Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: 07-096

• File #: 07-096
• Version: 1
• Name: N/A
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/1/2007
• In control: RESOURCE COMMITTEE
• Final action: 6/18/2007
• Enactment date: 6/11/2007
• Enactment #: R-65-07
• Title: a resolution Authorizing the ADDITION OF TEN (10) ROADS TO, AND REMOVAL OF (2) ROAD SEGMENTS FROM THE LIST OF CONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES FOR INDIAN RESERVATION ROADS FUNDING
• Sponsors: Jackie Bob Martin
• Indexes: Roads
• Code sections: N/A - Not Applicable

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/18/2007	1	OFFICE OF THE CHIEF	Signed
6/11/2007	1	RESOURCE COMMITTEE	Approved and Forwarded to Council	Pass
6/11/2007	1	TRIBAL COUNCIL	Approved	Pass

Title
a resolution Authorizing the ADDITION OF TEN (10) ROADS TO, AND REMOVAL OF (2) ROAD SEGMENTS FROM THE LIST OF CONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES FOR INDIAN RESERVATION ROADS FUNDING
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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, §204(j) 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 requires a Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) of projects for the expenditure of IRR funding;

WHEREAS, the following IRR projects have been determined be of the highest priority according to the approved rating system: (1) for matching purposes, that portion of the I-44 and 193rd Street Interchange directly adjacent to the Cherokee Casino, (2) Stick Ross Road Phase II, (3) Northeast Ft. Gibson Extension, (4) Dreadfulwater Road, (5) Kansas-Dry Creek, (6) Pumpkin Hollow Road and related Extensions to include the eastern-most portion of Sawmill Hollow that connects to Proctor-Chewey Road, (7) Nicut North Road, (8) Salina-Kenwood, (9) Greasy Road, and, (10) Nicut Road-Part;

WHEREAS, certain road segments that were previously identified as Nation-priorities are recommended to be removed from the priority list because of other available funding sources or insufficient rights-of-way as follows: (1) the “Jarvis Road” portion of the Rice, Woodard, and Jarvis project, and (2) the EW-82 portion of Northeast Ft. Gibson Road, which lies in between NS-441 and 442 Roads.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION, that the aforementioned ten (10) roads are hereby approved as construction priorities and therefore the BIA authorized t...