The Sedona City Council may approve the filing of an annexation petition with the Yavapai County Recorder to annex approximately 3,422 acres of land that includes the city’s sewage treatment plant and adjacent city-owned land, colloquially known as “The Dells.” We plan to discuss and consider possible measures. To the city limits.
The meeting is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, December 10th at 4:30 p.m. Discussion of annexation is the fifth item on the night’s agenda.
According to the agenda, “City staff shall annex the property of the City’s sewage treatment plant to facilitate the development of the City’s Traffic Maintenance Facility and subsequent Dells, and to better establish the City’s transportation infrastructure.” “We believe it is in the city’s best interest to do so” planning area. ”
The jurisdiction of the City of Sedona has remained unchanged since the city was incorporated in 1988.
The annexation process is governed by Arizona Revised Statutes §9-471. The proposed annexation area must meet adjacency, size, and shape requirements that prevent the City from directly annexing a small area of land to the City’s wastewater treatment plant. The flow of the merger is as follows:
- Prepare a map and legal description of the area to be annexed.
- Request the Yavapai County Assessor’s Office and the Arizona Department of Revenue the name and address of each owner and the assessed value of all properties within the boundaries of the proposed annexation.
- File a blank annexation petition in Yavapai County and submit an affidavit certifying that the territory is not subject to a prior annexation application starting the 30-day waiting period.
- The city receives value data from the Yavapai County Assessor and the Arizona Department of Revenue. Post a Notice of Public Hearing
- Publication in the local newspaper and posting of the proposed annexation area in at least three conspicuous public places within the annexed area.
- At least six days in advance of the public hearing, notify by mail the chair of the county board of supervisors and each owner of real and personal property in the territory proposed to be annexed.
- Public hearing on proposed annexation. 8. Prepare plans, policies, or procedures that demonstrate how services and infrastructure will be provided for anticipated development within the annexed area over the next 10 years.
- Within one year of the hearing, obtain signatures on the annexation petition stating:
- One-half or more of the owners of real and personal property that would be subject to city taxation in the event of annexation. (Appraised value).
- More than half of the people own real estate and personal assets that would be subject to taxation by the city in the event of annexation. (Owned).
- Once your annexation petition is complete, submit a copy to the city clerk and the original to the county recorder’s office for a signed petition.
- We will post public notices of public hearings regarding annexation ordinances.
- Public hearing and adoption of annexation ordinance by City Council.
The City Council may stop a proposed annexation at any stage during the annexation process. “The City anticipates that there will be no assessed real property within the proposed annexation area that will be subject to taxation by the City, only assessed personal property,” according to the agenda.
