AT THIS POINT? 04:27.234 --> 04:30.201 align:start >> YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER ONE 04:30.204 --> 04:32.437 align:start THING THAT WE WOULD TELL THE 04:32.440 --> 04:34.138 align:start LEGISLATURE IF THEY WOULD JUST 04:34.141 --> 04:36.174 align:start DO NOTHING AS FAR AS CITIES AND 04:36.177 --> 04:37.709 align:start TOWNS ARE CONCERNED. 04:37.712 --> 04:40.345 align:start BECAUSE USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS 04:40.348 --> 04:41.612 align:start WHEN CITY AND TOWN LEGISLATION 04:41.615 --> 04:43.247 align:start COMES UP, IT'S SOMEBODY THAT 04:43.250 --> 04:45.817 align:start WANTS TO LIMIT AUTHORITY AND 04:45.820 --> 04:47.285 align:start TAKE AWAY BENEFITS, BENEFIT 04:47.288 --> 04:49.620 align:start SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS. 04:49.623 --> 04:51.222 align:start SO FOR THE MOST PART WE OPERATE 04:51.225 --> 04:53.091 align:start QUITE WELL ON OUR OWN AND WE 04:53.094 --> 04:54.092 align:start LIKE TO DO THAT. 04:54.095 --> 04:55.760 align:start WE PROVIDE VERY DIFFERENT 04:55.763 --> 04:56.794 align:start SERVICES THAN THE STATE AND 04:56.797 --> 04:59.197 align:start COUNTY GOVERNMENT. 04:59.200 --> 05:00.732 align:start AND GENERALLY, WE OPPOSE 05:00.735 --> 05:01.199 align:start LEGISLATION RATHER THAN RUN 05:01.202 --> 05:04.302 align:start LEGISLATION. 05:04.305 --> 05:05.536 align:start SO IT -- WE'RE TENDING TO PLAY 05:05.539 --> 05:07.171 align:start DEFENSE MOST OF THE TIME. 05:07.174 --> 05:09.140 align:start SO THE NUMBER ONE ADVICE I WOULD 05:09.143 --> 05:11.042 align:start SAY IS IF YOU SEE A BILL THAT 05:11.045 --> 05:12.310 align:start AFFECTS CITIES AND TOWNS IT'S 05:12.313 --> 05:14.245 align:start PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING THAT IS 05:14.248 --> 05:15.613 align:start DOING MORE GOOD FOR CITIES AND 05:15.616 --> 05:16.214 align:start TOWNS THAN THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE 05:16.217 --> 05:18.416 align:start IN THEM. 05:18.419 --> 05:20.218 align:start >> IS THERE A DISCONNECT BETWEEN 05:20.221 --> 05:20.518 align:start LEGISLATORS AND CITY LEADERS 05:20.521 --> 05:22.320 align:start THEN? 05:22.323 --> 05:24.022 align:start >> IN MANY WAYS IT'S A MATTER OF 05:24.025 --> 05:25.890 align:start JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING. 05:25.893 --> 05:27.091 align:start BECAUSE SO FEW STATE LEGISLATORS 05:27.094 --> 05:27.492 align:start HAVE HAD LOCAL GOVERNMENT 05:27.495 --> 05:30.428 align:start EXPERIENCE. 05:30.431 --> 05:33.665 align:start SO A LARGE PART OF WHAT MY STAFF 05:33.668 --> 05:35.066 align:start AND I END UP DOING IS SIMPLY 05:35.069 --> 05:37.435 align:start EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT HERE IS 05:37.438 --> 05:39.570 align:start HOW YOUR CITY OPERATES, HERE IS 05:39.573 --> 05:41.639 align:start WHAT THEY DO AND GET THEIR 05:41.642 --> 05:42.440 align:start REVENUE. 05:42.443 --> 05:43.875 align:start BECAUSE WE GET DIFFERENT REVENUE 05:43.878 --> 05:45.410 align:start FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES THAN THE 05:45.413 --> 05:47.111 align:start STATE GETS REVENUE. 05:47.114 --> 05:48.613 align:start SO THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF THE 05:48.616 --> 05:50.515 align:start IMPACT OF THEIR DECISIONS. 05:50.518 --> 05:52.250 align:start SO A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS 05:52.253 --> 05:53.251 align:start EXPLAIN WHAT AND HOW WE'RE DOING 05:53.254 --> 05:56.154 align:start IT TO STATE LEGISLATORS. 05:56.157 --> 05:56.621 align:start >> EARLIER YOU MENTIONED 05:56.624 --> 05:59.457 align:start TRANSPORTATION. 05:59.460 --> 06:00.892 align:start HOW BIG A COMPONENT IS THE 06:00.895 --> 06:03.094 align:start TRANSPORTATION FOR A LARGE CITY 06:03.097 --> 06:04.862 align:start OR SMALL CITY? 06:04.865 --> 06:07.598 align:start >> IT IS CENTRAL TO EVERYTHING 06:07.601 --> 06:07.899 align:start THAT GOES ON IN CITIES AND 06:07.902 --> 06:09.734 align:start TOWNS. 06:09.737 --> 06:13.271 align:start AND FOR YEARS WE HAVE HAD THE 06:13.274 --> 06:15.139 align:start BATTLE ABOUT THE FUNDS AND THE 06:15.142 --> 06:17.909 align:start CONSTANT REDUCTION OF FUNDS, 06:17.912 --> 06:19.677 align:start DIVERTING THAT L-TAFF AND OTHER 06:19.680 --> 06:21.279 align:start FUNDS ELIMINATED THAT USED TO 06:21.282 --> 06:23.648 align:start PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR MASS 06:23.651 --> 06:25.917 align:start TRANSIT OR FOR DIAL-A-RIDE OR 06:25.920 --> 06:26.317 align:start LOCAL BUS SERVICES, THINGS LIKE 06:26.320 --> 06:28.886 align:start THAT. 06:28.889 --> 06:30.455 align:start SO NOT ONLY ROAD MAINTENANCE AND 06:30.458 --> 06:31.923 align:start STREET MAINTENANCE BUT ALSO THE 06:31.926 --> 06:35.960 align:start OTHER KIND OF TRANSPORTATION 06:35.963 --> 06:36.260 align:start SOURCES HAVE BEEN DRYING UP OVER 06:36.263 --> 06:36.995 align:start TIME. 06:36.998 --> 06:39.297 align:start AND THAT REALLY DOES AFFECT THE 06:39.300 --> 06:39.731 align:start QUALITY OF LIFE, LIVEABILITY OF 06:39.734 --> 06:41.432 align:start COMMUNITIES. 06:41.435 --> 06:43.067 align:start >> SPEAK OF QUALITY OF LIFE 06:43.070 --> 06:45.536 align:start EDUCATION CONTINUES TO LAG IN 06:45.539 --> 06:45.837 align:start THE NUMBERS THROUGHOUT THE 06:45.840 --> 06:48.673 align:start STATE. 06:48.676 --> 06:50.041 align:start HOW DO YOU SORT OF RALLY THE 06:50.044 --> 06:53.411 align:start LEGISLATORS TO TELL PEOPLE THAT 06:53.414 --> 06:53.678 align:start THIS IS STILL THE PLACE TO MOVE 06:53.681 --> 06:56.080 align:start TO? 06:56.083 --> 06:58.049 align:start >> WELL, EDUCATION IS VITALLY 06:58.052 --> 06:58.349 align:start IMPORTANT TO THE HEALTH OF OUR 06:58.352 --> 06:59.617 align:start TOWNS. 06:59.620 --> 07:01.185 align:start BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT 07:01.188 --> 07:01.519 align:start CITIES HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER IN 07:01.522 --> 07:03.388 align:start ARIZONA. 07:03.391 --> 07:05.857 align:start SO I THINK THE MOST WE CAN DO IN 07:05.860 --> 07:07.158 align:start EDUCATION IS TO HELP RALLY 07:07.161 --> 07:08.693 align:start PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR QUALITY 07:08.696 --> 07:11.362 align:start EDUCATION AND OBVIOUSLY, THAT 07:11.365 --> 07:13.364 align:start HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON ECONOMIC 07:13.367 --> 07:17.969 align:start DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS REALLY 07:17.972 --> 07:18.369 align:start WHERE CITIES AND EDUCATION 07:18.372 --> 07:21.739 align:start INTERFACE. 