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>> Ted: THE ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY RECEIVES A $100,000 DONATION FOR A NEW PET EMERGENCY AMBULANCE.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

>> Announcer: THIS IS FROM CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE FRIENDS OF PBS, MEMBERS OF YOUR PBS STATION, THANK YOU.

>> Ted: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TODAY NARROWLY PASSED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD RAISE THE NATION'S DEBT LIMIT BUT ONLY WITH A NUMBER OF CONDITIONS ATTACHED.

THOSE CONDITIONS INCLUDE CUTTING FEDERAL SPENDING BY 14% OVER THE NEXT DECADE GETTING PRESIDENT BIDEN'S CANCELLATION PLAN AND IMPOSEING PLANS FOR FEDERAL NUTRITION.

BEFORE THE BILL PASSED PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD THIS RESPONSE TO THE PLAN WHICH WAS PUSHED BY HOUSE SPEAKER, KEVIN MCCARTHY.

>> I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH HIM BUT NOT WHETHER OR NOT THE DEBT LIMIT GETS EXTENDED.

THAT'S NOT NEGOTIABLE.

I KNOW THEY QUOTE REAGAN AND QUOTE TRUMP, BOTH OF WHICH SAID, I'M PARAPHRASING, IT WOULD BE AN ABSOLUTE CRIME TO NOT EXTEND THE DEBT LIMIT.

>> Ted: THE BILL IS CONSIDERED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT THE SENATE AND TO CHANCE OF SURVIVING IN NEAR CERTAIN PRESIDENTIAL VETO.

ALL OF THIS AS THERE ARE INFORMATIONSINDICATIONS IT COULD DEFAULT AS EARLY AS JUNE.

THEY SAY THIS COULD STRETCH THINGS OUT UNTIL CONGRESS CAN AGREE ON LIFTING THE DEBT LIMIT AND TAXAND THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PAY BILLS.

IF COLLECTIONS DOES PICK UP, IT WOULDN'T DEFAULT UNTIL THE SUMMER.

AGAINST, THAT'S IN LAWMAKERS FAIL TO RAISE OR SUSPEND THE DEBT LIMIT.

>>> AND HEALTH NEWS, DR. FAUCI TALKED ABOUT THE NATION'S RESPONSE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC.

>> WE THOUGHT WE WERE THE BEST PREPARED COUNTRY AND IN SOME RESPECTS FROM A SCIENTIFIC STANDPOINT, AS MANIFESTED BY THE REALLY OVERWHELMING SUCCESS OF THE VACCINE, WE DID WELL, BUT WHEN IT CAME TO PUBLIC HEALTH, THE COMMUNICATION, THE ABILITY TO GET DATA IN REAL-TIME, WE REALLY FELL SHORT.

>> Ted: FAUCI WAS THE PUBLIC FACE TO THE PANDEMIC.

>>> REGARDING ALS, THE F.D.A.

GRANTED APPROVAL FOR THE GENOMIC CAUSE AND THIS IS TOFERSEN AND SAYING BIOGEN NEEDS TO CONTINUE TESTING AND THERE IS CURRENTLY NO EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR ALS.

>>> ARIZONA FAITH NETWORK AT SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED HOUSES AND FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FAITH COUNCIL.

THIS BILL, 1713, AND WHERE DOES IT INLAND.

>> ITSTAND?

>> IT WAS 20-9 AND ONE OF THE RARE BIPARTISAN BILLS MOVING FORWARD IN THE LEGISLATURE.

>> Ted: REVEREND, THE GRANT PROGRAM, $5 MILLION TO HELP SECURE THESE FUNDS AND GIVES US A BETTER INFORMATION OF INDICATION OF WHAT THIS DOES IN.

>> THIS IS PROVIDING SECURITY FOR THOSE PREMISES AND I'M SO GLAD TO SEE A COLLABORATION BY SO MANY DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS GROUPS UNDER AFN TO GET TOGETHER TO TRY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.

THERE HASN'T BEEN A CHURCHHAVING BEEN A CHURCH THAT'S BEEN SAND VANDALIZED, THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE DONE WITH THE DOORS AND THE LIKE AND WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.

