Bisbee Economic Forum

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Bisbee Economic Focus

• December 4, 2008

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The Economy of Bisbee

• Tourism is the core of Bisbees Economy. As you
  will see, our efforts in Tourism have paid
  dividends in the last three years.
• Other aspects of our economy, principally
  consumer products, are actually a larger segment
  of our economy than Tourism. An analysis of
  Sales Tax Revenues shows that we are receiving
  the greatest amount of Sales Tax from the San
  Jose Area, followed by Old Bisbee. Consumer
  products and job creation may be the economic
  growth area of the immediate future.
• Job growth and creation are the greatest
  prospects for the long-term. Our best
  opportunities for new economic development are
  around the Airport and in San Jose.
• The best short term prospects for job creation
  are a new hardware store and expansion of the
  Naco Border Patrol Station, both in the San Jose
  area.

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Tourism
16 Annual Events in Bisbee

• Copper Classic Car Show
• Coaster Race
• Hard Rock Drilling and Mucking Contest
• Great Bisbee Stair Climb
• Bisbee Pride Weekend
• Brewery Gulch Daze
• Farmers Market
• Garden Tour
• Festival of Lights
• Historic Home Tour
• Holiday Bizarre
• Bisbee Blues Festival
• Vintage Wine Tasting
• LaVuelta De Bisbee
• Chocolate Tasting
• Bisbee Gem and Mineral Show

Courtesy of Bisbee Arts Commission
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Tourism
Queen Mine Tour

• Over 50,000 visitors annually
• Mine Safety remains a priority. Projects
  include the replacement of the entire rail
  system, replacement of Mine Car Wheels and the
  completion of the Escape Way.
• New tours being developed include a Geological
  Tour exploring the genesis of the Mule Mountains
  and how minerals became so prevalent in their
  structure.
• The new gift shop is complete and proving to be
  very popular.
• A new web presence and electronic marketplace is
  scheduled for early 2009.

Website www.queenminetour.com
Doug Graeme Photos
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Tourism
Attractions
Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum

• Former Phelps Dodge HQ, now Freeport-McMoRan
• A Smithsonian Affiliate
• Visit our newest attraction, Bisbee Urban
  Outpost on the Frontier
• 50k grant used to renovate the first-floor
  exhibit, adding exciting, interactive learning
  stations

• Award of Merit for Leadership in History from the
  American Association of State Local History
• Governors Award for Arizona Preservation from
  the Arizona Office of Tourism.

website www.bisbeemuseum.org
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Tourism
Attractions
Turquoise Valley Golf Course and RV Park
Located just south of Bisbee, TV Golf Course is
the oldest continuously operated golf course in
Arizona. TVGC also features the longest hole in
Arizona, the par six, 747 yard Rattler. TVGC
also includes an RV Park with full hookups, and a
full-service bar with banquet facilities.
website www.turquoisevalley.com
Courtesy TV Golf Course
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Tourism
Other Attractions

• Lavender Jeep Tours
• Bisbee Copper Kings Baseball
• Warren Ball Park 100 years!
• Bisbee Restoration Museum
• Muheim Heritage House
• Lavender Pit
• 2.93 miles of stairs!
• Repertory Theater
• and many more

Photos Lavender Jeep Tours and Bisbee Copper
Kings Baseball Club
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Tourism
Visitor Center

• Operated by the City of Bisbee and affiliated
  with the Arizona Office of Tourism and the
  Cochise County Tourism Council.
• Newly renovated this year, with new paint,
  carpet, counter space, office space, signage and
  displays.
• Projected 61,000 ( 5) walk-in visitors, 6,400
  ( 7) phone calls, 354 (- 60) e-mails, and
  190,000 ( 57) website visitors in 2008.
• Advertised Bisbee on a new billboard in
  Tombstone, in 14 publications, 3 electronic media
  outlets, 8 media websites, and brochures in
  visitor racks all over the western United States.
• Free advertising in tourism publications all
  over the country, priceless! (or, 139,829)

Doug Hocking Photos
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Parks Recreation

• We had 11 programs this year, eight are new
• Spring Break Art Program
• Summer Break Get Active Program
• Fall Break Nature Program
• Fire Camp
• Polynesian Dance Classes
• Jump Rope Classes (for jump rope club)
• Swim lessons (added an extra session)
• Football Camp
• Basketball league
• Swim Team with meets
• Cake Decorating Class (for cake auction)
• We added extra pool amenities this year
• Water slide, Handicap ramp, Snack bar, Solar
  panels for heating water and Seating
• We added the recreation room at City Park for
  recreation programs.
• These are in addition to our regular events of
  4th of July and the Festival of Lights.

Photos Steve Pauken Caroline Gonzales
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Construction Projects

• Bakerville Drainage Project now complete
• Arizona Street repaving scheduled for Summer of
  2009
• Main Street Sidewalk Project scheduled for next
  Spring
• Airport Runway Widening Overlay completed
• Wastewater Re-use Project at TVGC now complete
• SEAGO addition to Senior Center now complete with
  offices for Area Agency on Aging

