Translated: vote “yes” and Mayor Adams’ dream for rezoning single family residential to multi-family will become a reality as is noted as being one of his future agenda items in the above article.

VOTE NO

Two of the five letters of support are from members of the Steering Committee. (Angela LeFevre & Jon Thompson) The revised plan has much to do with “land use” and increased density to be accomplished through future rezoning.

Please, read the letters, pro and con. And even more important, read the proposed plan. Once approved, and although amendments aren’t uncommon, it is your town, your property rights that are at stake here.

A “No” vote will have the effect of rejecting the November 2013 New Sedona Community Plan and will keep the current 2002 Sedona Community Plan in effect until a new Plan is approved by Sedona voters.

A “Yes” vote will have the effect of approving the 2013 New Sedona Community Plan, as adopted by the Sedona City Council, including its required elements bringing it into compliance with Arizona law.

THOSE WHO DO NOT VOTE SEND A MESSAGE OF APPROVAL. MAKE CERTAIN YOU ARE WILLING TO LIVE WITH THAT

Table 28, “Recommended Wastewater Rate Schedule,” from Consultant Hoag’s proposed new WW rate study contains a 10% RETROACTIVE “Cost of Service Adjustment” for FY 2013-14, the current fiscal year. It recommends changing the $47.34 existing monthly residential service rate to an adjusted rate of $52.24 (on paper only). This means the 10% monthly increase officially deferred by the City will be negated IF the Mayor and Council approve the new rate study.

Undoubtedly concerned property owners will ask where the current fiscal year $4.90/mo. rate increase for residential customers will come from.

The table on the 2nd page of the “2013 Annual Community REPORT” shows a Wastewater “Enterprise” Fund Revenue Over Expenditures (YTD) projection of $1,335,603. Are sewer ratepayers getting a refund of the amounts overcharged and overpaid? No way!!

Instead, when the rate study’s Recommended Monthly Service Rates (Table 28) get rubberstamped, the Council will eliminate the FY 2013-14 deferrals even though the City’s projected Revenue Over Expenditures (YTD) for the prior fiscal year was a positive $1,335,603.

In addition, the City will reap a windfall by calculating the 6 years of 4% residential rate increases–to begin on July 1, 2014–by using the $52.24 PAPER amount instead of the $47.34 ACTUAL amount paid per month. Over six years time, this hocus-pocus will extract several hundred dollars more from each and every residential property owner (ADUs and Residential Low Flow excepted).

That means these people have one year to do how much more damage? Of course, that’s not considering that any of them will run again. Perish that thought. Of course every election we hope to get better representation but all it amounts to is being worse than the previous ones. What happens to these people once seated behind those chairs? The power surge doesn’t appear to be restricted to Smart Meters. (my opinion)