Council approves ALWT cooperative agreement for the distribution of REPI Challenge Program funding
At a special meeting on Tuesday, the Sierra Vista City Council approved a cooperative agreement with Arizona Land and Water Trust (ALWT), for the distribution of Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Challenge Program funding.
In Fiscal Year 2025, the City of Sierra Vista in partnership with Cochise County, and supported by Fort Huachuca, was awarded REPI Challenge Program funding in the amount of $1,807,185 to create an endowment for long-term management of natural resource projects. The REPI Program was created in 2002 to preserve military missions by supporting cost-sharing agreements to address environmental restrictions that limit military activities.
In accepting the agreement, the City is acting as the fiscal agent for the Adaptive Management Committee representing the interests of the Bureau of Land Management San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (SPRNCA) Memorandum of Understanding cooperative monitoring and management signatories. As a direct recipient of federal funds through a separate cooperative agreement with Fort Huachuca, ALWT is able to act as the intermediary to distribute funds from the fort to the City.
The funding serves as seed money to establish a permanent endowment dedicated to the long-term management of regional natural resources, including maintenance and ongoing monitoring expenses. This endowment will provide a sustainable solution for post-construction costs that are vital to conservation work that supports responsible resource management and secures a resilient future for the region’s water and other natural resources.
In other business:
- Mayor Clea McCaa proclaimed Wednesday, March 11, 2026, as Mentally Ill Kids in Distress (M.I.K.I.D.) day.
