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Sahuarita and SUSD consolidate field‑use agreements, cut term to 10 years and split water costs
Summary
Town parks staff and SUSD facilities described a consolidated 2023 intergovernmental agreement that aligns maintenance responsibilities for Wrightson Ridge and Anza fields, reduces the IGA term from 50 to 10 years, splits water billing 50/50 and sets rules for lighting revenue and reimbursements.
Town of Sahuarita parks staff and Sahuarita Unified School District officials presented a consolidated intergovernmental agreement (IGA) for shared use of Wrightson Ridge and Anza fields at a joint meeting (meeting date not specified in transcript). The IGA, adopted Oct. 4, 2023, replaces earlier, inconsistent agreements and clarifies which party maintains which features of the sites.
Devin Stalder, parks and recreation director, introduced the item and said staff took a year to align responsibilities and legal language. "We decided it was time that we needed to really take a hard look at these IGAs and really, really combine them into one document just to make everyone's lives easier and create alignment," Dylan Pruitt, the town’s parks and facilities manager, told the meeting. Pruitt described the IGA changes: the town will oversee field‑related work (mowing, infield care, irrigation scheduling, dragging baseball fields) and lighting schedules during town use times; the town provides restroom cleaning during town use and most park signage. The agreement reduced the term from 50 years to 10 years to retain flexibility, he said.
District facilities director Ramon Andrade said the district remains responsible for anything attached to buildings and hardscape (parking lots, bleachers, playgrounds, restroom infrastructure) and that SUSD staff perform building repairs, striping and custodial maintenance for school operations. He said staff from both agencies hold biannual meetings to review the IGA and frequently lend equipment and personnel informally to cover temporary needs.
Key operational and financial changes: Pruitt said the water billing arrangement was standardized to a 50/50 split between SUSD and the town to reduce prior inconsistencies between sites; lighting revenues are to be shared if the district uses lights during its events; major repairs to installed systems may be reimbursed between the parties rather than charged piecemeal. Pruitt described the consolidated IGA as producing operational savings for both organizations.
What’s next: Officials said the new IGA will be revisited biannually by facilities staff from both agencies and that the collaboration extends beyond the contract through daily communications and ad hoc sharing of tools and expertise. No separate council vote on additional funding or changes was recorded in the meeting transcript.
