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Task Teams
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Mission
Our purpose is to understand and recommend improvements to the ROW / IGA / Data Sharing / Joint Ownership / Permits processes between the Partnership entities in order to expedite individual & joint processes.
Goals
- IGA Process including Joint Ownership & Data Sharing – Understand all entities individual processes and recommend standard formats for various types of IGAs. Create a list of authorized signers for various levels of IGAs.
- Permits – Understand all entities processes and requirements.
- ROW – Understand all entities individual processes and recommend standard formats for various types of ROW agreements.
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Emergency Response |
Mission
Establish protocols for communications, resource utilization and operational procedures to be used during joint operations.
Goals
- Develop an Emergency Operations Handbook for Navajo DOT/Navajo Nation (4 months)
- Develop Resource book (12 months)
- Investigate radio cell coverage-digital communications (36 months)
- Emergency operations contacts for all involved—part of Goal 2
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Environmental Resources |
Mission
1) Identify and address environmental issues of mutual concern; and 2) To simplify and streamline the processes for environmental agreements and clearances.
Goals
- Identify long-range goals and resource people to help accomplish them:
- Pursue agreement for 401 certification with NNEPA
- Pursue Sec. 106 programmatic agreement
- Pursue 638 authority for Navajo DOT to issue FONSIs
- Pursue agreement between NNF&W/NR and other departments for annual fee, rather than $35 request
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- Gerri Barber, Navajo DOT
- Ruth Greenspan, ADOT
- Nina Swidler, ADOT
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Processes |
Mission
Understand and recommend improvements to the ROW/IGA/Data Sharing/Joint Ownership/Unify Standards, Jurisdictional Standards processes between the Partnership entities in order to expedite individual and joint projects.
Goals
- Burnside Junction Terminal-Sanders TI – wording of grants of easements
- Web-based tracking for Right of Way SAS
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- Robert Charlie, Hopi Tribe
- Calvin Castillo, BIA Fort Defiance
- Michele Morris, Navajo DOT
- Kee Yazzie, ADOT
- Julius Pete, Navajo DOT
- Vickie Begay, BIA Chinle
- Howard Draper, Navajo Land Dept
- Eric Tewa, Sr., Hopi Tribe
- Wendell Honanie, Sr., Hopi BIA
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Resources |
Mission
Identify and develop Natural Resources (e.g. sand, gravel, water available on the Navajo Nation).
Goals
- Develop Inter-agency coordination (Identify roles and responsibilities (meetings, etc.)
- Gathering all existing information and warehousing at central location (e.g., mapping)
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- Arlando Telleo, Navajo DOT
- Stan Robbins, Apache County
- Kee Yazzie, ADOT
- Vicki Begay, BIA Chinle
- Lemont Yazzie, Sr., Navajo DOT
- Jesse Thompson, Navajo County
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Training |
Mission
To plan and implement training by identifying and increasing resources and networking.
Goals
- Establish a permanent Training Facilitator for the Navajo DOT
- Establish a Navajo Roads Scholars Program
- Identify training (e.g., TTAP, LTAP, etc.)
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Web Site |
Mission
Provide an effective medium for partnership members to obtain information that is easily accessible and useful.
Goals
- Create link from Navajo DOT web site to the Partnership page (1 week)
- Update task team page (week after information is received)
- Update steering committee member page – include contact information (week after information is received)
- Possibility of adding “GoToMeeting” on web page (before July 8, 2010)
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