>>> COMING UP NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON", WE'LL HEAR FROM A TACTICAL INSTRUCTOR WHO TEACHES SCHOOL DISTRICTS HOW TO STAY AFTER?

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GOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON" I AM TED SIMONS.

QUESTIONS OVER THE LAW ENFORCE THINK RESPONSE TO TUESDAY'S MASSACRE AT A TEXAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

PARENT WERE SEEN PLEADING WITH POLICE OFFICERS TO DO SOMETHING AS THE GUNMAN REMAINED INSIDE THE SCHOOL FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR.

AUTHORITIES TODAY DESCRIBED A CHAOTIC SCENE ON TUESDAY WITH OFFICERS BACKING AWAY AND CALLING IN TACTICAL TEAMS AFTER BEING FIRED UPON.

EARLY REPORTS THAT THE GUNMAN WAS INITIALLY CONFRONTED BY EYE SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE OFFICER WERE NOT TRUE.

POLICE NOW SAY THAT THERE WAS NO ARMED OFFICER ON CAMPUS.

AND THAT THE GUNMAN WALKED IN TO THE SCHOOL UNIMPEDED AND ALL OF THE VICTIMS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT MINUTES AFTER THE GUNMAN ARRIVED AT THE SCHOOL.

SENATE REPUBLICANS BLOCKED A BILL TODAY THAT REQUIRED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO MONITOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM THE MOVE COMES DAYS AFTER THE MASS SHOOTING IN TEXAS AND WEEKS AFTER A RACIST MASS SHOOTING IN BUFFALO THE LEGISLATION HAD ALREADY PASSED THE DEMOCRATIC-CONTROLLED HOUSE BUT SENATE REPUBLICANS WERE CONCERNED THE BILL WOULD OPEN UP DEBATE ON GUN CONTROL MEASURES MEASURES AND THUS IT FELL SHORT OF THE SENATE'S 60 VOTE FILL BUSTER THRESHOLD.

MITCH McCONNELL TODAY DIRECTED TEXAS REPUBLICAN SENATOR JOHN CORNYN TO WORK WITH DECEMBER CRATE BEING LAY MAKE ORES A, QUOTE, BIPARTISAN SOLUTION TO GUN VIOLENCE, McCONNELL SAYS THAT HE ENCOURAGED CORNYN TO WORK WITH ARIZONA SENATOR KIRSTEN KYRSTEN SINEMA AND CHRIS MURRAY AMONG OTHER DEMOCRATS WHO McCONNELL DEPARTMENTS ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING A RESULT THEY TART OF THE PROGRAM.

>> JOE GARCIA THE HUSBAND OF IRMA GARCIA SHOT AND KILL IN THE MASSACRE, HE HAS REPORTEDLY DIED AFTER SUFFERING A FATAL HEART ATTACK.

JOE AND IRMA GARCIA WERE HIGH SCHOOL SWEET HEARTS, MARRIED 24 HOURS AND LEAVE BEHIND FOUR CHILDREN.

OTHER NEWS MARICOPA COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL NOT CHARGE CHANDLER POLICE OFFICER IN CONNECTION WITH THE FATAL SHOOTING LAST YEAR OF 17-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY CANO.

COUNTY ATTORNEY RACHEL MITCHELL SHOWS THE OFFICER CHASE BEBAK-MILLER'S ACTIONS DID NOT SAY VIOLATE THE LAW.

>> AS A PROSECUTOR ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING AND YET THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I MUST DO IS SATISFY MY FEELINGS AND FIGURE TO OUT THE FACTS AND THE -- FOCUS THE FACTS AND THE EVIDENCE AND THE LAW.

THE DEATH OF THIS 17-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN IS HAR BREAKING.

I WANT HIS FAMILY TO KNOW THAT I ACKNOWLEDGE AND I RECOGNIZE THE TERRIBLE LOSS THAT THEY HAVE SUFFERED.

BUT AFTER AN ANALYSIS OF ALL THE FACTORS I HAVE TO DETERMINED THAT THE ACTIONS OF OFFICER BEBAK-MILLER DID NOT SAY LIGHT CRIMINAL STATUTES AND THIS OFFICE WILL NOT BE FILING CRIMINAL CHARGES IN THIS MATTER.

