Huachuca City holds public hearing as SEAGO outlines roughly $516,000 CDBG regional allocation

Huachuca City Mayor Johann Wallace convened a public hearing March 21 to gather resident suggestions on how to use the Town’s anticipated FY2026 regional Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocation, which SEAGO staff said is "approximately $516,000." The session, held in council chambers and streamed online, collected ideas but did not select a final project.

William Osborne, a community development planner with the Southeastern Arizona Governments Organization (SEAGO), told the council the regional account award is part of Arizona Department of Housing funding streams and noted separate competitive pots for Colonias and state special projects. Osborne said eligible CDBG activities include water and wastewater infrastructure, community facilities, housing rehabilitation, public services and economic development; he also described income‑targeting rules that require at least 51% of beneficiaries be low‑ to moderate‑income.

The hearing produced a short list of candidate projects the mayor asked staff to publish for further public review: Activity Center modernization (including ADA access and restoring a kitchen), water‑system assessment and possible meter replacements, park revitalization and goat‑head weed abatement, pedestrian connections between Upper and Lower Huachuca City, pool shade and speed‑calming measures. "You will not be picking the project today," Osborne told attendees, but he urged the council to include all ideas in the published list so they remain eligible for later application steps.

The hearing closed after public comment and the council adjourned by unanimous vote. The Town Clerk will record the project ideas in the minutes and staff indicated they will follow up with SEAGO on Colonias designation and with engineers on scope and timing for larger water or infrastructure proposals.