Next Meeting: Sunday, November 7 , at 2:30 pm at Judith Ryan's home on Livingston Lane. Directions will be sent later

National Scenic Designation Former KSB President and current Sedona City Council Woman Barbara Litrell and local realtor Ron Volkman squared off for 45 minutes of lively debate on the Tom O'Halleran Show, Thursday July 8th. You can listen to the recording by going to the Keep Sedona Beautiful website.

The debate about the creation of the Sedona Red Rock National Scenic Area continues even while the Scenic Area Bill sits in Congress waiting for the next step. Issues such as private property rights are discussed as well as the ability to build additional roads and public infrastructure in the Scenic Area.

The Bill is currently awaiting Mark Up in Congress. The Congressional Subcommittee meeting from June 10, 2010 can be heard by clicking in the Quick Link Box on the home page of Keep Sedona Beautiful at www.keepsedonabeautiful.org.

Georgia Munsell says the LITTER LIFTERS along the Loop Road are as follows:
From the end of the High School for .8 miles: Norm Hanson & Sam Braun
From .8 miles to Chavez Ranch Rd .7 miles: Mark and Georgia Munsell
Chavez Ranch Rd to Red Rock crossing: Blue Boelter
Red Rock Crossing Rd at Cathedral Vista Drive to and including Crescent Moon Ranch Recreation Area - Bill and Chris Lutz
Disney Lane to Loy Lane - Sally Braun and Suzanne Connolly
Loy Lane to Red Rock State Park - open
Red Rock State Park to Elmersville Rd. - Green Team from Wyndham Resorts Sedona
Elmersville Rd to 89A - Susan and Wayne Johnson

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)
is taking action to Maintain Sedona's Rural Lifestyle and Environment

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 form

Click the name below to send an e-mail

Sam Braun, President
Brian Myers, Vice President
Georgia Munsell, Secretary
Judith Ryan, Treasurer

Fund raising: Birgit Loewenstein, Norm Hanson, Betty Cook
Well Survey Project: Roger Moe, LaQuita Lane
Fire District Liaisons: Carolyn Bickart
Yavapai County Zoning and Planning Dept.: Blue Boelter
Hydrology Report: Brian Myers
Litter Lifters: Georgia Munsell
Nominating committee: Betty Cook

By clicking on the items below you can view reports.

• Sierra Club Press Release -- RRRCA Act to Protect Drinking Water -- March 07, 2007
• Red Rock News -- Sierra Club Moves to Block Bella Terra -- February 28, 2007
• Sierra Club Press Release -- Stop work -- February 27, 2007
• Letter from Corps of Engineers -- Cease all work -- February 22, 2007
• Sierra Club press release -- Clean Water Act Violations January 29, 2007
• Engineering Report -- Section 404 of the Clean Water Act January 2, 2007
• SWCA Report -- Clean Water Act complaints January 5, 2007
• Floodplain report -- November 22, 2006
• ADEQ Aquifer -- Protection permit comments November 1, 2006