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Consultants brief board on tribal outreach plan after GIS review finds tribal–freight corridor intersections
Summary
Burke Consulting presented a 16‑month engagement plan to help the board support current and future calls for freight projects, train staff on a public mapping tool and begin tribal research and outreach; early GIS desk work shows 8 of 29 federally recognized tribes have land intersecting strategic freight corridors and only one tribal application has been submitted to date.
Burke Consulting told the board it is running a 16‑month engagement to support the board’s call‑for‑projects process, to document and train staff on a mapping tool, and to begin tribal research and outreach. Julia Pesch of Burke said the work will include capacity support for current and future calls, staff training on a public GIS tool and a deeper, consultative tribal outreach and research phase.
Brian Murphy of Burke said high‑level GIS desk work found ‘‘of the 29 federally recognized tribes in Washington, 8 of them have land that’s directly on a strategic freight corridor’’ and another seven tribal land parcels abut freight corridors. The consultants also reported the…
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