>> Ted: COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, OUR WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE LOOKS AT THE LATEST ACTIVITY AT THE STATE CAPITOL AND THIS WEEK WE HEAR FROM DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS.

A NEW UNIVERSITY STRUCTURE AFFECTING THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS.

A PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE ARIZONA COYOTES JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE TEAM'S PUSH TO BUILD A NEW HOCKEY ARENA IN TEMPE.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

>> Announcer: THIS AREA OF LOCAL NEWS BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FRIENDS OF PBS.

MEMBERS OF YOUR PBS STATION.

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>> Ted: WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THE TED RAISED INTEREST RATES AGAIN.

THIS TIME BY A QUARTER POINT.

IT'S THE LATEST MOVE BY THE CENTRAL BANK TO EASE INFLATION.

THE FED TODAY SIGNALED THAT ONE MORE RATE INCREASE WAS LIKELY BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND THEY WILL COME DOWN NEXT YEAR BUT NOT AS MUCH AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.

THE LATEST STORM PASSING THROUGH ARIZONA MAKING FOR FLOOD WARNINGS IN THE STATE AND THIS IS WHAT O CREEK AND THIS IS FOR BLACK CREEK AND LAKE MONTEZUMA AND SEVERAL ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AND WEATHER-RELATED CRASHES.

ADOT ADVISES FOR ANY NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL IN NORTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE.

>> STILL NO INDICTMENT FOR DONALD TRUMP WITH A HUSH MONEY FOR A PORN STAR.

THE MANHATTAN JURY DID NOT MEET TODAY WHICH MEANS ANY INDICTMENT WOULD COME TOMORROW.

TRUMP EXPECTED TO BE INDICTED TUESDAY AND ASKED FOLLOWERS TO PROTEST HIS ARREST BUT NOTHING HAPPENED ON TUESDAY.

AS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TODAY.

>>> AND A SCIENCE NOTE, ORGANIC MOLECULES FOUND IN AN ASTEROID NEAR EARTH.

SAMPLES SHOW EVIDENCE OF ONE OF THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF RNA ALONG WITH SIGNS OF VITAMIN B THREE OR NIGHTNIACIN, THAT THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE ORIGINATED IN SPACE AND DELIVERED MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO BY METEORITES.

>> IT'S WEDNESDAY AND THAT MEANS IT'S TIME FOR THE WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE IN WHICH WE HEAR FROM LAWMAKERS ON THE LATEST ACTIVITY AT THE STATE CAPITOL AND THAT WEEK, IT'S THE DEMOCRAT'S TURN AND SENATOR JUAN MENDEZ AND REPRESENTATIVE A ANDRES CANO.

BUDGET TALKS, I'M HEARING LEADERSHIP, THE GOVERNMENT AND IS SOMETHING HAPPENING?

>> WELL, THANKS, STEADY.

TED.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SENATOR MEN MENDEZ.

IT'S DAY 73 AND WE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE AND DEMONSTRATE WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT PASSING A BUDGET TO MEET NEEDS OF ALL IN ARIZONA.

THE DEMOCRATS BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT AND WE'RE IN CONVERSATION THIS WEEK AND WHAT WE ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF RUSHING THIS PROCESS AND WE HAVE TO DO THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET THIS DAY LIGHTLIGHT.

>> Ted: REPUBLICANS SAY THEY COULD HAVE SOMETHING IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

ARE YOU BUYING THAT?

>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NEGOTIATIONS AND RESPECT EVERYBODY'S POSITION AND INPUT INTO THIS PROCESS AND SO, WE'RE AT THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF FINDING THE MEMBER'S INTEREST AND HOW WE CAN PUT THAT INTO ACTUAL POLICIES GOING FORWARD.

>> Ted: IT SOUNDS LIKE MEDICAID IS AN ISSUE AND IT'S A COMMY COMPLICATED THING.

>> I WOULD PREFER THE STAND-ALONE LEGISLATION AND IT'S NOT THE CAUCUS' FAULT THEY'VE HELD ONTO ACCESS RENEWAL TO PROVIDE GUARANTEED INSURANCE UNTIL THE 11th HOUR.

