Sedona might get bigger. By a lot. Its City Council voted earlier this month to proceed with an annexation that would add a big slice of land to the actual city.
The council voted 6-1 to file a petition with Yavapai County and with that, start the annexation process. At stake is a 3,422 acre slice of land west of current Sedona where its wastewater treatment plant is located. That would add a little more than 5 square miles to a city that is only 18 square miles right now.
Councilwoman Kathy Kincella voted in support of annexation.
"Every time somebody wants to develop a lot, somebody comes and talks about how it’s one of the few undisturbed pieces of land. But that’s not really of the lots that’s within the city boundaries. This in my eyes is a pure and undeveloped piece of land that I’m interested in preserving that way for as long as we can," she said.
Peter Furman was the lone objection.
"Our city in its entire history has never expanded its boundaries. We’re surrounded by world-renowned beauty and why start to chip away at that now," he said.
The proposal heads to public comment Jan. 14.
