1 00:00:08,208 --> 00:00:09,907 . 2 00:00:09,910 --> 00:00:11,576 >>> WITH 28 THOUSAND HOMES TO BE 3 00:00:11,579 --> 00:00:16,314 SOMEWHAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 4 00:00:16,317 --> 00:00:19,150 50 TO 70,000 IN GROWTH. 5 00:00:19,153 --> 00:00:21,919 >> LOCAL LEADERS FROM ALL OVER 6 00:00:21,922 --> 00:00:23,254 THE STATE GATHER IN TUCSON FOR 7 00:00:23,257 --> 00:00:28,493 AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE. 8 00:00:28,496 --> 00:00:30,461 >> PROJECTED TO BE 20,000 HOMES, 9 00:00:30,464 --> 00:00:31,963 WITH SOMEWHERE IN THE 10 00:00:31,966 --> 00:00:32,296 NEIGHBORHOOD OF 50 TO 70 IN 11 00:00:32,299 --> 00:00:34,399 GROWTH. 12 00:00:34,402 --> 00:00:37,368 >>> HOW THE LEAGUE OF ARIZONA 13 00:00:37,371 --> 00:00:37,802 CITIES AND TOWNS CONNECT 14 00:00:37,805 --> 00:00:40,038 COMMUNITIES. 15 00:00:40,041 --> 00:00:41,272 >> THIS IS OVER A THOUSAND 16 00:00:41,275 --> 00:00:42,040 PEOPLE ATTENDING THIS CONFERENCE 17 00:00:42,043 --> 00:00:44,275 EVERY YEAR. 18 00:00:44,278 --> 00:00:46,811 AND IT REALLY HAS BECOME A MUST 19 00:00:46,814 --> 00:00:47,745 ATTEND FOR PEOPLE IN THE 20 00:00:47,748 --> 00:00:55,019 GOVERNMENT SECTOR. 21 00:00:55,022 --> 00:01:01,993 >> FROM THE J.W. MARRIOTT TUCSON 22 00:01:01,996 --> 00:01:04,729 AND SPA RESORT, THIS IS "ARIZONA 23 00:01:04,732 --> 00:01:06,297 WEEK." 24 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:06,698 >>> HELLO, AND THANK YOU FOR 25 00:01:06,701 --> 00:01:11,703 JOINING US. 26 00:01:11,706 --> 00:01:14,138 WE'RE IN WEST TUCSON AT THE J.W. 27 00:01:14,141 --> 00:01:16,140 MARRIOTT TUCSON SPA, THIS WEEK 28 00:01:16,143 --> 00:01:20,144 LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE ARE 29 00:01:20,147 --> 00:01:22,747 HERE FOR THEIR ANNUAL CONCERTS. 30 00:01:22,750 --> 00:01:23,147 ARIZONA, 91 MUNICIPALITIES ARE 31 00:01:23,150 --> 00:01:25,016 REPRESENTED. 32 00:01:25,019 --> 00:01:28,319 HERE IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE 33 00:01:28,322 --> 00:01:28,920 LEAGUE OF CITY AND TOWNS. 34 00:01:28,923 --> 00:01:30,221 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 35 00:01:30,224 --> 00:01:31,689 >> YES, MY PLEASURE. 36 00:01:31,692 --> 00:01:33,057 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THE 37 00:01:33,060 --> 00:01:35,026 SERVICES ARE OFFERED TO THE 38 00:01:35,029 --> 00:01:36,027 PEOPLE WHO COME HERE, THE 39 00:01:36,030 --> 00:01:37,628 MUNICIPALITIES THIS WEEKEND. 40 00:01:37,631 --> 00:01:40,098 >> WELL, THIS CONFERENCE HAS 41 00:01:40,101 --> 00:01:41,265 REALLY GROWN OVER THE YEARS TO 42 00:01:41,268 --> 00:01:43,301 BE THE PREMIER GOVERNMENT 43 00:01:43,304 --> 00:01:44,802 CONFERENCE, NOT JUST CITY AND 44 00:01:44,805 --> 00:01:46,237 TOWN, BUT PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY FROM 45 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:46,904 THE STATE AND COUNTY 46 00:01:46,907 --> 00:01:48,339 GOVERNMENTS, FROM BASICALLY 47 00:01:48,342 --> 00:01:48,740 TODAY EVEN FROM THE FEDERAL 48 00:01:48,743 --> 00:01:49,807 GOVERNMENT. 49 00:01:49,810 --> 00:01:52,477 THEY ALL LIKE TO COME HERE 50 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:53,644 BECAUSE THIS IS SORT OF WHERE 51 00:01:53,647 --> 00:01:55,880 YOU CAN CATCH UP ON EVERYTHING 52 00:01:55,883 --> 00:01:57,115 THAT IS GOING ON IN THE PUBLIC 53 00:01:57,118 --> 00:01:57,515 SECTOR AT EVERY LEVEL OF 54 00:01:57,518 --> 00:01:59,150 GOVERNMENT. 55 00:01:59,153 --> 00:02:01,052 AND IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE NUMBER 56 00:02:01,055 --> 00:02:03,688 OF CLASSES, BREAKOUT SESSIONS 57 00:02:03,691 --> 00:02:05,423 THAT WE HAVE, WE USUALLY HAVE 58 00:02:05,426 --> 00:02:07,125 FIVE OR SIX GOING AT ANY ONE 59 00:02:07,128 --> 00:02:08,393 TIME AND FOUR OF THOSE SESSIONS 60 00:02:08,396 --> 00:02:08,793 OVER THE COURSE OF THIS 61 00:02:08,796 --> 00:02:10,094 CONFERENCE. 62 00:02:10,097 --> 00:02:11,362 SO THERE ARE MANY, MANY 63 00:02:11,365 --> 00:02:12,964 OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PEOPLE TO 64 00:02:12,967 --> 00:02:14,866 REALLY DRILL DOWN IN THE THINGS 65 00:02:14,869 --> 00:02:16,234 THAT ARE CHALLENGING, THEIR 66 00:02:16,237 --> 00:02:17,702 COMMUNITIES AND HAVE ANSWERS AND 67 00:02:17,705 --> 00:02:18,736 OF COURSE HAVE LOTS OF 68 00:02:18,739 --> 00:02:20,204 OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET WITH OTHER 69 00:02:20,207 --> 00:02:21,706 CITY LEADERS WHO ARE GOING 70 00:02:21,709 --> 00:02:22,674 THROUGH THE SAME CHALLENGES THAT 71 00:02:22,677 --> 00:02:24,609 THEY'RE EXPERIENCING. 72 00:02:24,612 --> 00:02:26,010 THIS IS OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE 73 00:02:26,013 --> 00:02:26,310 ATTENDING THIS CONFERENCE EVERY 74 00:02:26,313 --> 00:02:28,246 YEAR. 75 00:02:28,249 --> 00:02:29,647 AND IT'S REALLY BECOME A 76 00:02:29,650 --> 00:02:30,348 MUST-ATTEND FOR PEOPLE IN THE 77 00:02:30,351 --> 00:02:32,116 GOVERNMENT SECTOR. 78 00:02:32,119 --> 00:02:33,818 >> WE'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF 79 00:02:33,821 --> 00:02:35,887 SMALLER GOVERNMENTS HERE WHO 80 00:02:35,890 --> 00:02:37,388 WILL SAY THEY FEEL SUPPORTED BY 81 00:02:37,391 --> 00:02:38,356 BEING EXPOSED TO ALL OF THESE 82 00:02:38,359 --> 00:02:42,060 OTHER BIG CITIES. 83 00:02:42,063 --> 00:02:42,794 IS THAT WHAT YOU WOULD SAY IS 84 00:02:42,797 --> 00:02:43,094 MAYBE THE GOAL OF SOMETHING LIKE 85 00:02:43,097 --> 00:02:44,796 THAT? 86 00:02:44,799 --> 00:02:45,630 >> WELL, I THINK THAT IS ONE OF 87 00:02:45,633 --> 00:02:47,765 THE GOALS. 88 00:02:47,768 --> 00:02:49,500 BUT THERE IS ALSO THE VALUE BIG 89 00:02:49,503 --> 00:02:51,769 CITIES GET OUT OF THIS, TOO, 90 00:02:51,772 --> 00:02:53,371 WHICH IS TO TALK TO OTHER CITIES 91 00:02:53,374 --> 00:02:54,739 AND SMALL CITIES WHO ARE HAVING 92 00:02:54,742 --> 00:02:56,140 THE SAME CHALLENGES THEY ARE 93 00:02:56,143 --> 00:02:57,742 JUST ON A DIFFERENT SCALE. 94 00:02:57,745 --> 00:02:59,077 BUT WE TRY TO HAVE ENOUGH 95 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:00,712 PROGRAM VARIETY THAT IT APPEALS 96 00:03:00,715 --> 00:03:05,516 TO EVERYONE, WHETHER YOU'RE FROM 97 00:03:05,519 --> 00:03:06,517 A LARGE CITY OR SMALL CITY. 98 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:07,151 AND BY AND LARGE WHEN YOU GET TO 99 00:03:07,154 --> 00:03:08,820 THE ISSUES THAT DEAL WITH 100 00:03:08,823 --> 00:03:12,824 MUNICIPALITIES AND SHARED 101 00:03:12,827 --> 00:03:14,258 REVENUE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 102 00:03:14,261 --> 00:03:14,993 AND TRANSPORTATION THOSE ARE ALL 103 00:03:14,996 --> 00:03:15,660 THE SAME ISSUES THAT EVERY CITY 104 00:03:15,663 --> 00:03:17,462 FACES THEY'RE JUST SCALED A 105 00:03:17,465 --> 00:03:20,164 LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING 106 00:03:20,167 --> 00:03:20,465 ON YOUR POPULATION AND LAND MASS 107 00:03:20,468 --> 00:03:22,300 SIZE. 108 00:03:22,303 --> 00:03:23,334 >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE 109 00:03:23,337 --> 00:03:23,668 ARIZONA'S OVERALL ECONOMIC 110 00:03:23,671 --> 00:03:25,336 PICTURE? 111 00:03:25,339 --> 00:03:26,904 >> WELL, I THINK IT'S BETTER 112 00:03:26,907 --> 00:03:27,705 THAN IT WAS AND IT'S NOT WHERE 113 00:03:27,708 --> 00:03:29,173 IT SHOULD BE YET. 114 00:03:29,176 --> 00:03:30,508 IT'S RECOVERING BUT IT'S 115 00:03:30,511 --> 00:03:31,976 RECOVERING AT A SLOWER PACE. 116 00:03:31,979 --> 00:03:33,611 AND ESPECIALLY WE'RE SEEING THAT 117 00:03:33,614 --> 00:03:35,680 AT THE CITY AND TOWN LEVEL. 