City Council Recap

Below are the highlights of June City Council meetings and some decisions that may interest you:

• On June 11, 2024, City Council approved the Notice of Intent to increase Wastewater Rates for residential and commercial customers by 3.6% and set the public hearing for August 13, 2024. At this meting in August, City Council will decide whether or not to increase rates. Learn more here.
• On June 25, 2024, City Council adopted the Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-25 at $106,155,786. This budget reflects several one-time expenditure projects such as the parking garage and payment to full fund the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System liability.
• On June 25, 2024, City Council overturned the Planning and Zoning Commission's (P&Z) April 16 approval of a development review application for the Oak Creek Heritage Lodge. Since the project received two appeals filed by residents, it required the project to go before the City Council to either uphold the decision of P&Z, overturn it, or send it back to P&Z. The final vote was 4-3 to overturn the P&Z decision and not approve their design review application.

Did You Know

• … that our Summer Splash event is this week?? Sedona’s best, FREE, pool party is happening Thursday, July 4, from 12:00 - 4:00 pm at the Sedona Community Pool. In addition to swimming at the pool, outside the pool area there will also be music by DJ Frsh, food and treats available for sale from Old Crow and Kona Ice, a wet zone, games, a free hourly raffle with prizes, dunk tank and much more. We hope to see you there!

Events and News

Mark Your Calendar:

• Four youth summer sports camps are available for registration including mountain biking, soccer, basketball, and volleyball. Specialty camps are also open for registration including yoga, dancing, drawing, coding, botanist, STEAM and drama.
• The Sedona Community Pool is now open on Fridays, and we’ve extended our hours: during the week we’re now open until 5:15 pm for rec swim, and on Saturdays and Sundays we’re open until 7:00 pm!
• Water Aerobics at the Sedona Community Pool is occurring 4-days a week from Tuesday through Fridays starting at 10:05 am. There are also three youth swim lesson sessions this summer.
• StarBabies and StarTots (Adult/Infant-Toddler Class) are back! Drop-in for a 30-minute swim class for adults and their toddler/infant offered on Saturdays at 10:45 am during the summer season. 

Other news:

• To help test the alleviation of traffic, on Friday, July 5^th and Saturday, July 6^th the City’s Police and Public Works staff will be conducting traffic tests at the Y and in Uptown, and on Saturday, July 6th at the new Pedestrian Crossing at Oak Creek. Staff will be monitoring and testing certain traffic scenarios at the Y and crosswalks in Uptown as congestion ramps up. Also, for the first time, we will test the use of the Pedestrian Crossing at Oak Creek, while closing the current street level crossing in front of the shopping areas. We are planning an official opening of the pedestrian crossing in the coming weeks, but because the undercrossing is substantially complete, it is possible to test its use this weekend. Monitoring and testing will occur generally between the hours of 11 am to 6 pm and involve brief interruptions to vehicle and pedestrian traffic at various locations within the Uptown and 179 Business Districts. Results of these tests will be shared at the SIM update to City Council at their 3 pm meeting on Wednesday, July 10^th.
• Starting this summer and as part of an effort to bring more sustainability education to the local school systems, the city’s BigBelly smart waste and recycling receptacles will feature climate change themed artwork by students at West Sedona School. Click here to learn more about the artwork and featured student artists!
• The new Rotating Art Program display features paintings created by Ed Buonvecchio and photographs by Terry Shoulders available for public viewing through September 4. Book your appointment!
• The Historic Preservation Commission is seeking two resident volunteer to fill a three-year term seat.

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