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Sierra Vista mayor outlines road, park and public-safety projects including Highway 90 paving and animal-care expansion
Summary
Mayor Clea McCall told KWCD listeners the city is completing Highway 90 paving, advancing MLK Parkway and West End streetscape projects, received partial federal funding for the Buffalo Soldier Trail, and reported on several city investments in the golf center, animal care and public safety.
Mayor Clea McCall told listeners the City of Sierra Vista is nearing completion of several transportation and public-infrastructure projects and outlined recent and planned investments in parks, animal care and public safety. "We're wrapping up, between the Borobatrol checkpoint to Molson Road," McCall said about Highway 90 paving work, which she said is scheduled to finish in June.
The nut graf: McCall identified several projects the city has funded or advanced: MLK Parkway improvements (a roughly $1.2 million appropriation to repair the stretch between Avenida Escuela and Highway 90), the West End North Garden streetscape with an anticipated December 2025 completion, repaying part of the Buffalo Soldier Trail with federal funds (construction anticipated to begin under ADOT's timeline, likely 2027), and the development of local parks including Henry Jones Park and Soldier Creek Park.
McCall described a new public-private agreement for the Sierra Vista Golf Center: Paradigm Golf Group has signed to manage the driving-range facility; the city will receive about 2% of gross revenue for the Capital Improvement Fund, while Paradigm assumes operational costs and short-term losses. She said the golf center offers range technology and free youth clinics.
On animal services, McCall said the Sierra Vista Animal Care Center completed a $2.7 million expansion that adds 18 kennels (14 for adoptable dogs and 4 for quarantine) and that the city allocated $200,000 for a new puppy house. She also said the Henry F. Hauser Museum expanded exhibit space by 50 percent.
On public safety, McCall said the city budgeted for two new fire trucks and one ambulance and is planning a future expansion of Fire Station 4 on Buffalo Soldier Trail. She said the Sierra Vista Police Department is nearing full staffing, is reinstating a traffic unit, will reintroduce a canine and a motorcycle unit, and is implementing a professional-standards office to streamline complaint investigations and accountability.
Ending: McCall said the projects are intended to improve streets, support West End businesses and strengthen public-safety infrastructure, and she thanked state legislators and ADOT for help on major transportation items.
