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Overview
- Chamorro Land Trust Program
- Environmental Concerns
- Maintaining a balance between
Public Pressure to Distribute Chamorro Land Trust Properties and - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Public Pressure to Distribute Chamorro Land Trust Properties and - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Public Pressure to Distribute Chamorro Land Trust Properties and its Environmental Implications Senator Tom Ada Chairman Committee on Lands, Infrastructure, Transportation, Procurement, Border Protection and Veterans Affairs 33 rd Guam
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Chamorro Land Trust Program
- Established in 1975
- Mirror image of Hawaiian Homes
Commission Act of 1920
- Application intake started in 1995
- 11,000 applications on file; only
2,500 processed, to date.
- Up to 1-acre for residential use.
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Chamorro Land Trust (CLT) Land Inventory
- 5,400 acres available for
distribution for residential and agricultural use.
- Majority of properties over
Northern Guam Aquifer (NGA).
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CLTC properties
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CLTC and Water Protection Zone
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Areas to Watch Closely
Primary Residential Tract LaJuna Pt. – coral extrctn, 400 acres
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Water Production Wells
- Approx. 122 wells
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Land Distribution – Limitations
Lack of funds has hampered:
- - land survey; a prerequisite,
- - infrastructure development,
no access roads, no water, no power, no sewer in most tracts.
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Land Distribution – Limitations
- Commercial leasing authority
to generate revenue for infrastructure.
- political will to bring CLT
program to fruition.
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Protection of NGA a Major Concern
- Construction of wastewater
infrastructure essential for protection of NGA.
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Prevalence of GWA Customers Not Connected to Sewer Lines.
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Increasing The Threat To The NGA
- Allowing more residential
homes to be built without sewer connection. .
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Original Parcels
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Subdivided Once
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Subdivided Twice
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Notwithstanding… Do What Is Politically Rational.
- Distribute Chamorro Land Trust
properties to appease voters.
- Construction of sewer
infrastructure “to follow”.
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Doing What Is Technically Rational.
- Infrastructure development in
Chamorro Land Trust tracts
- Implement aggressive
monitoring programs.
- Provide adequate funding to
support monitoring programs.
- Strengthen public policy
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