Sonoita Crossroads Community Forum

Our Highways

Request for use of the SCCF website for NE Santa Cruz County community/ADOT communication

presented at the SCCF 1/21/06 meeting and accepted by the Forum members.

The Patagonia - Sonoita Scenic Road Corridor Management Plan (which many of you helped implement) set up a Scenic Road Advisory Council, composed of agencies, organizations and community members, to coordinate and make recommendations for the Scenic Road.

Last year the Advisory Council established a sub-committee, the Development and Construction Review Committee (DCRC) to work with ADOT on all projects on SR 82 and SR 83. Annie McGreevy organized and chair DCRC, an advisory group consisting of Morris Farr, Steve Strom, Susan Scott, Cynthia Lunine, Rosanna Kazanjian and Jeffrey Cooper.

DCRC has been meeting monthly with ADOT at the Tucson District office and is now involved in ADOT's decision making process throughout every step of each project on State Routes 82 and 83 from inception, i.e. Planning, Pre-design, Design, Construction and Maintenance.

ADOT is committed to implementing a thorough communication process with the Sonoita / Patagonia community through the Communication and Community Partnerships Department (CCP). CCP will hire a Public Involvement Officer who will work in Tucson as a public involvement, community outreach and communication liaison with Sonoita / Patagonia, as well as with the Tucson and Pima County communities.

Working with CCP, the Development and Construction Review Committee will:

• ensure communication of ADOT's plans to the community;
• gather community input and concerns;
• provide advice to ADOT from a broad consensus of community views about SR 82 and 83.

In order to fully represent concerns of our area DCRC believes it is essential to identify an appropriate setting to regularly examine ADOT plans and seek community input. The Sonoita Crossroads Community Forum -- the local group for discussing issues for residents of NE Santa Cruz County and adjacent areas Ð appears to be the natural choice.

At this meeting the Development and Construction Review Committee wishes to formally ascertain the Forum's willingness to serve as the umbrella organization for our communication with the community. Acceptance of this role for the Forum will assure ADOT that DCRC has in place a mechanism for seeking community input and advice. This will include:

1. scheduling of regular SCCF - hosted meetings with DCRC and representatives of ADOT when appropriate
2. implementation of a special DCRC section on the SCCF website on which:
   • minutes of meetings,
   • communications with ADOT and other relevant information will be posted frequently,
   • where members of the Forum and other citizens of NE Santa Cruz County can communicate with DCRC.

We request that members of Sonoita Crossroads Community Forum affirm the Forum's role as the community point of contact for DCRC.

© 1999 - Sonoita Crossroads Community Forum