>> BODY CAM IMAGES OF INCIDENT SHOW THAT CANO WAS CARRYING A GUN WHILE BE CHASED BY BEBAK-MILLER.

POLICE SAY THAT CANO DROPPED THE GUN AND PICKED IT UP AT WHICH POINT BEBAK-MILLER SHOT CANO IN THE BACK AND AGAIN WHILE CANO WAS ON THE GROUND.

CANO WAS HOSPITALIZED IN CRITICAL CONDITION, HE DIED TWO WEEKS LATER.

AND AN APPEALS COURT TODAY RULED THAT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MUST ANSWER QUESTIONS UNDER OATH IN NEW YORK'S CIVIL INNING INVESTIGATION IN TO HIS BUSINESS PRACTICES THE FOUR-JUDGE PANEL UPHELD A TRUMP ATTORNEYS ARGUED THAT IT COULD BE USED IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND WAS UNTONGS TYING THE BUT THE APPEALS COURT DIDN'T BUY IT INVOLVES CLAIMS THAT THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION USED FRAUDULENT EVALUATIONS OF ASSETS INCLUDING SKY SKY SCRAPERS TO GET LOANS AND TAX BENEFITS.

>>> THIS WEEK'S TRAGEDY IN TEXAS IS PUT A SHARPER FOCUS ON SCHOOL SAFETY OUR NEXT GUEST HAS A COMPANY THAT HELPS SCHOOL DRIPPINGS AND AS WELL AS LAW EN FOR THE AGENCY PRESIDENT PAETSCH FOR ACTIVE SHATTER SITUATIONS AND JOE DEEDON IS PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF TAC-ONE CONSULTING.

THANK YOU FOR JOIN US WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME IT'S PROBABLY A BUSINESS TIME FOR YOU.

LET'S GET TO IT.

HOW TO YOU HELP SCHOOL DISTRICTS DEAL WITH SOMETHING AS VOLATILE LITERAL AS VOLATILE AS AN ACTIVE SHOOT ARE SITUATION.

>> OUR BIDS IS FORWARD THINKING WE TAKE IT -- MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE SOME SORT OF ACTIVE SHOOTER POLICY OR TRAINING IN PLACE.

BUT THAT IS 99% OF THE TIME IT'S ONLY FOR STAFF.

SO WE HAVE HAD A VERY AGGRESSIVE STAFF TRAINING PROGRAM FOR YEARS.

BUT IN 2017 WE ROLLED OUT ACTUAL STUDENT TRAINING THAT'S AGE SPECIFIC, IT'S AGE APPROPRIATE, K-12.

SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE THERE WITHIN THE FIRST MOMENTS, SOMETIMES WITH ARMED PRESENCE OR ARMED PRESENCE NOT OR ON SCENE OR NOT ON SCENE SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY HAS AT LEAST SOME SORT OF PLAN NO MATTER THEIR ROLE ON CAMPUS.

SO THEY CAN BUY THOSE SEVERAL CRITICAL MINUTES UNTIL WE CAN GET LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVING.

>> YOU MENTIONED TALKING ABOUT -- TALKING TO STUDENTS ABOUT THIS.

AGE SPECIFIC.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TALKING TO A FIRST AND SECOND GRADER AND A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

K-2 IS A GLORIFIED GAME OF HIDE AND GO SEEK.

AND FOLLOW THE LEADER LIKE DUCK, DUCK GOOSE, THOSE ARE THE LITERAL CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE.

WE SIT IN A CHAIR WITH THEIR RUG.

YOU KNOW, THEY SIT DOWN, YOU HAVE ONE KID PLAYING WITH HIS HAIR.

OTHER KID WANTS TO TELL YOU HE WANTS TO BE A FIREMAN.

SO WHEN WE ARE THE LITTLE KIDS THEY DO FIRE DRILLS SO THEY ARE WELL VERSE ODD THAT.

SO WE PLAY BASICALLY KIND OF A GLORIFIED GAME WITH THEM THAT INTRODUCES THEM TO OUR PROGRAM AND WE GET IN TO 3RD-5TH.

WHICH IS USUALLY PRIMARY SCHOOL LIKE IN TEXAS.

IT'S A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED.

THEY LEARN THE EVACUATION DRILLS.

AND THEY ALSO LEARN THOUSAND HELP BARRICADE A DOOR.

