APPENDIX 3.17-C: TRIBAL OUTREACH AND CONSULTATION...Appendix 3.17-C California High-Speed Rail...

Appendix 3.17-C

California High-Speed Rail Authority August 2020

Merced to Fresno Section: Central Valley Wye Final Supplemental EIR/EIS

APPENDIX 3.17-C: TRIBAL OUTREACH AND CONSULTATION

Appendix 3.17-C


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APPENDIX 3.17-C: TRIBAL OUTREACH AND CONSULTATION1

List of tribal governments and individuals contacted for the Central Valley Wye Alternatives 2009 – 2019.

1. Amah Mutsun Tribal Band 2. Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of Mission San Juan Bautista 3. Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California 4. California Valley Miwok Tribe 5. Choinumni Tribe of Yokuts 6. Choinumni Tribe; Choinumni/Mono 7. Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts 8. Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians 9. Costanoan Indian Research, Inc. 10. Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe 11. Dumna Wo/Wah Tribal Government 12. Dumna Wo-Wah Tribal Government 13. Dunlap Band of Mono Indians 14. Dunlap Band of Mono Indians Historical Preservation Society 15. Indian Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan 16. Kings River Choinumni Farm Tribe 17. Muwekma Ohlone Indian Tribe of the SF Bay Area 18. Native American Advisory Council to CAL FIRE 19. No Tribe Affiliation – Jakki Kehl 20. No Tribe Affiliation – Linda G. Yamane 21. North Fork Mono Tribe 22. North Fork Rancheria Band of Mono Indians 23. North Valley Yokuts 24. Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation 25. Ohlone Indian Tribe 26. Paiute-Shoshone Tribe 27. Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi (Coarsegold) 28. Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi (Fresno) 29. Salinan Nation Cultural Preservation Association 30. Salinan T'rowt'raahl 31. Salinan-Chumash Nation 32. Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe 33. Sierra Nevada Native American Coalition 34. Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation 35. Table Mountain Rancheria 36. Traditional Choinumni Tribe 37. Trina Marine Ruano Family 38. Tule River Indian Tribe of California 39. Wuksache Indian Tribe/Eshom Valley Band 40. Xolon-Salinan Tribe

1 Since publication of the Draft Supplemental EIR/EIS, no substantive changes have been made to this appendix.

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Central Valley Wye Alternatives Tribal Outreach and Consultation Efforts July 2013 – November 2019

Action Date Tribal Representative Summary

Letter 7/24/2013 North Fork Rancheria – Elaine Fink

Table Mountain Rancheria – Robert Pennell; Leanne Walker-Grant

Big Sandy Rancheria – Elizabeth Hutchins-Kipp

Dumna Wo Wah Tribe – Robert Ledger; Eric Smith

Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts – Jerry Brown

Tule River Tribe of CA – Joseph Garfield; Kerri Vera; Neil Peyron

Sierra Nevada Native American Coalition – Lawrence Bill

Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokut Tribe – Lalo Franco; Shana Brum

Dunlap Band of Mono Historical Preservation Society – Mandy Marine

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi – Nancy Ayala

North Fork Mono Tribe – Ron Goode

Cold Springs Rancheria – Robert Marquez; Terry Williams

California Valley Miwok Tribe – Silvia Burley

Ohlone Indian Tribe – Andrew Galvan

Indian Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan – Ann-Marie Sayers

Salinan Nation Cultural Preservation Association – Doug Alger; Gregg Castro; Robert Duckworth

Amah Mutsun Tribal Band – Valentin Lopez; Edward Ketchum

Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of Mission San Juan Bautista – Irenne Zwierlein

Amah Mutsun Tribal Band – Jean-Marie Feyling

North Valley Yokuts – Katherine Erolinda Perez

Muwekma Ohlone Indian Tribe of the SF Bay Area – Rosemary Cambra

Trina Marine Ruano Family – Ramona Garibay

Salinan-Chumash Nation – Xielolixii

Xolon-Salinan Tribe – Johnny R. Eddy, Jr.;

Lorrie Planas (no tribe affiliation)

John Eddy Jr. (no tribe affiliation)

Authority conducts outreach regarding Central Valley Wye. First outreach where Wye alternatives are separated from San Jose to Merced Project Section. Letter to all tribes on the NAHC contact list providing an update regarding the status of the cultural resources studies for the MF section, the SJ-M section, and the Central Valley Wye area.

