Don’t destroy Sedona Heritage site: Sedona Cultural Park

Don’t destroy Sedona Heritage site the Sedona Cultural Park. The City of Sedona wants to forget the history of the Sedona Cultural Park and build high density housing.

There are many false narratives about this beautiful land. Known as the Sedona Cultural Park. Sedona’s last land exchange was restricted for open space cultural activities. This land would have NEVER been traded if it wasn’t an open space cultural park.

IF the land exchange never happened this land WOULD BE open space to the PUBLIC today !!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE give the Registered voters a voice in this majestic historical loved land. We should preserve this treasure land for future generations. If you don’t speak up by signing the petition it will be paved. visit www.SedonaVotes.com for signing dates

We will lose this majestic historical cultural location FOREVER if this petition Initiative does not make it to the ballot,

Documentation proves:

1. The land was designated as “Open Space Preservation/Conservation” owned by the US forest service. In 1993, the Sedona Cultural Park land was designated as “Open Space Preservation/Conservation” on the Sedona Community Plan Land Use Map.

2. The Forest Land Exchange happened because they thought the City of Sedona would be good Stewards of the land, keeping the open space, access to trailheads, and mineral pit.

Decision Notice and environmental assessment docs outline public facility (approved by cc and reviewed by city’s planning zoning, public involvement)

3. At that time in 1993, the Sedona Community Plan only supported USFS land trades for public/semi-public uses, open spaces, or parks. Land use Sedona Community Plan 1998

4. In the Forest service “Decision Notice” the Sedona Cultural Park proposed Master Plan the development of the land would be under the guidance of the City of Sedona’ s Planning and Development process.

5. In 1995 the Sedona City Council passed and adopted Ordinance No 95.-13 in favor of the proposed Sedona Cultural Park aligning with the Forest Service wishes.

6.     In 1996 a referendum ordered by petition of the people, Voted for the Cultural Park and NO on housing.

7.     On behalf of the Sedona Cultural Park the City of Sedona took the awarded two Heritage Fund Grants in the amounts of $586,000 and $444,200 over one million dollars from the State of Arizona on behalf of the SCP to further develop the Sedona Cultural Park.

8.     According to the Forest Service letter dated September 7, 2021 “Cultural/Heritage information (archaeological information) isn’t releasable under the Freedom of Information Act, as it is sensitive information… those reports cannot be released to you.” 1 new site, 1 other site, 7 other. They still won’t release.

9. Land patent shows this land as Indian reservation land. The road access into trailhead must remain open.
“The road access into trailhead and the National Forest beyond is a reservation in the land exchange patent” Heather C. Provencio, USDA District Ranger