>> Ted: SECURITY GUARDS ARE INCLUDED, AS WELL.

>> THIS IS CUMBERSOME IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND IT REQUIRES A CAPITAL OUTLAY.

SO HOUSES OF WORSHIP HAVE TO PUT UP WITH A 50% CHANCE OF BEING REIMBURSED.

>> Ted: SOUNDS LIKE IT'S AFTER THE CHANGES ARE MADE, TRUE?

>> TRUE.

THIS DOES TWO THINGS.

IF YOU APPLY FOR THE FEDERAL PROGRAM AND ARE NOT ACCEPTED OR NOT SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR APPLICATION, IT AUTOMATICALLY ROLLS OVER INTO THE STATE PROGRAM WITHOUT HAVING TO SUBMIT A NEW APPLICATION AND THEN A STREAMLINED APPLICATION TO APPLY TO WITHOUT THE FEDERAL PROGRAM AND THAT'S A GAME CHANGER AND WON'T REQUIRE THE CAPITAL OUTLAY AND FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ONES, THERE'S A BETTER RAMP.

>> Ted: YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT DURING THE PROCESS.

AS FAR AS THE SECURITY MEASURES, YOU MENTIONED EXPERIENCES WITH YOUR CHURCH IN TUCSON, AND HERE IN PHOENIX AT THE COMMUNITY CHURCH AND FLAGSTAFF AT HARVARD CHAPEL.

EVERYTHING FROM INDIVIDUALS THROWING ROCKS THROUGH STAINED GLASS WINDOWS AND DRIVEWAYING THE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AND NOT TO MENTION OTHER CHURCHES AND SIN TOGETHER SYNAGOGS AND TEMPLES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES FAR WORSE THAN WE ARE, SUCH AS WISCONSIN.

THERE WERE FIVE INDIVIDUALS KILLED THERE.

ONE LIEUTENANT, LIEUTENANT BRIAN MURPHY, HE WAS SHOT 15 TIMES TO GET IN THAT SITUATION.

NOT TO MENTION, MOTHER EMANUEL IN SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE NINE INDIVIDUALS WERE KILLED BECAUSE ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WALKED IN DURING A BIBLE STUDY AND JUST SHOT THEM ALL.

THESE SORT OF OF THINGS HAVE TO BE STOPPED.

I'M SO GLAD TO SEE OUR ARIZONA LEGISLATURE IS MOVING FORWARD TO HELP THOSE SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED CHURCHES PROVIDE A SANCTUARY IN THEIR HOUSE OF WORSHIP.

>> Ted: AS FAR AS THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS CONCERNED, HOW DOES THAT WORK?

>> THROUGH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE BILL -- AFTER THE LEGISLATION HAS BEEN FULLY COMPLETED, THEY'LL WORK ON THAT PROCESS, BUT THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HANDLES THE FEDERAL PROGRAM AND THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND THIS WOULD BE A SECONDARY COMPONENT ON A STATE LEVEL.

THERE'S BLUE STATES, RED STATES WITH STATE BASED PROGRAMS.

>> Ted: WE HEAR ABOUT THIS AND IT'S HAPPENING.

>> TWO TYPES OF WORSHIPERS IN ARIZONA, THOSE WITH THEIR EYES ON GOD AND THOSE THEIR EYES ON THE GOD OF WHO'S COMING THROUGH AND THIS GIVES A MODICUM OF SECURITY.

THIS IS A WAY OF HELPING ALL VULNERABLE EXPECTS TO COMMUNITIES DO WHAT THEY'RE MEANT TO DO.

>> Ted: AT THE CORE, THIS IS A FREEDOM OF RELIGION MESSAGE, IS IT NOT?

>> IT IS, VERY MUCH A FREEDOM OF RELIGION.

WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, I THOUGHT ABOUT THE OLD MOVIE, WHERE THE OLD HUNCH OF NOTRE DAME WAS IN THE SANCTUARY, A SAFE PLACE TO WORSHIP, SO MANY DIFFERENT RELIGIONS TO HAVING WORKED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM ALL THAT NEED THIS SECURITY.

