19.5.3.030 Findings

The Council hereby finds and declares that:

(a) the Pueblo de San Ildefonso (Pueblo) received $50,000 from the New Mexico State Legislature in 2018 to "Design and Construct Phase 4 of a wastewater collection system (IGA Number 609-18-C2364); and,

(b) on July 27, 2021 per House Bill 296, Laws of 2021, Chapter 139 Section 72, funds were reauthorized to "Plan and Develop a Comprehensive Land use Plan" (IGA Number 609-21-F4070); and,

(c) IGA Number 609-21-F4070 to "Plan and Develop a Comprehensive Land Use Plan" expires on June 30, 2023; and

(d) on November 30, 2021 the Pueblo entered in to a Contract Agreement with Sites Southwest LLC, Santa Fe, NM, to complete the Comprehensive Land Use Plan; and

(e) Sites Southwest, LLC has worked with the Pueblo's Programs and Administration over the past nine months and has completed the final draft of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP); and

(f) the Pueblo de San Ildefonso Tribal Council approves the Comprehensive Land Use Plan with the intention that the Plan is a working document serving as a short and long-term planning guide for the Pueblo.