AGAIN, ELEMENT TRY STAFF.

THEY ARE USUALLY BY THEMSELVES AND ARE NOT AS STRONG AS MIDDLE SCHOOLERS OR HIGH SCHOOLERS SO THE TEACH HAS A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY.

>> THAT EVACUATION IS KEY.

YOU HAVE TO REALLY EVACUATE AND BARRICADE OF ARE THE TWO BIGGIES RIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY WELL WE DON'T TRY TO FORCE THE EVACUATION IF YOU CAN BARRICADE A PERFECTLY GOOD CLASSROOM TO LOOK AT WE HAVE NOT A SHOOT THEIR BARRICADE EVERYBODY A LOCK.

SO IF YOU CAN STAY WHERE YOU ARE AT BARRICADE, IF NOT EVACUATE IN A CLICK THIS FOR AN EXTENDED LAW ENFORCEMENT TIME DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION IF WE CAN REMOVE 90% THINK 99% OF THE CAMPUS, WITHIN THOSE FIRST 30 SECONDS THEN, YOU KNOW THEY CAN OUT OF HARM'S WAY AND WE OUI SAW THAT ALL THIS CARNAGE TOOK PLACE IN ONE CLASSROOM THAT MUCH CAME AROUND 2017 THAT, BECAME NORM BEFORE THAT IT WAS SHELTER IN PLACE, SO THEN WE HAVE A 3-PRONGED APPROACH GETTING IN TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL IS FIGHTING BACK.

AGAIN PROVIDING THREE OPTIONS INSTEAD OF JUST ONE.

>> TALK ABOUT FIGHTING BACK FOR THE OLDER KIDS.

>> SO THEY ARE AUTONOMOUS, THEY ARE YOUNG ADULTS, HIGH SCHOOLERS THEY ARE DRIVING, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES.

THEY HAVE A MORE FREEDOM THROUGHOUT CAMPUS THEY ARE NOT SUPERVISED.

OBVIOUS LICK LIKE OUR LITTLE ONES ARE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

SO AND WHEN THOSE PLACES HAVE BEEN HIT LATELY.

THEIR PEERS HAVE ALREADY EXPOSED THE TYPICAL LOCKDOWN DRILLS, YOU HAVE 18 YEARS OF NOW THAT HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR, YOU KNOW, DEFEAT THAT GO LOCKDOWN DRILL THAT THEY ARE SO USED TO THEY GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF DRILLS A YEAR, RIGHT THEY DO THEM BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, INSIDE CLASSROOMS.

YOU CAN'T LOCKDOWN SOMEBODY WHO IS ALREADY IN OPEN AIR WITH YOU.

SO WE EMPOWER THEM TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS TO FIGHT BACK IF THEY HAVE TO.

>> HOW DO YOU DO THIS?

ESPECIALLY WITH THE LITTLE ONES BUT FOR ALL OF THE KIDS HOW DO YOU DO THIS WITHOUT TRAUMATIZING THEM?

>> THAT'S HUGE, LIKE I SAID I EXPLAIN THE K-2.

THEY JUST THINK IT'S A GAME.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

AS WE GET TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AS FAR AS LIKE THE THIRD GRADE ON UP.

WE LET THEM LEAD THE CONVERSATION.

AND LITERALLY YOU YOU'LL SEE FIFTH GRADERS THAT SAY WE ARE DOING SAFETY TRAINING, SIMILAR TO THEIR TORNADO DRILLS AND FIRE DRILLS, THEY KNOW THE LOCKDOWN DRILLS AND THEY NOAH THEY ARE FOR.

YOU KNOW GET A FIVE-YEAR-OLD OR FIFTH GRADER SAYING DON'T GET SHOT IN THE FACE.

WE DON'T PUT THIS IN THEIR MIND.

AND IT BLOWS PARENTS' MINDS, TEACHERS WHO SEE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE LIKE, WOW, OUR KIDS DO KNOW ABOUT THIS.

IT'S KIND OF THE EM TO WANT IN THE ROOM WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT BUT THEY GIVE YOU THE OFFICERS ANSWERS, BUT WHEN IT GETS TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THIGH SCHOOL THERE IS SO MUCH INFORMATION WE TREAT THEM LIKE YOUNG ADULTS.

THEY UNDERSTAND VIDEO GAMES AND WHY THEY NEED TO HIDE P. IT'S ALARMING.

