1.3.4.040 Findings

The Council hereby finds and declares that:

(a) In 2011, the voters of the Pueblo approved the Agreement to establish a new form of government for the Pueblo.

(b) The Council recognizes that it cannot unilaterally modify the Agreement unless approved by the voters of the Pueblo; however, the Council also recognizes that the Agreement sets the foundation for the government and must be interpreted in a logical and sensible manner especially when the courts are presented with a question regarding the interpretation of the Agreement.

(c) The Agreement includes two, minor, non-substantive, typographical errors involving the juxtaposition of two letters in the traditional name for the Pueblo as listed in the Preamble of the Agreement, and the single word "of" incorrectly listed for the word "or," which represents a typographical error of one letter.

(d) The only logical reading of ELECTIONS AND VOTING, Section 4. Removal, of the Agreement leads to the conclusion that the word "of" is incorrectly listed for the word "or" so that the proper meaning of ELECTIONS AND VOTING, Section 4. Removal, can only be discerned by using the word "or."