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File #: 17-001    Version: 1 Name: N/A
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 1/6/2017 In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
On agenda: 1/16/2017 Final action: 2/23/2017
Enactment date: 2/21/2017 Enactment #: R-001-17
Title: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (BIA) TO REVISE AND UPDATE THE CHEROKEE NATION'S INVENTORY OF TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES
Sponsors: Dick Lay, Rex Jordan, David Walkingstick, Keith Austin, Buel Anglen, Jack D. Baker, Harley Buzzard, Joe Byrd, Shawn Crittenden, Don Garvin, Frankie Hargis , Janees Taylor, David Thornton, Sr. , Victoria Vazquez, Bryan Warner
Indexes: INDIAN RESERVATION ROAD, Roads, Transportation
Code sections: N/A - Not Applicable
Attachments: 1. R-01-17.PDF

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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (BIA) TO REVISE AND UPDATE THE CHEROKEE NATION'S INVENTORY OF TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

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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 Tribal Transportation Program funding (formerly Indian Reservation Roads);

 

WHEREAS, the implementing regulations promulgated in 25 CFR Part 170 provides for the documentation of Tribal Transportation 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 Tribal Transportation Program 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 Inventory of Tribal Transportation Facilities to include the following roads:

 

BIA Route #

Route Name

Submittal Type

Mileage

County

Maintenance Responsibility

Construction Need

Functional Class

B921

US-62 Bypass East

New

1.1

Cherokee

State

2

1

B922

US-62 Bypass Southeast

New

1.1

Cherokee

State

2

1

B923

SH-51 Spur Southwest

New

1.7

Cherokee

State

2

2

B924

SH-51 Spur West

New

1.4

Cherokee

State

2

2

B925

SH-51 Spur Northwest

New

3.3

Cherokee

State

2

2

A764

EW-0380 Road

New

3.0

Delaware

County

2

5

1101

N. 129th - N.5th - Old 169

New

5.1

Tulsa

City/County

2

3/5/6/7

 

TOTAL MILEAGE

 

16.7