A Friendly Neighborhood Near Williams, AZ Nestled In the Kaibab National Forest
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Sherwood Forest Estates Fire District
To the Property Owners of the Sherwood Forest Estates Fire District,
We are writing to advise you of an error earlier this spring when the Sherwood Forest Estates Fire District (SFEFD) set the Fire District’s Fiscal Year (FY) funding request to Coconino County for this year’s upcoming property tax billing cycle. This error has affected every property in both the Mountain Rose Ranch Estates and the Sherwood Forest Estates subdivisions to varying degrees. In admittedly vary basic terms your tax contribution to the SFEFD for this fiscal year, which comprises only about 30% of your total property tax bill, was increased by about 18 cents on the dollar.
The SFEFD funding request error increased the tax mill rate from our historical 2.88 to 3.25 which resulted in an approximate overage of $17,000 in total revenues collected. Please note that this most inadvertent error only impacted the annual tax revenue contribution as generated by this specific fire district fund, identified on your tax billing as Jurisdiction 11249 FD SHERWOOD FOREST EST.
To correct this error the Fire Board directed the Fire Chief to freeze $17,000 out of this FY’s budget. Next, to provide the corrective reduction (the ‘pay back’ for the overage you paid), the Fire Department’s budget request for next FY’s will be based at the 2.88 mill rate AND the funding request will be further reduced by $17,000. Finally the $17,000 now frozen will rollover to backfill next FY’s funding reduction/corrective action, thereby leveling out the budget. Once again the funding of our SFEFD’s vital public safety missions will be determined and guided by our self-imposed 2.88 mill rate limitation. This action will return balance to our historical budgeting requests as generally practical and barring unforeseen significant or unusual circumstances.
Please note that the SFEFD remains as one of the very few fire districts historically charging less than the maximum tax rate permitted by law.
Respectfully,
Bruce Speirs, Chairman
Susan Hamilton, Secretary / Treasurer
WILLIAMS, Ariz., Oct. 30, 2019 — The Kaibab National Forest will sell over-the-counter and through-the-mail Christmas tree tags for each of its three ranger districts beginning Nov. 18 in order to allow members of the public to enjoy the popular holiday tradition of cutting one’s own tree. With 1,800 tags available, there should be sufficient supply to meet demand for this sought-after public service.
The $15 permit will allow the holder to cut a tree of any species that is not more than 10 feet in height within a designated area on the Kaibab National Forest from Nov. 18 through Dec. 24. The tag is good for a tree on the ranger district from which it was purchased and can’t be used to cut a tree on a different district unless specifically noted. No refunds will be made, even if weather conditions prevent access to cutting areas.
Individuals who purchase tags will be provided with a map showing their designated cutting area along with additional tree cutting instructions. The number of available tags and tree species, locations and hours for purchasing the permits, and contact information for each ranger district are as follows:
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# of Permits Available and Tree Species |
Location of Designated Cutting Area |
Contact Information |
Open Days and Hours |
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800 Any Species |
North Kaibab Ranger District
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Physical address: 430 S. Main St., Fredonia, AZ 86022 Mailing address: P.O. Box 248, Fredonia, AZ 86022 (928) 643-7395 |
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. The office will also be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on two Saturdays, Nov. 30 and Dec. 7, for tag sales. |
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500 Any Species |
Tusayan Ranger District |
Physical address: 176 Lincoln Log Loop, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023 Mailing address: P.O. Box 3088, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023 (928) 638-2443 |
8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. |
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500 Any Species |
Williams Ranger District Note: The Williams Ranger District office will also have 100 tags available for the Tusayan Ranger District.
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Physical and mailing address: 742 S. Clover Rd., Williams, AZ 86046 (928) 635-5600 |
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. |
Individuals desiring to purchase Christmas tree tags through the mail should contact the appropriate ranger district office for information on the required process. Turnaround time for arrival of tags through the mail is often 10 or more business days, so individuals desiring these tags should call well in advance to ensure adequate time for their permits to arrive.
