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GOVERNOR's REPORT Tribal Council Update Isleta Pueblo News Volume 12 Issue 8 Pueblo of Isleta website: www.isletapueblo.com August 2017 GOVERNOR’S REPORT Ma-Gu-Wam Administration for the month of July is If you have questions about this project, Services, Diabetes Prevention, the Health business as usual. We meet with tribal please direct them to the Water Resources Center, EMS, and the Volunteer Fire members as well as non-Tribal members Department Director, Jessica Tracy, 505- programs all had extravagant displays daily. If you have any issues or concerns 869-5564 or [email protected]. with lots of information on water quality, call 869-3111 to schedule an appointment. recycling, wildland fire, the public drinking Mis-Management Settlement water, septic systems, first aid and CPR Middle Grande Conservancy Project The mismanagement Case was a Federal and healthy eating. Some other highlights (sediment hauling) Supreme Court Case that was adjudicated were the live animals, reptiles and the Per the Agreement on the Removal of Spoil between 2006-2007. Isleta Pueblo received raptors. It was also good to see a lot of our Materials from the Pueblo of Isleta between $40 million dollars for projects identified neighboring Pueblos come out and showcase the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District as the removal of ordnances, reclaimed their Environment and Natural Resources (MRGCD), US Bureau of Reclamation water logged farm lands and the thinning programs. The Pueblos of Acoma, Sandia, (Reclamation) and the Pueblo of Isleta, project on the Isleta Manzano Mountains. San Felipe, Ysleta del Sur as well as the signed on October 21, 2016 (a.k.a. “Sediment These projects are on the planning stages. Mescalero Apache tribe all had wonderful Removal Agreement”) the MRGCD and Upon completion and the go ahead to exhibits. BOR have five years to remove over 233,000 start will create jobs for our people. There was a lot of educational material cubic yards of legacy spoil materials along The Southwest Regional tournaments held for all ages and was good to see our youth the Belen Highline, the Chical Lateral, at the Isleta Little League Baseball fields engaged in conversations and activities and parts of the Peralta Main, and the Los brought players from Louisiana, Texas, at the fair. It is important that our youth Lunas Lateral. Per the Agreement, legacy Colorado and here from New Mexico. A total understand why we need to take care of the spoil materials are considered to be silt and of 6 teams, Texas west – Greater Helotes environment. Everything we do in one way sediment deposited on Pueblo lands near LL, Texas East – Sinton LL; Colorado – or another is connected to the environment. these four canals before October 21, 2016. Westminster LL; Louisiana – Vidalia LL; It is important for us as adults to set good These piles were formed by original material New Mexico-Clovis American LL; New examples for our children so they learn how excavated during canal construction, as well Mexico Host – Westgate LL. Tournament important our earth and water is to us as as by materials dredged from these canals Director is Pam Stanley from the NM Pueblo people. over the years and left in place by MRGCD District 9. Also assisting was Eugene Jojola for decades. MRGCD and Reclamation have Thank you to everyone that assisted the along with 5 other umpires. five years to remove legacy spoil materials Environment Division with their event. in the above mentioned areas; they are On July 15, the Environment Division held From the Recreation staff to the families currently in year one. their 4th Annual Environmental Fair. The helping in the kitchen, everybody worked fair was well organized and it was good to hard to make our community and non- MRGCD and Reclamation and have been see exhibits from a number of Pueblo of tribal guests feel welcomed here in Isleta. working together this summer to remove Isleta departments. This event brought the Hawuh. legacy spoil piles from the west side of the community together and it was good to see In conclusion I want to thank Ruben Belen Highline, near TR 100. This work everybody enjoying the day in good spirits Lucero for a wonderful and successful is being done using MRGCD and BOR in- and having a good time. Environmental Fair. The turnout was house labor and funding, with coordination great and everyone I spoke to enjoyed the by POI. From June 15, 2017 to July 20, The Pueblo’s Environment, Solid Waste, event. 