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Jakki Kehl (no tribe affiliation)

Letter/Emails 6/18/2014 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band; Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California; Choinumni Tribe of Yokuts; Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians; North Fork Mono Tribe; North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; North Valley Yokuts; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians; Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe; Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation; Table Mountain Rancheria; Tule River Indian Tribe of California; Wuksache Indian Tribe/Eshom Valley Band; Sierra Nevada Native American Coalition; Dumna Wo-Wah Tribal Government

Invitation to all tribes listed with the NAHC for the Madera and Merced Counties for the upcoming Tribal Informational Meeting hosted by the Authority and FRA for the Central Valley Wye portion of the project. Invitations sent via US Mail and Email.

Meeting 7/16/2014 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band;

Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California;

Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians;

Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts;

North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California;

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians;

Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe;

Table Mountain Rancheria

Tribal Informational Meeting hosted by the Authority and FRA for the Central Valley Wye portion of the project.

Email 7/18/2014 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band;

Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California;

Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts;

North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California;

Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation;

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians;

Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe;

Table Mountain Rancheria

Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians;

Dumna Wo-Wah Tribal Government – Robert Ledger Sr.

Summary of Tribal Information Meeting held on July 16, 2014, in Fresno. Summary of meeting was sent to all who participated in the meeting, as well as tribes who expressed interest, but were unable to attend the meeting.

Email 7/18/2014 Dumna Wo-Wah Tribal Government – Robert Ledger Sr. Exchange of emails re Central Valley Wye Tribal Information Meeting

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Email 7/30/2014 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band; Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians; Dumna Wo-Wah Tribal Government; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians; Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe; Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation; Table Mountain Rancheria; Tule River Indian Tribe of California; North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts

Email to tribes proposing three potential dates for the Wye alignment tour. Requested that tribes respond with preferred dates for the meeting.

Email 7/29/2014 Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Gemma Benton Tribe requests meeting with Authority

Email 8/5/2014 Dumna Wo-Wah Tribal Government – Robert Ledger Sr. Purpose of email to inform tribe of bus tour dates

Meeting 8/7/2014 Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Hector (Lalo) Franco, Shana Brum Powers & Gemma Benton

Authority and Tribe meet to discuss project. The discussion covered the FB, MF, and Wye project sections.

Email 8/13/2014 Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Hector (Lalo) Franco, Shana Brum Powers & Gemma Benton

Notes from the Aug. 7, 2014 meeting sent to Tribe.

Tour; Meeting

8/28/2014 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band; Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts; North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe; Table Mountain Rancheria; Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation; Tule River Indian Tribe of California

The Authority hosted a driving bus tour of the Wye alternatives in Merced/Madera Counties.

Email 9/9/2014 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band; Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California; Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians; Dumna Wo-Wah Tribal Government; North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians; Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation; Table Mountain Rancheria; Tule River Indian Tribe of California; Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe

The Authority provided a Summary of the discussion that occurred during the Aug. 28, 2014, tribal alignment tour of the Wye alternatives, including action items.

Email 9/9/2014 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band; Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California; Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians; Dumna Wo-Wah Tribal Government; North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians; Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe; Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation; Table Mountain Rancheria; Tule River Indian Tribe of California

Notification to the tribes that the Resource Agencies have issued concurrence on Checkpoint B (range of alternatives), in accordance the NEPA/404 integration process MOU. The agencies identified three alternatives to carry forward for analysis in the Draft EIR/EIS. Maps of the alternatives were supplied to the tribes, as well. Tribes were advised that cultural technical studies/fieldwork will begin to be initiated for the Wyes now.

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Email 9/9/2014 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band – Valentin Lopez; Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California – Elizabeth Hutchins-Kipp; Dumna Wo-Wah Tribal Government – Robert Ledger Sr.; North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California – Judy Elaine Bethel-Fink & Christina McDonald; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Mary Motola & Reggie Lewis; Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Gemma Benton, Hector (Lalo) Franco, Ruben Barrios, Shana Brum Powers; Table Mountain Rancheria – Christina Gonzales & Sara Lane Barnett; Tule River Indian Tribe of California – Joseph Garfield; Amah Mutsun Tribal Band – Edward Ketchum; North Valley Yokuts – Katherine Erolinda Perez; California Valley Miwok Tribe – Debra Grimes; Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts – Chris Castro & Tara Brown Jackley; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians – Jeffery Lee; Dumna Wo-Wah Tribal Government – Eric Smith; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians (dissolved) – Tricia Attard; Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation – Lois Martin; Table Mountain Rancheria – Robert Pennell; Tule River Indian Tribe of California – Kerri Vera; North Fork Mono Tribe – Ron Goode; Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation – Valerie Teixeira; Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California – Regina “Gina” Riley; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians – Administration; Dumna Wo-Wah Tribal Government – John Ledger; North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California – Gaylen D. Lee; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Allen McCombs; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – K. Jernigan; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Michael Wynn

This email concerns decisions regarding the alignment alternatives for the Central Valley Wye segment.

