No benefits to enclosing Center area
The Governing Board was told November 1, 2016 that Sedona residents oppose spending $1.7 million to enclose the outside area of the Sedona Center. The dispute over spending this amount of money is between the College staff that wants the space enclosed and the citizens who do not.
Citizens argued that the unnecessary expenditure and unnecessary enclosure will “irrevocably destroy the architecture of the building.”
They also argued that for taxpayers of the County that the college is making an extremely poor financial decision. According to the taxpayers, enclosing the Center area increases by at least 40% the total cost of the culinary program. It does this without adding any programming or educational benefits to the students—young or old.
The video presentation made to the Governing Board on this issue can be viewed by clicking here.