>> Ted: I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION.

YOU WANT SECURITY AT YOUR CHURCH AND SYNAGOG AND DOES IT HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN TYPE?

WE TALKED ABOUT GUARDS AND DOORS, BUT ARE THERE REQUIREMENTS TO HOW THAT'S SECURED?

>> SO AS A PART OF THAT APPLICATION, A WIDE VARIETY OF SECURITY MEASURES THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR IN TARGET HARDENING AND CAMERAS AND IT'S ROBUST IN TERMS OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SB13, THROUGH AND THEY HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT MAN OF FAITH COMMUNITIES AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR PASSING THIS AND NOT OFTEN WE HAVE A GREAT SHINING LIGHT AND IT'S NICE THE FAITH COMMUNITY IS SUPPORTED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND.

THIS IS AGREAT STORY.

>> Ted: YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR HOUSE OF WORSHIP NEEDS AND WHO DECIDES HOW MANY GUARDS AND WHAT KIND OF GUARDS AND CAMERAS.

HOW DOES THAT WORK?

>> WE HAVE A GROUP OF TRUSTEES AND THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ADDRESSING THIS.

ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS THAT OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS IN THE JEWISH MUSEUM AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AS FAR AS HELPING TO STRENGTHEN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BY ADDING SOME OF THE SECURITY MEASURES POINT.

>> Ted: THE ARIZONA INTERFAITH WORKING FOR THIS, AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS INFORMATION.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: UP NEXT, THE LATEST FROM THE STATE CAPITOL AND OUR WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

STUDY >> IT'S WEDNESDAY AND IT'S TIME FOR OUR WEEKLY UPDATE.

TONIGHT IT'S A REPUBLICAN'S TURN AND WE'RE JOINED BY A STATE SENATOR, STEVE KAISER.

>> FIRST TIME ON.

>> Ted: A LOT OF HOUSING BILLS AND I CAN'T AVOID THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S A CURIOUS ISSUE.

DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER HIDING BIBLES IN THE STATE LOUNGE AND APOLOGIZED AND WHAT ARE BIBLES DOING ON THE PROPERTY, I GUESS WOULD BE THE QUESTION?

YOUR THOUGHTS ON ALL OF THIS?

>> YOU LOOK AT THE STATE SEAL AND IT HAS GOD ENRICHES AND IT'S PART OF OUR STATE HISTORY.

WE'RE NOT AFRAID OF RELIGION.

WE EMBRACE RELIGION AS ARIZONANS AND IT'S INTERESTING THIS BEHAVIOR, WHEN YOU LOOK AT AT THE VIDEO, PUTTING BIBLES UNDER THE SEAT CUSHIONS AND PEOPLE ARE SITTING ON THEM, IN REFRIGERATORS AND DISRESPECTFUL AND IT'S INTERESTING -- DISRESPECTFUL SHE WOULD BE DOING THIS.

>> Ted: YOU THINK SHE SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED.

>> I THINK SO.

PUT THIS UNDER A SEAT CUSHION.

>> Ted: ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH CAMERAS PLACED THERE FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF LITERALLY SPYING ON YOU?

>> I'M OK WITH THE CAMERAS BEING EVERYWHERE AND I THINK SUNLIGHT IS GREAT FOR LEGISLATORS AND I THINK CAMERAS SHOULD BE ALL OVER THE PLACE IN THOSE BUILDINGS.

>> Ted: STATE HOUSE LOUNGE?

>> YEAH.

I DON'T SEE A DOWNSIDE.

THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE.

>> Ted: HER APOLOGY NOT QUITE ENOUGH FOR YOU?

>> I HEARD SHE DID APOLOGIZE AND THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING WHICH IS TO APOLOGIZE.

>> Ted: HOUSING BILLS AND A LOT OF THING, STRIKERS WANT IT ALL BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL PLAN, IT DIDN'T MAKE IT AND BEFORE WE GET TO HOW YOU PARSE THINGS OUT, WHY DIDN'T THAT ORIGINAL PLAN GO THROUGH AND FOR HOUSING AND EASING REGULATIONS?

