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File #: 11-001    Version: Name: N/A
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 12/28/2010 In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
On agenda: 2/14/2011 Final action: 2/14/2011
Enactment date: 2/14/2011 Enactment #: R-04-11
Title: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (BIA) TO REVISE AND UPDATE THE CHEROKEE NATION'S INVENTORY OF INDIAN RESERVATION ROADS
Sponsors: Cara Cowan Watts, Buel Anglen, Jack D. Baker, Bill John Baker, Harley Buzzard, Julia Coates, Bradley Cobb, S. Joe Crittenden, Jodie Fishinghawk, Meredith Frailey, Janelle Fullbright, Don Garvin, Tina Glory Jordan, Chuck Hoskin Jr. , Curtis Snell, Chris Soap, David Thornton, Sr.
Indexes: BIA Indian Highway, Bureau of Indian Affairs, INDIAN RESERVATION ROAD
Code sections: N/A - Not Applicable
Attachments: 1. R-04-11.pdf
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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (BIA) TO REVISE AND UPDATE THE CHEROKEE NATION'S INVENTORY OF INDIAN RESERVATION ROADS
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WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation since time immemorial has exercised the sovereign rights of self-government on behalf of the Cherokee people;
 
WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation is a federally recognized Indian Nation with a historic and continual government to government relationship with the United States of America;
      
WHEREAS, Title 23 United States Code provides for tribal determination of its own needs and priorities for the allocation of Federal Highway Indian Reservation Road (IRR) funding;
 
WHEREAS, the implementing regulations promulgated in 25 CFR Part 170 provides for the documentation of Indian Reservation Roads and other eligible facilities through a long-range transportation plan;
 
WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation has conducted extensive research to document its transportation needs and in doing so has adopted a long-range transportation plan of Indian Reservation Roads and other eligible facilities.
 
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION, that this resolution hereby affirms the adopted long-range transportation plan and authorizes the BIA to update the Nation's IRR inventory to include the following Indian Reservation Roads as follows:
 
BIA Route #
Route Name
Submittal Type
Mileage
County
Maintenance Responsibility
Construction Need
Functional Class
A868
Fairfield-Guthrie Addition
New
1.50
Adair
County
2
5
A995
Sequoyah Drive
New
0.80
Cherokee
Tribe
2
5
A996
Pine Ridge Drive
New
1.30
Cherokee
County
2
5
0229
NS-441 Road
New
1.60
Craig
County
2
4/5
1808
North Texanna Extension
New
4.90
McIntosh
County
2
4
1809
West Texanna Road
New
5.30
McIntosh
County
2
4
1553
Ross Access Ramps
New
0.60
Muskogee
County
2
2
1554
US-266 Interchange
New
0.80
Muskogee
County
2
2/4
0318
East Galer Road
New
0.30
Nowata
County
2
4
0104
Blue Road
New
2.00
Ottawa
County
2
2
16AP
Wilson Rock Road
New
5.20
Sequoyah
County
2
4/5
16AQ
Red Bird Smith Addition
New
1.30
Sequoyah
County
2
5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sub-Total
New Routes
25.60
 
 
 
 
 
Sub-Total
Updates
0.00
 
 
 
 
 
Grand Total
 
25.60