07:21.742 --> 07:23.141 align:start >> BENTON IS A SMALL TOWN ALONG 07:23.144 --> 07:24.976 align:start INTERSTATE 10 AND THE POTENTIAL 07:24.979 --> 07:28.246 align:start FOR GROWTH IS LOOMING. 07:28.249 --> 07:30.048 align:start TONY KING, THE MAYOR OF BENSON 07:30.051 --> 07:30.381 align:start AND BILL STEVENS, THE CITY 07:30.384 --> 07:31.115 align:start MANAGER. 07:31.118 --> 07:31.549 align:start THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. 07:31.552 --> 07:32.850 align:start >> THANK YOU. 07:32.853 --> 07:34.719 align:start >> BILL, LET'S START WITH YOU. 07:34.722 --> 07:36.754 align:start HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE 07:36.757 --> 07:40.725 align:start ECONOMY IN BENSON? 07:40.728 --> 07:44.028 align:start >> LIKE MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS 07:44.031 --> 07:46.264 align:start AMERICA, THE DOWNTURN IN OUR 07:46.267 --> 07:46.898 align:start COUNTRY HAS IMPACTED BENSON, AS 07:46.901 --> 07:48.099 align:start WELL. 07:48.102 --> 07:50.168 align:start BENSON IS A SMALL COMMUNITY. 07:50.171 --> 07:53.338 align:start SO THE DIVERSITY OF BUSINESSES 07:53.341 --> 07:53.705 align:start IS NOT AS GREAT AS IN A LARGER 07:53.708 --> 07:54.972 align:start COMMUNITY. 07:54.975 --> 07:55.340 align:start SO IT PAID A HEAVY TOLL 07:55.343 --> 07:57.975 align:start INITIALLY. 07:57.978 --> 07:59.210 align:start THE GOOD NEWS IS, OUR ECONOMY IS 07:59.213 --> 08:00.812 align:start BEGINNING TO SLOWLY RECOVER, 08:00.815 --> 08:02.246 align:start EVEN GETTING BETTER HERE IN THE 08:02.249 --> 08:04.515 align:start LAST YEAR AND A HALF. 08:04.518 --> 08:07.185 align:start AND IT'S ALSO IMPROVING IN 08:07.188 --> 08:10.588 align:start BENSON, AND THE EXCITING PART 08:10.591 --> 08:12.490 align:start ABOUT BENSON, RELATIVE TO THE 08:12.493 --> 08:14.859 align:start ECONOMY IS THAT IT'S KEY AND 08:14.862 --> 08:18.963 align:start LOCATED CENTRALLY RIGHT ON 08:18.966 --> 08:20.798 align:start INTERSTATE 10. 08:20.801 --> 08:21.466 align:start AND IT'S BETWEEN SIERRA VISTA 08:21.469 --> 08:24.335 align:start AND TUCSON. 08:24.338 --> 08:24.702 align:start SO YOU CAN GO IN EITHER 08:24.705 --> 08:26.671 align:start DIRECTION. 08:26.674 --> 08:29.073 align:start SO WE HAVE THE STATE PARK AND 08:29.076 --> 08:30.174 align:start HAVE A NUMBER OF VISITORS THAT 08:30.177 --> 08:32.577 align:start COME THERE. 08:32.580 --> 08:33.411 align:start SO OUR ECONOMY IS BEGINNING TO 08:33.414 --> 08:36.481 align:start IMPROVE QUITE A BIT. 08:36.484 --> 08:38.149 align:start AND I BELIEVE -- AND WE'LL TALK 08:38.152 --> 08:40.018 align:start A LITTLE LATER ABOUT SOME OF THE 08:40.021 --> 08:41.719 align:start THINGS GOING ON IN BENSON THAT I 08:41.722 --> 08:43.721 align:start THINK ARE BEGINNING TO IMPROVE 08:43.724 --> 08:45.723 align:start THE PROJECTED ECONOMY FOR THE 08:45.726 --> 08:48.626 align:start FUTURE, HOPEFULLY FOR THE NEXT 08:48.629 --> 08:50.061 align:start 15 TO 20 YEARS AT LEAST. 08:50.064 --> 08:52.597 align:start >> MAYOR KING, YOU HAVE BEEN 08:52.600 --> 08:52.897 align:start THERE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN 08:52.900 --> 08:53.765 align:start BILL. 08:53.768 --> 08:55.867 align:start >> YES, I HAVE. 08:55.870 --> 08:57.402 align:start >> YOU HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE 08:57.405 --> 08:59.804 align:start AND I IMAGINE YOU'RE QUITE 08:59.807 --> 09:00.171 align:start HOPEFUL FOR THE SHORT-TERM AND 09:00.174 --> 09:02.407 align:start LONG-TERM? 09:02.410 --> 09:03.908 align:start >> OH, YES, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME 09:03.911 --> 09:04.208 align:start SAYING, IT'S BEEN MY DREAM FOR 09:04.211 --> 09:09.313 align:start YEARS. 09:09.316 --> 09:12.617 align:start THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE HAD -- 09:12.620 --> 09:14.652 align:start IN MID-2007 AND 2008 BEFORE THE 09:14.655 --> 09:16.788 align:start DOWNFALL OF THE ECONOMY, WE HAD 09:16.791 --> 09:18.990 align:start A DREAM OF THE COMMUNITY AND 09:18.993 --> 09:20.658 align:start THEN THE DOWNFALL CAME IN AND IT 09:20.661 --> 09:24.996 align:start ALL LEFT. 09:24.999 --> 09:28.032 align:start NOW, I'M IN MY 14th YEAR. 09:28.035 --> 09:29.200 align:start THE DREAM HAS COME BACK, AND I 09:29.203 --> 09:30.368 align:start BELIEVE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT IT 09:30.371 --> 09:32.470 align:start IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN. 09:32.473 --> 09:34.172 align:start AND I THINK THAT IT WILL ENHANCE 09:34.175 --> 09:35.640 align:start THE COMMUNITY TO THE POINT WHERE 09:35.643 --> 09:38.009 align:start IT WILL BE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 09:38.012 --> 09:39.410 align:start >> YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE 09:39.413 --> 09:41.179 align:start TUSCAN STYLE LIVING. 09:41.182 --> 09:42.313 align:start I BELIEVE 28,000 HOMES IS THE 09:42.316 --> 09:43.114 align:start PROJECTION, IS THAT CORRECT? 09:43.117 --> 09:44.248 align:start >> IT IS. 09:44.251 --> 09:45.850 align:start >> SLIGHTLY CONTROVERSIAL, THERE 09:45.853 --> 09:46.984 align:start IS A CONCERN OVER THE WATER 09:46.987 --> 09:48.686 align:start RESOURCES IN THAT COMMUNITY. 09:48.689 --> 09:50.188 align:start BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE 09:50.191 --> 09:51.789 align:start REALLY EXCITED FOR WHAT THIS 09:51.792 --> 09:52.824 align:start COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE AND 09:52.827 --> 09:53.725 align:start ECONOMY AND OVERALL GROWTH OF 09:53.728 --> 09:56.928 align:start THE TOWN? 09:56.931 --> 09:58.262 align:start >> YES, AND ON THE WATER SIDE OF 09:58.265 --> 09:59.931 align:start IT, WE HAVE HAD MANY STUDIES 09:59.934 --> 10:02.900 align:start DONE ON THE WATER SIDE OF IT. 10:02.903 --> 10:04.635 align:start I'M VERY CONFIDENT AS MAYOR -- 10:04.638 --> 10:06.504 align:start AND I WOULDN'T SAY IT UNLESS I 10:06.507 --> 10:06.804 align:start TRULY MEAN IT, THAT THE WATER IS 10:06.807 --> 10:09.407 align:start THERE. 