118 00:03:35,683 --> 00:03:39,283 THERE ARE MANY CITIES THAT HAD 119 00:03:39,286 --> 00:03:41,052 MAJOR CUTBACKS DURING THE HEIGHT 120 00:03:41,055 --> 00:03:42,453 OF THE RECESSION. 121 00:03:42,456 --> 00:03:44,789 AND THEY'RE STILL FOR THE BACK 122 00:03:44,792 --> 00:03:49,360 TO PRE-RECESSION LEVELS IN THEIR 123 00:03:49,363 --> 00:03:49,827 BUDGETS OR EVEN IN THEIR 124 00:03:49,830 --> 00:03:50,561 STAFFING LEVELS. 125 00:03:50,564 --> 00:03:52,764 PART OF THAT HAS CAUSED PEOPLE 126 00:03:52,767 --> 00:03:53,798 TO HAVE TO DO MORE WITH LESS, BE 127 00:03:53,801 --> 00:03:55,333 MORE EFFICIENT AND INNOVATIVE 128 00:03:55,336 --> 00:03:57,535 AND THAT MAY HAVE RESULTED IN 129 00:03:57,538 --> 00:03:59,170 BETTER USE OF TAX DOLLARS SO 130 00:03:59,173 --> 00:04:00,772 THAT WAS NOT ALL ENTIRELY BAD. 131 00:04:00,775 --> 00:04:02,173 BUT STILL WHEN THE PROGRAMS ARE 132 00:04:02,176 --> 00:04:03,708 CUT AND NOT BROUGHT BACK YOU 133 00:04:03,711 --> 00:04:05,443 KNOW THE PUBLIC MISSES OUT ON 134 00:04:05,446 --> 00:04:06,844 SOMEWHERE THINGS. 135 00:04:06,847 --> 00:04:08,379 SO I THINK WE'RE CAUTIOUS THAT 136 00:04:08,382 --> 00:04:09,981 THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER. 137 00:04:09,984 --> 00:04:11,315 BUT WE ALSO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 138 00:04:11,318 --> 00:04:13,217 SOME OF THE POLICY DECISIONS 139 00:04:13,220 --> 00:04:15,153 MADE AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT ARE 140 00:04:15,156 --> 00:04:15,486 STILL AFFECTING CITIES AND 141 00:04:15,489 --> 00:04:16,854 TOWNS. 142 00:04:16,857 --> 00:04:18,890 >> A BIG COMPONENT OF THIS 143 00:04:18,893 --> 00:04:19,524 CONFERENCE IS TALKING 144 00:04:19,527 --> 00:04:21,059 LEGISLATIVELY WHAT THE 145 00:04:21,062 --> 00:04:21,459 LEGISLATOR CAN DO FOR A 146 00:04:21,462 --> 00:04:21,826 COMMUNITY. 147 00:04:21,829 --> 00:04:22,927 >> RIGHT. 148 00:04:22,930 --> 00:04:24,562 >> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE 149 00:04:24,565 --> 00:04:25,663 MAJOR TAKEAWAY FROM THOSE 150 00:04:25,666 --> 00:04:27,231 DISCUSSIONS AT THIS POINT? 151 00:04:27,234 --> 00:04:30,201 >> YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER ONE 152 00:04:30,204 --> 00:04:32,437 THING THAT WE WOULD TELL THE 153 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,138 LEGISLATURE IF THEY WOULD JUST 154 00:04:34,141 --> 00:04:36,174 DO NOTHING AS FAR AS CITIES AND 155 00:04:36,177 --> 00:04:37,709 TOWNS ARE CONCERNED. 156 00:04:37,712 --> 00:04:40,345 BECAUSE USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS 157 00:04:40,348 --> 00:04:41,612 WHEN CITY AND TOWN LEGISLATION 158 00:04:41,615 --> 00:04:43,247 COMES UP, IT'S SOMEBODY THAT 159 00:04:43,250 --> 00:04:45,817 WANTS TO LIMIT AUTHORITY AND 160 00:04:45,820 --> 00:04:47,285 TAKE AWAY BENEFITS, BENEFIT 161 00:04:47,288 --> 00:04:49,620 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS. 162 00:04:49,623 --> 00:04:51,222 SO FOR THE MOST PART WE OPERATE 163 00:04:51,225 --> 00:04:53,091 QUITE WELL ON OUR OWN AND WE 164 00:04:53,094 --> 00:04:54,092 LIKE TO DO THAT. 165 00:04:54,095 --> 00:04:55,760 WE PROVIDE VERY DIFFERENT 166 00:04:55,763 --> 00:04:56,794 SERVICES THAN THE STATE AND 167 00:04:56,797 --> 00:04:59,197 COUNTY GOVERNMENT. 168 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:00,732 AND GENERALLY, WE OPPOSE 169 00:05:00,735 --> 00:05:01,199 LEGISLATION RATHER THAN RUN 170 00:05:01,202 --> 00:05:04,302 LEGISLATION. 171 00:05:04,305 --> 00:05:05,536 SO IT -- WE'RE TENDING TO PLAY 172 00:05:05,539 --> 00:05:07,171 DEFENSE MOST OF THE TIME. 173 00:05:07,174 --> 00:05:09,140 SO THE NUMBER ONE ADVICE I WOULD 174 00:05:09,143 --> 00:05:11,042 SAY IS IF YOU SEE A BILL THAT 175 00:05:11,045 --> 00:05:12,310 AFFECTS CITIES AND TOWNS IT'S 176 00:05:12,313 --> 00:05:14,245 PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING THAT IS 177 00:05:14,248 --> 00:05:15,613 DOING MORE GOOD FOR CITIES AND 178 00:05:15,616 --> 00:05:16,214 TOWNS THAN THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE 179 00:05:16,217 --> 00:05:18,416 IN THEM. 180 00:05:18,419 --> 00:05:20,218 >> IS THERE A DISCONNECT BETWEEN 181 00:05:20,221 --> 00:05:20,518 LEGISLATORS AND CITY LEADERS 182 00:05:20,521 --> 00:05:22,320 THEN? 183 00:05:22,323 --> 00:05:24,022 >> IN MANY WAYS IT'S A MATTER OF 184 00:05:24,025 --> 00:05:25,890 JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING. 185 00:05:25,893 --> 00:05:27,091 BECAUSE SO FEW STATE LEGISLATORS 186 00:05:27,094 --> 00:05:27,492 HAVE HAD LOCAL GOVERNMENT 187 00:05:27,495 --> 00:05:30,428 EXPERIENCE. 188 00:05:30,431 --> 00:05:33,665 SO A LARGE PART OF WHAT MY STAFF 189 00:05:33,668 --> 00:05:35,066 AND I END UP DOING IS SIMPLY 190 00:05:35,069 --> 00:05:37,435 EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT HERE IS 191 00:05:37,438 --> 00:05:39,570 HOW YOUR CITY OPERATES, HERE IS 192 00:05:39,573 --> 00:05:41,639 WHAT THEY DO AND GET THEIR 193 00:05:41,642 --> 00:05:42,440 REVENUE. 194 00:05:42,443 --> 00:05:43,875 BECAUSE WE GET DIFFERENT REVENUE 195 00:05:43,878 --> 00:05:45,410 FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES THAN THE 196 00:05:45,413 --> 00:05:47,111 STATE GETS REVENUE. 197 00:05:47,114 --> 00:05:48,613 SO THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF THE 198 00:05:48,616 --> 00:05:50,515 IMPACT OF THEIR DECISIONS. 199 00:05:50,518 --> 00:05:52,250 SO A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS 200 00:05:52,253 --> 00:05:53,251 EXPLAIN WHAT AND HOW WE'RE DOING 201 00:05:53,254 --> 00:05:56,154 IT TO STATE LEGISLATORS. 202 00:05:56,157 --> 00:05:56,621 >> EARLIER YOU MENTIONED 203 00:05:56,624 --> 00:05:59,457 TRANSPORTATION. 204 00:05:59,460 --> 00:06:00,892 HOW BIG A COMPONENT IS THE 205 00:06:00,895 --> 00:06:03,094 TRANSPORTATION FOR A LARGE CITY 206 00:06:03,097 --> 00:06:04,862 OR SMALL CITY? 207 00:06:04,865 --> 00:06:07,598 >> IT IS CENTRAL TO EVERYTHING 208 00:06:07,601 --> 00:06:07,899 THAT GOES ON IN CITIES AND 209 00:06:07,902 --> 00:06:09,734 TOWNS. 210 00:06:09,737 --> 00:06:13,271 AND FOR YEARS WE HAVE HAD THE 211 00:06:13,274 --> 00:06:15,139 BATTLE ABOUT THE FUNDS AND THE 212 00:06:15,142 --> 00:06:17,909 CONSTANT REDUCTION OF FUNDS, 213 00:06:17,912 --> 00:06:19,677 DIVERTING THAT L-TAFF AND OTHER 214 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,279 FUNDS ELIMINATED THAT USED TO 215 00:06:21,282 --> 00:06:23,648 PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR MASS 216 00:06:23,651 --> 00:06:25,917 TRANSIT OR FOR DIAL-A-RIDE OR 217 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:26,317 LOCAL BUS SERVICES, THINGS LIKE 218 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:28,886 THAT. 219 00:06:28,889 --> 00:06:30,455 SO NOT ONLY ROAD MAINTENANCE AND 220 00:06:30,458 --> 00:06:31,923 STREET MAINTENANCE BUT ALSO THE 221 00:06:31,926 --> 00:06:35,960 OTHER KIND OF TRANSPORTATION 222 00:06:35,963 --> 00:06:36,260 SOURCES HAVE BEEN DRYING UP OVER 223 00:06:36,263 --> 00:06:36,995 TIME. 224 00:06:36,998 --> 00:06:39,297 AND THAT REALLY DOES AFFECT THE 225 00:06:39,300 --> 00:06:39,731 QUALITY OF LIFE, LIVEABILITY OF 226 00:06:39,734 --> 00:06:41,432 COMMUNITIES. 227 00:06:41,435 --> 00:06:43,067 >> SPEAK OF QUALITY OF LIFE 228 00:06:43,070 --> 00:06:45,536 EDUCATION CONTINUES TO LAG IN 229 00:06:45,539 --> 00:06:45,837 THE NUMBERS THROUGHOUT THE 230 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:48,673 STATE. 