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DATE: August 13,2013 RESOLUTION NO.2013-148 <br /> OPINhk <br /> w <br /> RESOLUTION <br /> UTE MOUNTAIN UTE TRIBAL COUNCIL <br /> REFERENCE: APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN UTE <br /> INDIAN TRIBE, THE UTE MOUNTAIN UTE TRIBE,AND THE LA PLATA WEST <br /> WATER AUTHORITY <br /> WHEREAS,the Constitution and By-Laws of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe,approved June 6, 1940 <br /> and subsequently amended,provides in Article III that the governing body of the Ute Mountain Ute <br /> Tribe is the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Council and sets forth in Article V the powers of the Tribal <br /> Council exercised in this Resolution; . <br /> WHEREAS,the Tribal Council is responsible for protecting the Tribe's resources and assets and <br /> protecting and promoting the welfare of its tribal members; <br /> WHEREAS, the Tribe has been a major participant in the settlement of Indian reserved water rights <br /> in southwest Colorado since 1985 and has participated in the enactment of the Colorado Ute Indian <br /> Water Rights Settlement Amendments of 2000("2000 Amendments")P.L. 106-554; <br /> WHEREAS,the 2000 Amendments entitle the Tribe, upon approval of the United States,to utilize <br /> portions of a$20 million resource development fund("Resource Fund")to jointly develop water <br /> supply projects with neighboring non-Indian entities; <br /> WHEREAS, in 2008, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe committed$1,500,000 of its Resource Funds to <br /> assist La Plata West Water Authority in building a water intake structure at Lake Nighthorse prior <br /> to the filling of Lake Nighthorse; <br /> WHEREAS, the La Plata West Water Authority is currently developing the initial phases of raw <br /> water pipeline from the water intake structure at Lake Nighthorse; <br /> WHEREAS, the Tribe believes that contributing a maximum of$1,000,000 of its Resource Funds <br /> to support the design and construction of the initial phases of raw water pipeline from Lake <br /> Nighthorse will serve to enhance,restore,and utilize the Tribe's natural resources in partnership <br /> Resolution No.2013-148 <br /> Re:Approval of Agreement Between the Southern Ute Indian Tribe,Ute Mountain Ute Tribe,and the La Plata West <br /> Water Authority Page 1 of 2 <br />