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Happy Valley Crossroads Development Updates; Space Still Available for Businesses and Investors

HAPPY VALLEY CROSSROADS IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HAPPY VALLEY

ROAD AND 17TH AVENUE. The property is being developed by Red Hawk Development and consists of an 8,754 square foot retail center currently under construction and is 68% preleased to Mr. Mesquite Taqueria, Happy Feet Salon, and Pigtails & Crewcuts. The retail center is adjacent to The Learning Experience, which enrolls 200 children, creating a high demand for children’s services. Additional retail, restaurant and medical space plus medical/office condos will be available.

In addition, 2.4 acres of fully improved C-2 land can be purchased or an investor can purchase half of the 2.4 acres.

Happy Valley Crossroads is across the street from the Norterra development with 1,200 single family homes and 900 multi-family units plus office space and a hotel. The property is less than a mile from the I-17 Interchange and USAA Corporate Campus with 3,000 employees. The Shops at Norterra and Happy Valley Towne Center are also less than a mile away.

Contact Jerry Robers at Triple Net America at 602-770-7725 or jerry@nationalnnn.com for leasing information on the retail center and information on the available 2.4 acres.

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HAPPY VALLEY CROSSROADS

NWC HAPPY VALLEY RD & 17TH AVENUE Phoenix, AZ | Shops and Office Space Available for Lease Retail / Restaurant / Medical Available for Lease | Medical/Office Condos for Sale

Property Highlights Demographics Traffic Counts

Located across the street from the 400 acre Union Park Master Planned Community at Norterra with 1,200 single family homes, 900 multi-family units, 750,000 SF of additional office space and a hotel with approximately 150 rooms.

Nearby USAA Corporate Campus with over 3,200 employees.

Approximately 70,000 daytime employees in a 3 mile radius.

Nearby Cigna campus has 1,700 employees.

I-17 Fwy Interchange less than a mile from subject property.

Happy Valley Crossroads is a destination / neighborhood center. The Learning Experience enrolls 200 children with parents visiting the Learning Center twice a day equaling ±2,000 visits a week creating a high demand for children’s services.

Jerry L. Robers Triple Net America 602-770-7725 jerry@nationalnnn.com ● Population ● Happy Valley: +20,000 VPD

1 Mile 2,548 3 Mile 42,334

● Dwelling Units 5 Mile 147,262

1 Mile 3 Mile 5 Mile 1,700 17,500 60,800 (4,000+ dwelling units under construction in a 1 mile)

● Daytime Population

3 Mile 70,000

● Average Income

1 Mile 3 Mile 5 Mile $114,280 $88,798 $82,377 (26% of the 1 mile average income is over $150,000)

SUBJECT

HAPPY VALLEY CROSSROADS Jerry L. Robers Triple Net America

NWC HAPPY VALLEY RD & 17TH AVENUE 602-770-7725 jerry@nationalnnn.com Phoenix, AZ | Shops and Office Space Available for Lease Retail / Restaurant / Medical Available for Lease | Medical/Office Condos for Sale

US-60

1730 W. Under Construction

Current Tenants: Mr. Mesquite Happy Feet Salon Pigtails & Crewcuts

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602.770.7725 | EMAIL: jerry@nationalnnn.com

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Recommendations for Phoenix Police to be Presented to City Council

By Councilwoman Thelda Williams

THIS MONTH, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE REVIEW AND IMPLEMENTATION AD HOC COMMITTEE WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE PHOENIX CITY

COUNCIL FOR ACTION. The recommendations propose to make significant changes to the Phoenix Police Department and the City of Phoenix.

The committee was created by Mayor Kate Gallego in July 2019; it includes 17 community members and Councilman Carlos Garcia and I are its co-chairs.

The intention of the ad hoc committee was to review past and current recommendations made to the Phoenix City Council and the Phoenix Police Department related to strengthening the department and the relationship between the community and public safety officers. The ad hoc committee divided their recommendations into six categories: community engagement; policy and oversight; reporting; training; staffing and efficiencies; and citywide. Some of the recommendations include multi-million-dollar investments by the city to community and healthcare partnerships that do not involve the police. The committee also recommends a policy to seek “least harm” for minor infractions and to prioritize “cite and release” over arrest. These are just a couple of the recommendations; in all there were about 10 with sub recommendations. While the committee considered all the reports and engaged in detailed discussions, the committee was not unanimous in their recommendations and a clear majority was not achieved. Residents in my council district are overwhelmingly supportive of police. That’s not just what I hear in conversations with residents, it is what residents expressed in a recent survey I sent out.