231 00:06:48,676 --> 00:06:50,041 HOW DO YOU SORT OF RALLY THE 232 00:06:50,044 --> 00:06:53,411 LEGISLATORS TO TELL PEOPLE THAT 233 00:06:53,414 --> 00:06:53,678 THIS IS STILL THE PLACE TO MOVE 234 00:06:53,681 --> 00:06:56,080 TO? 235 00:06:56,083 --> 00:06:58,049 >> WELL, EDUCATION IS VITALLY 236 00:06:58,052 --> 00:06:58,349 IMPORTANT TO THE HEALTH OF OUR 237 00:06:58,352 --> 00:06:59,617 TOWNS. 238 00:06:59,620 --> 00:07:01,185 BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT 239 00:07:01,188 --> 00:07:01,519 CITIES HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER IN 240 00:07:01,522 --> 00:07:03,388 ARIZONA. 241 00:07:03,391 --> 00:07:05,857 SO I THINK THE MOST WE CAN DO IN 242 00:07:05,860 --> 00:07:07,158 EDUCATION IS TO HELP RALLY 243 00:07:07,161 --> 00:07:08,693 PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR QUALITY 244 00:07:08,696 --> 00:07:11,362 EDUCATION AND OBVIOUSLY, THAT 245 00:07:11,365 --> 00:07:13,364 HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON ECONOMIC 246 00:07:13,367 --> 00:07:17,969 DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS REALLY 247 00:07:17,972 --> 00:07:18,369 WHERE CITIES AND EDUCATION 248 00:07:18,372 --> 00:07:21,739 INTERFACE. 249 00:07:21,742 --> 00:07:23,141 >> BENTON IS A SMALL TOWN ALONG 250 00:07:23,144 --> 00:07:24,976 INTERSTATE 10 AND THE POTENTIAL 251 00:07:24,979 --> 00:07:28,246 FOR GROWTH IS LOOMING. 252 00:07:28,249 --> 00:07:30,048 TONY KING, THE MAYOR OF BENSON 253 00:07:30,051 --> 00:07:30,381 AND BILL STEVENS, THE CITY 254 00:07:30,384 --> 00:07:31,115 MANAGER. 255 00:07:31,118 --> 00:07:31,549 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. 256 00:07:31,552 --> 00:07:32,850 >> THANK YOU. 257 00:07:32,853 --> 00:07:34,719 >> BILL, LET'S START WITH YOU. 258 00:07:34,722 --> 00:07:36,754 HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE 259 00:07:36,757 --> 00:07:40,725 ECONOMY IN BENSON? 260 00:07:40,728 --> 00:07:44,028 >> LIKE MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS 261 00:07:44,031 --> 00:07:46,264 AMERICA, THE DOWNTURN IN OUR 262 00:07:46,267 --> 00:07:46,898 COUNTRY HAS IMPACTED BENSON, AS 263 00:07:46,901 --> 00:07:48,099 WELL. 264 00:07:48,102 --> 00:07:50,168 BENSON IS A SMALL COMMUNITY. 265 00:07:50,171 --> 00:07:53,338 SO THE DIVERSITY OF BUSINESSES 266 00:07:53,341 --> 00:07:53,705 IS NOT AS GREAT AS IN A LARGER 267 00:07:53,708 --> 00:07:54,972 COMMUNITY. 268 00:07:54,975 --> 00:07:55,340 SO IT PAID A HEAVY TOLL 269 00:07:55,343 --> 00:07:57,975 INITIALLY. 270 00:07:57,978 --> 00:07:59,210 THE GOOD NEWS IS, OUR ECONOMY IS 271 00:07:59,213 --> 00:08:00,812 BEGINNING TO SLOWLY RECOVER, 272 00:08:00,815 --> 00:08:02,246 EVEN GETTING BETTER HERE IN THE 273 00:08:02,249 --> 00:08:04,515 LAST YEAR AND A HALF. 274 00:08:04,518 --> 00:08:07,185 AND IT'S ALSO IMPROVING IN 275 00:08:07,188 --> 00:08:10,588 BENSON, AND THE EXCITING PART 276 00:08:10,591 --> 00:08:12,490 ABOUT BENSON, RELATIVE TO THE 277 00:08:12,493 --> 00:08:14,859 ECONOMY IS THAT IT'S KEY AND 278 00:08:14,862 --> 00:08:18,963 LOCATED CENTRALLY RIGHT ON 279 00:08:18,966 --> 00:08:20,798 INTERSTATE 10. 280 00:08:20,801 --> 00:08:21,466 AND IT'S BETWEEN SIERRA VISTA 281 00:08:21,469 --> 00:08:24,335 AND TUCSON. 282 00:08:24,338 --> 00:08:24,702 SO YOU CAN GO IN EITHER 283 00:08:24,705 --> 00:08:26,671 DIRECTION. 284 00:08:26,674 --> 00:08:29,073 SO WE HAVE THE STATE PARK AND 285 00:08:29,076 --> 00:08:30,174 HAVE A NUMBER OF VISITORS THAT 286 00:08:30,177 --> 00:08:32,577 COME THERE. 287 00:08:32,580 --> 00:08:33,411 SO OUR ECONOMY IS BEGINNING TO 288 00:08:33,414 --> 00:08:36,481 IMPROVE QUITE A BIT. 289 00:08:36,484 --> 00:08:38,149 AND I BELIEVE -- AND WE'LL TALK 290 00:08:38,152 --> 00:08:40,018 A LITTLE LATER ABOUT SOME OF THE 291 00:08:40,021 --> 00:08:41,719 THINGS GOING ON IN BENSON THAT I 292 00:08:41,722 --> 00:08:43,721 THINK ARE BEGINNING TO IMPROVE 293 00:08:43,724 --> 00:08:45,723 THE PROJECTED ECONOMY FOR THE 294 00:08:45,726 --> 00:08:48,626 FUTURE, HOPEFULLY FOR THE NEXT 295 00:08:48,629 --> 00:08:50,061 15 TO 20 YEARS AT LEAST. 296 00:08:50,064 --> 00:08:52,597 >> MAYOR KING, YOU HAVE BEEN 297 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:52,897 THERE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN 298 00:08:52,900 --> 00:08:53,765 BILL. 299 00:08:53,768 --> 00:08:55,867 >> YES, I HAVE. 300 00:08:55,870 --> 00:08:57,402 >> YOU HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE 301 00:08:57,405 --> 00:08:59,804 AND I IMAGINE YOU'RE QUITE 302 00:08:59,807 --> 00:09:00,171 HOPEFUL FOR THE SHORT-TERM AND 303 00:09:00,174 --> 00:09:02,407 LONG-TERM? 304 00:09:02,410 --> 00:09:03,908 >> OH, YES, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME 305 00:09:03,911 --> 00:09:04,208 SAYING, IT'S BEEN MY DREAM FOR 306 00:09:04,211 --> 00:09:09,313 YEARS. 307 00:09:09,316 --> 00:09:12,617 THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE HAD -- 308 00:09:12,620 --> 00:09:14,652 IN MID-2007 AND 2008 BEFORE THE 309 00:09:14,655 --> 00:09:16,788 DOWNFALL OF THE ECONOMY, WE HAD 310 00:09:16,791 --> 00:09:18,990 A DREAM OF THE COMMUNITY AND 311 00:09:18,993 --> 00:09:20,658 THEN THE DOWNFALL CAME IN AND IT 312 00:09:20,661 --> 00:09:24,996 ALL LEFT. 313 00:09:24,999 --> 00:09:28,032 NOW, I'M IN MY 14th YEAR. 314 00:09:28,035 --> 00:09:29,200 THE DREAM HAS COME BACK, AND I 315 00:09:29,203 --> 00:09:30,368 BELIEVE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT IT 316 00:09:30,371 --> 00:09:32,470 IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN. 317 00:09:32,473 --> 00:09:34,172 AND I THINK THAT IT WILL ENHANCE 318 00:09:34,175 --> 00:09:35,640 THE COMMUNITY TO THE POINT WHERE 319 00:09:35,643 --> 00:09:38,009 IT WILL BE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 320 00:09:38,012 --> 00:09:39,410 >> YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE 321 00:09:39,413 --> 00:09:41,179 TUSCAN STYLE LIVING. 322 00:09:41,182 --> 00:09:42,313 I BELIEVE 28,000 HOMES IS THE 323 00:09:42,316 --> 00:09:43,114 PROJECTION, IS THAT CORRECT? 324 00:09:43,117 --> 00:09:44,248 >> IT IS. 325 00:09:44,251 --> 00:09:45,850 >> SLIGHTLY CONTROVERSIAL, THERE 326 00:09:45,853 --> 00:09:46,984 IS A CONCERN OVER THE WATER 327 00:09:46,987 --> 00:09:48,686 RESOURCES IN THAT COMMUNITY. 328 00:09:48,689 --> 00:09:50,188 BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE 329 00:09:50,191 --> 00:09:51,789 REALLY EXCITED FOR WHAT THIS 330 00:09:51,792 --> 00:09:52,824 COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE AND 331 00:09:52,827 --> 00:09:53,725 ECONOMY AND OVERALL GROWTH OF 332 00:09:53,728 --> 00:09:56,928 THE TOWN? 333 00:09:56,931 --> 00:09:58,262 >> YES, AND ON THE WATER SIDE OF 334 00:09:58,265 --> 00:09:59,931 IT, WE HAVE HAD MANY STUDIES 335 00:09:59,934 --> 00:10:02,900 DONE ON THE WATER SIDE OF IT. 336 00:10:02,903 --> 00:10:04,635 I'M VERY CONFIDENT AS MAYOR -- 337 00:10:04,638 --> 00:10:06,504 AND I WOULDN'T SAY IT UNLESS I 338 00:10:06,507 --> 00:10:06,804 TRULY MEAN IT, THAT THE WATER IS 339 00:10:06,807 --> 00:10:09,407 THERE. 340 00:10:09,410 --> 00:10:11,642 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE A 341 00:10:11,645 --> 00:10:13,611 LASTING THING FOR BENSON. 