>> IS THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TEACHERS.

>> THESE SEPARATE.

WE TRAIN WITH THEM BEFORE.

THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH 90% OF THE PROGRAM AND THEN WE USUALLY JUST STAY AND DO THE STUDENTS RIGHT THERE AFTERWARDS.

AND THE TEACHERS WILL START HELPING US FACILITATE SOME OF THE EXERCISES WE DO.

BUT NONE OF IT IS HIGH STRESS.

IT'S JUST SIMPLY ROTATE THEM AROUND IN TO THE BARRICADING EVACUATION PHASE AND THE FIGHTING BACK PORTION.

AND SO IT'S LOW STRESS.

BUT IT'S STILL A -- IT'S KIND OF A TEAM BUILDING TOO.

>> RIGHT.

>> WE SHOWED THEM A PARKLAND ANIMATION THEY LOST THEIR QUARTERBACK THEY GOT SELL RATEED FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY.

A LOT OF KIDS WENT DOWN TO SHOCK DOWN, SHELTER IN PLACE AND HIDE IN THE CORNER THAT THEY HAVE BEEN, AGAIN, PRECONDITIONED TO OVER 16 YEARS OF THEIR LIVES.

TO WHERE WHEN THEY LOST THEIR TEACHERS THEY COULDN'T SNAP OUT IT WAS AND MAKE THE DECISION UNDER STRESS, SO THEY HID IN PLAIN SIGHT OF THE DOOR.

>> YEAH.

LAST QUESTION.

BEFORE YOU GO, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY SERIOUS WORK HERE.

AND RIGHT UNDER ABOUT NOW IT'S VERY SERIOUS, WHAT GOT YOU INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS?

>> I RESPONDED TO TWO SCHOOL SHOOT GO AHEAD IN JEFFERSON COUNTY WORKING FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HE CAME ON THREE YEARS AFTER COLUMBINE I WASN'T THERE.

BUT I RESPONDED TO DEER CREEK MIDDLE COOL AND AT [ INAUDIBLE ] I SAW SOME FAILURE BUYS LAW ENFORCEMENT PRIOR TO US GETTING THERE.

OPPORTUNITIES TO MISSED.

AND THEN DEER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL A STAFF MEMBER WITH PRETTY ME ROW I CAN ACTIONS STOP AID SCHOOL STOPPED A SCHOOL SHOOTING AND SAVE LIVES THAT PROMPTED ME TO BUILD THESE PROGRAMS.

THE SINGLE HERE IS AND THE BEYOND THE LOCKDOWN.

>> WE WISH YOU THE BEST AND HOPE IT WORKS OUT THINK HOPE YOU ARE NOT NEEDED OUT THERE.

BECAUSE IT'S JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S AN INCREASINGLY PART OF SOCIETY AND WE NEED THIS INFORMATION.

JOE DEEDON TAC-ONE CONSULTING.

THANK YOU, SIR WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>>> YOU AGREED UP NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON", THE CITY OF MESA DECLARES A WATER SHORTAGE WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE CITY NEXT.

>> THE ON-GOING DROUGHT HAS PROM TELL THE CITY OF MESA TO DECLARE A WATER SHORTAGE WITH THE CITY IMPLEMENTING THE FIRST STATEMENT OF A WATER-SHORTAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR MORE WELCOME MESA CITY MAJOR CHRIS BRADY.

WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON" GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> DECLARING A WATER SHORTAGE.

WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT?

>> WE ARE?

STAGE ONE.

IT FOR YOU ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE STAGE ONE IS ABOUT BEING AWARE.

AND IT'S ABOUT REALLY BEGINNING TO INFORM OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE FACT THAT ONE OF OUR SOURCES OF WATER IS UNDER STRESS.

AND WE ARE SEEING SHORTAGES.

DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE CUTTING BACK ON ANYBODY'S WATER.

THE CITY IS CUTTING BACK AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO MORE TO REDUCE THE WATER CONSUMPTION.

>> THAT ONE SOURCE IS THE COLORADO RIVER.

>> THAT'S ONE OF THE IMPORTANT SOURCES FOR MESA SPECIFICALLY YES.

>> COLORADO, SALT AND DRIER DAY RIVERS.

