Navajo Nation/Navajo DOT/ADOT/BIA/ /Hopi Tribe/

Coconino County/Navajo County/Apache FHWA County Partnership

Animals and Vendors in the Right of Way

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

1.      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.

2.      Permits – Understand all entities processes and requirements.

3.      ROW – Understand all entities individual processes and recommend standard formats for various types of ROW agreements.

LEAD

·          Emerson Tracey, Navajo DOT 928.871.7615

·          Chuck Gillick, ADOT                 928.779.7545

Members

·          AIR Roster

·         VIR Roster

Emergency Response

Mission

Establish protocols for communications, resource utilization and operational procedures to be used during joint operations.

Goals

1)     Develop an Emergency operations handbook for Navajo DOT/Navajo Nation

2)     Develop Resource book ( 12 months )

3)     Investigate radio cell coverage-digital communications ( 36 months )

4)     emergency operations contacts for all involved - par of goal 2

Lead

·          Lemont Yazzie, Sr., Navajo DOT 928.810.8560

·          Calvin Castillo, BIA 928.729.7222

Members

·          Roster

Environmental Resources

Mission

·         Identify and address environmental issues of mutual concern; and 2) To simplify and streamline the processes for environmental agreements and clearances.

    Goals

1)     Identify long-range goals and resources 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

2)    Pursue agreement between NNF&w/NR and other departments for annual fee, rather than $35 request

Lead

·          Geraldine Jones, Navajo DOT 928.871.8527

·          Chuck Howe, ADOT 928.310.6844

Members

·          Gerri Barber, Navajo DOT

·          Ruth Greenspan, ADOT

·         Nina Swidler, ADOT

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

1.       Burnside Junction Terminal-Sanders TI - wording of grants of easements

2.       Web-based tracking for right or way SAS

LEAD

• John Rutherford, Navajo DOT 928.871.7503
• Myra “Rusty” Rothman, ADOT
  928.779.7510

Members

• 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

Resources

Mission

Identify and develop Natural Resources (e.g. sand, gravel, water available on the Navajo Nation).

Goals

1. Develop Inter-agency coordination (Identify roles and responsibilities (meetings, etc.)
2. Gathering all existing information and warehousing at central location (e.g., mapping)

LEAD

• Michele Morris, Navajo DOT
  928.871.7989
• Tim Dalegowski, Coconino County 928.526.2735

Members

• Arlando Teller, Navajo DOT
• Stan Robbins, Apache County
• Kee Yazzie, ADOT
• Vicki Begay, BIA Chinle
• Lemont Yazzie, Sr., Navajo DOT
• Jesse Thompson, Navajo County

Training

Mission

To plan and implement training by identifying and increasing resources and networking.

Goals

1. Establish a permanent Training Facilitator for the Navajo DOT
2. Establish a Navajo Roads Scholars Program
3. Identify training (e.g., TTAP, LTAP, etc.)

LEAD

• Winona Shebala, Navajo DOT
  928.871.7640 (Direct)
  928.871.6498 (Main)

Members

• Riley Wilson, Navajo DOT
• Stan Robbins, Apache County
• Misty Dayzie, ADOT MPD
• Stephen Calvin, Navajo DOT
  928.810.8525
• Ed Stillings, FHWA

Web Site

Mission

Provide an effective medium for partnership members to obtain information that is easily accessible and useful.

Goals

1. Create link from Navajo DOT web site to the Partnership page (1 week)
2. Update task team page (week after information is received)
3. Update steering committee member page – include contact information (week after information is received)
4. Possibility of adding “GoToMeeting” on web page (before July 8, 2010)

LEAD

·         Theran Tallsalt, Navajo DOT
928.871.6951

Members

• Misty Dayzie, ADOT MPD
  602.712.7029