342 00:10:13,614 --> 00:10:16,948 VERSUS 60,000 HOMES AS 343 00:10:16,951 --> 00:10:20,718 ORIGINALLY PLANNED DOWN TO 344 00:10:20,721 --> 00:10:24,889 28,000, THERE WAS A HUGE 345 00:10:24,892 --> 00:10:25,490 CONSERVE -- PART OF CONSERVING 346 00:10:25,493 --> 00:10:27,225 WATER RIGHT THERE. 347 00:10:27,228 --> 00:10:28,960 WE'RE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE 348 00:10:28,963 --> 00:10:30,795 IN WHAT WE'RE DOING SO THERE IS 349 00:10:30,798 --> 00:10:31,629 A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WAS 350 00:10:31,632 --> 00:10:33,831 ORIGINALLY PLANNED. 351 00:10:33,834 --> 00:10:37,468 >> BILL RIGHT NOW THERE ARE 352 00:10:37,471 --> 00:10:41,572 28,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN BENSON. 353 00:10:41,575 --> 00:10:43,007 28,000 HOMES, COULD MORE THAN AT 354 00:10:43,010 --> 00:10:45,977 LEAST DOUBLE THE POPULATION. 355 00:10:45,980 --> 00:10:46,744 HOW DOES IT CHANGE THE DYNAMICS 356 00:10:46,747 --> 00:10:49,480 OF THE TOWN? 357 00:10:49,483 --> 00:10:52,083 >> THE DYNAMICS DO CHANGE, SUCH 358 00:10:52,086 --> 00:10:54,052 AS IN THE CITY OF MARICOPA 359 00:10:54,055 --> 00:10:56,554 COUNTY, THEY GREW TO A LITTLE 360 00:10:56,557 --> 00:10:58,790 OVER 45,000 IN POPULATION AND 361 00:10:58,793 --> 00:11:00,458 BENSON IS PROJECTED WITH 28,000 362 00:11:00,461 --> 00:11:03,027 HOMES TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THE 363 00:11:03,030 --> 00:11:05,963 NEIGHBORHOOD OF 50 TO 70,000 364 00:11:05,966 --> 00:11:08,633 GROWTH, TOTAL POPULATION TO THE 365 00:11:08,636 --> 00:11:10,368 TIME 15 TO 20 YEARS ELAPSES. 366 00:11:10,371 --> 00:11:12,136 AND OF COURSE IT DEPENDS ON THE 367 00:11:12,139 --> 00:11:13,204 TERMS OF THE ECONOMY IN HOW FAST 368 00:11:13,207 --> 00:11:14,806 IT WILL OCCUR. 369 00:11:14,809 --> 00:11:15,973 BUT NEVERTHELESS WE'LL CHANGE 370 00:11:15,976 --> 00:11:17,742 THE DYNAMICS. 371 00:11:17,745 --> 00:11:19,110 WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THE PHONE 372 00:11:19,113 --> 00:11:20,745 CALLS FROM POTENTIAL INVESTORS 373 00:11:20,748 --> 00:11:21,512 AND BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WISH TO 374 00:11:21,515 --> 00:11:23,281 COME TO TOWN. 375 00:11:23,284 --> 00:11:25,550 I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 376 00:11:25,553 --> 00:11:27,685 WE HAVE FOUR PART STORES THAT 377 00:11:27,688 --> 00:11:27,985 SELL AUTOMOTIVE PARTS IN OUR 378 00:11:27,988 --> 00:11:29,687 CITY. 379 00:11:29,690 --> 00:11:31,789 I'M GETTING OTHER PARTS FROM THE 380 00:11:31,792 --> 00:11:34,225 STORE COMPANIES THAT WISH TO 381 00:11:34,228 --> 00:11:35,626 COME TO BENSON. 382 00:11:35,629 --> 00:11:37,395 DESPITE THE COMPETITION THEY CAN 383 00:11:37,398 --> 00:11:38,196 SEE THE POTENTIAL AND THE RISE 384 00:11:38,199 --> 00:11:39,864 AND IMPACT. 385 00:11:39,867 --> 00:11:41,799 MANY OF THEM WANT TO BE THERE. 386 00:11:41,802 --> 00:11:42,133 >> MAYOR, WHO ARE YOU EXPECTING 387 00:11:42,136 --> 00:11:44,469 TO COME? 388 00:11:44,472 --> 00:11:45,703 ARE THESE RETIREES AND FAMILIES 389 00:11:45,706 --> 00:11:48,606 WITH YOUNG CHILDREN? 390 00:11:48,609 --> 00:11:48,973 >> I'M EXPECTING QUITE A BIT OF 391 00:11:48,976 --> 00:11:50,908 RETIREES. 392 00:11:50,911 --> 00:11:53,745 BUT I'M ALSO EXPECTING FAMILIES. 393 00:11:53,748 --> 00:11:55,646 AND THAT IS MY DREAM, IS TO SEE 394 00:11:55,649 --> 00:11:57,382 MORE FAMILIES COME TO BENSON. 395 00:11:57,385 --> 00:11:58,516 I LOVE MY RETIREES. 396 00:11:58,519 --> 00:11:59,650 I LOVE THEM. 397 00:11:59,653 --> 00:12:00,018 THEY HAVE DONE ABSOLUTELY 398 00:12:00,021 --> 00:12:06,190 AMAZING. 399 00:12:06,193 --> 00:12:07,992 THEY COME IN EVERY YEAR FROM -- 400 00:12:07,995 --> 00:12:08,660 OCTOBER THROUGH -- 401 00:12:08,663 --> 00:12:09,694 >> ROUGHLY MARCH. 402 00:12:09,697 --> 00:12:11,095 >> ROUGHLY MARCH. 403 00:12:11,098 --> 00:12:11,896 >> STAY OVER INTO APRIL. 404 00:12:11,899 --> 00:12:14,032 >> INTO APRIL. 405 00:12:14,035 --> 00:12:15,266 AND I LOVE IT WHEN THE CITY 406 00:12:15,269 --> 00:12:16,034 GROWS AND THEY COME IN. 407 00:12:16,037 --> 00:12:17,802 I LOVE IT. 408 00:12:17,805 --> 00:12:18,603 BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE 409 00:12:18,606 --> 00:12:21,873 FAMILIES COME IN. 410 00:12:21,876 --> 00:12:24,709 WITH THE HOUSES BEING BUILT, I 411 00:12:24,712 --> 00:12:27,211 VISION JOBS COMING TO -- AS BILL 412 00:12:27,214 --> 00:12:27,912 SAYS, WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF 413 00:12:27,915 --> 00:12:30,848 CALLS ALREADY. 414 00:12:30,851 --> 00:12:32,517 AND REMEMBER, THIS IS AT THE 415 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:34,519 BEGINNING STAGE. 416 00:12:34,522 --> 00:12:36,554 AGAIN, DIVISION IS THERE TO SEE 417 00:12:36,557 --> 00:12:37,622 WITH THE HOUSES, THE JOBS ARE 418 00:12:37,625 --> 00:12:39,357 GOING TO BE THERE. 419 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,659 AND I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL BE A 420 00:12:41,662 --> 00:12:41,993 VARIETY OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE 421 00:12:41,996 --> 00:12:43,328 COMING. 422 00:12:43,331 --> 00:12:44,295 BUT I'M HOPING THAT MORE 423 00:12:44,298 --> 00:12:49,500 FAMILIES COME DOWN. 424 00:12:49,503 --> 00:12:50,535 WE HAVE A GREAT -- ONE OF THE 425 00:12:50,538 --> 00:12:51,169 BEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE 426 00:12:51,172 --> 00:12:52,870 STATE AS YOU KNOW ALREADY. 427 00:12:52,873 --> 00:12:55,273 THEY OUT-MATCHED BELL IN THE 428 00:12:55,276 --> 00:12:57,575 LAST QUARTER. 429 00:12:57,578 --> 00:12:59,610 SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT AND 430 00:12:59,613 --> 00:12:59,911 WE ENVISION MORE SCHOOLS BEING 431 00:12:59,914 --> 00:13:01,346 BUILT. 432 00:13:01,349 --> 00:13:02,413 AND OF COURSE OTHER THINGS BEING 433 00:13:02,416 --> 00:13:04,482 BUILT IN BENSON. 434 00:13:04,485 --> 00:13:05,683 SO I'M HOPING THAT WE HAVE A LOT 435 00:13:05,686 --> 00:13:07,518 MORE FAMILIES COME IN. 436 00:13:07,521 --> 00:13:08,820 >> AND BILL, YOU HAVE ALREADY 437 00:13:08,823 --> 00:13:09,454 RECEIVED RECOGNITION FROM THE 438 00:13:09,457 --> 00:13:11,556 TUCSON COMMUNITY. 439 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,391 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN 440 00:13:13,394 --> 00:13:14,993 TUCSON AND DRIVE HOME TO BENSON 441 00:13:14,996 --> 00:13:15,393 BECAUSE IT'S GETTING OUT OF THE 442 00:13:15,396 --> 00:13:17,562 CITY LIFE. 443 00:13:17,565 --> 00:13:19,764 >> SURE, ABSOLUTELY. 444 00:13:19,767 --> 00:13:23,634 YOU KNOW, ARIZONA STATE HAS HAD 445 00:13:23,637 --> 00:13:24,936 AN INFLUX OF RESIDENTS, MANY OF 446 00:13:24,939 --> 00:13:25,370 WHOM CAME FROM CALIFORNIA, FOR 447 00:13:25,373 --> 00:13:27,038 EXAMPLE. 448 00:13:27,041 --> 00:13:29,307 IN CALIFORNIA, AND I'VE LIVED 449 00:13:29,310 --> 00:13:31,175 THERE -- IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO 450 00:13:31,178 --> 00:13:31,542 COMMUTE TWO TO THREE HOURS ONE 451 00:13:31,545 --> 00:13:33,177 WAY. 452 00:13:33,180 --> 00:13:35,813 AND FORTUNATELY THAT'S NOT THE 453 00:13:35,816 --> 00:13:37,782 CASE HERE FOR SOMEONE TO LIVE IN 454 00:13:37,785 --> 00:13:38,116 BENSON AND COMMUTE, SAY TO 455 00:13:38,119 --> 00:13:40,351 TUCSON. 456 00:13:40,354 --> 00:13:43,254 IT'S APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR. 457 00:13:43,257 --> 00:13:46,124 THERE IS IMPROVEMENT RIGHT NOW 458 00:13:46,127 --> 00:13:47,091 BY THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF 459 00:13:47,094 --> 00:13:48,660 TRANSPORTATION, BETWEEN THE 460 00:13:48,663 --> 00:13:49,293 EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND LANES 461 00:13:49,296 --> 00:13:51,129 BETWEEN TUCSON. 