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Lawmakers approve measures affecting Chamorro Land Trust land as floor objections mount
Summary
After roll-call votes on multiple measures that affect land under the Chamorro Land Trust Commission, a senator rose to place on the record objections to transferring trust land for uses outside the trust's mission. Gallery commenters and other senators also raised environmental, cultural and health concerns.
The Guam Legislature on Wednesday approved several measures that affect property under the Chamorro Land Trust Commission (CLTC), prompting at least one senator to rise after the votes to record a formal objection and to warn that the actions depart from the trust’s original purpose.
The post-vote remarks followed roll-call approvals of multiple bills on the floor. Measures discussed during the session included a bill to require competitive solicitation for mass grading and mineral extraction on a portion of Lot 5412, Manila (Bill No. 7-38 COR); bills transferring CLTC parcels to government use, including transfers to the Guam Police Department (Bill No. 51-38 COR and Bill No. 73-38 COR); and legislation amending a CLTC lease with Guam International Country Club, Inc. (Bill No. 130-38 COR). Several of those measures were described in floor debate and were voted on during the session.
Why it matters: The Chamorro Land Trust Commission was created to hold and return land for Chamorro homesteads and farms. Critics on the floor and members of the public who…
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