Written and submitted by the City of Sedona staff.
Sedona AZ (December 3, 2012) – The City of Sedona is currently seeking to fill two unexpired positions on the Housing Commission. One position is an unexpired term which runs through October 31, 2013. The other position is an unexpired term which runs through October 31, 2014. The deadline to submit applications to be considered to serve on the Housing Commission is Monday, January 7, 2013 at 5:00 p.m.
This seven-member commission makes recommendations regarding housing related matters to the City Council. Specific responsibilities include developing criteria and goals for affordable housing, exploring public-private partnerships, developing specific incentive and regulatory-based strategies to increase, preserve and rehabilitate housing, recommend financing options, listen to recommendations by the public and affordable housing beneficiaries, and consider housing as part of a regional strategy.
The Housing Commission will also participate in assisting the City in updating its Community Plan over the next few years. For more specific information about the Housing Commission, visit the City’s web site at: www.SedonaAZ.gov/housing.
Housing Commission meetings are generally held the first Monday of each month at 5:00 p.m. Application packets are available from the City Clerk’s office at 102 Roadrunner Drive or by calling 928-282-3113. Return completed applications to the City of Sedona, City Clerk’s office at 102 Roadrunner Drive, Sedona, Arizona 86336.
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disband this group, long past time
saw recent comment & then read article & then see 5 stories pop up as Related & laughed/hit it on the head there Mr. Jerry
You got it, Jerry. It is long past time to disband the City’s Housing Commission.
This is a no-issue group that somehow continues year after year for no apparent reason, other than those heading the group have some fantasy about Sedona really being an urban environment. Time to get real and address real problems – like safety crossings for 89A, etc.
IMO it isn’t only the Housing Commission that’s a non-issue group. The current method of operation within the city seems to have become forming commissions or committees who will best represent the agendas of our elected officials.
The high profile example of the moment is the group identified as being charged with crafting the revision of the Sedona Community Plan. Thumbing their noses at facts like historic flooding along Oak Creek, instead of discouraging those with visions and dreams of a lovely meandering walkway, and in many instances invasive to privately owned properties, the ill-conceived idea has escalated to a point where in the very near future millions of dollars will be pledged to this utter nonsense at the ultimate expense of legitimate Sedona residents.
The idea that 5, 6, or 7 individuals possibly identified as experts aka wanna-be celebrities will give of their questionably valuable time to appease what appears to be end results to suit those who appointed them now borders on the ridiculous.
As another example, what credibility exists to the recently proposed nonsense of purchasing the property at the “Y” which formerly housed Sedona Chevron prior to the temporary take-over by ADOT during the upgrades to SR179 for (sit down for this one) another “pocket park?”
Are these foolish folks unaware that this duel State Route intersection is already presently a hazard with two roundabouts, the entrance to the main Post Office, traffic attempting to merge from Brewer Road, Burger King, and the existing gas station? Do they not get it that Sedona, in itself, sits right smack in the middle of a National Forest?
To think that recommendations of these small groups is representative of the majority of Sedona residents is ludicrous. But so what? Even when public opinion screams out against an issue, it is ignored in favor of the perceived well rehearsed projections from these small groups of individuals.
Moral of story: Voting Residents of Sedona, be damned!
We have affordable housing it is called Cottonwood, Cornville, Page Springs, Clarkdale, Camp Verde and a few trailer parks scattered around Sedona. There, problem solved and one less committee! I know people who live around Andante and their mortgage is $450 a month, how much cheaper can you get? That whole area is affordable, there are also apartments in uptown.
Eddie Maddock is right. We do not need more parks! Sedona is surrounded by park land; we only need to take care of what we have.
We certainly do not need another free walking attraction for people to come do on a day trip while they get their ice cream cone in uptown. We do not need more people walking to get to the creek further congesting traffic headed up and down Oak Creek Canyon. We have a pedestrian problem causing a traffic problem in uptown. Sucking in hundreds of additional cars per day to go to a “creek walk” is a BAD idea. You want another Slide Rock State Park inside Sedona? We don’t.