DO YOU KNOW THE PERCENTAGE OFFHAND?

>> THE COLORADO RELATES ABOUT 50% AT THIS TIME.

>> OKAY.

>> WE HAVE THE SALT RIVER THAT IS DOING FAIRLY WELL RIGHT NOW.

ANY TILE ONE YOUR MAJOR SOURCES THE OF WATER IS EXPERIENCING STRESS WE FELT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO STAGE ONE THIS IS AN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.

HOW AM I USING WATER ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE.

>> I WANT TO GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE.

YOU MENTIONED CITY FACILITIES ARE YOU CUTTING BACK A LOT.

>> WE ARE TRYING TO USE MORE TECHNOLOGY AND MAKING SURE THAT THE WATER REUSE IS NECESSARY.

ESPECIALLY IN OUR OUTDOOR AND PARKS AND OTHER FACILITIES LIKE THAT.

WE ARE TRYING TO REALLY WATCH.

AND BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE WATER CONSUMPTION.

>> NOTHING MANDATORY AS YET FOR RESIDENTS, TRUE?

>> NOT AT ALL.

WHAT WE WANT RESIDENTS TO DO IS TO BE AWARE.

WE WANT THEM TO GET KNOW THEIR NUMBERS, HOW MUCH WITHOUT DOERR THEY USE DURING THE WEEK, DURING THE KAY.

SO THERE IS NO RESTRICTIONS ON WATER USE, IT'S AN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.

>> ADVICE CAMPAIGN AS WELL.

HOW DO MESA RESIDENTS AT THIS POINT, SCOTTSDALE DID SOMETHING SIMILAR AS WELL.

OTHER CITIES ARE LOOKING A THE IT OR IMPLEMENTING.

IF YOU ARE A MESA RESIDENT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

REQUEST WITH YOU GET ADVICE.

>> A GREAT PHRASE THAT PHOENIX AND SCOTTSDALE, MESA HAVE BEEN USING WATER USE IT WISELY.

IF YOU LOOK IT UP THERE ARE LOTS OF GREAT TIPS THAT YOU CAN USE NOW TO BEGIN HELPING US CONSERVE WATER.

>> OKAY.

SO STAGE ONE, YOU ARE IN THERE.

AND EVERYONE IS DOING THEIR PART.

IT'S STILL NOT RAINING.

AND THE COLORADO RIVER IS STILL STRESSED.

>> RIGHT.

>> WHAT DID STAGE TWO, WHAT ABOUT STAGE THREE?

>> STAGE TWO WE'LL SEE MORE EFFORT TO LOOK AT ENCOURAGING MORE VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, WE HAVE NOT GONE TO CONSTRICTIONS.

BUT WE WILL START CUTTING BACK, MORE MANDATES ON THE CITY'S USE.

WORKING WITH INDUSTRY AND IDENTIFYING WAYS THEY CAN PRESERVE IT.

WE ARE TRYING TO NUDGE PEOPLE TO BE AWARE UNTIL GET TO THE LATER STAGES WHEN WE SEE CUT BACKS ABOUT THE TIMES YOU CAN WATER YOUR YARD, CAR WASHES ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE IMAGINE, THOSE WILL COME LATER.

RIGHT NOW WENT TO FOCUS PEOPLE BEING AWARE OF THEIR WATER USE.

>> BEING AWARE OF YOUR WATER USAGE MEANS BEING AWARE OF WASHING AND THE WAR CARR AND WHEN DO YOU THAT AND WATERING THE LAWN.

>> NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.

WATCH HOW YOU USE YOUR WATER FOR JUST EVERY DAY DOMESTIC USES.

DO I HAVE TO USE THAT WATER TO BRUSH MY TEETH.

HOW LONG DO YOU RUN THE WATER TO GET IT HOT.

LITTLE THINGS.

AND YOU HAVE A HALF A MILLION PEOPLE THOSE ET CETERA THINGS ADD UP.

>> HOW ARE THE CITY'S WATER SUPPLIES ASSESSED?

HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S TIME FOR A WATER IMAGINE.

PLAN.

>> WE ARE WATCHING THE WATER LEVELS.

WHERE THE WATER IS IS STORED IS AN IDENTIFIER FOR US.

THERE IS NOT A DATE AND TIME AND SAY WHERE IS THE WITHOUTER AND WE HAVE TO ACT SOME?