More than 1,000 District 1 residents responded from every zip code in our district. The responses didn’t just come from a small section of our district or a select neighborhood, they came in from residents across the board from Northern Avenue to New River Road.

Here are some of the results:

• 87.38% are very satisfied and satisfied with police services in

Phoenix. • When it comes to the relationship between Phoenix Police and the community, 89.91% of the respondents said it was excellent and good. • 94.41% of those that responded said they would not hesitate to call the Phoenix Police Department for

assistance. The responses in the survey did not surprise me. The Phoenix Police Department has been recognized nationally as a leader in communitybased policing and I am grateful for the outstanding men and women who work hard to serve and protect us.

While we can always improve and find ways to work together with the community, you should be aware and informed about changes that could have lasting consequences. When the recommendations move forward to the city council, please review and provide your comments on the record. You can find more information at phoenix.gov or visit phoenix.gov/police/transparency.

If you have any questions, call my office at 602-262-7444.

Councilwoman Williams serves as the District 1 representative, which encompasses north west Phoenix from Northern Avenue to New River Road and the Interstate 17 to 67th Avenue.

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Happiness Handpicked: Poppies Flower Shop Opens at The Shops at Norterra

NATALIE GILLILAND, A SEASONED FLORIST, IS HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE GRAND OPENING OF POPPIES FLOWER SHOP AT ITS BRAND NEW LOCATION AT THE SHOPS AT NORTERRA.

In fact, the new location just opened on September 1. Poppies Flower Shop has previously specialized in weddings and special events, but Gilliland, the shop’s owner, has plans of creating a small town flower shop with a “farm to table” mindset - fresh, local, and good for the soul.

“My inspiration with Poppies is to create an experience for my guests,” she says. “I love all the flower shops in Europe, so I want people to come in and feel like they are strolling through one of those shops. No two bouquets will ever be alike and we want it that way at Poppies. Our tagline is ‘Unique Designs, Fresh Florals, Happiness Handpicked’ and that’s what you will find in our shop. Guests can select from individual, fresh-cut flowers along with one-of-a-kind hand-wrapped bouquets, succulents, a garden section, and handmade gifts created by local artisans. We also offer in-store classes and workshops where our guests can learn how to create their own flower arrangements and spark their inner creativity, while having a ton of fun.”

The experienced designers at Poppies Flower Shop also create pre-designed arrangements for special events, weddings, large events, corporate events, and those “just because” occasions. “We literally get to bring joy to people for a living with pretty things and a whole lot of Diet Coke,” says Gilliland.

Poppies Flower Shop is located at 2450 W. Happy Valley Road, Suite 1147, in Phoenix. Check them out at poppiesflowershop.com or connect with them on Facebook @poppiesflowershop for more information. As a locally owned Phoenix-based business, Poppies Flower Shop prides itself on being a hometown florist with a small town feel. The antique, European-inspired shop will provide guests with an experience unlike anything else in the flower industry - Fresh Florals, Unique Designs, and Happiness Handpicked.

Phoenix Evaluates Potential Improvements to Happy Valley Road

THE CITY OF PHOENIX STREET TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS EVALUATING OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE HAPPY VALLEY ROAD FROM 67TH AVENUE TO

35TH AVENUE. This section of Happy Valley Road is a major arterial roadway that connects commuters to Interstate 17 and supports local and regional residential and commercial activities. At present, this stretch of roadway continuously shifts between two and three travel lanes. Curb, gutter, sidewalk, and raised medians are intermittent. Bike lane widths are varied and, in some places, nonexistent. The Initial Preliminary Engineering Report proposes the following improvements: • Roadway widening to accommodate a third travel lane between 62nd and 56th Avenues, and between 51st and 47th Avenues • Raised center medians • Buffered bike lanes • New curb, gutter, and sidewalk where missing • Americans with Disability Act sidewalk ramps • Pavement preservation treatment and markings • Upgraded bus bays • Intersection improvements • Street lighting and traffic signal upgrades

• Drainage improvements as needed

The final design process for this project has not been scheduled, but it is anticipated to begin in July 2021. The City of Phoenix plans to apply for federal funding to cover a portion of the construction costs. The timeframe for construction will depend on when federal funding is available.

