24.7.1.010 Findings

(a) The Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs, currently constructs, maintains, and operates those roads which are on the Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian Reservation Roads (IRR) system.

(b) Pueblo de San Ildefonso currently has limited capacity to construct, maintain and operate Tribal roads.

(c) To maintain an acceptable infrastructure network of roads to access Tribal lands and serve Tribal interests it is imperative that roadway construction, maintenance, and operations needs are met.

(d) The Pueblo has identified 52.4 miles of paved, unpaved Tribal Roadways that are within the Pueblo de San Ildefonso Reservation Boundaries and should remain on the Bureau of Indian Affairs IRR System for construction, maintenances, and operations funding.

(e) The Pueblo has identified 0.6 miles of paved and unpaved housing streets that are within the Pueblo de San Ildefonso Reservation Boundaries and should be modified or added to the Bureau of Indian Affairs IRR system for construction, maintenance and operations funding.

(f) The Pueblo has identified 19.3 miles of Tribal roadways that are within the Pueblo de San Ildefonso Reservation Boundaries that should be removed from the Bureau of Indian Affairs IRR System.

(g) The inclusion of any State, County, or City owned and operated roadways on the Bureau of Indian Affairs IRR System does not obligate Pueblo de San Ildefonso to fund construction, maintenance, or operations of those roads.

(h) The list of streets and roads that require modification, addition or deletion to/from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian Reservation Roads Inventory is attached to this resolution.