462 00:13:51,132 --> 00:13:51,729 SO IT'S JUST GOING TO GET BETTER 463 00:13:51,732 --> 00:13:53,998 OVER TIME. 464 00:13:54,001 --> 00:13:55,600 INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE ABLE TO 465 00:13:55,603 --> 00:13:56,000 SUPPORT THAT INFLUX OF 466 00:13:56,003 --> 00:14:00,505 INDIVIDUALS. 467 00:14:00,508 --> 00:14:11,649 BUT TO GET A JOB IN EITHER IS 468 00:14:11,652 --> 00:14:14,786 YOUR VISTA -- IN SIERRA VISTA, 469 00:14:14,789 --> 00:14:16,220 SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO THIS 470 00:14:16,223 --> 00:14:17,855 EVEN BEFORE GROUND BREAKS. 471 00:14:17,858 --> 00:14:19,957 >> I WANT PEOPLE TO REALIZE THIS 472 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:21,025 IS NOT JUST A SUDDEN 28,000 473 00:14:21,028 --> 00:14:23,328 HOMES COMING IN. 474 00:14:23,331 --> 00:14:29,434 THIS IS OVER A 20-YEAR PERIOD. 475 00:14:29,437 --> 00:14:31,035 SO WE ARE VERY VERY CAUTIOUS ON 476 00:14:31,038 --> 00:14:33,137 HOW WE DO THIS. 477 00:14:33,140 --> 00:14:35,473 WE'RE BEING VERY RESILIENT IN 478 00:14:35,476 --> 00:14:36,274 MAKING SURE WE MAKE ALL THE 479 00:14:36,277 --> 00:14:39,043 RIGHT CHOICES. 480 00:14:39,046 --> 00:14:40,378 AND I FEEL THAT IF WE DO IT 481 00:14:40,381 --> 00:14:42,480 RIGHT THIS FIRST TIME WHEN 482 00:14:42,483 --> 00:14:44,182 SOMETHING ELSE COMES IN WE LEARN 483 00:14:44,185 --> 00:14:46,150 AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE 484 00:14:46,153 --> 00:14:48,686 THAT WE GOT IT RIGHT THROUGHOUT. 485 00:14:48,689 --> 00:14:50,355 >> OKAY, NOT RULING OUT THE 486 00:14:50,358 --> 00:14:51,589 SMALL TOWN CHARM. 487 00:14:51,592 --> 00:14:53,024 MAYOR, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR, 488 00:14:53,027 --> 00:14:53,624 BILL STEVENS, THANK YOU SO MUCH 489 00:14:53,627 --> 00:14:55,093 FOR BEING HERE. 490 00:14:55,096 --> 00:14:58,863 >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. 491 00:14:58,866 --> 00:15:04,502 >>> DOUGLAS IS A BORDER TOWN 492 00:15:04,505 --> 00:15:06,137 WHOSE FISCAL HEALTH IS DEPENDENT 493 00:15:06,140 --> 00:15:07,905 UPON THE ECONOMY. 494 00:15:07,908 --> 00:15:09,674 >> THERE IS NEGATIVE NEWS COMING 495 00:15:09,677 --> 00:15:11,676 OUT OF THE BORDER TOWNS RIGHT 496 00:15:11,679 --> 00:15:12,877 NOW, THE BANKS, THE HOSPITAL, 497 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:14,712 LET'S START WITH THE HOSPITAL. 498 00:15:14,715 --> 00:15:16,948 HOW DO YOU SEE IT AS AN 499 00:15:16,951 --> 00:15:17,315 IMMEDIATE IMPACT TO THE 500 00:15:17,318 --> 00:15:18,783 COMMUNITY? 501 00:15:18,786 --> 00:15:21,219 >> OBVIOUSLY, WE SEE IT AS AN 502 00:15:21,222 --> 00:15:22,754 IMMEDIATE IMPACT, WE NO LONGER 503 00:15:22,757 --> 00:15:26,424 HAVE EMERGENCY SERVICES. 504 00:15:26,427 --> 00:15:27,792 FROM THE HOSPITAL PERSPECTIVE, 505 00:15:27,795 --> 00:15:30,762 IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT. 506 00:15:30,765 --> 00:15:31,663 THEY WOULD NOT SEE AS MANY 507 00:15:31,666 --> 00:15:33,064 PATIENTS, PROBABLY AVERAGING 508 00:15:33,067 --> 00:15:35,233 BETWEEN TWO TO THREE PATIENTS A 509 00:15:35,236 --> 00:15:35,800 DAY IN TERMS OF STAYING AT THE 510 00:15:35,803 --> 00:15:39,504 HOSPITAL. 511 00:15:39,507 --> 00:15:42,807 AS MOST OF THEM EITHER TRAVEL TO 512 00:15:42,810 --> 00:15:45,009 BISBEE TO SIERRA VISTA AND 513 00:15:45,012 --> 00:15:45,910 ULTIMATELY TO TUCSON TO RECEIVE 514 00:15:45,913 --> 00:15:49,080 THEIR CARE. 515 00:15:49,083 --> 00:15:49,547 THAT IS FROM AN ACUTE CARE 516 00:15:49,550 --> 00:15:50,715 PERSPECTIVE. 517 00:15:50,718 --> 00:15:52,383 OBVIOUSLY, FROM A STANDPOINT OF 518 00:15:52,386 --> 00:15:57,555 THE HOSPITAL CLOSING IT REALLY 519 00:15:57,558 --> 00:15:58,256 GIVES US A SENSE OF INSECURITY. 520 00:15:58,259 --> 00:15:58,990 A SENSE OF REALLY NOT HAVING 521 00:15:58,993 --> 00:15:59,657 OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE THAT 522 00:15:59,660 --> 00:16:01,192 WE USED TO HAVE IN THE PAST. 523 00:16:01,195 --> 00:16:03,061 AND IT ALSO CREATED AN IMPACT 524 00:16:03,064 --> 00:16:05,463 FOR US TRANSPORTING THE PATIENTS 525 00:16:05,466 --> 00:16:07,799 OUT OF TOWN TO THE CLOSEST 526 00:16:07,802 --> 00:16:09,600 FACILITY WHICH IS BISBEE. 527 00:16:09,603 --> 00:16:10,835 AND ULTIMATELY IF WE NEED TO 528 00:16:10,838 --> 00:16:12,003 TAKE THEM THE SERVICE THAT IS 529 00:16:12,006 --> 00:16:13,971 WHAT THE IMPACT IS. 530 00:16:13,974 --> 00:16:15,807 SO IT'S BASICALLY OUR TURNAROUND 531 00:16:15,810 --> 00:16:17,408 TIME TO DELIVER THE PATIENTS AT 532 00:16:17,411 --> 00:16:17,742 THE HOSPITAL AND BACK TO THE 533 00:16:17,745 --> 00:16:19,944 STATION. 534 00:16:19,947 --> 00:16:21,612 IT WENT FROM 30 MINUTES OR 20 535 00:16:21,615 --> 00:16:23,181 MINUTES DOWN TO AN HOUR. 536 00:16:23,184 --> 00:16:24,148 AND SO THAT IS CERTAINLY AN 537 00:16:24,151 --> 00:16:26,084 IMPACT TO US. 538 00:16:26,087 --> 00:16:27,352 AND WE'RE TRYING TO REACT AND 539 00:16:27,355 --> 00:16:28,986 TRYING TO PREPARE OURSELVES 540 00:16:28,989 --> 00:16:31,823 DEPENDING ON WHAT WE HAVE TO DO 541 00:16:31,826 --> 00:16:32,724 IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 542 00:16:32,727 --> 00:16:33,324 >> THE TOWN RECENTLY LOST A BANK 543 00:16:33,327 --> 00:16:34,425 OR TWO. 544 00:16:34,428 --> 00:16:36,294 WHAT HAPPENED THERE? 545 00:16:36,297 --> 00:16:38,363 >> WELL, OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THE 546 00:16:38,366 --> 00:16:43,234 BANKS ARE CONCERNED IN TERMS OF 547 00:16:43,237 --> 00:16:45,536 REALLY WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE 548 00:16:45,539 --> 00:16:47,405 BANK -- OBVIOUSLY, WE DO A LOT 549 00:16:47,408 --> 00:16:49,640 OF TRADE BACK AND FORTH. 550 00:16:49,643 --> 00:16:51,075 LEGAL TRADE BACK AND FORTH. 551 00:16:51,078 --> 00:16:52,677 THE ISSUE, THEY DIDN'T REALLY 552 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:54,679 HAVE THE RESOURCES TO TRACK THE 553 00:16:54,682 --> 00:16:57,148 MONEY ALL THE WAY IN TERMS OF 554 00:16:57,151 --> 00:16:58,449 NOT JUST THE PERSON BUT BEYOND 555 00:16:58,452 --> 00:16:59,684 THAT, MAKING THE TRANSACTION. 556 00:16:59,687 --> 00:17:01,886 AND IT REALLY BECAME A LIABILITY 557 00:17:01,889 --> 00:17:03,254 FOR THEM, AND YET THE RETURN TO 558 00:17:03,257 --> 00:17:04,589 REALLY PROTECT THEIR -- THE 559 00:17:04,592 --> 00:17:06,691 RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT AND THE 560 00:17:06,694 --> 00:17:09,127 EFFORT WAS REALLY NOT THERE. 561 00:17:09,130 --> 00:17:10,128 SO AS A COMPANY, AS A 562 00:17:10,131 --> 00:17:11,663 CORPORATION, THEY SAID WE 563 00:17:11,666 --> 00:17:13,064 PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE 564 00:17:13,067 --> 00:17:15,366 BANK BUSINESS IN THE BORDER. 565 00:17:15,369 --> 00:17:17,068 SO THAT IS WHERE THEY RELOCATED 566 00:17:17,071 --> 00:17:19,637 NOT ONLY OUT OF DOUGLAS BUT 567 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:20,571 SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IN ARIZONA. 568 00:17:20,574 --> 00:17:21,806 AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY DID 569 00:17:21,809 --> 00:17:22,907 THE SAME THING PRETTY MUCH IN 570 00:17:22,910 --> 00:17:24,542 OTHER STATES. 