10:09.410 --> 10:11.642 align:start THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE A 10:11.645 --> 10:13.611 align:start LASTING THING FOR BENSON. 10:13.614 --> 10:16.948 align:start VERSUS 60,000 HOMES AS 10:16.951 --> 10:20.718 align:start ORIGINALLY PLANNED DOWN TO 10:20.721 --> 10:24.889 align:start 28,000, THERE WAS A HUGE 10:24.892 --> 10:25.490 align:start CONSERVE -- PART OF CONSERVING 10:25.493 --> 10:27.225 align:start WATER RIGHT THERE. 10:27.228 --> 10:28.960 align:start WE'RE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE 10:28.963 --> 10:30.795 align:start IN WHAT WE'RE DOING SO THERE IS 10:30.798 --> 10:31.629 align:start A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WAS 10:31.632 --> 10:33.831 align:start ORIGINALLY PLANNED. 10:33.834 --> 10:37.468 align:start >> BILL RIGHT NOW THERE ARE 10:37.471 --> 10:41.572 align:start 28,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN BENSON. 10:41.575 --> 10:43.007 align:start 28,000 HOMES, COULD MORE THAN AT 10:43.010 --> 10:45.977 align:start LEAST DOUBLE THE POPULATION. 10:45.980 --> 10:46.744 align:start HOW DOES IT CHANGE THE DYNAMICS 10:46.747 --> 10:49.480 align:start OF THE TOWN? 10:49.483 --> 10:52.083 align:start >> THE DYNAMICS DO CHANGE, SUCH 10:52.086 --> 10:54.052 align:start AS IN THE CITY OF MARICOPA 10:54.055 --> 10:56.554 align:start COUNTY, THEY GREW TO A LITTLE 10:56.557 --> 10:58.790 align:start OVER 45,000 IN POPULATION AND 10:58.793 --> 11:00.458 align:start BENSON IS PROJECTED WITH 28,000 11:00.461 --> 11:03.027 align:start HOMES TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THE 11:03.030 --> 11:05.963 align:start NEIGHBORHOOD OF 50 TO 70,000 11:05.966 --> 11:08.633 align:start GROWTH, TOTAL POPULATION TO THE 11:08.636 --> 11:10.368 align:start TIME 15 TO 20 YEARS ELAPSES. 11:10.371 --> 11:12.136 align:start AND OF COURSE IT DEPENDS ON THE 11:12.139 --> 11:13.204 align:start TERMS OF THE ECONOMY IN HOW FAST 11:13.207 --> 11:14.806 align:start IT WILL OCCUR. 11:14.809 --> 11:15.973 align:start BUT NEVERTHELESS WE'LL CHANGE 11:15.976 --> 11:17.742 align:start THE DYNAMICS. 11:17.745 --> 11:19.110 align:start WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THE PHONE 11:19.113 --> 11:20.745 align:start CALLS FROM POTENTIAL INVESTORS 11:20.748 --> 11:21.512 align:start AND BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WISH TO 11:21.515 --> 11:23.281 align:start COME TO TOWN. 11:23.284 --> 11:25.550 align:start I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 11:25.553 --> 11:27.685 align:start WE HAVE FOUR PART STORES THAT 11:27.688 --> 11:27.985 align:start SELL AUTOMOTIVE PARTS IN OUR 11:27.988 --> 11:29.687 align:start CITY. 11:29.690 --> 11:31.789 align:start I'M GETTING OTHER PARTS FROM THE 11:31.792 --> 11:34.225 align:start STORE COMPANIES THAT WISH TO 11:34.228 --> 11:35.626 align:start COME TO BENSON. 11:35.629 --> 11:37.395 align:start DESPITE THE COMPETITION THEY CAN 11:37.398 --> 11:38.196 align:start SEE THE POTENTIAL AND THE RISE 11:38.199 --> 11:39.864 align:start AND IMPACT. 11:39.867 --> 11:41.799 align:start MANY OF THEM WANT TO BE THERE. 11:41.802 --> 11:42.133 align:start >> MAYOR, WHO ARE YOU EXPECTING 11:42.136 --> 11:44.469 align:start TO COME? 11:44.472 --> 11:45.703 align:start ARE THESE RETIREES AND FAMILIES 11:45.706 --> 11:48.606 align:start WITH YOUNG CHILDREN? 11:48.609 --> 11:48.973 align:start >> I'M EXPECTING QUITE A BIT OF 11:48.976 --> 11:50.908 align:start RETIREES. 11:50.911 --> 11:53.745 align:start BUT I'M ALSO EXPECTING FAMILIES. 11:53.748 --> 11:55.646 align:start AND THAT IS MY DREAM, IS TO SEE 11:55.649 --> 11:57.382 align:start MORE FAMILIES COME TO BENSON. 11:57.385 --> 11:58.516 align:start I LOVE MY RETIREES. 11:58.519 --> 11:59.650 align:start I LOVE THEM. 11:59.653 --> 12:00.018 align:start THEY HAVE DONE ABSOLUTELY 12:00.021 --> 12:06.190 align:start AMAZING. 12:06.193 --> 12:07.992 align:start THEY COME IN EVERY YEAR FROM -- 12:07.995 --> 12:08.660 align:start OCTOBER THROUGH -- 12:08.663 --> 12:09.694 align:start >> ROUGHLY MARCH. 12:09.697 --> 12:11.095 align:start >> ROUGHLY MARCH. 12:11.098 --> 12:11.896 align:start >> STAY OVER INTO APRIL. 12:11.899 --> 12:14.032 align:start >> INTO APRIL. 12:14.035 --> 12:15.266 align:start AND I LOVE IT WHEN THE CITY 12:15.269 --> 12:16.034 align:start GROWS AND THEY COME IN. 12:16.037 --> 12:17.802 align:start I LOVE IT. 12:17.805 --> 12:18.603 align:start BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE 12:18.606 --> 12:21.873 align:start FAMILIES COME IN. 12:21.876 --> 12:24.709 align:start WITH THE HOUSES BEING BUILT, I 12:24.712 --> 12:27.211 align:start VISION JOBS COMING TO -- AS BILL 12:27.214 --> 12:27.912 align:start SAYS, WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF 12:27.915 --> 12:30.848 align:start CALLS ALREADY. 12:30.851 --> 12:32.517 align:start AND REMEMBER, THIS IS AT THE 12:32.520 --> 12:34.519 align:start BEGINNING STAGE. 12:34.522 --> 12:36.554 align:start AGAIN, DIVISION IS THERE TO SEE 12:36.557 --> 12:37.622 align:start WITH THE HOUSES, THE JOBS ARE 12:37.625 --> 12:39.357 align:start GOING TO BE THERE. 12:39.360 --> 12:41.659 align:start AND I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL BE A 12:41.662 --> 12:41.993 align:start VARIETY OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE 12:41.996 --> 12:43.328 align:start COMING. 12:43.331 --> 12:44.295 align:start BUT I'M HOPING THAT MORE 12:44.298 --> 12:49.500 align:start FAMILIES COME DOWN. 12:49.503 --> 12:50.535 align:start WE HAVE A GREAT -- ONE OF THE 12:50.538 --> 12:51.169 align:start BEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE 12:51.172 --> 12:52.870 align:start STATE AS YOU KNOW ALREADY. 12:52.873 --> 12:55.273 align:start THEY OUT-MATCHED BELL IN THE 12:55.276 --> 12:57.575 align:start LAST QUARTER. 12:57.578 --> 12:59.610 align:start SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT AND 12:59.613 --> 12:59.911 align:start WE ENVISION MORE SCHOOLS BEING 12:59.914 --> 13:01.346 align:start BUILT. 13:01.349 --> 13:02.413 align:start AND OF COURSE OTHER THINGS BEING 13:02.416 --> 13:04.482 align:start BUILT IN BENSON. 13:04.485 --> 13:05.683 align:start SO I'M HOPING THAT WE HAVE A LOT 13:05.686 --> 13:07.518 align:start MORE FAMILIES COME IN. 13:07.521 --> 13:08.820 align:start >> AND BILL, YOU HAVE ALREADY 13:08.823 --> 13:09.454 align:start RECEIVED RECOGNITION FROM THE 13:09.457 --> 13:11.556 align:start TUCSON COMMUNITY. 