Comments on: Council Priorities Will Cause Sedona Quality of Life Issues

By: Joy

Joy — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 17:02:21 +0000

I don’t like political jokes. I’ve seen too many get elected.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 18:33:02 +0000

lots make turns why burn gas sitting in backups. we come back after traffic jams moved & no adding air pollution .

By: Katherine Slinger

Katherine Slinger — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 18:16:52 +0000

Tequa is in Yavapai County not city. Scenic road rules should dictate no signage, but the death of Joan McClelland has let business owners she kept in check by making sure that the rules and regulations were adhered to faithfully, have capitalized on her demise. The number of signs have quadrupled in the past year on Scenic 179 within the VOC Special Taxing District. Too many signs equals too many distractions and for cyclists that costs lives. This should be on agendas of Big Park and Sedona Village Business but they are allowing the area to look rundown when they have the tools to clean up the signs, the buildings, the general scenic beauty threatened by inattention and lack of concern.

Count the signs in front of Tequa; count the metal signs through the national forest; count the no U Turn signs between city and Village. Why no UTurns in a 35 mph area? If no UTurns, then remove the turning lanes and move the traffic from one roundabout to another. Poor road construction and signage. Fix it.

By: Bonehead Central

Bonehead Central — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:54:28 +0000

About the Village of Oak Creek—-who at city hall approved Tequa mermaid vomit on building? Blue “art” UGLEEEEEE & ruins the aesthetic of desert place. Guess Tlaquepaque will be spewing vomit on its new buildings as we were told Tequa & Tlaquepaque now owned by out of state (country?) (we were told Chinese) landlords. UGLEEEEEEEEE UGLEEEEEEEEE take down the UGLEEEEEE for sale signs now. Whose driving by going to be in the market for a commercial space????? Get a G-D REALTOR OR TAKE DOWN THE UGLEEEEEEEEEEEE SIGNS VOMITED ALL OVER THE PLACE——–what are the sign rules????

By: JeanJ

JeanJ — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:22:32 +0000

Ken, 121 + 40 + 32 = 193 new lodging units either under construction or recently approved . According to the current Western Gateway Community Focus Area Plan, the ADT (average daily trip) per unit for lodgings is 8.2. This means there’s the potential for 1582.6 average daily trips (ADT’s) to emanate from West Sedona one day soon.

The zoning changes needed to spawn these 1582.6 ADT’s?

From Commercial (C-1) to Lodging (L) for the 121 new units under construction at the Marriott Courtyard..

From Residential (RS-10a) to Lodging (L) for the 32 new units under construction at the Sedona Rouge.

From Community Facility (CF) to Lodging (L) for the 40 additional units and Conference Center approved for Sky Ranch Lodge.

As I wrote the City Council re the $250,000+ traffic study on today’s agenda, among other things, why not put an end to future rezonings to Lodging (L)?

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 02:02:34 +0000

Jean, 32 +42 or just 42 total?

By: Just Sayin'

Just Sayin' — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 01:49:57 +0000

@J Rick

Wow, good response to W Sedona Resident. We all know that J Rick is the smartest guy in the room. If anyone is in doubt, just ask him and he’ll tell you.

By: Foothills Geezer Guy

Foothills Geezer Guy — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 00:24:56 +0000

Keep at it. Think Berlin Wall.

By: JeanJ

JeanJ — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 23:16:03 +0000

UPDATE RE COUNCIL PRIORITIES FOR DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION (10/13/15 Regular City Council Meeting)

The rug was pulled out from under the 18 Council-ranked Priorities in order to embrace extensive untimely changes mid-stream. According to the City Manager, “…..staff intended to do a little more with this.” He added: (1) the ranked numbers presented do not represent the reprioritization from the Council’s Sept 23rd meeting; (2) the priority list does not lend itself to a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ranking; (3) the 18 priorities listed/ranked only represent a subset of the Council’s broader priorities and more may be added; etc. As to the Transportation Master Plan, it lived on to remain ranked #1. However, the City Manager indicated the objectives, scope and financial plan need to be identified (a new prerequisite).

This kind of chaos is going on at a time when Sedona is overbuilt, has more vehicles than roads can handle, and there are 13 Community Focus Areas being shoved up citizens wazoos.

By: Jack M

Jack M — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 01:37:12 +0000

Really great @J. Rick Normand. Thank you!