Request for Release of Funds for Esquer Park Improvements

On or about July 11, 2025, the City of Tucson Housing & Community Development Department will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the release of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement Program funds under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant funds, under Section 24 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141) to undertake a project known as the Esquer Park Dog Parks and Park Improvement Project. The project consists of design and construction of two dog parks in portions of the existing park and reconstruction of a stormwater detention basin, construction of new concrete walking paths circling the dog parks, disturbance of the Bronx Wash for utilities to provide lighting for the dog parks and walking paths, design and construction of a new pedestrian bridge over the Bronx Wash providing connectivity to the existing walkway south of Bronx Wash, installation of a public art sculpture, and rainwater harvesting and landscape and irrigation improvements. Construction of the dog parks and park improvements will be conducted in the north and central areas of the existing park. No disturbance to the southern portion of the existing built-up park area is proposed. Site preparation includes clearing the site and removing debris and other materials within the construction area. Subgrade preparation will be conducted for the basin reconstruction and beneath the curbs and walking path.

Total Estimated Project Cost: $952,809. Estimated project funding: $63,381.84 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, grant number B-22-MC-04-0505, $256,045 in CDBG funds, grant number B-23-MC-04-0505, and $54,000 in Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant funds, grant number AZ9E004CNP18, through the City of Tucson.

The Esquer Park Dog Parks and Park Improvement Project is located at 1415 North 14th Avenue, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, 85705, Pima County Assessor Parcel Numbers 115-18-007F and 115-18-171A. The project is in the Barrio Blue Moon Neighborhood Association, northeast of Interstate 10 and West Speedway Boulevard. The property descriptions are: PTN S499.39' W671.56' SW4 NE4 SE4 4.88 ACSEC 2-14-13 and ORACLE PARK LOTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 & 11 BLK 7.

The combined Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact and Notice of Intent to Request Release of Funds and the Environmental Review Record (ERR) that documents the environmental determinations for this project are available at www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Housing-and-Community-Development/Documents/Environmental-Review.

Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to the City of Tucson Housing & Community Development Department, PO Box 27210, Tucson, Arizona 85726 or by e-mail to rolanda.mazeika@tucsonaz.gov. All comments received by July 10, 2025, will be considered by the City of Tucson Housing & Community Development Department prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing. A copy of the combined public notice language regarding this project is attached.