Following the debate over the city of Sedona’s proposal to use part of the Sedona Cultural Park as a car camp for homeless workers and public questions about the best use for the $23 million property, Sedona residents have started asking how much property the city of Sedona owns and where that property is located.

According to the property records for Yavapai and Coconino counties as of June 17, the city of Sedona owned a total of 107 parcels in both counties totaling 657.4 acres with an estimated full cash value of $67,088,084. Thirty-six of these parcels, accounting for 45 acres valued at $9,710,882, are located in Coconino County, while the remaining 71 parcels, which cover 612.4 acres and are valued at $57,377,202, are located within Yavapai County.

The Coconino County property records do not include any information pertaining to the city’s property at 125 SR 89A, the former Chevron station at the “Y” roundabout, which does not appear in the county’s parcel viewer. Coconino County GIS Services confirmed that the property was reclassified as a right-of-way in 2007, when it was transferred from Arroyo Roble Marketplace LLC to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

The Dells

The city’s single largest discrete unit of property, which accounts for the majority of its property portfolio, is the Dells site in unincorporated Yavapai County, part of which is currently used for the city’s wastewater treatment plant. The Dells property consists of 10 individual parcels amounting to 406.2 acres. Three of these parcels, totaling 225.6 acres, are located south of SR 89A and are currently used only for disposal of the city’s treated effluent via an irrigation system, which the fiscal year 2025 budget has recommended for replacement with injection wells.

City Parks

City parks total 104.8 acres and consist of:

• Posse Grounds Park, Sedona’s original rodeo and public park destination, which consists of 46.8 acres in two parcels valued at $5,048,918.
• The Sedona Cultural Park, which includes eight numbered parcels covering 40.8 acres, exclusive of roadways. The city designated the park as a park in December 2023 after purchasing it in December 2022 for a sum between $23 and $24 million, including interest.
• Sunset Park, a single parcel of 7.9 acres valued at $4,593,467.
• Jordan Historical Park, location of the Sedona Heritage Museum, which consists of two parcels covering 4.8 acres valued at $2,319,143.
• Ranger Station Park, currently under construction on a single parcel of 3.5 acres valued at $798,180.
• The Sedona Botanical Garden, a single parcel of 0.6 acres valued at $500 on the southeast corner of Arroyo Piñon Drive at State Route 89A.
• Jack Jamesen Memorial Park, a single parcel of 0.36 acres valued at $113,575.

The area of the Greyback Park pocket park is included in the city right-of-way for Dry Creek Road.

Rights-of-Way

City rights-of-way total 44.3 acres, including 10.9 acres for Soldier Pass Road, 8.9 acres for Airport Road, 8.6 acres for Upper Red Rock Loop Road, 3.6 acres for Hillside Vista Drive, 2.2 acres each for Back o’ Beyond Road and Dry Creek Road, 2.1 acres for Roadrunner Drive, 2 acres for Shelby Drive and 1.8 acres for Goodrow Lane. Right-of-way parcels generally have a listed cash value of $0 or $500.

Odds and Ends

Additional city landholdings include:

• Two parcels totaling 32 acres at 20 Carruth Drive, adjoining Posse Grounds Park, valued at $1,774,166. Currently unused.
• Two parcels in the Sierra Vista area of Uptown totaling 18.2 acres and valued at $1,409,099. Currently unused and designated as open space.
• 555 Soldier Pass Road, a single parcel of 10 acres valued at $703,796. Currently unused and zoned residential.
• 2070 Buena Vista Drive, a single parcel of 8.5 acres valued at $666,518. Currently unused and designated as open space.
• A single parcel of 6.9 acres adjoining 20 Carruth Drive valued at $613,677. Currently unused and zoned residential.
• Five parcels in the Jordan Park Glen subdivision in Uptown totaling 5.8 acres and valued at $8,401.
• 102 Roadrunner Drive, a single parcel covering 3.7 acres valued at $10,506,241, and the location of City Hall.
• Three contiguous parcels adjoining Brewer Road and SR 89A totaling 2.9 acres and valued at $1,524,395. Currently unused and allocated for construction of a new road and a bus stop.
• 220 Sunset Drive, a single parcel of 2.5 acres valued at $1,379,854. Recently acquired by the city as a result of the developer of the proposed 46-unit Sunset Lofts project failing to begin construction.
• Two parcels at 2250 Shelby Drive and 2260 Shelby Drive totaling 1.9 acres and valued at $1,659,057. Currently zoned industrial; 2250 Shelby has been designated as the site for city staff’s proposed Villas on Shelby public-private partnership to construct a three-story, 30-unit apartment building.
• Eight parcels at 260 Schnebly Road totaling 2 acres and valued at $728,609. Currently the Uptown municipal parking lot.
• 401 Jordan Road, a 1.75-acre parcel valued at $1,047,156. Formerly the home of the Sedona Chamber of Commerce. Currently used for parking.
• Two parcels at 430 and 460 Jordan Road totaling 1.2 acres and valued at $526,756. Currently allocated as the site of the future Uptown garage.
• 50 Sinagua Drive, a single parcel of 0.6 acres adjoining city hall valued at $579,709. Currently unused.