15.B.
City Council Meeting - FINAL (2)
- Meeting Date:
- 03/21/2017
- From:
- Kevin Fincel, Deputy City Attorney
TITLE:
Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2017-12: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, Arizona proclaiming the City of Flagstaff's support for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's opposition to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
If Council decides to adopt the Resolution:
1) Read Resolution No. 2017-12 by title only
2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2017-12 by title only (if approved above)
3) Adopt Resolution No. 2017-12
1) Read Resolution No. 2017-12 by title only
2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2017-12 by title only (if approved above)
3) Adopt Resolution No. 2017-12
Executive Summary:
The proposed Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is a 1,172-mile, 30-inch diameter underground pipeline being developed by Energy Transfer Partners and its affiliates, which would carry as much as 570,000 barrels per day of crude oil from Bakken fields of North Dakota to a distribution center in Patoka, Illinois.
The DAPL would run across or beneath 209 rivers, creeks and tributaries, including the Missouri River, which provides drinking water and irrigates agricultural land in communities across the Midwest, serving nearly 10 million people.
The DAPL would also run through the ancestral lands and waters reserved for the traditional use of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe by the Treaty of Ft. Laramie, including the Missouri River, burial grounds and gravesites, and other sacred sites of cultural, religious, and historical significance.
Any spill of oil into the Missouri River would irreparably harm the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's Treaty reserved lands, territories, waters and other resources; burial grounds, gravesites and other sacred sites of cultural, religious, and historical significance; and spiritual relationships and indigenous ways of life.
Based on discussion held at the March 14, 2017, Work Session, new wording was added to Section 3 of the proposed resolution for further consideration.
The DAPL would run across or beneath 209 rivers, creeks and tributaries, including the Missouri River, which provides drinking water and irrigates agricultural land in communities across the Midwest, serving nearly 10 million people.
The DAPL would also run through the ancestral lands and waters reserved for the traditional use of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe by the Treaty of Ft. Laramie, including the Missouri River, burial grounds and gravesites, and other sacred sites of cultural, religious, and historical significance.
Any spill of oil into the Missouri River would irreparably harm the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's Treaty reserved lands, territories, waters and other resources; burial grounds, gravesites and other sacred sites of cultural, religious, and historical significance; and spiritual relationships and indigenous ways of life.
Based on discussion held at the March 14, 2017, Work Session, new wording was added to Section 3 of the proposed resolution for further consideration.
Financial Impact:
None.
Policy Impact:
Adoption of Resolution 2017-12 would express the City of Flagstaff's support for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's opposition to construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) across the Tribe's ancestral lands, waters and sacred sites.
Connection to Council Goal, Regional Plan and/or TeamFlagstaff Strategic Plan:
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Advance social justice in our community.
Has There Been Previous Council Decision on This:
Council directed the City Attorney's Office to draft a resolution for consideration that expresses the City of Flagstaff's support for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's opposition to construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) across the Tribe's ancestral lands, waters and sacred sites.