571 00:17:24,545 --> 00:17:26,744 SO IT OBVIOUSLY CREATED SOME 572 00:17:26,747 --> 00:17:28,446 SORT OF INSECURITY AND HEY, 573 00:17:28,449 --> 00:17:30,048 WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS INSTEAD OF 574 00:17:30,051 --> 00:17:31,482 REALLY MOVING FORWARD. 575 00:17:31,485 --> 00:17:33,151 BUT BASICALLY IT WOULD HAVE 576 00:17:33,154 --> 00:17:35,286 REALLY PROVIDED THE FOLKS LEFT 577 00:17:35,289 --> 00:17:36,421 BEHIND THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS 578 00:17:36,424 --> 00:17:39,590 REALLY, THEY WERE ABLE TO PICK 579 00:17:39,593 --> 00:17:40,224 UP MORE ACCOUNTS AND BE MORE 580 00:17:40,227 --> 00:17:40,558 PROFITABLE THAN THEY WERE 581 00:17:40,561 --> 00:17:43,728 BEFORE. 582 00:17:43,731 --> 00:17:47,398 SO REALLY IT'S JUST A MATTER OF 583 00:17:47,401 --> 00:17:47,699 -- JUST EVEN THINGS OUT FOR 584 00:17:47,702 --> 00:17:48,633 THEM. 585 00:17:48,636 --> 00:17:49,867 >> MAJOR GROCERY CHAIN PULLED 586 00:17:49,870 --> 00:17:52,170 OUT A FEW YEARS BACK. 587 00:17:52,173 --> 00:17:52,537 THEN THE BANKS, NOW THE 588 00:17:52,540 --> 00:17:54,339 HOSPITALS. 589 00:17:54,342 --> 00:17:55,306 THAT HAS TO BE TOUGH AS FAR AS 590 00:17:55,309 --> 00:17:57,809 PROMOTING THE CITY. 591 00:17:57,812 --> 00:17:59,277 SO WHAT DO YOU TELL PEOPLE THAT 592 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,312 IS POSITIVE THAT MAY MAKE PEOPLE 593 00:18:01,315 --> 00:18:01,879 THINK WE DO WANT TO REINVEST IN 594 00:18:01,882 --> 00:18:04,015 THAT TOWN? 595 00:18:04,018 --> 00:18:05,516 >> WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE 596 00:18:05,519 --> 00:18:07,151 THINGS IS WE HAVE TO BE 597 00:18:07,154 --> 00:18:09,520 REALISTIC IN WHO WE ARE. 598 00:18:09,523 --> 00:18:14,225 OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 599 00:18:14,228 --> 00:18:14,592 CITY, THE POPULATION 18,000 600 00:18:14,595 --> 00:18:18,129 RESIDENTS. 601 00:18:18,132 --> 00:18:21,232 I THINK THE BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR 602 00:18:21,235 --> 00:18:22,533 US IS REALLY TO CONTINUE TO 603 00:18:22,536 --> 00:18:26,037 FACILITATE CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC. 604 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,572 WE ESTIMATE THAT OVER 70% OF OUR 605 00:18:27,575 --> 00:18:28,506 CITY SALES TAX REVENUE COMES 606 00:18:28,509 --> 00:18:30,475 FROM ACROSS THE BORDER. 607 00:18:30,478 --> 00:18:30,775 SO THAT IS A BIG COMPONENT OF 608 00:18:30,778 --> 00:18:32,043 THAT. 609 00:18:32,046 --> 00:18:34,178 THE OTHER INDUSTRY THAT WE HAVE 610 00:18:34,181 --> 00:18:36,347 WHICH IS NOT REALLY AN INDUSTRY 611 00:18:36,350 --> 00:18:38,416 BUT A MAJOR SECTOR IN THE 612 00:18:38,419 --> 00:18:40,018 ECONOMY, IT'S GOVERNMENT. 613 00:18:40,021 --> 00:18:43,755 UNFORTUNATELY, THE GOVERNMENT 614 00:18:43,758 --> 00:18:46,391 SPENDING IS NOT INCREASING. 615 00:18:46,394 --> 00:18:48,660 IT'S ACTUALLY DECREASING AT A 616 00:18:48,663 --> 00:18:50,328 LEVEL OF MUNICIPAL, STATE AND 617 00:18:50,331 --> 00:18:52,864 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 618 00:18:52,867 --> 00:18:53,531 AND WE'RE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON 619 00:18:53,534 --> 00:18:56,467 THAT INDUSTRY. 620 00:18:56,470 --> 00:18:58,102 SO YOU LOOK AT PRIOR TO THE 621 00:18:58,105 --> 00:18:59,604 RECESSION, A LOT OF FOLKS WERE 622 00:18:59,607 --> 00:19:01,539 SEEING AN INCREASE IN TERMS OF 623 00:19:01,542 --> 00:19:02,573 CITY SALES TAX, CONSTRUCTION, WE 624 00:19:02,576 --> 00:19:04,475 DIDN'T SEE THAT. 625 00:19:04,478 --> 00:19:06,244 WE WERE AT THE TAIL END OF THAT. 626 00:19:06,247 --> 00:19:07,311 SAW A LITTLE BIT OF AN 627 00:19:07,314 --> 00:19:10,481 IMPROVEMENT BUT WE REALLY DID 628 00:19:10,484 --> 00:19:11,516 NOT SEE A WHOLE LOT. 629 00:19:11,519 --> 00:19:13,518 NOW, MOVING FORWARD WE'RE SAYING 630 00:19:13,521 --> 00:19:15,053 WELL, THE ECONOMY IS PICKING UP. 631 00:19:15,056 --> 00:19:16,954 RIGHT NOW WE MAY SEE AN INCREASE 632 00:19:16,957 --> 00:19:17,955 IN TERMS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 633 00:19:17,958 --> 00:19:20,224 THE U.S. 634 00:19:20,227 --> 00:19:23,528 BUT REALLY, IT'S COMPENSATED 635 00:19:23,531 --> 00:19:24,562 AGAIN BY THE PESO DEVALUATION 636 00:19:24,565 --> 00:19:26,331 ACROSS THE LINE. 637 00:19:26,334 --> 00:19:27,965 SO NOW WE MAKE A REDUCTION IN 638 00:19:27,968 --> 00:19:29,033 THE TERMS COMING ACROSS AND 639 00:19:29,036 --> 00:19:30,401 SHOPPING DOUGLAS. 640 00:19:30,404 --> 00:19:32,470 THAT WILL BE AN IMPACT. 641 00:19:32,473 --> 00:19:34,639 WE FEEL THAT WE GET THE SHORT 642 00:19:34,642 --> 00:19:35,873 END OF THE STICK, NOT ONLY WHAT 643 00:19:35,876 --> 00:19:39,043 HAPPENS IN THE U.S. ECONOMY BUT 644 00:19:39,046 --> 00:19:39,410 ALSO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MEXICAN 645 00:19:39,413 --> 00:19:43,147 ECONOMY. 646 00:19:43,150 --> 00:19:45,383 >> YUMA IS KNOWN FOR ITS HEAT, 647 00:19:45,386 --> 00:19:47,752 AGRICULTURE AND MILITARY. 648 00:19:47,755 --> 00:19:49,454 AND SOME SAY IT'S MORE THAN A 649 00:19:49,457 --> 00:19:50,688 PIT STOP TO SAN DIEGO. 650 00:19:50,691 --> 00:19:53,224 >> DESCRIBE YUMA TO ME. 651 00:19:53,227 --> 00:19:57,595 >> WELL, YUMA IS A COMMUNITY -- 652 00:19:57,598 --> 00:19:59,230 I'M ORIGINALLY FROM THE MIDWEST. 653 00:19:59,233 --> 00:20:00,098 AND YUMA HAS REALLY GROWN TO BE 654 00:20:00,101 --> 00:20:02,467 A BIG COMMUNITY. 655 00:20:02,470 --> 00:20:03,434 HOWEVER IT STILL MAINTAINED THE 656 00:20:03,437 --> 00:20:05,370 FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE. 657 00:20:05,373 --> 00:20:07,472 PEOPLE IN YUMA WORKED TOGETHER 658 00:20:07,475 --> 00:20:08,740 LIKE NO OTHER PLACE I'VE BEEN. 659 00:20:08,743 --> 00:20:09,974 OBVIOUSLY, THE PATRIOTISM AND 660 00:20:09,977 --> 00:20:11,476 THE SUPPORT OF THE MILITARY THAT 661 00:20:11,479 --> 00:20:12,110 IS REALLY KIND OF THE HEART OF 662 00:20:12,113 --> 00:20:14,846 THE COMMUNITY. 663 00:20:14,849 --> 00:20:17,515 EVERYBODY WORKS TOGETHER IN A 664 00:20:17,518 --> 00:20:20,418 VERY PATRIOTIC COMMUNITY. 665 00:20:20,421 --> 00:20:21,886 >> YUMA OFTEN GETS A BAD RAP. 666 00:20:21,889 --> 00:20:23,821 IF YOU WERE TO DESCRIBE WHAT IT 667 00:20:23,824 --> 00:20:24,655 REALLY MEANS AND WHAT IT MEANS 668 00:20:24,658 --> 00:20:29,227 FOR YOU? 669 00:20:29,230 --> 00:20:31,896 >> IN THE CITY OF YUMA OUR 670 00:20:31,899 --> 00:20:33,598 EMPLOYMENT RATE IS 70% -- WE 671 00:20:33,601 --> 00:20:35,900 TALK ABOUT SAN LUIS, WHICH IS A 672 00:20:35,903 --> 00:20:36,968 BORDER TOWN. 673 00:20:36,971 --> 00:20:37,301 THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES THERE ARE 674 00:20:37,304 --> 00:20:42,173 HIGHER. 675 00:20:42,176 --> 00:20:42,874 ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE 676 00:20:42,877 --> 00:20:48,646 REALLY IS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO 677 00:20:48,649 --> 00:20:49,480 WORK ON IS WE BROUGHT IN A JOINT 678 00:20:49,483 --> 00:20:50,948 EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT. 679 00:20:50,951 --> 00:20:51,949 TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE IN THE 680 00:20:51,952 --> 00:20:53,117 RIGHT JOBS. 681 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:56,187 AND THEN OF COURSE, THE OTHER 682 00:20:56,190 --> 00:20:58,423 THING IS WE ARE A HUGE AG 683 00:20:58,426 --> 00:20:59,590 COMMUNITY, $3.2 BILLION A YEAR 684 00:20:59,593 --> 00:21:01,259 IN AG PRODUCE. 