FOR US TO BE FED WE HAVE TO PASS THE BUDGET OR 3 APPROXIMATELY $3 BILLION IS ON THE LINE, WE WON'T BE BULLIED INTO RUSHING THIS PROCESS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A $6 BILLION BUDGET OR MORE AND WE BELIEVE PEOPLE IN ARIZONA OF ALL PARTIES, ALL WALKS US OF LIFE SHOULD HAVE A BUDGET THAT IS GOING TO BE MOVING IN A WAY THAT IS SANE, RATIONAL AND NOT MOVING ANYTHING AT LIGHTNING SPEED.

>> Ted: DO YOU AGREE THE MEDICAID CONCERN COULD BE HELD APART FROM THE BUDGET?

>> THE IDEA OF HOLDING THIS OVER OUR HEADS UNLESS WE GIVE THEM A BUDGET THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY WANT AND NOTHING FROM THE DEMOCRATIC SAID, YOU SIDE IS NOT HOW YOU BUILD RELATIONSHIPS OR IN THE STATE.

>> Ted: HOUSING SHORTAGE AND LEGISLATION INVOLVING HOUSING SHORTAGES, THE ZONING BILL DIED IN THE SENATE AND WHY.

>> NOT ONE ANSWER THAT SOLVES HOUSING FOR EVERYBODY, BUT WHEN WE DO SOMETHING ON HOUSING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT ADDRESSING AFFORDABILITY TO BACK-FULL OUR HOUSING SUPPLY.

THE ONLY WAY TO BUILD MORE HOUSING IS TO MAKE SURE WE GUARANTEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

>> Ted: CAN YOU NOT BUILD MORE HOUSING AND WORK ON THE AFFORDABLABILITY AT A LATER DATE?

>> IT JEOPARDIZING WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM THAT I CAN'T ASK MY THE CONSTITUENTS TO WAIT FOR THE HOUSING MARKET TO ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS.

I MEAN, THIS IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET HOUSING TO TRICKLE DOWN AND REACH THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT, I CAN'T ASK CONSTITUENTS TO WAIT THAT GENTRIFICATION WILL PUSH THEM OUT.

>> Ted: HAVE YOU SEEN IDEAS AND WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THEM?

>> WE HAVE SEEN ALL PROPOSALS AND TO ENSURE AFFORDABILITY IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.

IF MAKES NO SENSE IF THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD THIS.

WHAT WE ARE WANTING TO ENSURE WE'RE EMPOWER LOCAL MULTIS LOCALMUNICIPALITIES.

THIS WOULD PROVIDE A PARADISE FOR DEVELOPERS IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

>> Ted: THE REVAMPED SENATE IDEA OR LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWN'S IDEA?

>> THE BILL KILLED TO NOT MAKE IT PASSED THE SENATE AND WHEN ASKED TO BE AMENDED, THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED.

WHAT THIS IS, THERE'S A NEW DAY HERE IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, WHERE THE CAPITOL IS CONTROLLED BY A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR AND WE WANT TO BE AT THE TABLE AND TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS IS HAVING A HARD TIME ADJUSTING.

WE'RE ASKING THEM TO SMELL THE COFFEE AND WORK WITH US.

>> Ted: TO THE IDEA OF LEAGUES AND CITIES AND TOWNS, ALLOWING DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXS AND 20% BONUS.

DOES THIS ADDRESS IT ENOUGH?

>> FOR ME, I WOULD WANT STRONGER GUARANTEES IN AFFORDABILITY.

I CAN'T HAVE THIS -- IT'S UP TO THE DEVELOPER TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IT MIGHT NOT BE FAIR TO PRESENT THIS AS IF IT'S THE DEVELOPERS AGAINST THE CITIES.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THAT BLACK AND WHITE.

THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP WIT AUXILLARY UNITS AND THERE ARE MERITS TO BOTH SIDES AND WE HAVE TO -- IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE AFFORDABLABILITY IS THE HIGHEST VALUE.

>> THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET BY HOBBS HAD ZERO DOLLARS IN THE TRUST FUND.

WE ARE ASKING FOR A THREE-PRONGED APPROACH THAT WILL ENSURE THAT WE HAVE BUILDING MORE UNITS AND AFFORDABILITY AND VESTINGINVESTING IN THE LONG-TERM CRISIS.

NEXT TO THE CAPITOL, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THIS SHOULD BE A WAKE-UP CALL FOR LEGISLATORS TO PUT THE PARTISANSHIP ASIDE AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT ISSUE.

>> Ted: YOU SOUND COMMITTED AND FIRM.

