Residents seek park revitalization, goat‑head weed removal and safer walkways

Multiple residents recommended park improvements and maintenance as CDBG candidates. Geovona Thompson urged revitalizing both upper and lower parks, including irrigation and maintenance, to make them inviting for families. Steven Sherwood raised a fire-safety concern about dry grass near trees and suggested concrete pads under picnic tables and a short blacktop ramp so maintenance crews could more easily service the area; he noted pre-emergent herbicide had been ordered for goat-head control.

Other speakers asked the council to finish a key pedestrian path connecting upper and lower Huachuca City and to build a sidewalk from the school to the Activity Center to keep children off the road. Council members acknowledged these as priorities but said some maintenance items may not be eligible for CDBG and recommended including park design or larger park rehabilitation as shovel-ready projects.