Greetings Relatives/Frens,
The Navajo Council’s Resources & Development Committee is meeting in LeChee, Ariz., tomorrow, Oct. 28, and Tuesday, Oct. 29. The Oct. 28 RDC proposed agenda lists only reports from tribal parks, including an overall report from Navajo Division of Natural Resources Director Fred White. But a committee member could ask for legislation to be added and the committee could approve the addition during the time that the committee is debating the approval of their agenda. And even after the committee approves its agenda, a committee member could ask to add legislation which the committee could do but only by 2/3 vote.
The Oct. 29 RDC proposed agenda lists several legislation including Legislation 0308-13 An Action Relating To Resources And Development, Health, Education and Human Services, And NAABIK’IYATI’; Approving The Peabody Western Coal Company Lease No. 14-20-603-991 Water Rate Negotiation Team For The Purpose Of Setting A Rate For The Peabody Western Coal Company Lease 14-20-603-991
Legislation 0308-13 is sponsored by Navajo Council Delegate Dwight Witherspoon. The legislative process for Legislation 0308-13 is after RDC action, it goes to Health,Education and Human Services Committee and then to Naabiki’yati’ Committee for final approval.
Also on the RDC Oct. 29 agenda is a reminder for an Oct. 30 work session for ALL the Council delegates in Gallup, NM, on LEGISLATION 0242-13: An Action Relating To Resources And Development And Budget And Finance; Approving The Navajo Nation Economic Development Fund Management Plan. (The FINAL APPROVAL of Legislatin 0242-13 is Budget & Finance Committee)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7xhIWpNuJXicDE3dV8tZ0oySlE/edit?usp=sharing
According to the proposed Navajo Nation Economic Development Fund Management Plan, which is to legally allocate 10 percent of the tribal Sales Tax, is: “As outlined in the Section V. Project Activities, the Fund Management Plan funds pre-development services. These services are essential in preparing a track of undeveloped land set aside for commercial and/or industrial and making the land marketable for development.ln addition, the Fund Management Plan funds onsite development and construction. These services allow the business site to become equipped with utility and water infrastructure and the construction of pavements, buildings and other structure which businesses can begin to locate. Lastly, the Fund Management Plan allows for the fund itself to be leveraged with other funds within and outside the Navajo Nation.”
The RDC members are:
Committee Chairperson Katherine Benally
Commmittee Vice Chairperson Roscoe Smith
Committee members George Apachito, Leonard Pete, David Tom, and Leonard Tsosie.
HERE IS WEB ADDRESS FOR PROPOSED RDC AGENDA FOR OCT. 28:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7xhIWpNuJXiWEtZaUhwOXMzZW8/edit?usp=sharing
HERE IS WEB ADDRESS FOR PROPOSED RDC AGENDA FOR OCT. 29:
THE FOLLOWING PROPOSED LEGISLATION ARE ON THE RDC PROPOSED AGENDA FOR OCT. 29:
Legislation 0298-13 An Action Relating To Resources and Development; Approving a Right-of-Way to Jemez Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc., to Construct, Operate and Maintain the Single Phase “Joe Montoya” Powerline Located on Navajo Nation Fee Lands in Torreon, Sandoval County, New Mexico
Legislation 0259-13 Relating To Resources and Development and Budget and Finance; Accepting the Financial Audit of the Navajo Mountain Chapter Submitted by the Office of the Auditor General and Approving the Corrective Action Plan Submitt Navajo Mountain Chapter
Navajo Mountain Audit
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7xhIWpNuJXiR2Zsb3Z0dTR2TVk/edit?usp=sharing
Legislation 0299-13 An Action Relating To Resources and Development; Approving a Budget Reallocation in the Amount of $65,000 From Business Unit Number CO1403 To A New Business Unit Number For The Thoreau Senior Citizen Center Construction Upgrade To Meet Code Compliance
Legislation 0314-13 An Action Relating To Resources and Development Committee; Approving the Grant of Right-Of-Way to Jemez Mountain Electrical Cooperative, Inc. To Construct, Operate and Maintain A Commercial Powerline Project To Serve the Verizon Wireless’ Tower on Navajo Nation Trust Lands in NIIP/Chaco Vicinity, San Juan County, New Mexico
Legislation 0326-13 An Action Relating To Resources And Development Committee; Approving Modification No. Two (2) To Lease No. TC-94-141 Between The Navajo Nation And Mae L. Townsend DBA Weston, Inc. Located In Tonalea, Navajo Nation (Arizona), To The Lease Term To Twenty-Five Years (25) From Thirty Years (30); And Rescinding Resources And Development Committee esolution No. RDCJY-67-12, Passed On July 31, 2012, As Void
Legislation 0316-13 An Action Relating Resources And Development And NAABIK’IYATI’; Authorizing The Submittal Of A Federal Grant Application For $76,663 To The United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 9, With A Navajo Nation Match Of $25,554, For A Total Of $102,217, Waving The Indirect Cost Rate, For The Period Beginning October 1, 2013 And Ending September 30, 2014, To Continue The Underground Injection Control Program; And Accepting The Grant If Awarded On Substantially The Same Terms As Applied For
Legislation 0317-13 An Action Relating Resources And Development And NAABIK’IYATI’; Authorizing The Submittal Of A Federal Grant Application For $597,729 To The United States Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, With No Navajo Nation Match, Waving The Indirect Cost Rate, For The Period Beginning October 1, 2013 And Ending September 30, 2014, To Continue The Superfund Consolidated Cooperative Agreement Program; And Accepting The Grant If Awarded On Substantially The Same Terms As Applied For
Legislation 0318-13 An Action Relating Resources And Development And NAABIK’IYATI’; Authorizing The Submittal Of A Federal Grant Application For $254,636 To The United States Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, With No Navajo Nation Match, Waving The Indirect Cost Rate, For The Period Beginning October 1, 2013 And Ending September 30, 2014, To Continue The Support Agency Cooperative Agreement Project; And Accepting The Grant If Awarded On Substantially The Same Terms As Applied For
Legislation 0319-13 An Action Relating Resources And Development And NAABIK’IYATI’; Authorizing The Submittal Of A Federal Grant Application For $955,874 To The United States Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, With No Navajo Nation Match, Waving The Indirect Cost Rate, For The Period Beginning October 1, 2013 And Ending September 30, 2014, To Continue The Superfund State And Tribal Response (Brownfields) Program; And Accepting The Grant If Awarded On Substantially The Same Terms As Applied For
Legislation 0325-13 An Action Relating To Resources And Development; Approving A Lease For McKinley County To Use 1.0 Acre, More Or Less, Of Navajo Nation Trust Lands To Construct, Operate And Maintain A Fire Station And Ancillary Facilities Within The Pueblo intado Chapter Tract In Pueblo Pintado, Navajo Nation (McKinley County, New Mexico)
ALL PROPOSED LEGISLATION FOR THE COUNCIL AND IT’S STANDING COMMITTEES ARE POSTED ON THE NAVAJO COUNCIL WEBSITE AT:http://www.navajonationcouncil.org/legislation.html
