MYTH: Pundits state that if the City of Sedona takes back Highway 89A in West Sedona the city does not have the capability or budget to maintain and rebuild such a roadway.

FACT: The City of Sedona already maintains over 100 miles of roads, so they do have experience in scheduled maintenance. The “proposed take back” section of 89a is 4.8 miles which would account for about 8% of the budget considering 89a is a 5 lane road. The Sedona City Manager confirmed that this can be managed by the existing budget. NOTE: Pavement maintenance is a separate budget item from street maintenance (cleaning, etc.)

MYTH: The cost per mile of the new SR 179 and the redoing of 89A cost per mile will be the same.

FACT: Patently false. The SR179 project included a NEW ADDED roadbed with bridges, hill cuts, support walls, roundabouts, land acquisitions and new sidewalks. A redo to dirt on 89a (required every 30-35 years) requires none of that.

MYTH: The city does not have the capability or expertise to rebuild a road.

FACT: The City does not rebuild a roadway ANYMORE than ADOT rebuilds a roadway. Both consult engineers, specifications are written, requests for proposals are issued, and a professional contractor is hired. Just like ADOT does it. The city, like ADOT simply manages the contract for compliance.

Our city government and its departments are responsible, professional and competent.

The CITIZENS of Sedona and our ELECTED council should work together to make West Sedona’s corridor a place of beauty, integrated with our local businesses like so many other resort communities. We cannot allow our town to be managed by outsiders.

It is OUR City, OUR Future, and OUR Choice. Vote YES to Measure 410.

Mike Schroeder
Sedona AZ

If the Village of Oak Creek had wanted to be included in Sedona City Limits they wouldn’t have opted out, indicating they do not want the Sedona City Council making their decisions nor do the others in the Red Rock Loop Area, including Elmersville, as they, too, removed themselves from the originally proposed boundaries of incorporation.

I neither agree nor disagree with your concept. Imagination is one thing but unfortunately tends to deviate from reality.

Eddie Maddock

Let’s have some imagination instead of nay saying.

Is it fair or appropriate for the Sedona City Council to approve funding for events related to the school system in general when the scope of financing that venue expands beyond city limits?

How about cutting to the chase here and discuss just exactly the source of funding for the high school and related educational institutions which, to my recollection, is voter approval of bonds for specific improvements.Therefore, is it exclusively Sedona’ s decision or financial obligation as might be the case in other issues currently on the table?

Visionaries seem to have no parameters relating to their dreams in relation to whom will be footing the bill. Wish that idealist approach worked for me in my daily scheme of plans.

Eddie Maddock

Seems to be doing okay by Patrick and the film festival folks w/o conversion of any sort.

Why make something complicated that works fine ? What happens to the conversion if the film festival ceases to be here; that’s a possibility in this economy that should be planned on. Harkins can barely sustain 6 theatre screens and there’s little else to do in Sedona except mediocre restaurants and so so bars except in west Sedona.

Time to tell the truth. The Chamber can hype to tourists all it wants but we live the Sedona reality. No growth engine here. It’s all service and low paying jobs and that includes the art scene artists. First Fridays have limited appeal and typically very few locals. Van Gogh economic lesson 101 – death gives a starving artist hope that his art is special but Sedona art scene does not do much for Sedona business wallets. Wishing won’t make it different.

West Sedona Wayne