>> NO I.ALL SCIENTIFIC AND WAY OUT IN ADVANCE OF WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.

WE DON'T USE ALL THE WATER THAT WE ARE AL ALLOCATED RIGHT NOW SO WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE WE IDENTIFY THE STRESS, EVERYBODY SEES THE NEWS WE ARE TRYING TO BE AWARE OF IT.

>> THE NEXT SHE'S LITTLE ISN'T NECESSARILY A CERTAIN TIME OR PLACE?

>> ON NO.

ALTHOUGH THE COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM DOES DO THE ASSESSMENTS.

THEY DO FORECAST AND PROJECTIONS WE EXPECT TO SEE THAT IN AUGUST THAT GIVES US AN INDICATION ABOUT DO WE NEED TO GO TO THE NEXT STAGE AS WE SEE THEIR ASSESSMENTS OF WHAT THEY FORECAST FOR THE FUTURE.

>> CAN YOU TELL US NOW WHAT YOU ARE SEEING AS FAR AS THEIR FORECASTS ARE CONCERNED?

>> WE CAN LOOK AT THE WEATHER TODAY AND KNOW THERE IS NOT A LOT OF MOISTURE FALLING AND ALTHOUGH DENVER HE, WE SAW IN THE NEWS HAD SNOWFALLS LAST WEEK.

BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT PART OF THE WATERSHED.

>> YES.

>> WE NEED IT TO HAVE TO HAPPEN ON THE OTHER SIDE.

WITH WE KEEP WATCHING IT AND THE WATER.

WE ARE HOPING FOR GREAT MONSOON WEATHERS THEY ARE YEAR.

>> I THINK WE ALL ARE.

HOW MUCH CONCERN ALL THIS HAS ON GROWTH, ON NEW HOME BUILDING ON THE KINDS OF DEVELOPMENTS.

SO MANY HAVE LAKES AND SO MANY OF THEM HAVE FOUNTAINS AND SWIMMING POOLS S THIS PLAYING A FACTOR IN THAT SO FAR OR STILL DOWN THE ROAD?

>> IT'S DOWN THE ROAD.

MATTER OF FACT MOST RESIDENTS IN MESA USE A LOT LESS WATER THAN 10 YEARS AGO.

15 YEARS AGO.

AND ESPECIALLY WE FIND A LOT OF OUR NEW DEVELOPMENTS, BECAUSE OF THE NEW APPLIANCES, THE WAY THEY DO THEIR LANDSCAPING.

THEY ARE USING A LOT LESS WATER THAN SOME OF OUR OLDER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY VERY MUCH COMPLAINT.

SO THAT HAS NOT BECOME AN ISSUE.

WE STILL HAVE A ROBUST WATER PORTFOLIO THAT WE CAN MEET OUR NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE.

WE ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO STAGE ONE RIGHT NOW THINK HOPEFUL YOU NEVER GET TO STATEMENT TWO.

WE'LL HAVE A BIG MONSOON AND THAT WILL HELP THAT USUALLY HEALTH SALT BUT NOT COLORADO.

YOU GOTTA KEEP THAT OUT THERE.

>> RIGHT.

>> CHRIS BRADY, MESA CITY MANAGER, LOTS OF CITIES AROUND THE VALLEY ARE DOING SIMILAR THINGS.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU, SIR, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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>> IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES START POPPING UP AND THAT MEANS ADDED CONCERN NO THOSE EXPERIENCING HOME THINKNESS.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HE GO ARE BEING DONE TO GET THEM RESOURCES WE WELCOME AMY SCHWABENLENDER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HUMAN SERVE SERB CAMPUS GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK.

>> BEFORE WE GET STARTED THE HUMAN SERVICES CAMPUS, TELL US WHAT THAT IS.

>> IT'S A SPUR THING ACRE SITE WITH A COLLOCATION OF SOME 16 ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING 20-PLUS SERVICES TO SINGLE ADULTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

>> HOW MANY ADULTS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

>> 11,000 UNDUPLICATE ED IN ONE YEAR.

>> THAT'S A LOT.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> IS IT GROWING?

>> IT HAS BEEN GROWING.

YOU ARE WORKING TO EXPAND ACCESS TO THE CAMPUS IS THAT TRUE?

