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Board launches long-term flood-mitigation planning for special flood hazard areas; Mountain Del example cited
Summary
Coconino County initiated a multi‑month process on May 27 to reevaluate and prioritize flood‑mitigation projects in FEMA special‑flood‑hazard areas after staff and consultants outlined updated criteria and feasibility factors and reviewed past work including the Mountain Del channel project.
Coconino County’s Flood Control District opened a multi‑month planning process on May 27 to set multi‑year priorities for flood-mitigation investments in FEMA-designated special flood hazard areas inside the district. Staff and the consultant team briefed supervisors on a process that will inventory flood risk, revisit projects identified in prior initial-engineering assessments (IEAs), expand scoring criteria and produce a prioritized pipeline of projects to pursue with county funds and external grants.
Flood District Director Lucinda Andreani and the consultant team told the board the planning exercise will incorporate updated project criteria—hazard…
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