>> SO I THINK YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO LAST YEAR, WHERE WE TRIED A BILL AND FAILED AND TOO AGGRESSIVE.

WE SLOWED THAT BILL DOWN AND TURNED IT INTO A STUDY COMMITTEE AND SPENT ALL FALL, OVER 30 HOURS STUDYING THIS PROBLEM, TURNED IT INTO WHAT WAS 117.

1117.

THAT BILL DID FAIL AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE VOTES AND THOUGHT WE WERE THERE.

ULTIMATELY, WE DECIDED TO DO STRIKERS INSTEAD OF AMENDING IT DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS A BIG BILL TO BREAK THING OUT AND MAKE IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND FOR DIFFERENT MEMBERS AND DIFFERENT COALITIONS.

>> Ted: THIS IS A WAY TO REVIVE THINGS THAT FAILED IN THE PAST.

HOUSE BILL 2536 MANDATES REZONING OVER 25,000 AND ALLOWS FOR SINGLE ROOM DWELLINGS AND WHY IS THAT A GOOD THING, ESPECIALLY IF MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOT THAT CRAZY ABOUT IT?

>> WE KEEP THE ZONING PROCESS IN PLACE AND ASKED THE CITIES TO GET THIS DONE IN 180 DAYS.

WE HAD 90 DAYS AND THAT'S TOO QUICK AND HOW ABOUT 180 DAYS.

THEY HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND CAN APPROVE OR REJECT ANY PROJECT.

THIS IS AN ANSWER FOR SENIOR POPULATION AND WE'RE AMENDING THAT 55 PLUS BECAUSE SENIORS ARE THE FASTEST GROWING HOMELESS POPULATION.

WE WANT A SOLUTION FOR THEM, AS WELL.

THIS CAN POT BE IN CANNOT BE IN A SINGLE FAMILY ZONE.

>> Ted: OVERNIGHT SITE BY THE MUNICIPALITY?

>> THIS HAS TO BE REGULATED ZONE.

>> Ted: WHAT ABOUT AFFORDABILITY?

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HOUSING SHORTAGE?

>> SO 11 1161 IS ONE OF THE THREE BILL INTERESTS THISBILLS.

THIS SPECIFICALLY HAS A BUY-RIGHT COMPONENT WHERE IN YOU'RE WITHIN A HALF MILE OF LIGHTRAIL OR STREETCAR, YOU CAN FLIP THIS TO MULTIFAMILY AS LONG AS IT'S AFFORDABLE AND THAT'S DETERMINED BY 80% OF THE MEDIAN INCOME.

>> Ted: WHAT THE MUNICIPALITIES.

>> IT'S ZONING WHERE COMMERCIALLY LAND GOES AND THAT CAN NOW BE FLIPPED TO MULTI-RESIDENTIAL.

>> Ted: CHANGING DENSITY LIMITS AND THESE THINGS?

>> DOESN'T CHANGE DENSITY IN ONE SENSE.

THAT COMMERCIALLY ZONED PROMPT IS ALONG THE LIGHTRAIL AND STREETCAR AND 20 STORIES TALL AND WE'RE SAYING, LET US GO SEVEN STORIES TALL AND 100% AFFORDABLE.

>> Ted: 80 FEET.

>> YES.

>> Ted: THAT'S 1161 AND 1163, WHAT ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AS FAR AS WIDTHS AND SETBACKS?

>> 1163, WE DROP THE SMALL LOTS THAT ALLOWED FOR FOUR THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT LOTS AND THAT DIRECTLY ATTACKED AFFORDABILITY AND THAT IS REMOVED TO GET PEOPLE ON BOARD.

THE REST OF 1163 IS FEW DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES AND 4% IS MULTIFAMILY.

WE'LL BE KEEPING THAT IN PLACE AND HOUSING NEED'S ASSESSMENT AND THE CITIES HAVE TO SUBMIT DATA TO THE STATE.

>> Ted: CRITICS ARE SAYING THAT NICE IDEAS, WELL THOUGHT-OUT, CONGRATULATIONS AND IT DOES NOT DIRECTLY AFFECT AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSE HOUSING?