>> WE HAVE DONE THINGS TO EXPAND ACCESS, MEANING AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING WENT TO BEING OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY.

365 DAYS A YEAR.

THAT'S A STARTING POINT FOR PEOPLE COMING TO THE CAMPUS SINGING ANY SERVICES.

IT USED TO BE MONDAY-FRIDAY, BUSINESS HOUR OPERATION AND WE QUESTIONED OURSELF TO SAY WHAT DO PEOPLE DO WHO ARE UNHOUSED BECAUSE THEY ARE UNHOUSED ALL THE TIME.

AND ADD THAT GO NUMBER OF HOURS HAS BEEN REALLY TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED WHILE OUR SHELL TARS ARE FULL.

LATELY WE HAVE HAD 900 TO A THOUSAND UNSHELTERED PEOPLE AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE WE ARE SHELTERING 700 PEOPLE IF YOU ARE SLEEPING ON MADISON.

YOU NEED USE THE RESTROOM.

NOT FEELING GOOD.

SOMETHING TRIGGERS YOU AND YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO TALK TO SOMEBODY, NOW THIS BUILDING IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY.

THEY CAN WALK IN BEING TALK TO STAFF, USE THE RESTROOM, EMERGENCY SHOWER, WE CAN START A PROCESS.

YOU KNOW, A SERVICE TO HOUSING PLAN IT MAKES ME WONDER WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN AT NIGHT OR HOW AWFUL WAS IT FOR PEOPLE.

>> YEAH, IT WAS BEFORE.

>> YES.

>> SUMMER MONTHS.

WE ARE JUST ABOUT THERE THINK TESTIMONY TEARS ARE UP THERE.

THE POPULATION, THERE IS A THOUGHT THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS YOU SEE MORE IN THE WINTER, THAT COME MAYBE FROM OTHER AREAS ONCE IT GETS HOT THEY LEAVE FOR OTHER AREAS, IS THAT TRUE?

>> NOT ENTIRELY TRUE.

I THINK THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A REDUCTION.

THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN ODD BECAUSE OF GLOBAL PANDEMIC, SO MANY WAS DIFFERENT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AND NOW WE HAVE SEEN THIS INCREASE IN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS FROM LAST SUMMER AROUND 300 PEOPLE TO NOW THIS WEEK THERE WAS 900 UNSHELTERED PEOPLE.

AND SO WE ARE WATCHING.

WE HAVE AN OUTREACH TEAM THAT ENGAGES PEOPLE EVERY DAY AND ONCE A WEEK THEY COUNT THE UNSHELTERED IT'S GONE DOWN BY 80 PEOPLE.

NBA TWO WEEKS OWE WE ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AGAIN, SOME PEOPLE DO DECIDE -- I HAVE TALKED TO INDIVIDUALS SAYING I CAN'T SURVIVE ANOTHER SUMMER OUT ON THE STREETS.

EITHER THEY COME IN FOR SERVICES, MAKE THEY DIDN'T REQUEST BEFORE BECAUSE THEY ARE LIKE, I WON'T SURVIVE.

I AM GOING TO DIE THIS YEAR IF I STAY OUTSIDE.

OR PEOPLE DO, THEY MAYBE THEY DECIDE TO FIND THEIR FAMILY AGAIN OR THEY -- IT'S NOT A HUGE REDUCTION.

IT'S NOT A VISIBLE REDUCTION OF A THE NUMBER OF UNSHELL TERRITORY PEOPLE BECAUSE OF SUMMER.

>> TAKE ABOUT THE CHALLENGES IN HELPING THESE FOLKS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.

>> RIGHT NOW THERE ARE -- IT'S SO MANY PEOPLE MORE THAN WE HAVE EVER HAD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WE FEEL DONE THINGS LIKE ADD A SHADE CANOPY IN ONE OF OUR PARKING LOTS AT 12th AND MADISON WITH TABLES AND CHAIRS CHAIRS AND BOTTLED WATER AND EVAPORATIVE COOLERS UNTIL THOSE WON'T BE HELPFUL ANYMORE, BUT REALLY JUST A SPACE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED UNHOUSED TO COME AND COOL DOWN.

AND THAT DOES GIVE US ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM.

SO WE CAN HAVE OUR OUTREACH STAFF CHECK IN, GIVE PEOPLE OPTIONS ON HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU MOVE FROM THIS UNSHELTERED TO OWN HOUSED SITUATION.

