Sheryl Houston

The Council Meeting included both an Executive Session and a Regular Session. The Executive Session agenda covered the Gaming Enterprise Monthly Report, Minor's Trust Questions, Board Application Review for one Community Member, and Office of General Counsel Legal Matters. The Regular Session addressed several business and action items, including a Special Use Permit for annual bald eagle monitoring in the Red Mountain Area, certification of 4th quarter membership figures, an update on Health & Human Services operations and new staff introductions, and the presentation of resolutions to authorize Three Note Purchase Agreements with the US HUD, a Non-Disclosure Agreement with the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, and a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Homeland Security. The meeting concluded with Council Reports, Administrative Reports, and Community Member Comments.

The meeting agenda included a scheduled Executive Session to discuss the Gaming Enterprise Monthly Report, a Board Appointment for the Salt River Community Golf Enterprise, a review of Board Applications for the Salt River Community Children's Fund, and legal matters handled by the Office of General Counsel. The Regular Session agenda covered public hearings regarding the Via De Ventura Drainage Easement and the Gilbert Road Phase 2 Utility Easement. Additional items included the General Welfare Election Announcement, the introduction of Salt River Fire Department Recruits, and presentations regarding the SRMG Higley site recommendations, concluding with an announcement of the selected applicant for the expired Professional Representative position on the Salt River Community Golf Enterprise. Council members and community members were scheduled to provide reports and comments.

The Land Management Board is holding a public hearing regarding the Gilbert Rd - Phase 2 SRP Utility Easement project. The purpose of the hearing is to gather support for the utility easement project located in Section 24, T2N, R5E.

The council hearing is to provide information so that the Land Board, Council, and BIA can make an informed decision. Salt River Project is requesting a utility easement along within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community for a new 36-dia. water pipeline. A ROW easement will allow for construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of the water pipeline by SRP. The duration or term will be 50-years, if approved.

The public hearing was held to provide information to the Land Board, Council, and BIA regarding a request from Salt River Project (SRP) for a utility easement within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community for a new 36-inch diameter water pipeline. The pipeline aims to add a redundant water supply for drought relief and assist in maintaining water levels at a safe depth below the SRP-MIC landfill. The easement would allow SRP to construct, operate, maintain, and repair the water pipeline, with a proposed term of 50 years.