Board approves $300,000 feasibility study for Muns Park and $2.4 million BUILD-match for Tusayan flood projects
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The Flood Control District Board approved $300,000 for a Muns Park feasibility engineering study and authorized $2.4 million as a local match in a BUILD grant application with the town of Tusayan for long-term mitigation affecting Grand Canyon access and SR‑64.
Acting as the Flood Control District Board of Directors, Coconino County supervisors on Feb. 17 approved two flood-control actions: a $300,000 allocation from the Flood Control District budget to fund a feasibility engineering study for long-term mitigation projects in the Muns Park area, and an allocation of $2,400,000 to serve as a local match for a BUILD (Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development) grant application in partnership with the town of Tusayan.
Lucinda Andreani, Flood Control District administrator (joining remotely), told the board the funding request for Muns Park will initiate engineering feasibility work that the county had budgeted for and clarify potential grant opportunities. She said the $2.4 million match authority is intended to be articulated in a grant application the town of Tusayan will submit; Andreani did not expect the county to expend all of those funds immediately and noted any FY27/FY28 commitments would be decided in future budget cycles.
Chair Patrice Horstman and other supervisors emphasized that most large mitigation work will require federal grants and that the county’s contribution is intended to leverage multiple times that amount in external funding. Supervisors approved both items by voice vote.
The board also noted Tusayan has completed its own feasibility study, positioning the town and county to pursue federal grant funding together. The items passed with recorded unanimous voice votes.