ARE YOU ABLE TO NEGOTIATE AND CAN HORSE TRADING GO ON OR HOW DEEPLY ENTRENCHED ARE YOU IN THIS?

>> WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR INVESTMENT IN THE POOREST OF ARIZONA AND RIGHT NOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE POOR, ONE JOB OR TWO.

YOU CAN'T AFFORD YOUR RENT OR MORTGAGE IN THIS STATE.

UNTIL WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, WE HAVE LEGISLATION ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW THAT WENT NOWHERE AND CAP RENT AND ENSURE THAT TENANTS HAVE RIGHTS IN THE STATE.

ALL HAVE BEEN LEFT TO COLLECT DUST AND THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE.

WE'RE THE GROWN-UPS.

I PROMISE YOU.

>> Ted: IF THE BILL KILLED COMES BACK IN THE FORM OF A STRIKER, WHICH HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, BUT IT COMES BACK WITH ENOUGH CHANGES THAT AT LEAST YOU'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, ARE YOU OPEN TO THAT?

>> IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO LET THE DEVELOPERS BUILD AND THAT WON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

MINE, YOUYOU MENTIONED INTEREST RATES ARE CONTINUALLY GOING TO RISE.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO -- MORE HOUSES WON'T HELP MY CONSTITUENTS GET INTO HOUSING.

>> Ted: GENTLEMEN, GOOD CONVERSATION AND HAVE YOU BOTH HERE.

THANK YOU.

UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, A LOOK INTO THE STATE'S NEW UNIVERSITY TUITION STRUCTURE.

>> THE ARIZONA BOARD OF RECONTINGENTS INCLUDES TUITION INCREASES ALONG WITH MAX MAXIMUM TUITION GROWTH RATES.

FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY THE CHAIR ELECT, FRED DUVAL.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> Ted: WHY THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND WHY NOW?

>> LET ME START WITH THIS.

ARIZONA IS AMONG THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY.

PERCENTAGE HAS A POST HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE.

WE NEED MORE STUDENTS COMING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND COLLEGES.

HOW DO WE DO THAT?

>> WE START WITH A CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING AT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES AROUND THE STATE.

IS THE COLLEGE EDUCATION WORTH IT?

HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD FACULTY, GOOD FILTHS?

THAT COSTS MONEY.

IS IT WORTH IT AND CAN I AFFORD IT?

WE WORK HARD AT KEEPING TUITION LOW AND BACK-FILLING TUITION WITH STUDENT AID OUT OF THE BUDGET.

THIRD, WILL THERE BE STICKER SHOCKSTICKERSHOCK?

THIS IS ADDRESSING A THIRD WHICH MOVES TOWARD A SIX-YEAR RATE TO TELL ARIZONA FAMILIES HERE IS WHAT IT WILL COST TO GET A DEGREE.

>> Ted: IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WORKS IN FOUR-YEAR CYCLES EXPLAIN THAT.

>> THINGS HAPPEN IN THE ECONOMY, INFLATION, ET CETERA AND YOU NEED A LITTLE BIT OF OPTIONALITY AND WE WANT THAT OUTSIDE OF THE CONTEXT OF THE FOUR YEARS SAYING OVER YOUR FOUR YEARS AT OUR INSTITUTION, YOU CAN RELY ON THIS PRICE.

WE MIGHT MAKE PERIODIC ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE NEXT CYCLE.

BUT YOU CAN COUNT ON WHAT THIS WILL COST TO GET A DEGREE.

>> Ted: COUNT ON THAT AND THERE'S MULTIYEAR TUITION SETTING AND HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT?

IF YOU SET IT HERE, DOES IT MATTER IF IT INCREASES THERE?

>> AS PART OF THE MULTIYEAR, IT'S NOT A CAP BUT PREDICTABLE NUMBER AND WE THINK 3% WHICH IS THE EMBEDDED TUITION INCREASED EACH YEAR.

HOWEVER, AND THIS IS KEY, TED, AND I BAN TO SAY WANT TO SAY THIS TO YOU, WE'RE SAYING IN THIS PROPOSAL.

IF YOU, THE STATE OF ARIZONA, COMES UP WITH ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT WE NEED TO MEET THE INFLATIONARY COSTS, WE WILL CAP TUITION.