13:11.559 --> 13:13.391 align:start THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN 13:13.394 --> 13:14.993 align:start TUCSON AND DRIVE HOME TO BENSON 13:14.996 --> 13:15.393 align:start BECAUSE IT'S GETTING OUT OF THE 13:15.396 --> 13:17.562 align:start CITY LIFE. 13:17.565 --> 13:19.764 align:start >> SURE, ABSOLUTELY. 13:19.767 --> 13:23.634 align:start YOU KNOW, ARIZONA STATE HAS HAD 13:23.637 --> 13:24.936 align:start AN INFLUX OF RESIDENTS, MANY OF 13:24.939 --> 13:25.370 align:start WHOM CAME FROM CALIFORNIA, FOR 13:25.373 --> 13:27.038 align:start EXAMPLE. 13:27.041 --> 13:29.307 align:start IN CALIFORNIA, AND I'VE LIVED 13:29.310 --> 13:31.175 align:start THERE -- IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO 13:31.178 --> 13:31.542 align:start COMMUTE TWO TO THREE HOURS ONE 13:31.545 --> 13:33.177 align:start WAY. 13:33.180 --> 13:35.813 align:start AND FORTUNATELY THAT'S NOT THE 13:35.816 --> 13:37.782 align:start CASE HERE FOR SOMEONE TO LIVE IN 13:37.785 --> 13:38.116 align:start BENSON AND COMMUTE, SAY TO 13:38.119 --> 13:40.351 align:start TUCSON. 13:40.354 --> 13:43.254 align:start IT'S APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR. 13:43.257 --> 13:46.124 align:start THERE IS IMPROVEMENT RIGHT NOW 13:46.127 --> 13:47.091 align:start BY THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF 13:47.094 --> 13:48.660 align:start TRANSPORTATION, BETWEEN THE 13:48.663 --> 13:49.293 align:start EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND LANES 13:49.296 --> 13:51.129 align:start BETWEEN TUCSON. 13:51.132 --> 13:51.729 align:start SO IT'S JUST GOING TO GET BETTER 13:51.732 --> 13:53.998 align:start OVER TIME. 13:54.001 --> 13:55.600 align:start INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE ABLE TO 13:55.603 --> 13:56.000 align:start SUPPORT THAT INFLUX OF 13:56.003 --> 14:00.505 align:start INDIVIDUALS. 14:00.508 --> 14:11.649 align:start BUT TO GET A JOB IN EITHER IS 14:11.652 --> 14:14.786 align:start YOUR VISTA -- IN SIERRA VISTA, 14:14.789 --> 14:16.220 align:start SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO THIS 14:16.223 --> 14:17.855 align:start EVEN BEFORE GROUND BREAKS. 14:17.858 --> 14:19.957 align:start >> I WANT PEOPLE TO REALIZE THIS 14:19.960 --> 14:21.025 align:start IS NOT JUST A SUDDEN 28,000 14:21.028 --> 14:23.328 align:start HOMES COMING IN. 14:23.331 --> 14:29.434 align:start THIS IS OVER A 20-YEAR PERIOD. 14:29.437 --> 14:31.035 align:start SO WE ARE VERY VERY CAUTIOUS ON 14:31.038 --> 14:33.137 align:start HOW WE DO THIS. 14:33.140 --> 14:35.473 align:start WE'RE BEING VERY RESILIENT IN 14:35.476 --> 14:36.274 align:start MAKING SURE WE MAKE ALL THE 14:36.277 --> 14:39.043 align:start RIGHT CHOICES. 14:39.046 --> 14:40.378 align:start AND I FEEL THAT IF WE DO IT 14:40.381 --> 14:42.480 align:start RIGHT THIS FIRST TIME WHEN 14:42.483 --> 14:44.182 align:start SOMETHING ELSE COMES IN WE LEARN 14:44.185 --> 14:46.150 align:start AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE 14:46.153 --> 14:48.686 align:start THAT WE GOT IT RIGHT THROUGHOUT. 14:48.689 --> 14:50.355 align:start >> OKAY, NOT RULING OUT THE 14:50.358 --> 14:51.589 align:start SMALL TOWN CHARM. 14:51.592 --> 14:53.024 align:start MAYOR, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR, 14:53.027 --> 14:53.624 align:start BILL STEVENS, THANK YOU SO MUCH 14:53.627 --> 14:55.093 align:start FOR BEING HERE. 14:55.096 --> 14:58.863 align:start >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. 14:58.866 --> 15:04.502 align:start >>> DOUGLAS IS A BORDER TOWN 15:04.505 --> 15:06.137 align:start WHOSE FISCAL HEALTH IS DEPENDENT 15:06.140 --> 15:07.905 align:start UPON THE ECONOMY. 15:07.908 --> 15:09.674 align:start >> THERE IS NEGATIVE NEWS COMING 15:09.677 --> 15:11.676 align:start OUT OF THE BORDER TOWNS RIGHT 15:11.679 --> 15:12.877 align:start NOW, THE BANKS, THE HOSPITAL, 15:12.880 --> 15:14.712 align:start LET'S START WITH THE HOSPITAL. 15:14.715 --> 15:16.948 align:start HOW DO YOU SEE IT AS AN 15:16.951 --> 15:17.315 align:start IMMEDIATE IMPACT TO THE 15:17.318 --> 15:18.783 align:start COMMUNITY? 15:18.786 --> 15:21.219 align:start >> OBVIOUSLY, WE SEE IT AS AN 15:21.222 --> 15:22.754 align:start IMMEDIATE IMPACT, WE NO LONGER 15:22.757 --> 15:26.424 align:start HAVE EMERGENCY SERVICES. 15:26.427 --> 15:27.792 align:start FROM THE HOSPITAL PERSPECTIVE, 15:27.795 --> 15:30.762 align:start IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT. 15:30.765 --> 15:31.663 align:start THEY WOULD NOT SEE AS MANY 15:31.666 --> 15:33.064 align:start PATIENTS, PROBABLY AVERAGING 15:33.067 --> 15:35.233 align:start BETWEEN TWO TO THREE PATIENTS A 15:35.236 --> 15:35.800 align:start DAY IN TERMS OF STAYING AT THE 15:35.803 --> 15:39.504 align:start HOSPITAL. 15:39.507 --> 15:42.807 align:start AS MOST OF THEM EITHER TRAVEL TO 15:42.810 --> 15:45.009 align:start BISBEE TO SIERRA VISTA AND 15:45.012 --> 15:45.910 align:start ULTIMATELY TO TUCSON TO RECEIVE 15:45.913 --> 15:49.080 align:start THEIR CARE. 15:49.083 --> 15:49.547 align:start THAT IS FROM AN ACUTE CARE 15:49.550 --> 15:50.715 align:start PERSPECTIVE. 15:50.718 --> 15:52.383 align:start OBVIOUSLY, FROM A STANDPOINT OF 15:52.386 --> 15:57.555 align:start THE HOSPITAL CLOSING IT REALLY 15:57.558 --> 15:58.256 align:start GIVES US A SENSE OF INSECURITY. 15:58.259 --> 15:58.990 align:start A SENSE OF REALLY NOT HAVING 15:58.993 --> 15:59.657 align:start OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE THAT 15:59.660 --> 16:01.192 align:start WE USED TO HAVE IN THE PAST. 16:01.195 --> 16:03.061 align:start AND IT ALSO CREATED AN IMPACT 16:03.064 --> 16:05.463 align:start FOR US TRANSPORTING THE PATIENTS 16:05.466 --> 16:07.799 align:start OUT OF TOWN TO THE CLOSEST 16:07.802 --> 16:09.600 align:start FACILITY WHICH IS BISBEE. 16:09.603 --> 16:10.835 align:start AND ULTIMATELY IF WE NEED TO 16:10.838 --> 16:12.003 align:start TAKE THEM THE SERVICE THAT IS 16:12.006 --> 16:13.971 align:start WHAT THE IMPACT IS. 16:13.974 --> 16:15.807 align:start SO IT'S BASICALLY OUR TURNAROUND 16:15.810 --> 16:17.408 align:start TIME TO DELIVER THE PATIENTS AT 16:17.411 --> 16:17.742 align:start THE HOSPITAL AND BACK TO THE 16:17.745 --> 16:19.944 align:start STATION. 