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Bakerville Drainage Paving
Bakerville Drainage CDBG project is now
complete. A new round of CDBG funds has recently
been appropriated to continue repaving in this
neighborhood in 2009. Freeport McMoRan has
repaved a portion of American Ave. as a part of
their remediation efforts.
American Ave., then and now
Third Street
Pittsburg Street
Park Ave.
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Arizona Street Repaving
In 2007, the city was awarded a 2.2 million TIP
grant for reconstruction, and a 0.5 million TEP
grant to add landscape and pedestrian features.
Because of the State Budget melt-down, we lost
our HURF Swap, causing serious delays in
Federal-mandated project review and
administration. We are committed to forge ahead
despite the new roadblocks, and now estimate that
we will go out to bid for construction during the
Summer of 2009.
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Airport Projects
Widening and Overlay of Runway 17-35 is complete.
This 1.4 million project will allow larger
aircraft to land here in Bisbee. The city also
built a new maintenance hangar in 2008. Future
projects funded by the FAA, ADOT Aero, and the
city are now on hold pending economic resurgence.
Pictures Bill Siebold and Steve Pauken
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TV Wastewater Re-Use
This project uses wastewater from the San Jose
Wastewater Plant to augment well water being used
to irrigate Turquoise Valley Golf
Course. Construction of this project is complete
and this 900,000 project was totally funded by
the Upper San Pedro Partnership. Final
approval of the Aquifer Protection Permit
Amendment from ADEQ is pending, but certain.
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Senior Center Addition AAA

• Early this year, SEAGO approached the city with
  an idea to establish a new office for the Area
  Agency on Aging. Funding for this project was
  supplied by SEAGO and the State of Arizona.
• In November, the AAA moved into its brand-new
  offices at the Bisbee Senior Center. This agency
  will now be able to expand its services to our
  Senior population, providing services where the
  Seniors are located.

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New Development
Sierra Cobre Estates 56 residential units on
hold Park Place Townhomes 21 residential units
4 units built Crestview Subdivision 40
residential units on hold Homestead
Subdivision 25 residential lots in phase
2 Stephenson Annexation Mixed-use, 40 acre
master plan - hold Copper Leaf 1000 acre parcel
now in foreclosure Gellis Purchase Low Income
tax credits applied for Feb. 09 Copper Queen
Plaza New owners of the Convention Center are
planning re-development of the building and
parking lot Commercial activity in 2008 included
the opening of a new Dollar General Store and the
private purchase of acreage along Naco Hwy for
the construction of a new Ace Hardware Store. The
best prospects for development activity in 2009
will be the development of the Ace Hardware Store
and the expansion of the USBPs Naco Station.
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2008 Building Activity
Building Permits New Construction
9 Remodel 99 Residential Value, all
permits 1,396,271 Commercial Value, all
permits 1,103,967 Construction activity is
stable with activity of a year ago, perhaps
reflecting the nationwide meltdown in the
economy. Permit values are down about 2.5
million from last year, due to major projects at
Safeway and the County Courthouse last year.
As of 11/30/08
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Finance/Budget
Budget Total Revenues/Exp. General Fund
Revenues/ General Fund Exp. July-Nov. GF Actual
Revenue July-Nov. GF Actual Expend.
2007-08 23,455,237 6,449,430 2,610,757 2,4
23,965
2008-09 26,272,537 6,864,628 2,808,527 2,5
23,358
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History of Local Tax Revenues
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State Shared Revenue History
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Tax Revenues by District

• Old Bisbee 24
• San Jose 32
• Warren 14
• City-wide 30
• (City-wide includes all goods and services which
  are not identifiable by section such as
  utilities and out-of-town companies.)

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Finance/Budget
The City of Bisbee provides at least as many
municipal services as any small city in America.
These include Street maintenance and
repair Solid waste collection and
recycling Wastewater collection and
treatment Parks and Recreation Municipal
airport Building maintenance and repair Law
enforcement, investigation and crime
prevention Fire suppression, rescue and
prevention Emergency Medical Services
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Finance/Budget
Library Services Legal Services Community
Development Services Building and Zoning Tourism
Services (QMT Visitor Center) Administrative
Services The only municipal service we do not
provide is water treatment and distribution. We
are proud to provide these vital services to the
community.
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Finance/Budget
The 2007-08 Fiscal Year ended with revenues about
247,000 in excess of expenditures. We had
projected that the FY 08 budget would end the
year balanced, so heading into uncertain times,
this is good news. The 2008-09 Budget projects
that we will end the year using about 115,000 in
reserves to balance the General Fund, not
counting the use of reserves dedicated to street
repair. We are cautiously optimistic about the
financial future of Bisbee. Our core industry,
Tourism, continues to hold its own despite
pessimism in other economic indices. We have
focused on diversifying our economic base to
create primary jobs and job expansion, which will
benefit the operating funds. In our enterprise
funds, we are committed to operating like a
business and maintaining self-sufficiency. We are
committed to balanced, sustainable growth both
residentially and commercially. We will also
continue to develop additional opportunities as
they come our way.
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Looking Ahead - 2009
City Council and Staff are cautiously optimistic
about 2009. There are many challenges ahead
continuing to rebuild our infrastructure,
continuing to support and improve Tourism as our
core industry, diversifying our economy through
new opportunities, improving the quality of
municipal services you receive, dealing with
development, increasing our tax base and
remaining fiscally sound. Remaining fiscally
sound will be the hard part. The State of
Arizonas financial meltdown will impact all of
us in ways we have not even seen yet. But, we
will begin to see it early in 2009. I would be
remiss if I did not mention a key player in
Bisbees economic success over the last four
years. Mayor Ron Oertle, who just stepped away
after four productive years at the helm, deserves
his share of the credit for Bisbees stable
economic position. His support and his passion
for this city will be deeply missed. Thanks for
participating in the Bisbee Economic Focus. We
are happy that you care enough about our
community to attend. Oh, and one more thing
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
From your Mayor City Council City Manager and
Staff
Katie Salwei White House Ornament 2007
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eenminetour.com
William J. Jack Porter, Mayor Stephen J.
Pauken, City Manager 118 Arizona Street Bisbee,
AZ 85603 [phone]