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Residents, neighbors raise flood and liability concerns as City of Tucson approves La Mariposa casita development; supervisors ask flood-control office for memo
Summary
Neighbors and public commenters urged the board to reject a developer’s offer to give a detention/recharge basin to Pima County as part of the Casita Village rezoning, citing flood, sedimentation and long-term maintenance and liability risks; supervisors asked flood control staff for a written evaluation.
Residents and neighborhood groups pressed Pima County supervisors on May 6 to scrutinize a proposed detention and recharge basin that a developer offered to give to the county as a condition of a City of Tucson rezoning for the Casita Village at La Mariposa project.
Neighbors and representatives from tanké Verde-area community groups told the Board of Supervisors the proposed basin would sit on the Agua Caliente and Tanque Verde washes, would quickly fill with sediment after storms and would require continuous, costly maintenance. Several speakers warned the county could face future liability if the basin were not…
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