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Uptown residents press Sedona council for more wildfire and EV-safety study on planned Uptown parking garage
Summary
Multiple Uptown Sedona residents urged the council to pause or revisit the Uptown parking garage project, citing recent changes in national fire-safety standards for parking structures and risks posed by electric-vehicle (EV) batteries, limited water pressure in Uptown, and the garage's location on a primary evacuation route.
Residents of Uptown Sedona used the council's public-forum period to press city leaders for more information and for a pause on the Uptown parking-garage project pending additional safety studies.
At the Feb. meeting several speakers warned the planned multi-level garage could increase evacuation risk and pose a higher fire hazard because of electric vehicles and EV charging stations. Jen Farnsworth said the 2022 National Fire Protection Association standard (NFPA 88A) reclassified parking structures'fire hazards and, she said, required communities to reassess siting and safety. "This hasn't happened," Farnsworth told the council, and she urged a suspension of construction until a comprehensive safety and evacuation analysis was completed.
Other speakers echoed that concern.…
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