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Red Rock Rural Community Association
PO Box 3086 Sedona, AZ 86340 |
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NEXT MEETING: Sunday, October 23, 2:30 PM at the Sedona Library quiet room (the room that is glassed in). I think that is the same day as the Sedona Book Sale. Double the reason to save the date. Sam
ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE LITTER LIFTERS PROGRAM along the Loop Road has two openings. So far Georgia Munsell says the following people have volunteered: SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL SCENIC AREA DESIGNATION Keep Sedona Beautiful is mounting a new campaign to get the Sedona area designated as a National Scenic Area. The RRRCA has joined in that effort. If you go to the Keep Sedona Beautiful website here for more information. In the meantime here is a brief summary with some action you can take: Why do we want this designation? The 160,000 acres of Munds Mountain Wilderness Area which surrounds Sedona are only protected from further development by Red Rock Forest Service District policy. And policies can change. Designating this area a National Scenic Area will take the existing policy and make it law thereby permanently protecting and safeguarding this area from development. What does this mean to us as property owners? This designation does not affect private, state or municipal land, only National Forest Service land. What can we do? We need our new U.S. Representative, Ann Kirkpatrick, to introduce this legislation. She needs to see that the we, as residents of Sedona, support this initiative. 1. You can print out the attached petition, fill it out and send it to Keep Sedona Beautiful either by fax or mail. Click here to view the petition. 2. You can send this email to all your friends and ask them to do the same. Then Representative Kirkpatrick would see that not only do people just in Sedona support this initiative but citizens all over the country. We need to preserve our Red Rock legacy. 3. You can write to the Sedona City Council. Ask them to renew their 2006 endorsement of the National Scenic Area.
City of Sedona
4. You can ask the Sedona Area Government and Community Organizations to renew their support of NSA:
. Big Park Regional Coordinating Council Roger Moe continues to offer to sound the water level of your well. The whole process takes about 20 minutes; he needs two people to assist him with the procedure. To make an appointment call him at 204-1461 or e-mail him at moestlywood@sedona.net. Over the past few months he has worked with five well owners. At the last RRRCA meeting people were interested in testing their water for coliform bacteria. The nearest lab to obtain a water kit is Bradshaw Lab in Cottonwood at 203 South Candy Lane, Suite 115 B-2, near the Cottonwood Hospital and Baptist Church. You must go to their office to pick up the free kit and instructions then bring it back to them. The actual testing costs $20. Other testing costs more depending on what you are assaying. For example, Arsenic can be done at home via a kit that costs another $20.
THE RED ROCK RURAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, LLC (RRRCA) The rural character of the Red Rock Loop residential area, the drinking water supply and the water quality of Oak Creek are being threatened. The RRRCA was instrumental in spearheading a movement to question, research and take action to protect our rural area against development that will negatively impact the environment of the Red Rock Loop area. This movement coalesced over twenty-five years of neighborhood action to uphold the rural nature of our beautiful valley. Historically, this area was the home of a few old homesteads, which have gradually been divided into small subdivisions and private parcels. Located along the state-protected Oak Creek, a designated "Unique and Scenic Waterway," with shallow-perched drinking water aquifers that can easily be contaminated through the fragile geological strata that exist here, our concerns are that uncontrolled or ill-planned development will destroy the environment we all care for and love. For this reason the RRRCA took steps in 2006 to engage independent environmental consultants, engineers, professors, researchers and legal counsel to help the residents of the Red Rock Loop area and Sedona understand the impact of real estate developments in our vulnerable environment. The RRRCA has forged alliances with numerous local community groups and environmental groups such as the Sierra Club, Don't Waste Arizona, Inc., the Audubon Society and the Center for Biodiversity. This journey has taken us through a bureaucratic quagmire of local, state and federal jurisdictions. In the process we have created working relationships with the AZ Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), Army Corps of Engineers, AZ Department of Water Resources (ADWR), Northern Arizona University and Yavapai County. RRRCA's actions have taken energy, time and money: costs shouldered by a few members of the RRRCA. Today we are asking you to help cover some of the financial costs by making a tax-deductible donation to Don't Waste Arizona, Inc., an Arizona nonprofit IRS § 501(c)(3) corporation and mark it c/o RRRCA Environmental Fund. Send your donation to RRRCA, PO Box 3086, Sedona, AZ 86340. Help us to continue in our efforts to defend and protect this beautiful and cherished land that we all call home.
Please click here to download a registration/donation formClick the name below to send an e-mail
Sam Braun, President
Fund raising: Birgit Loewenstein, Norm Hanson, Betty Cook, Shelly E. Marzeles By clicking on the items below you can view reports.
Bella Terra Public Notice Bella Terra Fact Sheet Questionnaire for the well survey Letter to Sedona Fire District Governing Board Draft Report to Sedona Fire District Board about Alternative Route (1.2 MB PDF file) Sedona Red Rock News article about the 3/22/06 Fire District Meeting Report of February meeting with Improvement District Services to set up water district. Suggestions for water problems facing residents
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