>> THE PUGH RESEARCH GROUP LOOKED AT FOUR OR FIVE CITIES HAD THAT LOOSE.

THE RENTAL INCREASES WERE 1% TO 2% VERSUS 30% WHICH IS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

SUPPLY AND DEMAND IS WHAT ANSWERS THIS QUESTION.

>> Ted: SOME OF THE REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES, WHAT WAS THE IDEA?

I THINK IT WAS SB1117 AND THIS SMALLER PARTS, THAT IT KNEECAPS, HIS PHRASE.

DOES HE HAVE A POINT?

>> THE ONLY PEOPLE AGAINST THIS ARE THE MAYORS AND HAVE TO ASK WHY.

THE REASON WHY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A COMPLETE CONTROL OVER ALL DEVELOPERS.

NO DEVELOPERS ARE SIGNING IN SPORT OF THIS, EXCEPT FOR ONE THAT'S A NATIONAL ONE AND THE REASON WHY IS THEY'RE AFRAID OF UPSETTING THE CITIES WITH THIS MAFIA STYLE GRIP ON DEVELOPMENT AND DON'T WANT AN INCH ON THAT AND THAT'S WAS CAUSING THIS HOUSING SHORTAGE?

>> Ted: INCLUSIONARY ZONING NOT INVOLVED AND THAT'S A TOUCHY TOPIC BECAUSE IT REQUIRES THE DEVELOPERS TO PUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALONG WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENTS AND WHY NOT CONSIDER THAT?

>> SO INCLUSIONARY ZONING, MUCH LIKE RENT CONTROL HAS BEEN PROVEN NOT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

SO WHAT INCLUSION ZONING SAYS, IF YOU HAVE 100 UNITS, THE CITY OR WHOEVER WOULD SAY 20% OF THOSE NEED TO BE AFFORDABLE, LIKE 80% AMI.

YOU RAISE RAISED THE RENT AND NOW YOU HAVE THIS SMALL NUMBER OF DOORS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE, BUT IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE THAT WON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND OUR BUY RIGHT PIECE HAS 100% AFFORDABLE IN THOSE BUILDINGS.

>> Ted: WHERE DO THESE BILLS STAND?

>> TWO ARE WAITING FOR FLOOR ACTION IN THE HOUSE, PASSING HOUSE COMMERCE WITH SUPER MAJORITY IN THE COMMITTEE AND 2536 PASSED THE COMMERCE COMMITTEE, BIPARTISAN, SUPER MAJORITY AND WE'RE STILL NEGOTIATING WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS.

WHAT'S FASCINATING, YOU HAVE A LOT OF CONSERVATIVE GROUPS SIGNED IN SUPPORT AND LOTS OF PROGRESSIONIVE GROUPS SIGNED IN SUPPORT.

THIS AN AMAZING BILL WITH COALITION.

>> Ted: CONVERSELY, A COUPLE THAT EXPRESSED CONCERNS AND WE'LL SEE HOW FAR THAT GOES.

SENATOR, THANK YOU.

>> APPRECIATE THE TIME, OPPORTUNITY.

, THANKYOU.

>> Ted: THE ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY RECEIVED A $100,000 DONATION AND IT WILL GREATLY EXPAND EFFORTS TO HELP SICK, INJURED AND ABANDONED ANIMALS.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

STEVE, THE AUSTIN PET AMBULANCE, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

THIS IS A HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE AND IT'S FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE TO PICK UP INJURED ANIMALS AND TREAT THEM AND WE CAN PUT THEM ON FLUIDS AND RUSH THEM TO THE TRAUMA HOSPITAL AND THIS WILL ALLOW MORE AND MORE TYPES OF RESCUES.

>> Ted: AND ALLOWS FOR OFF-ROAD ACCESS.

>> DEPLOYED WITH FIRES DURING THE SUMMER AND OUT TO FIRES, AS WELL.

>> Ted: HOW IS A PET AMBULANCE OUTFITTED?