Letter 10/10/2014 Table Mountain Rancheria – Robert Pennell Transmittal of GIS alignment files for the F-B and M-F project sections (with indication that updated Wye files will be transmitted later when available), as requested by the tribe.

Email 1/8/2015 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band; Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California; Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians; North Fork Mono Tribe; North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians; Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe; Table Mountain Rancheria; Tule River Indian Tribe of California

Community information meetings scheduled for January 20 and 21, 2015. Tribes were notified of upcoming meetings and encouraged to attend to become more familiar with the Central Valley Wye.

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Email 2/25/2015 Table Mountain Rancheria Table Mountain Rancheria. Transmittal of updated GIS files for the Central Valley Wye alignment alternatives.

Email 3/3/2015 Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts; North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians; Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe; Table Mountain Rancheria; Tule River Indian Tribe of California

Email to consulting party tribes offering to have the Authority and FRA meet with them to discuss the status and update of the Central Valley project section. In addition, tribes were notified that the Authority/FRA are considering revisions to the PA and are soliciting input as to how the PA process is or is not working for them.

Presentation; Meeting

3/25/2015 Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe; Table Mountain Rancheria; Tejon Indian Tribe; Tule River Indian Tribe of California

Meeting hosted by the Santa Rosa Rancheria to discuss updates and status of the Central Valley HSR project sections, including the Central Valley Wye. Representatives from four federally recognized tribes participated in the meeting.


3/26/2015 North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California – Christina McDonald and Katie Parra

Meeting at the North Fork Rancheria Tribal Office. Authority provided overview and status of cultural resources investigation and sought input from tribe.


3/26/2015 Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts – Tara Brown Authority provided overview and status of cultural resources investigation and sought input from tribe.

Email 4/8/2015 Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Hector (Lalo) Franco & Shana Brum Powers

Email notification of an upcoming meeting of the High-Speed Rail Authority’s Board of Directors. Indicated that the meeting is an opportunity to make the tribe’s concerns known to the Authority Board and encouraged the tribe to participate in the meeting or submit comments to the Board online.

Conference call

5/19/2015 Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Reggie Lewis, Nokomis Hernandez, Mary Motola, Jennifer Stanley, Dora Jones, Donna Howard, Morris Reid & Nancy Ayala

Held a telephone meeting held with the tribal council members and chairman to discuss the high-speed rail project, specifically the central valley sections (M-F, F-B and CV Wye). Authority provided agenda and fact sheets for each of the Central Valley project sections.

Email 4/28/2016 Table Mountain Rancheria – Robert Pennell Mr. Pennell invites Ms. Allred and Ms. Perez to the Yokuts NAGRPA Coalition meeting to be held on May 18, 2016. Ms. Allred confirms that she and Ms. Perez will attend. Yokuts Coalition Meeting to discuss all Central Valley project sections, status of cultural investigations, tribal participation in the program, and development of burial treatment plans, procedures and lessons learned.

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Meeting 5/18/2016 Tule River Indian Tribe of California – Charmaine McDarment & Neil Peyron;

Tejon Indian Tribe – Colin Rambo;

Table Mountain Rancheria – Sara Lane Barnett & Robert Pennell;

Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Hector “Lalo” Franco, Ruben Barrios, Greg Cuara & Shana Powers

Yokuts Coalition Meeting to discuss all Central Valley project sections, status of cultural investigations, tribal participation in the program, and development of burial treatment plans.

Phone Call 5/19/2016 Indian Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan (Costanoan Indian Research, Inc.) – Ann-Marie Sayers

Chairwoman Sayers indicated she wished to meet with the Authority to discuss the project. We made arrangements to meet on June 7, 2016 (this meeting was later canceled and re-scheduled to occur after the next Tribal Information Meeting)

Email 5/20/2016 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of Mission San Juan Bautista – Irenne Zwierlein & Michelle Zimmer

Tribe provides information regarding its traditional territory; Tribe has monitors available.