SO IF YOU WANT TO GO TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND IF YOU WANT TO RUN FOR ELECTION SAYING I BROUGHT THOSE UNIVERSITIES TO HEAL, WE WILL MEET YOU ON THAT DANCE NOOR FLOOR AND MAKE THAT COMMITMENT.

>> Ted: THAT INCREASE MUST BE WHAT, 2.5%, NOT A BUCK?

>> IN THE BALLPARK OF WHAT WE WOULD RAISE FROM THE TUITION INCREASE TED YOU SAID.

>> Ted: YOU SAID NO CAP AND I'VE SEEN GROWTH RATES AND IT'S A SOFT CAP.

>> SHOOTING FOR A THREE-ISH PERCENT AND HERE IS THE TUITION AND THE AIDE PACKAGE AND MOST GET A PERCENTAGE AND IF YOUR STUDENT CAN PERFORM AT UNIVERSITY REGARDLESS OF YOUR ECONOMIC SITUATION, WE WILL FIND A PATHWAY AND COME UP WITH DOLLARS TO GET THEM THROUGH.

AND THEN HERE IS HOW YOU CAN PRICE THE COST A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE.

>> Ted: IF THEY HIT THAT 2.5% MARK, HERE IS THAT CAP AND WHAT IF THEY SAY, I DON'T LIKE YOU AND WE WON'T HIT THAT 2.5% AND THAT WHAT HAPPENS?

>> IT WILL PUT SOME REAL STRESS ON US BECAUSE WE ARE COMMITTED AND IF IT TURNS OUT THE STATE CUTS US, WE'LL HAVE A BIGGER HOLE TO FILL.

WE'RE MAKING THE COMMITMENTWE'LL HOLD OUR COSTS DOWN AND GIVE YOU A GUARANTEED RATE.

OUR COMMITMENT TO THE STATE IS TO SAY IF YOU WILL BACKFILL THESE DOLLARS, WE WILL GIVE YOU A ZERO TUITION INCREASE.

SO WE'RE MAKING COMMITMENTS TO OUR TAX-PAYING FAMILIES AND TO OUR PARTNER TO THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

>> Ted: WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE FROM LAWMAKERS?

>> THIS IS BRAND NEW WHICH IS WHY I'M ON YOUR SHOW NOW.

WE'RE HOPEFUL AND EVERYONE IS MINDFUL THAT ACCESS IS CRITICAL.

IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE THE DEGREE HAS VALUE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE FACULTY AND WE CAN'T DO IT FOR FREE.

>> Ted: YOU MENTIONED AT THE START, THE STATE NEEDS TO CATCH UP AS FAR AS SECONDARY EDUCATION AND DIPLOMAS AND DEGREES.

WHY HAVEN'T WE AND WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> A VARIETY OF DRIVERS.

WE'RE A GROWTH STATE AND THE REQUIREMENTS WE NEED CONTINUE TO ESCALATE SIGNIFICANTLY.

IT'S THE FINANCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSITIES.

THE WAY WE FINANCE THE UNIVERSITIES IN ARIZONA, BECAUSE THE STATE ONLY INVESTS HALF OF WHAT IT DID 20 YEAR AGO, WE MAKE UP FOR THAT WITH FULL PAY OUT OF THE STATE STUDENTS BECAUSE ARIZONA IS AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO GET AN EDUCATION.

WE LEVERAGE THAT FOR FINANCIAL AID TO MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE.

WE NEED STATE SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT, WE CAN MAKE A PROMISE AND THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THE PROGRAM, "A PROMISE PROGRAM," TALKING ABOUT AN $80 MILLION INVESTMENT PROGRAM.

IF YOU'RE A GOOD STUDENT, WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES TO COME.

>> Ted: I KNOW ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO GET THROUGH THE CONFUSION AND DOES THIS CUT THROUGH THE CONFUSION?

>> WE HOPE SO.

WHEN YOU GO ON THE WEBSITE, YOU'LL SEE A PRICE OVER THE TEN YEAR OR FOUR-YEAR DEGREE, YOU CAN EXPECT TO PAY, GIVE OR TAKE A SMALL AMOUNT FOR THE FOUR YEARS AND WE WILL HOLD TO IT AND IT WILL BE LESS IF YOUR LEGISLATIVE BODY RESPONDS AND FUNDS US THE WHAT THEY USED TO.

>> Ted: YOU TALKED ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS AND THESE SORTS OF THINGS.