16:19.947 --> 16:21.612 align:start IT WENT FROM 30 MINUTES OR 20 16:21.615 --> 16:23.181 align:start MINUTES DOWN TO AN HOUR. 16:23.184 --> 16:24.148 align:start AND SO THAT IS CERTAINLY AN 16:24.151 --> 16:26.084 align:start IMPACT TO US. 16:26.087 --> 16:27.352 align:start AND WE'RE TRYING TO REACT AND 16:27.355 --> 16:28.986 align:start TRYING TO PREPARE OURSELVES 16:28.989 --> 16:31.823 align:start DEPENDING ON WHAT WE HAVE TO DO 16:31.826 --> 16:32.724 align:start IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 16:32.727 --> 16:33.324 align:start >> THE TOWN RECENTLY LOST A BANK 16:33.327 --> 16:34.425 align:start OR TWO. 16:34.428 --> 16:36.294 align:start WHAT HAPPENED THERE? 16:36.297 --> 16:38.363 align:start >> WELL, OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THE 16:38.366 --> 16:43.234 align:start BANKS ARE CONCERNED IN TERMS OF 16:43.237 --> 16:45.536 align:start REALLY WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE 16:45.539 --> 16:47.405 align:start BANK -- OBVIOUSLY, WE DO A LOT 16:47.408 --> 16:49.640 align:start OF TRADE BACK AND FORTH. 16:49.643 --> 16:51.075 align:start LEGAL TRADE BACK AND FORTH. 16:51.078 --> 16:52.677 align:start THE ISSUE, THEY DIDN'T REALLY 16:52.680 --> 16:54.679 align:start HAVE THE RESOURCES TO TRACK THE 16:54.682 --> 16:57.148 align:start MONEY ALL THE WAY IN TERMS OF 16:57.151 --> 16:58.449 align:start NOT JUST THE PERSON BUT BEYOND 16:58.452 --> 16:59.684 align:start THAT, MAKING THE TRANSACTION. 16:59.687 --> 17:01.886 align:start AND IT REALLY BECAME A LIABILITY 17:01.889 --> 17:03.254 align:start FOR THEM, AND YET THE RETURN TO 17:03.257 --> 17:04.589 align:start REALLY PROTECT THEIR -- THE 17:04.592 --> 17:06.691 align:start RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT AND THE 17:06.694 --> 17:09.127 align:start EFFORT WAS REALLY NOT THERE. 17:09.130 --> 17:10.128 align:start SO AS A COMPANY, AS A 17:10.131 --> 17:11.663 align:start CORPORATION, THEY SAID WE 17:11.666 --> 17:13.064 align:start PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE 17:13.067 --> 17:15.366 align:start BANK BUSINESS IN THE BORDER. 17:15.369 --> 17:17.068 align:start SO THAT IS WHERE THEY RELOCATED 17:17.071 --> 17:19.637 align:start NOT ONLY OUT OF DOUGLAS BUT 17:19.640 --> 17:20.571 align:start SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IN ARIZONA. 17:20.574 --> 17:21.806 align:start AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY DID 17:21.809 --> 17:22.907 align:start THE SAME THING PRETTY MUCH IN 17:22.910 --> 17:24.542 align:start OTHER STATES. 17:24.545 --> 17:26.744 align:start SO IT OBVIOUSLY CREATED SOME 17:26.747 --> 17:28.446 align:start SORT OF INSECURITY AND HEY, 17:28.449 --> 17:30.048 align:start WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS INSTEAD OF 17:30.051 --> 17:31.482 align:start REALLY MOVING FORWARD. 17:31.485 --> 17:33.151 align:start BUT BASICALLY IT WOULD HAVE 17:33.154 --> 17:35.286 align:start REALLY PROVIDED THE FOLKS LEFT 17:35.289 --> 17:36.421 align:start BEHIND THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS 17:36.424 --> 17:39.590 align:start REALLY, THEY WERE ABLE TO PICK 17:39.593 --> 17:40.224 align:start UP MORE ACCOUNTS AND BE MORE 17:40.227 --> 17:40.558 align:start PROFITABLE THAN THEY WERE 17:40.561 --> 17:43.728 align:start BEFORE. 17:43.731 --> 17:47.398 align:start SO REALLY IT'S JUST A MATTER OF 17:47.401 --> 17:47.699 align:start -- JUST EVEN THINGS OUT FOR 17:47.702 --> 17:48.633 align:start THEM. 17:48.636 --> 17:49.867 align:start >> MAJOR GROCERY CHAIN PULLED 17:49.870 --> 17:52.170 align:start OUT A FEW YEARS BACK. 17:52.173 --> 17:52.537 align:start THEN THE BANKS, NOW THE 17:52.540 --> 17:54.339 align:start HOSPITALS. 17:54.342 --> 17:55.306 align:start THAT HAS TO BE TOUGH AS FAR AS 17:55.309 --> 17:57.809 align:start PROMOTING THE CITY. 17:57.812 --> 17:59.277 align:start SO WHAT DO YOU TELL PEOPLE THAT 17:59.280 --> 18:01.312 align:start IS POSITIVE THAT MAY MAKE PEOPLE 18:01.315 --> 18:01.879 align:start THINK WE DO WANT TO REINVEST IN 18:01.882 --> 18:04.015 align:start THAT TOWN? 18:04.018 --> 18:05.516 align:start >> WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE 18:05.519 --> 18:07.151 align:start THINGS IS WE HAVE TO BE 18:07.154 --> 18:09.520 align:start REALISTIC IN WHO WE ARE. 18:09.523 --> 18:14.225 align:start OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 18:14.228 --> 18:14.592 align:start CITY, THE POPULATION 18,000 18:14.595 --> 18:18.129 align:start RESIDENTS. 18:18.132 --> 18:21.232 align:start I THINK THE BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR 18:21.235 --> 18:22.533 align:start US IS REALLY TO CONTINUE TO 18:22.536 --> 18:26.037 align:start FACILITATE CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC. 18:26.040 --> 18:27.572 align:start WE ESTIMATE THAT OVER 70% OF OUR 18:27.575 --> 18:28.506 align:start CITY SALES TAX REVENUE COMES 18:28.509 --> 18:30.475 align:start FROM ACROSS THE BORDER. 18:30.478 --> 18:30.775 align:start SO THAT IS A BIG COMPONENT OF 18:30.778 --> 18:32.043 align:start THAT. 18:32.046 --> 18:34.178 align:start THE OTHER INDUSTRY THAT WE HAVE 18:34.181 --> 18:36.347 align:start WHICH IS NOT REALLY AN INDUSTRY 18:36.350 --> 18:38.416 align:start BUT A MAJOR SECTOR IN THE 18:38.419 --> 18:40.018 align:start ECONOMY, IT'S GOVERNMENT. 18:40.021 --> 18:43.755 align:start UNFORTUNATELY, THE GOVERNMENT 18:43.758 --> 18:46.391 align:start SPENDING IS NOT INCREASING. 18:46.394 --> 18:48.660 align:start IT'S ACTUALLY DECREASING AT A 18:48.663 --> 18:50.328 align:start LEVEL OF MUNICIPAL, STATE AND 18:50.331 --> 18:52.864 align:start FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 18:52.867 --> 18:53.531 align:start AND WE'RE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON 18:53.534 --> 18:56.467 align:start THAT INDUSTRY. 