TO HOUSING SO IT GIVES US THAT OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT WHAT I -- YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I SEE IS -- IT HAPPENS TO ME, RIGHT?

I AM -- WHEN I GET OVERHEATED, I AM IMPATIENT, I AM FRUSTRATED.

I UNIVERSITY WANT TO FIND A PLACE TO BE ALONE AND COOL OFF.

AND IF YOU ARE UNHOUSED, UNSHELTERED IT TENDS TO ESCALATE SITUATIONS PEOPLE BETWEEN.

ONE THING THAT WILL START TO HAPPEN MORE I DON'T WANT TO SOUND TOO PESSIMISTIC THOSE NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE LIVING OUTSIDE WHEN IT WILL BE 115 DEGREES.

>> HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE FIRST TIME EXPERIENCING THIS?

OR COMING FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WHERE 110 DEGREES IS NOT EVEN A CONCEPT.

>> WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE FIRST TIME HOMELESS ABOUT 30% OF THAT 900 NUMBER ARE FIRST-TIME HOMELESS, THE WHOLE SITUATION IS NEW TO THEM.

HOW DO YOU SURVIVE.

WHAT DO YOU NEED, WHAT'S THE BEST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE -- IF YOU CAN CARRY LIMITED THINGS, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU ACTUALLY DECIDE TO KEEP.

AND CARRY WITH YOU.

AND SO IT -- YOM I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER, A FIGURE ON HOW MANY PEOPLE THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME IN PHOENIX THIS AND HE WILL BE THINKING WHY DID I MAKE THIS CHOICE.

>> RIGHT.

>> BUT IT'S HARD TO EVERYBODY.

FIRST TIME HOMELESS YOU ARE FACING SO MANY DECISIONS AND QUESTIONS THAT YOU NEVER HAD TO CONSIDER BEFORE.

>> OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.

, IS THE VALLEY IN GENERAL ARE WE PREPARED FOR THIS?

OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN.

OTHER AGENCIES ARE AS WELL.

THE SITUATION STILL EXISTS AND WHEN IT'S 110 DEGREES OUTSIDE.

IT'S NO THE GOOD FOR ANYONE UNSHELTERED.

>> NO.

>> ARE WE -- ARE WE GETTING THERE?

WHAT -- >> WELL, I HAVE BEEN ADDING THE MATH LATELY.

SO I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE NOW FOR 17 YEARS IN ONE CAPACITY OR ANOTHER.

AND THIS YEAR FOR ME IT'S THE EARLIEST THE CONVERSATION HAS STARTED.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT IS GOOD NEWS.

AND THAT'S WITH THE MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS, CITY OF PHOENIX, MESA, TEMPE, RIGHT?

AND SO I AM GLAD ABOUT THAT.

BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE -- YOU KNOW, MY ROLE AT THE HUMAN SERVICES CAMPUS HAVE BEEN SAYING WE KNOW IT WILL BE HOT.

IT'S PHOENIX CAN WE START TALKING ABOUT IT MAYBE IN FEBRUARY INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT IT IN MAY.

AND THEN FIGURING OUT HOW HOW WE CAN QUICKLY RAMP THINGS UP.

YOU KNOW, IT'S HOT NOW IN MAY.

SO I AM OPTIMISTIC THAT THE ISSUE HAS ESCALATED AND PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT SOONER.

THERE IS A HEAT RELIEF NETWORK, MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS ORGANIZES PUTS OUT MAPS.

INCLUDING DROP OFF LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO DONATE BOTTLED WATER.

LIP BALM, SUN SCREEN THOSE TYPES OF ITEMS, I AM GLAD OF CONVERSATION STARTED EARLIER.

AGAIN STILL MANY MORE PEOPLE THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYONE IS PREPARED FOR THE VOLUME.

>> YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE BEST THAT YOU CAN AMY SCHWABENLENDER FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES CAMPUS, BEST OF LUCK AND WE HOPE IT'S NOT SUCH A HOT SUMMER.

HOW THAT?

>> THAT WOULD BE NICE.

COULD WE HAVE A CLOUDY DAY EVERY NOW AND THEN.

>> YES.

>> SAME I, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> YOU BET.

>> AND THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I AM TED SIMONS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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