Irenne sends Sarah email stating that project is in tribal territory, states that monitors are ready to assist


Ms. Allred overlays ancestral territory map with alignment to assist tribe with areas of interest for participation and monitoring.

Meeting 6/29/2016 Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Mary Motola;

Table Mountain Rancheria – Robert Pennell, Sara Lane Barnett, & Joseph Garfield

Tribal Information Meeting to discuss project update and future plans for Tribe to submit ethnographies, ideas for mitigation were discussed.

Email 6/30/2016 Tule River Indian Tribe of California – Joseph Garfield, Kerri Vera, & Neil Peyron

Ms. Allred provides Tribal Monitor Designation Form.

Meeting 7/7/2016 Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts – Jerry Brown

Potential effects of the project to cultural resources and creative mitigation ideas were discussed.

Meeting 7/8/2016 Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Mary Motola Tribal Council was unable to attend scheduled meeting.

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Meeting Summary/

Email

7/20/2016 Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Nokomis Hernandez; Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Greg Cuara, Hector “Lalo” Franco, Ruben Barrios, and Shana Powers; Table Mountain Rancheria – Beverly J. Hunter, Sara Lane Barnett, Cristina Gonzales and Robert Pennell; Tejon Indian Tribe – Colin Rambo; Tule River Indian Tribe of California – Charmaine McDarment, Joseph Garfield, Kevin Bonds, Neil Peyron, Victor Silvas Sr., Yolanda Gibson, William “Willie” Carrillo, Sr., William Garfield, Priscilla Santos, Kenneth McDarment, Gary Santos, Dan Hackey and Amanda Peyron

Summary of May 18, 2016 NAGPRA Coalition Meeting held at Tule River Indian Reservation, Porterville, CA

Email 7/27/2016 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band – Valentin Lopez Ms. Allred received Monitor Designation Form and confirms that tour is planned for August/Sept.

Email 8/25/2016 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band – Valentin Lopez Ms. Allred provides Mr. Lopez with logistics/details for the alignment tour scheduled for Sept 15, 2016

Letter and CD sent via US Mail

9/1/2016 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band – Valentin Lopez;

Table Mountain Rancheria – Robert Pennell;

Tule River Indian Tribe of California – Joseph Garfield;

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Mary Motola

Ms. Allred provides Tribes with copy of Northwest Information Center Records Search.

Email 10/14/2016 North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California – Christina McDonald

Ms. McDonald requests Ms. Allred to present at Tribal Council Meeting on Oct. 25, 2016. This meeting was later canceled.

Email; Letter and CD sent via US Mail

11/10/2016 Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Mary Motola;

Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Hector “Lalo” Franco, Greg Cuara, Robert G. Jeff;

Table Mountain Rancheria – Cristina Gonzales, Robert Pennell, and Sara Lane Barnett;

Tule River Tribe of California – Gayline Hunter and Joseph Garfield

Transmittal of two ASRs prepared for the Central Valley Wye: (1) the first ASR is for the four alignment alternatives being considered in the Draft Supplemental EIR/EIS, and (2) the second (ASR Addendum #1) is for the electrical interconnections and network upgrades necessary to support the system in that area. Tribes offered a 30-day review and comment period.

Email; CD 11/14/2016 Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Mary Motola;

Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Hector “Lalo” Franco, Greg Cuara, Robert G. Jeff;

Table Mountain Rancheria – Cristina Gonzales, Robert Pennell, and Sara Lane Barnett;

Tule River Tribe of California – Gayline Hunter and Joseph Garfield

Ms. Allred informs Tribal Consulting Parties that a new copy of a CD for the CV Wye ASR Original and Addendum No. 1 will be sent to rectify errors that were found in the documents sent in the previous transmittal that was sent on Nov 10, 2016.

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Email 11/29/2016 Table Mountain Rancheria – Robert Pennell Ms. Allred sends Mr. Pennell her initial comments on the draft Burial Treatment Plan.

Email 12/19/2016 Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Shana Powers Tribe updates their designated Tribal Monitors form.

Email 12/22/2016 Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Shana Powers, Hector “Lalo” Franco, Greg Cuara, Robert G. Jeff

Ms. Powers requests additional KMZ files for all central valley sections.