The Kaibab National Forest is also pleased to announce that all fourth graders are eligible for a free Christmas tree permit through the Every Kid Outdoors initiative. Every Kid Outdoors is a nationwide call to action to connect kids to nature. All fourth graders are eligible to receive an Every Kid Outdoors pass that allows free access to federal lands and waters across the country for a full year. In support of this initiative, the Kaibab National Forest is making available a free Christmas tree permit to every interested fourth grader with an Every Kid Outdoors pass or paper voucher. For additional information about the initiative and how to obtain a pass, visit https://everykidoutdoors.gov. To be eligible for a free Christmas tree permit from the Kaibab National Forest, all fourth graders must be accompanied by a parent or guardian and present their fourth grade pass or paper voucher.
For detailed Kaibab National Forest Christmas tree tag information throughout the season, visit http://bit.ly/KNFChristmasTags.
Kaibab National Forest information is available through the following sources:
Details from:
Jacqueline Banks
Public Affairs Officer
Forest Service
Kaibab National Forest
p: 928-635-8314
jacqueline.banks@usda.gov
Join Parks & Recreation for an update on the department’s Master Plan! Staff will provide an update on the process, survey results, and how to provide comments on the Draft Master Plan, from Oct. 4-30.
Read more on our website:
Take a tour of the newly open Kadampa World Peace Temple
Browse our bookstore
Enjoy delicious pancakes
Experience a 15 minute guided meditation
(8:30am, 9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am)
September 12, 2019 6:00 p.m.
SFE/MRR Neighborhood Watch POTLUCK
Please join your Neighborhood Watch Block Captains and neighbors for a potluck on 9/12/19 at 6:00 p.m. at the Sherwood Forest Fire Station.
Jon Paxton of the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office will be there.
Bring your favorite – main dish – casserole – meat – veggies – desert or drink.
The Sherwood Forest Estates/Mountain Rose Ranch Auxiliary and SFE POA are supplying the plates, napkins and utensils.
No RSVP required.
For questions, contact Mary Anderson at abamary2016@gmail.com or call her at (928) 635-1390 and leave a message.
COME & JOIN IN THE FUN!
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To Our Community of Neighbors in SFE and MRRE
It’s CHILI-EATING SEASON!
That’s right: You are all invited to the Annual Chili Cook-Off hosted by Sherwood Forest Estates POA and MRRE HOA. Looking for bragging rights, retaining your title, or just mustering up some friendly competition? Here is your chance! A great time to be had by all, meet your neighbors AND enjoy a great chili dinner.
This year’s Cook-Off is being held on Sunday, September 1st at the SFE Firehouse from 4:00-6:00 pm. This year’s Chili Cook-Off judging will be from everyone who comes to the ‘Chili Chow Down’ dinner.
If you are interested in entering the Chili Cook-Off and sharing your favorite chili recipe please email Clarisse@CBNAZ.com with “Chili Cook-Off Entry” in the subject line no later than August 30th. Once we receive your email, we will email you additional information.
Please come meet your neighbors and enjoy a great chili dinner. This will be the last POA event for this season.
Hope to see you for an afternoon of delicious Chili tasting! Mark this date and time on your calendar…… Sunday, September 1st, 4:00 to 6:00 PM!
Hello neighbors,
Well, we beat the monsoons and had a very successful 3rd Annual Community Yard Sale.
We had 16 neighbors donate to participate in the sale and balloons and streamers were everywhere.
Our directional signs and advertising were done by Raechel Johnson and a huge THANK YOU to her and husband Don for their very successful efforts. We had shoppers from Flagstaff & Kingman as well as many of our surrounding communities.
This year we added a Brats or Burger Lunch. This turned out to not only be a delicious and inexpensive deal but fun for all. Thanks to Jason & Cindi Doud on Longbow. Jason, did the smoking of the brats and burgers and Cindi kept everyone comfortable in their beautiful backyard as well as keeping everything stocked for the meals. A special thank you to Annie Burdikoff for the donation of some of the burgers and buns as well as Jason when we ran out of brats. We hope to do this again next year.
We took suggestions from shoppers last year and incorporated them by adding signs at the beginning of each street and noting the number of sales on each street. This was well received and seemed to be informative.
All in all, we all had a very successful day. Both shoppers and sellers. If you have suggestions for next year please pass them on to the POA. Continuous improvement is our goal.
Last, but not least was the $20 drawing. We drew Sandy Teesle on Robinhood. Congratulations and Thank You to Sandy as well as to everyone who participated.