685 00:21:01,262 --> 00:21:02,627 AND JUST THAT CYCLE OF THE 686 00:21:02,630 --> 00:21:06,864 UNEMPLOYMENT HURTS US AND THAT 687 00:21:06,867 --> 00:21:07,265 IS JUST KIND OF THE NATURE OF AG 688 00:21:07,268 --> 00:21:10,301 COMMUNITIES. 689 00:21:10,304 --> 00:21:12,437 OUR EMPLOYMENT IS MUCH BETTER 690 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:12,770 FROM APRIL WHEN THEY'RE IN FULL 691 00:21:12,773 --> 00:21:14,639 SWING. 692 00:21:14,642 --> 00:21:15,707 >> AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED 3% 693 00:21:15,710 --> 00:21:17,909 GROWTH IN SOME AREAS? 694 00:21:17,912 --> 00:21:19,410 >> YEAH, FOR THE PAST THREE 695 00:21:19,413 --> 00:21:20,611 YEARS WE HAVE HAD A 3% GROWTH IN 696 00:21:20,614 --> 00:21:21,979 SOME AREAS. 697 00:21:21,982 --> 00:21:23,781 SO WE'VE PRETTY MUCH RECOVERED. 698 00:21:23,784 --> 00:21:24,482 THE RETAIL IS THE HIGHEST IT HAS 699 00:21:24,485 --> 00:21:26,718 EVER BEEN. 700 00:21:26,721 --> 00:21:27,785 ALL THE AREAS HAVE REALLY 701 00:21:27,788 --> 00:21:28,619 RECOVERED EXCEPT FOR 702 00:21:28,622 --> 00:21:31,422 CONSTRUCTION, AND CONSTRUCTION 703 00:21:31,425 --> 00:21:33,057 WAS WAY, WAY OUT THERE. 704 00:21:33,060 --> 00:21:33,358 AND WE DON'T EXPECT TO COME 705 00:21:33,361 --> 00:21:35,259 BACK. 706 00:21:35,262 --> 00:21:36,728 EVEN THAT IS COMING BACK SOME. 707 00:21:36,731 --> 00:21:37,628 SO WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING PRETTY 708 00:21:37,631 --> 00:21:40,064 GOOD RIGHT NOW. 709 00:21:40,067 --> 00:21:41,466 >> YUMA ALSO HAS ITS FAIR SHARE 710 00:21:41,469 --> 00:21:42,600 OF WINTER VISITORS, HOW 711 00:21:42,603 --> 00:21:46,237 IMPORTANT ARE THEY FOR YOU? 712 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:46,871 >> WELL, THAT IS OUR NUMBER TWO. 713 00:21:46,874 --> 00:21:49,273 YOU KNOW, FOR OUR ECONOMY. 714 00:21:49,276 --> 00:21:52,243 THE CITY OF YUMA GOES FROM ABOUT 715 00:21:52,246 --> 00:21:52,577 100,000 TO PROBABLY BEEN 150 TO 716 00:21:52,580 --> 00:21:54,245 160,000. 717 00:21:54,248 --> 00:21:56,314 AND THEN THE WHOLE AREA PROBABLY 718 00:21:56,317 --> 00:21:57,882 INCREASES POPULATION, BY ABOUT 719 00:21:57,885 --> 00:21:59,917 80 TO 90,000. 720 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:03,421 OBVIOUSLY, THEY BRING IN A HUGE, 721 00:22:03,424 --> 00:22:03,755 HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THE 722 00:22:03,758 --> 00:22:06,424 ECONOMY. 723 00:22:06,427 --> 00:22:07,425 IT'S BEAUTIFUL WEATHER IN YUMA 724 00:22:07,428 --> 00:22:09,360 IN THE WINTER. 725 00:22:09,363 --> 00:22:10,762 AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS ARE 726 00:22:10,765 --> 00:22:12,030 HAPPENING ALL WINTER, SO THEY 727 00:22:12,033 --> 00:22:16,100 ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR 728 00:22:16,103 --> 00:22:17,835 ECONOMY COMING IN FROM CANADA 729 00:22:17,838 --> 00:22:22,807 AND ALL OVER THE U.S. 730 00:22:22,810 --> 00:22:24,909 >> AND THE MARINE CORPS STATION, 731 00:22:24,912 --> 00:22:27,011 REALLY IMPROVING THE AREA -- 732 00:22:27,014 --> 00:22:27,979 WHERE WOULD YOU BE WITHOUT 733 00:22:27,982 --> 00:22:29,881 MILITARY INSTALLATION, PERIOD? 734 00:22:29,884 --> 00:22:31,516 >> RIGHT, WHEN YOU COME TO YUMA, 735 00:22:31,519 --> 00:22:35,687 WE'LL SHOW YOU THE CITY OF YUMA 736 00:22:35,690 --> 00:22:37,588 AIRPLANE AND TELL YOU HOW WE 737 00:22:37,591 --> 00:22:38,856 BROUGHT BACK THE MARINE CORPS 738 00:22:38,859 --> 00:22:39,490 AIR STATION AFTER IT HAS BEEN 739 00:22:39,493 --> 00:22:40,892 SHUT DOWN. 740 00:22:40,895 --> 00:22:41,793 YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY THE HEART 741 00:22:41,796 --> 00:22:43,461 OF THE COMMUNITY. 742 00:22:43,464 --> 00:22:44,796 THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SO 743 00:22:44,799 --> 00:22:48,099 SUPPORTIVE OF THE MILITARY, IT'S 744 00:22:48,102 --> 00:22:49,233 A FIRST BASE TO GET THE NEW F-35 745 00:22:49,236 --> 00:22:51,536 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER. 746 00:22:51,539 --> 00:22:53,905 AND NOW IT'S THE FIRST PLACE TO 747 00:22:53,908 --> 00:22:55,506 HAVE AN OPERATIONAL SQUADRON. 748 00:22:55,509 --> 00:22:57,141 WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE MARINES 749 00:22:57,144 --> 00:22:57,408 THERE AND THE THINGS THAT THEY 750 00:22:57,411 --> 00:22:58,776 DO. 751 00:22:58,779 --> 00:23:01,646 ALL THE TRAINING THAT GOES ON 752 00:23:01,649 --> 00:23:02,780 THERE WITH WEAPONS AND TACTICS 753 00:23:02,783 --> 00:23:05,917 AND CONSTRUCTION COURSE. 754 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:06,584 AND IT'S THE BUSIEST BASE IN THE 755 00:23:06,587 --> 00:23:08,920 MARINE CORPS. 756 00:23:08,923 --> 00:23:11,155 >> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO 757 00:23:11,158 --> 00:23:13,024 WOULDN'T THINK OF YUMA FOR SO 758 00:23:13,027 --> 00:23:13,825 MANY DIFFERENT FACETS OF THE 759 00:23:13,828 --> 00:23:15,259 ENVIRONMENT, LIFE-STYLE. 760 00:23:15,262 --> 00:23:16,995 WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THAT? 761 00:23:16,998 --> 00:23:19,497 >> I WOULD SAY COME AND VISIT. 762 00:23:19,500 --> 00:23:21,733 WE HAVE EVERYTHING AND PUT IN 763 00:23:21,736 --> 00:23:22,033 ABOUT $10 MILLION INTO A RIVER 764 00:23:22,036 --> 00:23:23,334 FRONT. 765 00:23:23,337 --> 00:23:25,503 THREE NEW BEACHES. 766 00:23:25,506 --> 00:23:27,105 WE HAVE WETLANDS, BEAVER, A LOT 767 00:23:27,108 --> 00:23:27,872 OF PEOPLE COME THERE YOU WOULD 768 00:23:27,875 --> 00:23:30,408 NOT THINK. 769 00:23:30,411 --> 00:23:30,775 BUT THEY COME THERE TO DO BIRD 770 00:23:30,778 --> 00:23:33,511 WATCHING. 771 00:23:33,514 --> 00:23:35,880 WE HAVE THE YUMA TERRITORIAL 772 00:23:35,883 --> 00:23:38,583 PRISON, WHICH THE CITY NOW RUNS, 773 00:23:38,586 --> 00:23:40,485 QUARTER MASTER DEPOT. 774 00:23:40,488 --> 00:23:41,886 TONS OF GOLF COURSES, SO A LOT 775 00:23:41,889 --> 00:23:43,688 OF THINGS HAPPEN THERE. 776 00:23:43,691 --> 00:23:44,889 PEOPLE ARE SWIMMING ON THE RIVER 777 00:23:44,892 --> 00:23:47,558 ALL THE TIME. 778 00:23:47,561 --> 00:23:47,925 IN THE WINTER WE HAVE THE BLUES 779 00:23:47,928 --> 00:23:49,560 FESTIVAL. 780 00:23:49,563 --> 00:23:50,128 THERE ARE JUST A LOT OF THINGS 781 00:23:50,131 --> 00:23:51,729 GOING ON. 782 00:23:51,732 --> 00:23:53,798 PEOPLE NEED TO GET OFF THE 783 00:23:53,801 --> 00:23:55,166 INTERSTATE AND COME AND SEE WHAT 784 00:23:55,169 --> 00:23:58,903 IT IS ABOUT. 785 00:23:58,906 --> 00:24:01,339 >> IN BETWEEN THE GRAND CANYON 786 00:24:01,342 --> 00:24:02,807 AND FLAGSTAFF, PAGE MAY BE A NEW 787 00:24:02,810 --> 00:24:04,776 THING FOR MANY. 788 00:24:04,779 --> 00:24:05,109 HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE PAGE TO 789 00:24:05,112 --> 00:24:09,914 PEOPLE? 790 00:24:09,917 --> 00:24:11,149 >> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TIME RIGHT 791 00:24:11,152 --> 00:24:13,351 ON THE STATE LINE OF UTAH. 792 00:24:13,354 --> 00:24:13,985 WE HAVE LAKE POWELL, THE TOUR I 793 00:24:13,988 --> 00:24:18,489 AM COMMUNITY. 794 00:24:18,492 --> 00:24:20,591 >> #,000 PEOPLE -- 795 00:24:20,594 --> 00:24:21,159 >> DESCRIBE THE SITUATION, THE 796 00:24:21,162 --> 00:24:24,295 RETIREES -- 797 00:24:24,298 --> 00:24:26,164 >> WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF 798 00:24:26,167 --> 00:24:26,698 RETIREES, FAMILY-ORIENTED, THE 799 00:24:26,701 --> 00:24:29,033 SERVICE COMMUNITY. 800 00:24:29,036 --> 00:24:31,169 >> AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 801 00:24:31,172 --> 00:24:31,936 TALKING ABOUT THE MINES STILL, 802 00:24:31,939 --> 00:24:33,638 IN COLORADO. 