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Big Park Council 2022 accomplishments

A New Look for the Big Park Council’s 25th Anniversary: Since incorporation in 1997, the Council has provided the Big Park Region, including the Village of Oak Creek, with a structured, representational organization to serve the community’s interests. The Council provides a unified voice to public and private agencies on issues affecting our community. A new corporate identity/logo has been developed to reflect the region’s heritage and the Council’s unique position in the community. Historically, Bell Rock has anchored and defined Big Park and the Village of Oak Creek. In considering the community’s rich heritage, Vice President Duane Thompson created an original illustration of Bell Rock, which became the basis of the new logo.

In her final report as Big Park Regional Coordinating Council President, Camille Cox summarized the 2022 accomplishments of the Council’s committees noting that over forty-five (45) villagers volunteered their services to achieve these results. Anyone wishing to join a committee in 2023 should contact Secretary, Mary Pope at bigparkcouncil.inquiry@gmail.com.

The Art in the Roundabouts committee has completed its organizational steps and has a collaborative arrangement in place with the Sedona Village Partnership. The program was successfully launched at a major stakeholder event Oct. 4. 

The Community Plan committee has a robust email subscriber list, website, and Facebook presence. They conducted a community survey and report on Northern Arizona Healthcare Quality of Service. Other notable effort include reviewed and submitted comments on the Yavapai County Comprehensive Plan draft, conducted a forum on Short Term Rental legislation with County officials, sent County citizen surveys to the community. They continue to progress on the 10 Elements of our local Community Plan. 

The Dark-Sky committee hosted Ashley Wilson of the International Dark-Sky Association, provided information to the public at the Village BBQ, held two star parties in the Village and supported neighboring communities and schools with presentations and Dark-Sky events.

The EPPiC committee has completed interviews with front-line responders and public agencies involved in emergency management (Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, Sedona Fire District, Yavapai County Office of Emergency Management, United States Forest Service, Arizona Power Service and the American Red Cross). Each meeting was followed by articles in the Villager and BPC Highlights email. These and additional findings have been organized for an information repository, and is in readiness to begin to move into the production stage of a central website. 

The Planning & Zoning committee has worked with the Verde Valley School on improved communication with respect to their Special Use Permit, and County review has been delayed to allow for additional public participation. They also responded to the ADOT 5-year plan proposal with a comment letter and later succeeded in convincing ADOT to do a study regarding safety issues at the intersection of SR-179 and I-17. They were successful in supporting the Las Piedras HOA on monsoon damage mitigation with County involvement. Collaborative work with AT&T on the siting of their 5G antenna was also successful. Comments on the Collective Special Use Permit were made to the County and will speak at the County hearing to be held shortly.

The Strategic Plan & Leadership Development committee completed a SWAT analysis of the corporation, updated guidelines for the nominating committee process and prepared a report on ideas for attracting leadership.


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