ARE THEY INCREASING AND ARE THEY EASY ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND?

>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THERE ARE A COUPLE COMPONENTS TO IT AND THE FIRST IS A SEAMLESS TRANSABLABILITY BETWEEN COLLEGES UNIVERSITIES.

THE MESSAGE TO ARIZONA CITIZENS, YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS CAN GO TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES MOST CREDITS WILL TRANSFER TO THE UNIVERSITY.

IT'S A WAY OF LOWERING THE COST OF YOUR DEGREE.

SECONDLY, TALK TO THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICE.

WE HAVE RESOURCES AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE EVERY GIFTED STUDENT GETS THROUGH AND WE WILL GIVE YOU THE GUARANTEE TO PLAN YOUR FAMILY BUDGET.

>> Ted: FRED DUVAL, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> APPRECIATE IT, TED.

♪♪ >> Ted: TEMPE RESIDENTS ARE SET TO VOTE IN MAY ON A $2.1 BILLION DEAL WITH THE ARIZONA COYOTES ON A NEW HOCKEY ARENA AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT TO BE BUILT WEST OF TOWN LAKE.

THIS AS THE COYOTES ARE CLOSING AWAY FROM THEIR PREVIOUS HOME IN GLENDALE.

XAVIER GUTIERREZ, GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: WHY TEMPE?

>> WE'RE PLAYING FOR THIS TEMPORARY LOCATION AND I TIP MY HAT TO THE COYOTES AND THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE AND THE RIGHT DEAL AND THIS IS THE RIGHT PROJECT AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS TO MAKE THE FIRST PRIVATELY ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

>> Ted: IT INCLUDES APARTMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, I THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND BUT WHY APARTMENTS?

>> THIS IS AN URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AND IT'S 46 ACRES AND THE SALT RIVER RIGHT NEXT TO THE IDEA CAMPUS AND PERFORMING ARTS AND REALLY, IT'S THE SITE'S HIGHEST USE AND THE CITY'S THIRD PARTY CONSULTANTS SAID AND THE VARIOUS USES AND NOT JUST OFFICE AND NOT JUST APARTMENTS WHICH WOULDN'T GENERATE ANY TAXES IN TERMS OF SALES.

YOU HAVE TWO HOTELS, TOO THOUSANDAND YOUWILL HAVE MEDICAL OFFICES THERE AND IT WILL BE TRANSFORMATIVE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO TURN A LANDFILL INTO A LANDMARK FOR THE ENTIRE VALLEY.

>> Ted: THEY SAY THERE'S $5 MILLION IN TAX BREAKS AND NOT FAIR.

FIRST OF ALL, IS THERE $500 MILLION, YOU AGREE WITH THAT FIGURE IN.

>> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

>> Ted: WHY NOT?

>> YOU ARE BUYING THE LAND, FIRST OF ALL, FOR $50 MILLION AND WE'RE COMMITTING $800 MILLION.

YOU TALK ABOUT THE LAND WE'RE ON THE HOOK FOR AND VOLUNTEER SURCHARGE TO ANYBODY ON SITE AND THAT'S $800 MILLION AND THE CITY OF TEMPE ITSELF SAID THAT A PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT WILL ONLY COST $115 MILLION.

SO NET $700 MILLION IN DIRECT BENEFITS.

WE DON'T AGREE WITH THAT NUMBER AT ALL.

AND WE'RE ON THE HOOK FOR IT.

OUR LAND, OUR PRIVATE INVESTMENT IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE THE SOLE GUARANTEE OF NONGOVERNMENT-BACKED DISTRICT BONDS.

>> Ted: THAT POINT, THOUGH, THE CRITICS AND I'LL HAVE YOU RESPOND, THEY SAY IT'S A RISKY DEAL AND OVERALL, A LOT OF RISK AND POINT TO THE COYOTES AND THE PAST IN GLENDALE AND NOT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP.

DO THEY HAVE A POINT?

>> IT'S RISKY AND THE TEMPE TAXPAYERS WON'T PUT A SINGLE DOLLAR TO BUILD A SINGLE BUILDING AND THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF ARIZONA THAT A SPORTS AND VENUE DOLLAR WILL NOT TAKE TAX DOLLARS TO BE BUILT.