18:56.470 --> 18:58.102 align:start SO YOU LOOK AT PRIOR TO THE 18:58.105 --> 18:59.604 align:start RECESSION, A LOT OF FOLKS WERE 18:59.607 --> 19:01.539 align:start SEEING AN INCREASE IN TERMS OF 19:01.542 --> 19:02.573 align:start CITY SALES TAX, CONSTRUCTION, WE 19:02.576 --> 19:04.475 align:start DIDN'T SEE THAT. 19:04.478 --> 19:06.244 align:start WE WERE AT THE TAIL END OF THAT. 19:06.247 --> 19:07.311 align:start SAW A LITTLE BIT OF AN 19:07.314 --> 19:10.481 align:start IMPROVEMENT BUT WE REALLY DID 19:10.484 --> 19:11.516 align:start NOT SEE A WHOLE LOT. 19:11.519 --> 19:13.518 align:start NOW, MOVING FORWARD WE'RE SAYING 19:13.521 --> 19:15.053 align:start WELL, THE ECONOMY IS PICKING UP. 19:15.056 --> 19:16.954 align:start RIGHT NOW WE MAY SEE AN INCREASE 19:16.957 --> 19:17.955 align:start IN TERMS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 19:17.958 --> 19:20.224 align:start THE U.S. 19:20.227 --> 19:23.528 align:start BUT REALLY, IT'S COMPENSATED 19:23.531 --> 19:24.562 align:start AGAIN BY THE PESO DEVALUATION 19:24.565 --> 19:26.331 align:start ACROSS THE LINE. 19:26.334 --> 19:27.965 align:start SO NOW WE MAKE A REDUCTION IN 19:27.968 --> 19:29.033 align:start THE TERMS COMING ACROSS AND 19:29.036 --> 19:30.401 align:start SHOPPING DOUGLAS. 19:30.404 --> 19:32.470 align:start THAT WILL BE AN IMPACT. 19:32.473 --> 19:34.639 align:start WE FEEL THAT WE GET THE SHORT 19:34.642 --> 19:35.873 align:start END OF THE STICK, NOT ONLY WHAT 19:35.876 --> 19:39.043 align:start HAPPENS IN THE U.S. ECONOMY BUT 19:39.046 --> 19:39.410 align:start ALSO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MEXICAN 19:39.413 --> 19:43.147 align:start ECONOMY. 19:43.150 --> 19:45.383 align:start >> YUMA IS KNOWN FOR ITS HEAT, 19:45.386 --> 19:47.752 align:start AGRICULTURE AND MILITARY. 19:47.755 --> 19:49.454 align:start AND SOME SAY IT'S MORE THAN A 19:49.457 --> 19:50.688 align:start PIT STOP TO SAN DIEGO. 19:50.691 --> 19:53.224 align:start >> DESCRIBE YUMA TO ME. 19:53.227 --> 19:57.595 align:start >> WELL, YUMA IS A COMMUNITY -- 19:57.598 --> 19:59.230 align:start I'M ORIGINALLY FROM THE MIDWEST. 19:59.233 --> 20:00.098 align:start AND YUMA HAS REALLY GROWN TO BE 20:00.101 --> 20:02.467 align:start A BIG COMMUNITY. 20:02.470 --> 20:03.434 align:start HOWEVER IT STILL MAINTAINED THE 20:03.437 --> 20:05.370 align:start FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE. 20:05.373 --> 20:07.472 align:start PEOPLE IN YUMA WORKED TOGETHER 20:07.475 --> 20:08.740 align:start LIKE NO OTHER PLACE I'VE BEEN. 20:08.743 --> 20:09.974 align:start OBVIOUSLY, THE PATRIOTISM AND 20:09.977 --> 20:11.476 align:start THE SUPPORT OF THE MILITARY THAT 20:11.479 --> 20:12.110 align:start IS REALLY KIND OF THE HEART OF 20:12.113 --> 20:14.846 align:start THE COMMUNITY. 20:14.849 --> 20:17.515 align:start EVERYBODY WORKS TOGETHER IN A 20:17.518 --> 20:20.418 align:start VERY PATRIOTIC COMMUNITY. 20:20.421 --> 20:21.886 align:start >> YUMA OFTEN GETS A BAD RAP. 20:21.889 --> 20:23.821 align:start IF YOU WERE TO DESCRIBE WHAT IT 20:23.824 --> 20:24.655 align:start REALLY MEANS AND WHAT IT MEANS 20:24.658 --> 20:29.227 align:start FOR YOU? 20:29.230 --> 20:31.896 align:start >> IN THE CITY OF YUMA OUR 20:31.899 --> 20:33.598 align:start EMPLOYMENT RATE IS 70% -- WE 20:33.601 --> 20:35.900 align:start TALK ABOUT SAN LUIS, WHICH IS A 20:35.903 --> 20:36.968 align:start BORDER TOWN. 20:36.971 --> 20:37.301 align:start THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES THERE ARE 20:37.304 --> 20:42.173 align:start HIGHER. 20:42.176 --> 20:42.874 align:start ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE 20:42.877 --> 20:48.646 align:start REALLY IS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO 20:48.649 --> 20:49.480 align:start WORK ON IS WE BROUGHT IN A JOINT 20:49.483 --> 20:50.948 align:start EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT. 20:50.951 --> 20:51.949 align:start TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE IN THE 20:51.952 --> 20:53.117 align:start RIGHT JOBS. 20:53.120 --> 20:56.187 align:start AND THEN OF COURSE, THE OTHER 20:56.190 --> 20:58.423 align:start THING IS WE ARE A HUGE AG 20:58.426 --> 20:59.590 align:start COMMUNITY, $3.2 BILLION A YEAR 20:59.593 --> 21:01.259 align:start IN AG PRODUCE. 21:01.262 --> 21:02.627 align:start AND JUST THAT CYCLE OF THE 21:02.630 --> 21:06.864 align:start UNEMPLOYMENT HURTS US AND THAT 21:06.867 --> 21:07.265 align:start IS JUST KIND OF THE NATURE OF AG 21:07.268 --> 21:10.301 align:start COMMUNITIES. 21:10.304 --> 21:12.437 align:start OUR EMPLOYMENT IS MUCH BETTER 21:12.440 --> 21:12.770 align:start FROM APRIL WHEN THEY'RE IN FULL 21:12.773 --> 21:14.639 align:start SWING. 21:14.642 --> 21:15.707 align:start >> AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED 3% 21:15.710 --> 21:17.909 align:start GROWTH IN SOME AREAS? 21:17.912 --> 21:19.410 align:start >> YEAH, FOR THE PAST THREE 21:19.413 --> 21:20.611 align:start YEARS WE HAVE HAD A 3% GROWTH IN 21:20.614 --> 21:21.979 align:start SOME AREAS. 21:21.982 --> 21:23.781 align:start SO WE'VE PRETTY MUCH RECOVERED. 21:23.784 --> 21:24.482 align:start THE RETAIL IS THE HIGHEST IT HAS 21:24.485 --> 21:26.718 align:start EVER BEEN. 21:26.721 --> 21:27.785 align:start ALL THE AREAS HAVE REALLY 21:27.788 --> 21:28.619 align:start RECOVERED EXCEPT FOR 21:28.622 --> 21:31.422 align:start CONSTRUCTION, AND CONSTRUCTION 21:31.425 --> 21:33.057 align:start WAS WAY, WAY OUT THERE. 21:33.060 --> 21:33.358 align:start AND WE DON'T EXPECT TO COME 21:33.361 --> 21:35.259 align:start BACK. 21:35.262 --> 21:36.728 align:start EVEN THAT IS COMING BACK SOME. 21:36.731 --> 21:37.628 align:start SO WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING PRETTY 21:37.631 --> 21:40.064 align:start GOOD RIGHT NOW. 21:40.067 --> 21:41.466 align:start >> YUMA ALSO HAS ITS FAIR SHARE 21:41.469 --> 21:42.600 align:start OF WINTER VISITORS, HOW 21:42.603 --> 21:46.237 align:start IMPORTANT ARE THEY FOR YOU? 21:46.240 --> 21:46.871 align:start >> WELL, THAT IS OUR NUMBER TWO. 21:46.874 --> 21:49.273 align:start YOU KNOW, FOR OUR ECONOMY. 21:49.276 --> 21:52.243 align:start THE CITY OF YUMA GOES FROM ABOUT 21:52.246 --> 21:52.577 align:start 100,000 TO PROBABLY BEEN 150 TO 21:52.580 --> 21:54.245 align:start 160,000. 21:54.248 --> 21:56.314 align:start AND THEN THE WHOLE AREA PROBABLY 21:56.317 --> 21:57.882 align:start INCREASES POPULATION, BY ABOUT 21:57.885 --> 21:59.917 align:start 80 TO 90,000. 21:59.920 --> 22:03.421 align:start OBVIOUSLY, THEY BRING IN A HUGE, 22:03.424 --> 22:03.755 align:start HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THE 22:03.758 --> 22:06.424 align:start ECONOMY. 22:06.427 --> 22:07.425 align:start IT'S BEAUTIFUL WEATHER IN YUMA 22:07.428 --> 22:09.360 align:start IN THE WINTER. 