803 00:24:33,641 --> 00:24:34,005 HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOUR 804 00:24:34,008 --> 00:24:37,608 COMMUNITY? 805 00:24:37,611 --> 00:24:40,144 >> WE'RE ON THE SHORES OF LAKE 806 00:24:40,147 --> 00:24:42,914 POWELL, IT IS IN OUR WATER 807 00:24:42,917 --> 00:24:44,949 SYSTEM BUT SHOULD DISSIPATE 808 00:24:44,952 --> 00:24:46,784 BEFORE IT EVEN COMES TO PAGE. 809 00:24:46,787 --> 00:24:47,151 >> IS THAT A CONCERN IN YOUR 810 00:24:47,154 --> 00:24:48,619 COMMUNITY? 811 00:24:48,622 --> 00:24:50,254 >> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED 812 00:24:50,257 --> 00:24:50,988 BUT WE'RE NOT CONCERNED. 813 00:24:50,991 --> 00:24:52,890 >> SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THE 814 00:24:52,893 --> 00:24:55,960 LEAGUE OF ARIZONA AND CITIES AND 815 00:24:55,963 --> 00:24:57,628 TOWNS, HOW DOES THAT HELP MAYBE 816 00:24:57,631 --> 00:24:59,731 NETWORK YOU WITH OTHER CITY 817 00:24:59,734 --> 00:25:00,131 LEADERS AND EXPOSE YOU TO THE 818 00:25:00,134 --> 00:25:02,100 COMMUNITIES? 819 00:25:02,103 --> 00:25:04,535 >> I REALIZE COMING TO THESE 820 00:25:04,538 --> 00:25:05,570 THINGS, ARIZONA IS TWO HOURS 821 00:25:05,573 --> 00:25:07,805 NORTH OF FLAGSTAFF. 822 00:25:07,808 --> 00:25:08,906 PEOPLE THINK THAT FLAGSTAFF IS 823 00:25:08,909 --> 00:25:09,540 THE END OF THE STATE. 824 00:25:09,543 --> 00:25:11,743 >> OR PAGE. 825 00:25:11,746 --> 00:25:13,644 >> OR PAGE, SO I LIKE TO REMIND 826 00:25:13,647 --> 00:25:15,279 PEOPLE PAGE IS UP HERE, AND GET 827 00:25:15,282 --> 00:25:16,047 DOWN HERE, WE'RE FOUR HOURS FROM 828 00:25:16,050 --> 00:25:17,882 THE CAPITAL. 829 00:25:17,885 --> 00:25:18,316 IT'S GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE THAT WE 830 00:25:18,319 --> 00:25:19,717 NORMALLY SEE. 831 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,652 >> ARE YOU ABLE TO LEARN A LOT 832 00:25:21,655 --> 00:25:21,919 ABOUT THE WAY CITIES AND TOWNS 833 00:25:21,922 --> 00:25:24,722 RUN? 834 00:25:24,725 --> 00:25:25,723 >> THAT IS ONE OF OUR THINGS, 835 00:25:25,726 --> 00:25:27,825 WHAT WE CALL BEST PRACTICES, 836 00:25:27,828 --> 00:25:28,660 WHAT IS WORKING IN YOUR TOWN AND 837 00:25:28,663 --> 00:25:30,795 OUR TOWN. 838 00:25:30,798 --> 00:25:32,397 WE CAN'T COPY ALL THE ORDINANCES 839 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:33,631 BUT WE CAN FIND THE ONES THAT 840 00:25:33,634 --> 00:25:36,401 WORK FOR OUR TOWN. 841 00:25:36,404 --> 00:25:37,769 >> WHAT SORTS OF THINGS IS PAGE 842 00:25:37,772 --> 00:25:40,571 EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW? 843 00:25:40,574 --> 00:25:41,673 ARE THERE GROWTH, CHALLENGES? 844 00:25:41,676 --> 00:25:42,707 >> OUR INTERNET CAPABILITIES 845 00:25:42,710 --> 00:25:44,609 HAVE NOT BEEN THE BEST. 846 00:25:44,612 --> 00:25:45,710 SO WE'RE WORKING ON BRINGING 847 00:25:45,713 --> 00:25:48,913 INFRASTRUCTURE TO PAGE. 848 00:25:48,916 --> 00:25:50,281 >> FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY WANT TO 849 00:25:50,284 --> 00:25:51,082 VISIT PAGE WHAT IS THERE FOR US 850 00:25:51,085 --> 00:25:52,984 TO SEE? 851 00:25:52,987 --> 00:25:56,621 >> WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL THINGS. 852 00:25:56,624 --> 00:25:59,257 ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS 853 00:25:59,260 --> 00:26:01,025 HORSESHOE BAND, WE TALK ABOUT 854 00:26:01,028 --> 00:26:04,128 THE GRAND CANYON. 855 00:26:04,131 --> 00:26:04,762 THE PICTURE IS ACTUALLY 856 00:26:04,765 --> 00:26:05,263 HORSESHOE BEND, WHICH IS 857 00:26:05,266 --> 00:26:06,864 ACTUALLY IN PAGE. 858 00:26:06,867 --> 00:26:08,099 >> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STILL 859 00:26:08,102 --> 00:26:10,001 RECOVERING FROM THE RECESSION, 860 00:26:10,004 --> 00:26:10,335 HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE 861 00:26:10,338 --> 00:26:12,070 ECONOMY? 862 00:26:12,073 --> 00:26:14,706 >> WE'RE A TOURISM ECONOMY AND 863 00:26:14,709 --> 00:26:15,073 GET LOTS OF EUROPEAN AND ASIAN 864 00:26:15,076 --> 00:26:17,709 TOURISTS. 865 00:26:17,712 --> 00:26:18,943 WE DO VERY WELL, SINCE THE 866 00:26:18,946 --> 00:26:20,878 AMERICAN DOLLAR IS DOWN WE'RE 867 00:26:20,881 --> 00:26:21,245 DOING REALLY GOOD WITH FOREIGN 868 00:26:21,248 --> 00:26:22,547 TOURISTS. 869 00:26:22,550 --> 00:26:24,682 >> ANY PROJECTIONS FOR GROWTH IN 870 00:26:24,685 --> 00:26:27,618 THE NEXT YEAR OR SO? 871 00:26:27,621 --> 00:26:29,954 >> WE'RE PRETTY LANDLOCKED SO I 872 00:26:29,957 --> 00:26:31,122 DON'T SEE A LOT OF GROWTH AS FAR 873 00:26:31,125 --> 00:26:34,192 AS RESIDENTS. 874 00:26:34,195 --> 00:26:36,527 BUT WE NEED WORK ON AFFORDABLE 875 00:26:36,530 --> 00:26:37,495 HOUSING AND GET SOME YOUNG 876 00:26:37,498 --> 00:26:40,898 PROFESSIONALS BACK IN THE TOWN. 877 00:26:40,901 --> 00:26:42,967 >> BEING NEXT TO THE NAVAJO 878 00:26:42,970 --> 00:26:46,704 RESERVATION ARE THERE CHALLENGES 879 00:26:46,707 --> 00:26:47,405 YOUR TOWN FACES? 880 00:26:47,408 --> 00:26:48,339 >> WE ARE A BORDER TOWN, AND 881 00:26:48,342 --> 00:26:50,174 AGAIN THAT IS FEDERAL LAND. 882 00:26:50,177 --> 00:26:53,044 SO AGAIN WE'RE SURROUNDED BY THE 883 00:26:53,047 --> 00:26:53,444 FEDERAL LAND THAT MAKES US 884 00:26:53,447 --> 00:26:54,612 LANDLOCKED. 885 00:26:54,615 --> 00:26:55,680 AGAIN, THE RESERVATION IS ONE OF 886 00:26:55,683 --> 00:26:57,882 THEM. 887 00:26:57,885 --> 00:26:59,784 WHAT I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS 888 00:26:59,787 --> 00:27:03,488 REACH OUT TO TUBA CITY. 889 00:27:03,491 --> 00:27:04,889 I GREW UP IN PAGE, SO I WRESTLED 890 00:27:04,892 --> 00:27:06,424 WITH THEM IN HIGH SCHOOL. 891 00:27:06,427 --> 00:27:07,458 >> WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO GAIN 892 00:27:07,461 --> 00:27:09,160 WHEN YOU REACH OUT? 893 00:27:09,163 --> 00:27:11,929 >> WORKING TOGETHER, NO ALCOHOL 894 00:27:11,932 --> 00:27:12,330 IS ALLOWED ON THE NAVAJO 895 00:27:12,333 --> 00:27:14,499 RESERVATION. 896 00:27:14,502 --> 00:27:15,066 SO WE GET A LOT OF THEIR 897 00:27:15,069 --> 00:27:17,568 POPULATION IN TOWN. 898 00:27:17,571 --> 00:27:18,903 >> TOURISM IS A BIG PART OF 899 00:27:18,906 --> 00:27:20,338 PAGE'S ECONOMY. 900 00:27:20,341 --> 00:27:21,105 ARE THERE APPROPRIATE 901 00:27:21,108 --> 00:27:22,840 ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE GROWTH 902 00:27:22,843 --> 00:27:25,910 THAT YOU HAVE SEEN? 903 00:27:25,913 --> 00:27:27,879 >> SO WE HAVE HAD THREE HOTELS 904 00:27:27,882 --> 00:27:30,515 OPEN THIS LAST TWO YEARS, AND 905 00:27:30,518 --> 00:27:31,883 WOULD LIKE TO OPEN MORE, AND THE 906 00:27:31,886 --> 00:27:33,351 HOTEL SAN DIEGO, WE WOULD LIKE 907 00:27:33,354 --> 00:27:35,653 TO GET MORE HOTELS IN THERE. 908 00:27:35,656 --> 00:27:37,855 THE PRICES ARE KIND OF EXPENSIVE 909 00:27:37,858 --> 00:27:39,123 BUT WE HOPE THE HOTELS WILL 910 00:27:39,126 --> 00:27:40,458 BRING THE PRICE DOWN. 911 00:27:40,461 --> 00:27:43,528 THERE IS SOME BEAUTIFUL SCENERY. 912 00:27:43,531 --> 00:27:43,828 AND THE NEXT TOWNS ARE 160 MILES 913 00:27:43,831 --> 00:27:45,663 AWAY. 914 00:27:45,666 --> 00:27:47,999 WE HAVE LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL LAND 915 00:27:48,002 --> 00:27:49,400 AROUND US FOR SCENERY. 916 00:27:49,403 --> 00:27:49,867 LOTS OF PHOTOGRAPHY 917 00:27:49,870 --> 00:27:51,135 OPPORTUNITIES. 918 00:27:51,138 --> 00:27:51,369 >> AND THAT IS OUR PROGRAM.