WE TALK ABOUT GLENDALE AND GLENDALE HAD ISSUES WITH THIS TEAM LONG BEFORE AND WE CAME ON BOARD AND TOLD THEM WE'LL LOOK AT VARIOUS SITES INCLUDING TEMPE.

THEY DID NOT APPRECIATE THAT AND THEY WANTED US TO STAY THERE FOR 20 YEARS.

WE TOLD THEM WE WANTED TO GO TO TEMPE AND THEY EXERCISED THE ONE-YEAR EXIT.

WE SPENT $30 MILLION TO BUILD THE MORE EXPENSIVE LOCKER ROOM IN SPORTS AND TO BE WHERE WE WANT TO STAY PERMANENTLY.

>> Ted: HOW DO YOU CONVINCE WHAT HAPPENED IN GLENDALE WON'T HAPPEN IN TEMPE?

>> WE PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTHS ARE.

TAXPAYERS OF GLENDALE PAID MORE THANFORTHAT.

THEY WILL NOT PAY A SINGLE DOLLAR AND WILL NOT GUARANTEE A SINGLE COMPONENT AND, IN FACT, WE'LL BE CREATING SEVEN THOUSAND JOBS, NEW TAX REVENUE AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR IT IF YOU ARE A TEMPE TAXPAYER.

>> Ted: THE LANDFILL AREA AND THOSE SKEPTICAL OF THE DEAL SAY THIS IS A LAST PLOT OF LAND, THAT SOMETHING CAN BE DEVELOPED AND THEY DON'T THINK THIS IS THE BEST IDEA AND HOW DO YOU CONVINCE THEM OTHERWISE.

>> THEY SAID NOT NECESSARILY.

THIS IS THE SITE'S HIGHEST AND BEST USE BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS USES AND NOT JUST OFFICE AND NOT JUST APARTMENTS.

IT'S RETAIL AND SHOPS.

YOU'LL CREATE THIS HIGH, FINE DINING AREA AND 3500 PERSON THEATER TO ATTRACT COMEDY SHOWS AND CONFERENCES AND PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO TEMPE.

THIS IS THE SECOND MOST VISITED SITE ALONG TEMPE TOWN LAKE AND THE FINAL CAPSTONE THAT WAS REIMAGINED AND THOUGHT ABOUT MANY YEARS PRIOR TO OWNERSHIP BEING THERE.

>> Ted: YOU HAVE THREE SEPARATE INITIATIVES THAT NEED TO PASS AND DOES THAT CONCERN YOU?

>> OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE INFORMING FOLKS AND WHEN WE TELL THEM, IT'S JOBS.

IT'S NEW TAX REVENUE AND CLEANING UP A LANDFILL AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, THAT RESONATES.

>> Ted: YOU'RE PLAYING AT THE MULLET ARENA AND THAT'S A UNIQUE SITUATION.

>> VERY UNIQUE.

INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE REACTION THAT WE'VE HAD AND THIS IS THE BEST FAN EXPERIENCE IN ALL OF THE NHL AND CENTRALLY LOCATED.

THAT IS WHAT WE TELL PEOPLE.

YOU'RE SEEING POPULATION GROW, CORPORATE RELOCATION AND THAT'S THE HEART OF THE INNOVATION ECONOMY RIGHT NEXT TO THE LARGEST PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE COUNTRY AND IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.

OUR TEAM HAS ONE OF THE BEST HOME RECORDS IN ALL OF THE NHL.

IN THE MIDDLE OF A REBUILD, THAT'S WHERE WE SHOULD BE.

>> Ted: RESPONSE FROM OTHER TEAMS AND THE NHL, THEY HAVE TO BE TAKEN ABACK A LITTLE BIT.

>> EVERY OWNER OF THE OPPOSING TEAM AND WE'VE HAD MORE OWNERS SHOW UP TO SEE WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT AND THIS IS THE BEST FAN EXPERIENCE.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, I INVITE YOU.

COME OUT AND YOU'LL BE OUR GUEST AND THE BEST IN THE NHL AND THE BEST ICE ON THE NHL ACCORDING TO ALL PLAYERS.

TED >> Ted: 98.6 HEATERS.

FOUR JOINING US, XAVIER GUTIERREZ, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ARIZONA COYOTES AND WE'LL GET THE OTHER SIDE ON, ADDS AS WELL, AND GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: THAT'S IT FOR YOU.

I'M TED SIMONS.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.