For additional information, email HappyValleyRoadSTR@phoenix.gov or call Leticia Vargas at 602-534-5692. More project details will become available once design is underway.

Deadline for APS Customers is This Month

This month is the last time that APS customers can get their applications fully submitted to go solar and still receive the current 10.45-cent buyback rate, which will be grandfathered in and remain in place for the next 10 years. APS customers who don’t have a full application submitted by the effective date, including engineered plans and associated documents, will instead receive and be locked into lower buyback rate.

Over the next several years, the rate APS is required to pay its customers for the surplus power they generate and export to the grid will drop annually from 10.45 cents down to approximately five cents per kilowatthour. The current rate is roughly the same price as the retail price that APS customers pay for off-peak power. On effective date that price begins its march downward to something approaching the wholesale price of electricity.

In the Valley of the Sun, solar systems typically produce much more power than a home needs during the spring months. This is due to the fact that we have perfect weather for solar production and low to moderate use of electricity because we do not need air conditioning in the spring. APS has a monopoly on selling power to consumers as well as a monopoly on purchasing power from consumers (what economists call a “monopsony”), which means the only entity to which consumers can sell their power is APS.

The Arizona Corporation Commission sets those rates for APS to sell and also buy back power. In 2017 the Corporation Commission approved the transition from net metering to net billing. In the netmetering model, consumers would meter power into the grid, getting credit in kilowatt-hours, and then draw power back from the grid, also in kilowatt-hours. The effect was that consumers got a-one-to-one credit per kilowatt-hour and were buying and selling power at the same price. In the net-billing model, APS charges a cash price for the power drawn from the grid and pays a cash price back to the consumer for power they export to the grid.

This change was made so that the one-to-one pricing could transition to a more advantageous rate for APS. The argument was that APS could purchase the homeowner’s power from other electricity providers at the wholesale price, so the company therefore should not have to pay the retail price to consumers who produce power. The result is that APS charges signifi cantly more for the same kilowatt-hours than the consumer gets credit for when she sells it back.

The initial rate in the net-billing model was set at 12.9 cents, as compared to APS charging customers approximately 16 cents for rates and fees. The Arizona Corporation Commission approved the APS proposal that this price should drop every year on the anniversary date by an additional 10 percent. In 2018 the price went from 12.9 cents to 11.6 cents. In 2019 it dropped again to 10.45 cents, which is where it is today. Unless the ACC acts in an uncharacteristic fashion this year, it will rubberstamp APS’s request that the price to the consumer drop once again. The new rate will be lowered to 9.4 cents, increasing APS’s margin yet again.

Consumers who go solar after effective date will produce as much power as their neighbors but get a significantly smaller cash credit on their bills. This means the cash credit they will have built up in the spring, which they will need to keep their APS bills very low in the summer, will not go as far with a solar system of the same size. In 2016 a consumer could reduce her APS bill to $18 a month with a system that produced exactly the same amount of power that she purchased in a year, a 100-percent offset in other words. At the current buyback price of 10.45 cents, they have to purchase additional solar panels, increasing production to approximately 135 percent of consumption to achieve the same fi nancial outcome. Once the price drops on effective date, the customer will need to purchase panels that will produce upwards of 150 percent to achieve the same outcome that she could have achieved with 100 percent in 2017.

In addition, as was reported in this publication last month, APS customers will soon be subject to a new screening process which indicates that the utility must deny a solar interconnection if the addition of the solar system results in total solar saturation on the feeder exceeding 15% of the feeder’s peak load.

If homeowners want to receive a free design proposal with enough time to act and get locked into the 10.45cent buyback rate, it is imperative that they act immediately. They can do that by emailing Michael O’Donnell (michael@sunsolarsolutions.com) or by texting or calling him at 602-8181355.

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