2017, approximately 37,785 cubic yards Natural Resources, Utilities, Social of sediment were removed from the Belen Highline and disposed in an old I-25 barrow Tribal Council Update pit located on-reservation, referred to as On July 17, the Isleta Tribal Council approved a $750 per capita distribution to be given out to tribal Pit E. The deposition of sediment in Pit members on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at the Isleta Recreation Center from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. E minimizes haul costs, and will allow As part of the distribution, the tribal council is asking tribal members to fill out a survey to help with for eventual rehabilitation of the land, suggested changes to the tribal constitution. The survey will take less than a minute to complete restoring it from a deep depression back to unless you fill out the Comment section. its natural topography. Funding for grading and re-seeding of the Pit area is included in The survey will need to be turned in at the check distribution tables before you pick up your check. settlement. A copy of the survey is attached to this article. Tribal council members will be on hand the day of the distribution to answer any questions. Thanks, The Sediment Removal Agreement also in advance, for your cooperation. establishes a protocol for disposing of transitional spoil material by MRGCD. Constitutional Amendment Survey Transitional spoil material is new sediment 1. Are you in favor of changing the registration and tribal election dates? being pulled from the irrigation system YES NO since October 21, 2016, and must be removed within one year of accumulation. 2. Are you in favor of absentee voting (allowing you to vote in case you’ll be unavailable on the day You may have seen these new piles of the tribal election)? YES NO accumulating along the Peralta Main near the Isleta Diversion Dam since spring 2017. 3. Are you in favor of establishing voting districts? Transitional spoil materials are stockpiled YES NO near where it’s dredged for drying, and within one year of its accumulation, will be 4. Are you in favor of establishing an election board that would oversee the tribal election? transported to a disposal location (Pit E or YES NO other POI designated location). 5. Are you in favor of using voting machines for the tribal election? Legacy spoil material hauling and disposal YES NO will continue this year until August 2017, and will resume again next year. During COMMENTS:__________________________________________________________________ the irrigation off-season, MRGCD will _____________________________________________________________________________ be working to remove transitional spoil _____________________________________________________________________________ materials. This cycle will continue over the _____________________________________________________________________________ next several years. _____________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 Isleta Pueblo News August 2017 PUEBLO OF ISLETA 2017 Per Capita Distribution PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT At a duly called meeting, the Tribal Council of the Pueblo of Isleta authorized an UTILITIES DIVISION August 5th, 2017 Per Capita distribution for Tribal Members who are duly enrolled as THE WATER LINE BROKE - of July 17, 2017. The Per Capita distribution will be in the amount of $750 per Tribal Member. The distribution will be made on Saturday August 5th, 2017 from 8:00am to WHAT DO I DO? 1:00pm at the Pueblo of Isleta New Recreation building. After August 5th, 2017, Per It’s a horrible feeling to see water gushing out Capita checks may be picked up at the Treasury Office located within the Tribal Service of the wall, ceiling or around your plumbing Complex building during normal business hours 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday – Friday. fixtures. Plan in advance to know where your Distributions not picked up or requested before December 1, 2017 will be VOID and NO water shut-off valve is located in your home. LONGER AVAILABLE. Tribal members requesting their Per Capita check be mailed Every home should have a main isolation valve or picked up by another individual must provide a current, Original Notarized Letter to the Treasury Office (copies will NOT be accepted). For this August 5th, 2017 Per Capita located inside the home that will (if it works) distribution, the Pueblo of Isleta shall not withhold or garnish any amount from any shut off the water so repairs can be made. individual Tribal Member. If you do not know where your interior isolation valve is, or it is faulty, the next step in an emergency is to contact the Pueblo of Isleta Public Services Department, Utilities Division, at 869-9782, during regular working hours. After hours and holidays, contact Isleta Police Department non-emergency number of 869- 3030 and they will contact the personnel to assist you. Staff will respond as quickly as they can. Know where your outside water isolation valve is – this will save time once they arrive on scene. Not knowing where this valve is will cause a delay in turning the water off for you. Staff will first have to locate the valve and if it is buried or broken, it could take a long time to get the water shut off to your home. Meanwhile, water is still leaking from whatever broke inside, potentially causing a LOT of damage to your home and belongings.
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