Council approves parks and recreation ordinance amendments

At its regular meeting on Thursday, the Sierra Vista City Council approved parks and recreation ordinance amendments to incorporate the golf course, update the noise ordinance for parks, and make other minor administrative corrections to the language.

The passed resolution incorporated the City’s newly acquired golf course into the parks and recreation ordinance, providing a specific definition for the course as a recreational space. It also included rules regarding trespassing, loitering, smoking, fishing, and walking on the property.

Other edits to the ordinance added more flexibility to parks use by allowing amplified sound systems to be used for speeches or music at locations other than the Centennial Pavilion at Veterans Memorial Park, with the approval of the Parks, Recreation, and Library Director. The noise amendment does not impact the golf course, which is subject to Chapter 93: Noise in the City’s code of ordinances.

Minor corrections to the language that are administrative in nature were also included.

In other business:

  • Council approved an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) for the Cochise County Tourism & Economic Council, a group that promotes regional tourism efforts and that the City has been part of for over 20 years. The partnership has operated under IGA agreements, the most recent of which was approved in 2019.
  • Council accepted a grant from the Arizona Department of Public Safety Local Border Support in the amount of $115,472.89. The grant will fund resources for the Sierra Vista Police Department that augment efforts to support border security in our region, but can also be used in regular police activities.
  • Council approved an intergovernmental agreement with Cochise County to loan City employees to SEACOM since the management of Human Resources was transferred to Cochise County, but some employees wished to stay on as City employees.
  • Council voted to dissolve the Youth Commission, which wishes to become an independent Youth Council.
  • Council approved an Industrial Development Authority bond for Flagstaff Jr. Academy.
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