>> THE MOST IMPORTANT PART, THE PERSONNEL, AND THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH A TRAUMA HOSPITAL AND THEY HAVE EVERYTHING TO STABILIZE AN ANIMAL AND GET THEM IN A GOOD POSITION TO RUSH THEM TO THE TRAUMA HOSPITAL AND TAKE CARE OF THEM AND SAVE THEIR LIVES.

>> Ted: THIS IS THE AUSTIN PET AMBULANCE AND INGRID, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS $100,000 DONATION FROM THE AUSTIN FUND AND WHO WAS BILL AUSTIN?

>> BILL AUSTIN IS OR WAS A RADIO AND TV PERSONALITY AND HE UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY 13 YEARS AGO FROM BLADDER CANCER.

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE THE BENEFICIARIES OF HIS ESTATE TO ESTABLISH A CHARITY IN HIS NAME.

>> Ted: A CHARITY IN HIS NAME FOR THE ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY.

WAS HE A BIG PET LOVER?

I WOULD IMAGINE HE WAS.

>> I THINK HE ENJOYED PETS.

AS YOU KNOW, BILL AUSTIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND BILL AUSTIN STUDIO HERE ARE AT THE CRONKITE SCHOOL.

THAT WAS HIS SCHOOL AND BECAUSE OF THE BLADDER CANCER, WE FUNDED A FEW OTHER PROJECTS AND ONE IS A CITY OF HOPE RESEARCH PROJECT ON BLADDER CANCER AND WE FULLY FUNDED THAT.

WE MOVED ONTO THE SCOTTSDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BOUGHT THEM A DOG AND FOUND OUT A VEHICLE HAS TO GO WITH THE DOG AND THE DOG WAS NAMED "AUSTIN."

HE'S NOW RETIRED WE MOVED ONTO ANIMALS AND VEHICLES AND THE ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY WITH THEIR NEW PROJECT, THEIR NEW BUILDING WAS INTERESTING, BUT WE THOUGHT, WE WANT SOMETHING MORE IMMEDIATE THAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.

WE SPOKE WITH THEM AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE HAVE THE AMBULANCE IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

I SAID, WE KNOW WHAT THESE CAN RUN.

SO WE'RE WILLING TO DO IT THIS YEAR AND IT'S ON THE ROAD NOW.

>> Ted: IT'S ON THE ROAD AND HOW DOES THAT CHANGE WHAT YOU DO?

>> IT ALLOWS US TO RESCUE MORE ANIMALS.

IT'S A HIGH QUALITY, HIGH TECH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT AS DR. HOSS SAID, IT'S ON THE ROAD AND SAVING LIVES.

>> Ted: HOW MANY VEHICLES DID YOU ALREADY HAVE OUT THERE?

>> SO WE HAVE ABOUT NINE VEHICLES TOTAL AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT SOME OF THEM ARE AGING OUT AND NOT EQUIPPED LIKE THIS VEHICLE IS AND THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL VEHICLE IN THAT WAY IT IT WANT TOW HEAVY EQUIPMENT WE CAN TAKE TO FIRES AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL.

>> Ted: INGRID, I WOULD IMAGINE IT HAS TO BE REWARDING THAT ABUSED AND SICK ANIMALS WILL BE HELPED BY THIS AMBULANCE CREATEED BY THIS FUND.

>> AND KNOWING HOW MANY IT TAKES CARE OF ALL THE TIME, THERE'S WHAT, 250 UNDER ONE ROOF RIGHT NOW AND THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN HELPED AND AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.

>> Ted: AGAIN, I HAVE TO THINK, THIS HAS TO BE SO REWARDING.

>> WON'T SO EXCITED.

>> Ted: AS FAR AS THE NEW FACILITY, I SEE THAT AND HOW IS THIS GOING?

>> IT'S COMING RIGHT ALONG AND BILL AND MELANIE WALLSON WALTON IN THE FALL AND WE SHOULD BE OPEN IN OCTOBER.

>> Ted: THE AUSTIN PET AMBULANCE WILL BE MAKING H MAKING THERE, TOO?

>> YES.

>> Ted: I'M SURE BILL AUSTIN WILL BE HAPPY FOR THIS PURPOSE.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US AND CONTINUED GOOD WORK.

GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> Ted: AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING!