19.5.4.030 Findings

The Council hereby finds and declares that:

(a) the Pueblo de San Ildefonso has several outdated Emergency Management Plans dating back to December 2001 and 2006; and

(b) the Pueblo de San Ildefonso must prepare and protect its People, Employees and visitors from natural disasters, pandemics and infectious diseases, facility emergencies, and etc.; and

(c) the Pueblo has identified the need to update and further develop its Emergency Response Plan to better care for the community, lands and infrastructure and to protect cultural resources, sites, and residential and traditional homes; and

(d) there are appropriate resources through Federal, State, Municipal and Tribal, most recent plans available, and all other resources in the past 10-15 years, which can and need to be utilized to assist in this development; and

(e) the Pueblo has identified the need to enact a law to allow the Governor and Tribal Administration to work with the Tribal Council to develop, update and implement an Emergency Response plan to protect the People and Pueblo.