Meeting reminder

2/16/2017 Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Mary Motola;

Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Greg Cuara, Hector “Lalo” Franco, Robert G. Jeff & Shana Powers;

Table Mountain Rancheria – Cristina Gonzales, Robert Pennell & Sara Lane Barnett;

Tule River Indian Tribe of California – Felix Christman, Charmaine McDarment, Gayline Hunter, Joseph Garfield & Kerri Vera

Reminder for meeting to be held on Feb. 28, 2017 in Fresno.

Email 2/21/2017 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band – Valentin Lopez & Edward Ketchum; Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts – Tara Brown Jackley;

North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California – Christina McDonald;

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Mary Motola;

Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Hector “Lalo” Franco & Shana Powers;


Tule River Tribe of California – Joseph Garfield & Kerri Vera

High-Speed Rail Board of Directors (Board) has identified the preferred alternative for the Central Valley Wye as the State Route 152 (North) to Road 11 alternative. Tribal consulting parties notified of Board decision and provided information about the process.

Email 2/22/2017 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band – Edward Ketchum Mr. Ketchum reviews and comments on CVY ASR 01 and provides a map of Amah Mutsun ancestral territory overlaid with the HSR alignment.

Email 2/24/2017 Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Mary Motola;

Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Greg Cuara, Hector “Lalo” Franco, Robert G. Jeff & Shana Powers;


Tule River Indian Tribe of California – Felix Christman, Charmaine McDarment, Gayline Hunter, Joseph Garfield & Kerri Vera

Second reminder for meeting to be held on Feb. 28, 2017 in Fresno.

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Email 2/28/2017 Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Tara Estes-Harter;

Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Hector “Lalo” Franco & Shana Powers;

Table Mountain Rancheria – Cristina Gonzales & Robert Pennell;

Tule River Indian Tribe of California – Felix Christman, Charmaine McDarment & Gayline Hunter

Yokuts Coalition Meeting: the goal of this meeting is, in part, to reflect on the tribes’ involvement and experiences to date and receive input regarding what is working and/or not working in the process so that adjustments can be made, accordingly, through modifications to the agreement documents, the archaeological treatment plans and/or Authority policy guidance memos.

Text message

3/7/2017 Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts – Jerry Brown Ms. Allred sent a text message to Mr. Jerry Brown who does not have an email address. Ms. Allred would like to meet with Mr. Brown and Mr. Bart Topping in the near future.

Email 3/8/2017 Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts – Bart Topping, Chris Castro & Jerry Brown;


Ms. Allred coordinates a meeting for Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts and North Fork Mono to be held on March 13, 2017.

Email 3/10/2017 Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts – Chris Castro Ms. Allred invites Mr. Castro to meeting to be held on March 13, 2017.

Email 3/13/2017 Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts – Bart Topping, Chris Castro & Jerry Brown;


Ms. Allred met with Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts and North Fork Mono to discuss tribes’ interests in participation.

Meeting 4/26/2017 Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Tara Estes-Harter;

Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Crystal Ignacio, Greg Cuara, Hector “Lalo” Franco, Robert G. Jeff, Roger Martinez & Shana Powers;

Table Mountain Rancheria – Cristina Gonzales & Robert Pennell;

Tejon Indian Tribe – Colin Rambo;

Tule River Indian Tribe of California – Felix Christman, Gayline Hunter & Joseph Garfield

Yokuts Coalition Meeting to discuss central valley project sections and unanticipated discoveries draft protocol.

Email 4/27/2017 Tule River Indian Tribe of California – Joseph Garfield Ms. Allred provides Mr. Garfield with the Tribal Monitor Designation Form.

Email 5/11/2017 Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Tara Estes-Harter Ms. Estes-Harter is the new THPO. Ms. Allred provides the Tribal Monitor Designation Form for her to update.

Email 5/22/2017 Tule River Indian Tribe of California – Keri Vera Ms. Vera asked questions about monitoring requirements.

Email 6/6/2017 Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Tara Estes-Harter Ms. Estes-Harter provides the updated Tribal Monitor Designation Form.

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Email 7/3/2017 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band - Valentin Lopez, Edward Ketchum, and Denise Espinosa; North Fork Mono Tribe - Ron Goode; Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts - Bart Topping, Chris Castro and Tara Brown Jackley; North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California - Christina McDonald and Maryann McGovran

Sarah Allred sends a farewell email and section update pending her departure from HSR.

Email 1/18/2019 Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Tara Estes-Harter Ms. Estes-Harter provides the updated Tribal Monitor Designation Form.

