24.7.4.040 Findings

The Council hereby finds and declares that:

(a) The Pueblo and the County have been engaged in a long-standing dispute over certain roads within the boundaries of the Pueblo Lands involving allegations of trespass, takings, jurisdiction, and road maintenance.

(b) In order to avoid expensive and protracted litigation, the Pueblo, the County, and DOI have executed the Roads Settlement Agreement to resolve these long-standing disputes.

(c) The Roads Settlement Agreement calls for interim steps and permanent measures to resolve the disputes regarding the roads including granting temporary permits to utilize certain existing roads, to provide temporary access to certain roads to owners of Private Lands, and to grant specific temporary access to Private Lands pending the construction of a permanent replacement road and other Access Points and Common Access Points.