22:09.363 --> 22:10.762 align:start AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS ARE 22:10.765 --> 22:12.030 align:start HAPPENING ALL WINTER, SO THEY 22:12.033 --> 22:16.100 align:start ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR 22:16.103 --> 22:17.835 align:start ECONOMY COMING IN FROM CANADA 22:17.838 --> 22:22.807 align:start AND ALL OVER THE U.S. 22:22.810 --> 22:24.909 align:start >> AND THE MARINE CORPS STATION, 22:24.912 --> 22:27.011 align:start REALLY IMPROVING THE AREA -- 22:27.014 --> 22:27.979 align:start WHERE WOULD YOU BE WITHOUT 22:27.982 --> 22:29.881 align:start MILITARY INSTALLATION, PERIOD? 22:29.884 --> 22:31.516 align:start >> RIGHT, WHEN YOU COME TO YUMA, 22:31.519 --> 22:35.687 align:start WE'LL SHOW YOU THE CITY OF YUMA 22:35.690 --> 22:37.588 align:start AIRPLANE AND TELL YOU HOW WE 22:37.591 --> 22:38.856 align:start BROUGHT BACK THE MARINE CORPS 22:38.859 --> 22:39.490 align:start AIR STATION AFTER IT HAS BEEN 22:39.493 --> 22:40.892 align:start SHUT DOWN. 22:40.895 --> 22:41.793 align:start YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY THE HEART 22:41.796 --> 22:43.461 align:start OF THE COMMUNITY. 22:43.464 --> 22:44.796 align:start THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SO 22:44.799 --> 22:48.099 align:start SUPPORTIVE OF THE MILITARY, IT'S 22:48.102 --> 22:49.233 align:start A FIRST BASE TO GET THE NEW F-35 22:49.236 --> 22:51.536 align:start JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER. 22:51.539 --> 22:53.905 align:start AND NOW IT'S THE FIRST PLACE TO 22:53.908 --> 22:55.506 align:start HAVE AN OPERATIONAL SQUADRON. 22:55.509 --> 22:57.141 align:start WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE MARINES 22:57.144 --> 22:57.408 align:start THERE AND THE THINGS THAT THEY 22:57.411 --> 22:58.776 align:start DO. 22:58.779 --> 23:01.646 align:start ALL THE TRAINING THAT GOES ON 23:01.649 --> 23:02.780 align:start THERE WITH WEAPONS AND TACTICS 23:02.783 --> 23:05.917 align:start AND CONSTRUCTION COURSE. 23:05.920 --> 23:06.584 align:start AND IT'S THE BUSIEST BASE IN THE 23:06.587 --> 23:08.920 align:start MARINE CORPS. 23:08.923 --> 23:11.155 align:start >> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO 23:11.158 --> 23:13.024 align:start WOULDN'T THINK OF YUMA FOR SO 23:13.027 --> 23:13.825 align:start MANY DIFFERENT FACETS OF THE 23:13.828 --> 23:15.259 align:start ENVIRONMENT, LIFE-STYLE. 23:15.262 --> 23:16.995 align:start WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THAT? 23:16.998 --> 23:19.497 align:start >> I WOULD SAY COME AND VISIT. 23:19.500 --> 23:21.733 align:start WE HAVE EVERYTHING AND PUT IN 23:21.736 --> 23:22.033 align:start ABOUT $10 MILLION INTO A RIVER 23:22.036 --> 23:23.334 align:start FRONT. 23:23.337 --> 23:25.503 align:start THREE NEW BEACHES. 23:25.506 --> 23:27.105 align:start WE HAVE WETLANDS, BEAVER, A LOT 23:27.108 --> 23:27.872 align:start OF PEOPLE COME THERE YOU WOULD 23:27.875 --> 23:30.408 align:start NOT THINK. 23:30.411 --> 23:30.775 align:start BUT THEY COME THERE TO DO BIRD 23:30.778 --> 23:33.511 align:start WATCHING. 23:33.514 --> 23:35.880 align:start WE HAVE THE YUMA TERRITORIAL 23:35.883 --> 23:38.583 align:start PRISON, WHICH THE CITY NOW RUNS, 23:38.586 --> 23:40.485 align:start QUARTER MASTER DEPOT. 23:40.488 --> 23:41.886 align:start TONS OF GOLF COURSES, SO A LOT 23:41.889 --> 23:43.688 align:start OF THINGS HAPPEN THERE. 23:43.691 --> 23:44.889 align:start PEOPLE ARE SWIMMING ON THE RIVER 23:44.892 --> 23:47.558 align:start ALL THE TIME. 23:47.561 --> 23:47.925 align:start IN THE WINTER WE HAVE THE BLUES 23:47.928 --> 23:49.560 align:start FESTIVAL. 23:49.563 --> 23:50.128 align:start THERE ARE JUST A LOT OF THINGS 23:50.131 --> 23:51.729 align:start GOING ON. 23:51.732 --> 23:53.798 align:start PEOPLE NEED TO GET OFF THE 23:53.801 --> 23:55.166 align:start INTERSTATE AND COME AND SEE WHAT 23:55.169 --> 23:58.903 align:start IT IS ABOUT. 23:58.906 --> 24:01.339 align:start >> IN BETWEEN THE GRAND CANYON 24:01.342 --> 24:02.807 align:start AND FLAGSTAFF, PAGE MAY BE A NEW 24:02.810 --> 24:04.776 align:start THING FOR MANY. 24:04.779 --> 24:05.109 align:start HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE PAGE TO 24:05.112 --> 24:09.914 align:start PEOPLE? 24:09.917 --> 24:11.149 align:start >> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TIME RIGHT 24:11.152 --> 24:13.351 align:start ON THE STATE LINE OF UTAH. 24:13.354 --> 24:13.985 align:start WE HAVE LAKE POWELL, THE TOUR I 24:13.988 --> 24:18.489 align:start AM COMMUNITY. 24:18.492 --> 24:20.591 align:start >> #,000 PEOPLE -- 24:20.594 --> 24:21.159 align:start >> DESCRIBE THE SITUATION, THE 24:21.162 --> 24:24.295 align:start RETIREES -- 24:24.298 --> 24:26.164 align:start >> WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF 24:26.167 --> 24:26.698 align:start RETIREES, FAMILY-ORIENTED, THE 24:26.701 --> 24:29.033 align:start SERVICE COMMUNITY. 24:29.036 --> 24:31.169 align:start >> AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 24:31.172 --> 24:31.936 align:start TALKING ABOUT THE MINES STILL, 24:31.939 --> 24:33.638 align:start IN COLORADO. 24:33.641 --> 24:34.005 align:start HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOUR 24:34.008 --> 24:37.608 align:start COMMUNITY? 24:37.611 --> 24:40.144 align:start >> WE'RE ON THE SHORES OF LAKE 24:40.147 --> 24:42.914 align:start POWELL, IT IS IN OUR WATER 24:42.917 --> 24:44.949 align:start SYSTEM BUT SHOULD DISSIPATE 24:44.952 --> 24:46.784 align:start BEFORE IT EVEN COMES TO PAGE. 24:46.787 --> 24:47.151 align:start >> IS THAT A CONCERN IN YOUR 24:47.154 --> 24:48.619 align:start COMMUNITY? 24:48.622 --> 24:50.254 align:start >> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED 24:50.257 --> 24:50.988 align:start BUT WE'RE NOT CONCERNED. 24:50.991 --> 24:52.890 align:start >> SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THE 24:52.893 --> 24:55.960 align:start LEAGUE OF ARIZONA AND CITIES AND 24:55.963 --> 24:57.628 align:start TOWNS, HOW DOES THAT HELP MAYBE 24:57.631 --> 24:59.731 align:start NETWORK YOU WITH OTHER CITY 24:59.734 --> 25:00.131 align:start LEADERS AND EXPOSE YOU TO THE 25:00.134 --> 25:02.100 align:start COMMUNITIES? 25:02.103 --> 25:04.535 align:start >> I REALIZE COMING TO THESE 25:04.538 --> 25:05.570 align:start THINGS, ARIZONA IS TWO HOURS 25:05.573 --> 25:07.805 align:start NORTH OF FLAGSTAFF. 