Letter 2/2/2018 Indian Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan - Ann-Marie Sayers Tribal Participation forms re-sent to Chairwoman Sayers. No response was received.

Email 2/22/2018 Table Mountain Rancheria – Robert Pennell Mr. Pennell, Table Mountain Rancheria, confirms that the same designated tribal monitor form sent to Authority on 9/26/2016 is still current and no new additional monitors need to be added at this time.

Email 2/22/2018 Tule River Indian Tribe of California – Keri Vera Designated Tribal Monitors form sent to Tule River following conversation with Ms. Vera at Yokuts Coalition Meeting regarding who should be point of contact.

Email 4/12/2018 Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe – Robert G. Jeff Santa Rosa Rancheria updates Tribal Monitor Designation Form.

Meeting 4/20/2018 Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians - Tara Estes-Harter;

Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe - Greg Cuara and Robert G. Jeff, Dakota Jeff and Nichole Escalon;

Table Mountain Rancheria - Cristina Gonzales, Sara Lane Barnett, Robert Pennell, and Venessa Jiménez;

Tule River Tribe of California - Charmaine McDarment, Felix Christman and Kaelin Manuel

Meeting to discuss items requested by Yokuts Coalition.

Email 1/9/2019 Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe - Shana Powers Santa Rosa Rancheria updates Tribal Monitor Designation Form.

Email 1/11/2019 North Valley Yokuts Tribe - Katherine Perez Ms. Perez requests a project status update.

Email 1/29/2019 North Valley Yokuts Tribe - Katherine Perez Ms. Perez received project update and requested additional information.

Email 2/12/2019 Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians – Heather Airey Ms. Airey is the new THPO, updates Tribal Monitor Designation Form.

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Phone call; Email

2/26/2019 North Valley Yokuts Tribe - Katherine Perez Project update provided to tribe and invitation to formally consult

Email 4/3/2019 North Valley Yokuts Tribe – Katherine Perez Authority followed-up re consulting party forms, coordinated an in-person meeting to provide project status update.

Letter 5/3/2019 Amah Mutsun Tribal Band - Valentin Lopez;

Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts - Bart Topping;

North Fork Mono Tribe - Ron Goode;

North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California - Christina McDonald;

North Valley Yokuts Tribe - Katherine Perez;

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians - Heather Airey;

Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe - Shana Powers;

Table Mountain Rancheria - Robert Pennell;

Tule River Tribe of California – Kerri Vera

Outreach team sent tribal stakeholders CVY NOA Draft EIR/EIS.

Meeting 5/7/2019 North Valley Yokuts Tribe - Katherine Perez with Marcos Guerrero

Meeting to discuss project overview and specific project sections of concern to tribe.

Email 5/10/2019 North Valley Yokuts Tribe - Katherine Perez Ms. Perez submits comments on the JM ASR and requests additional agreement documents. Authority responded to her comments on June 18, 2019.

Letter; email 5/17/2019 North Valley Yokuts Tribe - Katherine Perez Authority provides Ms. Perez copies of documents as discussed at meeting on May 7, 2019 and per her request dated May 10, 2019.

Email 5/28/2019 North Valley Yokuts Tribe - Katherine Perez Ms. Perez requested a project schedule and number of monitors currently working. Requested to be included on any calls or emails. Authority responded on June 3, 2019.

Email 6/3/2019 North Valley Yokuts Tribe - Katherine Perez Authority responds to Ms. Perez's request received May 28, 2019 regarding schedule and monitoring. No additional comments were received.

Meeting 6/13/2019 North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California - Christina McDonald, Elaine Bethel-Fink, Fred Beihn, Gaylen D. Lee, Jacquie Van Huss, Katie Parra, Leora "Lou" Beihn and Maryann McGovran

Meeting requested by Tribe to update newly elected tribal council members on project status.

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Email 11/25/2019 Chowchilla Tribe of Yokuts - Chris Castro and Bart Topping;

North Fork Mono Tribe - Ron Goode;

North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California - Christina McDonald;

North Valley Yokuts Tribe - Katherine Perez;

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians - Heather Airey;

Santa Rosa Tachi Yokut Tribe - Shana Powers and Samantha McCarty;

Table Mountain Rancheria - Robert Pennell and Sara Lane Barnett;

Tule River Tribe of California - Kerri Vera

APE modification notice for expansion of APE along S. Orchard Way to the El Nido Substation. No comments from tribes were received.

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