25:07.808 --> 25:08.906 align:start PEOPLE THINK THAT FLAGSTAFF IS 25:08.909 --> 25:09.540 align:start THE END OF THE STATE. 25:09.543 --> 25:11.743 align:start >> OR PAGE. 25:11.746 --> 25:13.644 align:start >> OR PAGE, SO I LIKE TO REMIND 25:13.647 --> 25:15.279 align:start PEOPLE PAGE IS UP HERE, AND GET 25:15.282 --> 25:16.047 align:start DOWN HERE, WE'RE FOUR HOURS FROM 25:16.050 --> 25:17.882 align:start THE CAPITAL. 25:17.885 --> 25:18.316 align:start IT'S GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE THAT WE 25:18.319 --> 25:19.717 align:start NORMALLY SEE. 25:19.720 --> 25:21.652 align:start >> ARE YOU ABLE TO LEARN A LOT 25:21.655 --> 25:21.919 align:start ABOUT THE WAY CITIES AND TOWNS 25:21.922 --> 25:24.722 align:start RUN? 25:24.725 --> 25:25.723 align:start >> THAT IS ONE OF OUR THINGS, 25:25.726 --> 25:27.825 align:start WHAT WE CALL BEST PRACTICES, 25:27.828 --> 25:28.660 align:start WHAT IS WORKING IN YOUR TOWN AND 25:28.663 --> 25:30.795 align:start OUR TOWN. 25:30.798 --> 25:32.397 align:start WE CAN'T COPY ALL THE ORDINANCES 25:32.400 --> 25:33.631 align:start BUT WE CAN FIND THE ONES THAT 25:33.634 --> 25:36.401 align:start WORK FOR OUR TOWN. 25:36.404 --> 25:37.769 align:start >> WHAT SORTS OF THINGS IS PAGE 25:37.772 --> 25:40.571 align:start EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW? 25:40.574 --> 25:41.673 align:start ARE THERE GROWTH, CHALLENGES? 25:41.676 --> 25:42.707 align:start >> OUR INTERNET CAPABILITIES 25:42.710 --> 25:44.609 align:start HAVE NOT BEEN THE BEST. 25:44.612 --> 25:45.710 align:start SO WE'RE WORKING ON BRINGING 25:45.713 --> 25:48.913 align:start INFRASTRUCTURE TO PAGE. 25:48.916 --> 25:50.281 align:start >> FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY WANT TO 25:50.284 --> 25:51.082 align:start VISIT PAGE WHAT IS THERE FOR US 25:51.085 --> 25:52.984 align:start TO SEE? 25:52.987 --> 25:56.621 align:start >> WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL THINGS. 25:56.624 --> 25:59.257 align:start ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS 25:59.260 --> 26:01.025 align:start HORSESHOE BAND, WE TALK ABOUT 26:01.028 --> 26:04.128 align:start THE GRAND CANYON. 26:04.131 --> 26:04.762 align:start THE PICTURE IS ACTUALLY 26:04.765 --> 26:05.263 align:start HORSESHOE BEND, WHICH IS 26:05.266 --> 26:06.864 align:start ACTUALLY IN PAGE. 26:06.867 --> 26:08.099 align:start >> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STILL 26:08.102 --> 26:10.001 align:start RECOVERING FROM THE RECESSION, 26:10.004 --> 26:10.335 align:start HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE 26:10.338 --> 26:12.070 align:start ECONOMY? 26:12.073 --> 26:14.706 align:start >> WE'RE A TOURISM ECONOMY AND 26:14.709 --> 26:15.073 align:start GET LOTS OF EUROPEAN AND ASIAN 26:15.076 --> 26:17.709 align:start TOURISTS. 26:17.712 --> 26:18.943 align:start WE DO VERY WELL, SINCE THE 26:18.946 --> 26:20.878 align:start AMERICAN DOLLAR IS DOWN WE'RE 26:20.881 --> 26:21.245 align:start DOING REALLY GOOD WITH FOREIGN 26:21.248 --> 26:22.547 align:start TOURISTS. 26:22.550 --> 26:24.682 align:start >> ANY PROJECTIONS FOR GROWTH IN 26:24.685 --> 26:27.618 align:start THE NEXT YEAR OR SO? 26:27.621 --> 26:29.954 align:start >> WE'RE PRETTY LANDLOCKED SO I 26:29.957 --> 26:31.122 align:start DON'T SEE A LOT OF GROWTH AS FAR 26:31.125 --> 26:34.192 align:start AS RESIDENTS. 26:34.195 --> 26:36.527 align:start BUT WE NEED WORK ON AFFORDABLE 26:36.530 --> 26:37.495 align:start HOUSING AND GET SOME YOUNG 26:37.498 --> 26:40.898 align:start PROFESSIONALS BACK IN THE TOWN. 26:40.901 --> 26:42.967 align:start >> BEING NEXT TO THE NAVAJO 26:42.970 --> 26:46.704 align:start RESERVATION ARE THERE CHALLENGES 26:46.707 --> 26:47.405 align:start YOUR TOWN FACES? 26:47.408 --> 26:48.339 align:start >> WE ARE A BORDER TOWN, AND 26:48.342 --> 26:50.174 align:start AGAIN THAT IS FEDERAL LAND. 26:50.177 --> 26:53.044 align:start SO AGAIN WE'RE SURROUNDED BY THE 26:53.047 --> 26:53.444 align:start FEDERAL LAND THAT MAKES US 26:53.447 --> 26:54.612 align:start LANDLOCKED. 26:54.615 --> 26:55.680 align:start AGAIN, THE RESERVATION IS ONE OF 26:55.683 --> 26:57.882 align:start THEM. 26:57.885 --> 26:59.784 align:start WHAT I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS 26:59.787 --> 27:03.488 align:start REACH OUT TO TUBA CITY. 27:03.491 --> 27:04.889 align:start I GREW UP IN PAGE, SO I WRESTLED 27:04.892 --> 27:06.424 align:start WITH THEM IN HIGH SCHOOL. 27:06.427 --> 27:07.458 align:start >> WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO GAIN 27:07.461 --> 27:09.160 align:start WHEN YOU REACH OUT? 27:09.163 --> 27:11.929 align:start >> WORKING TOGETHER, NO ALCOHOL 27:11.932 --> 27:12.330 align:start IS ALLOWED ON THE NAVAJO 27:12.333 --> 27:14.499 align:start RESERVATION. 27:14.502 --> 27:15.066 align:start SO WE GET A LOT OF THEIR 27:15.069 --> 27:17.568 align:start POPULATION IN TOWN. 27:17.571 --> 27:18.903 align:start >> TOURISM IS A BIG PART OF 27:18.906 --> 27:20.338 align:start PAGE'S ECONOMY. 27:20.341 --> 27:21.105 align:start ARE THERE APPROPRIATE 27:21.108 --> 27:22.840 align:start ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE GROWTH 27:22.843 --> 27:25.910 align:start THAT YOU HAVE SEEN? 27:25.913 --> 27:27.879 align:start >> SO WE HAVE HAD THREE HOTELS 27:27.882 --> 27:30.515 align:start OPEN THIS LAST TWO YEARS, AND 27:30.518 --> 27:31.883 align:start WOULD LIKE TO OPEN MORE, AND THE 27:31.886 --> 27:33.351 align:start HOTEL SAN DIEGO, WE WOULD LIKE 27:33.354 --> 27:35.653 align:start TO GET MORE HOTELS IN THERE. 27:35.656 --> 27:37.855 align:start THE PRICES ARE KIND OF EXPENSIVE 27:37.858 --> 27:39.123 align:start BUT WE HOPE THE HOTELS WILL 27:39.126 --> 27:40.458 align:start BRING THE PRICE DOWN. 27:40.461 --> 27:43.528 align:start THERE IS SOME BEAUTIFUL SCENERY. 27:43.531 --> 27:43.828 align:start AND THE NEXT TOWNS ARE 160 MILES 27:43.831 --> 27:45.663 align:start AWAY. 27:45.666 --> 27:47.999 align:start WE HAVE LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL LAND 27:48.002 --> 27:49.400 align:start AROUND US FOR SCENERY. 27:49.403 --> 27:49.867 align:start LOTS OF PHOTOGRAPHY 27:49.870 --> 27:51.135 align:start OPPORTUNITIES. 27:51.138 --> 27:51.369 align:start >> AND THAT IS OUR PROGRAM.