PAGE 2 JUNE 30, 1978
Council Gives Go-Ahead
509-J LEVY
DEFEATED
On Powerhouse Timetable
FOR SECOND TIME
Voters of Jefferson County
School district 509-J once again
defeated the $3.5 million tax levy
proposed by the district, this
time by a much larger margin
than in the April 4 election.
stration was looking at different
ways to reduce the budget and
that a revised budget will be
presented to the school boafd
July 10.
The levy was defeated in al1
precincts except Warm Springs
w here it p assed 36 “ y e s ” to 11
“no” . Voters of Warm Springs
also passed the proposed tax
levy the first time in the April 4
election.
School -board members had
already voted Monday night to
set the next budget election for
September 19, in the event that
the levy was defeated Tuesday.
They had apparently anticipated
the defeat, particularly in light
of the current mood of most tax
payers following
California’s
overwhelming support of Propo
sition 13.
In a telephone conversation,
school superintendent Darrell
Wright stated that the admini
Simnasho-Schoolie Water
The Tribal Council gave its
backing to continuing a study
which will determine the feasi
b ility of con stru ctin g a hydro-
power plant at the P elton R e
regu latin g D am , and they ap
proved the concept of a tentative
timetable for the project at their
June 20 meeting.
In presenting the tentative
schedule and progress report to
the Council, tribal engineering
consultant Jerry Dibble remark
ed that tbe-project req u ires a
far-sighted approach on the part
of both the Council and the
Tribes.
D ibble also noted that the
development of such a valuable
natural resource would give the
Tribes a lot of flex ib ility . A
hydropow er plant a t the dam
New Reservoir Springs Leak,
But News Not All Bad
could provide the reservation
with a dependable sou rce of
h y d r o e le c t r ic pow er, with
enough left over to se ll on the
open market.
D ib b le’s p rogress report
covered a num ber of d etails
which the feasibility study has
in itia lly in d icated . B ecau se of
uncertainty as to the condition of
the foundation of the dam , en
gineers are-conducting explor
atory core drilling into the bed
rock foundation.*
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Also, the question of how to
handle fish so they will not get
caught up in the turbines needs
to be ad d ressed and is under
consideration.
Following the progress re
port, D ibble p resen ted for ap
proval the preliminary schedule
for the h yd ro electric pow er
house p roject, a graph, and a
sum m ary of co st e stim a tes he
had prepared.
The ten ta tiv e key action
points for the project w ere
okayed by council and are out
lined as follows:
June 1978 - D epartm ent of
E nergy Grant to Complete
Feasibility Study.
D ec. 1978 - Completion of
Feasibility Study.
Jan. 1979 - Review by Tribal
Council.
F eb . 1979 - Submit Appli
cation to FERC for P roject
License to build powerplant.
April 1979 - Tribal Election
to Authorize Project.
May 1979 - Commence detail
Design & Specifications.
Aug. 1979 - Place Tentative
Orders for T urbines & G ener
ators.
Feb. 1980 - FERC Issue Li
cense.
Mar. 1980 - Form Pow er
Agency or Corporation (possibly
C ooperative or P ublic U tility
District)
f f b -May 1980 - Sell Bonds, or
other financing.
1980 - A dvertise for
Bids for Construction.
1980 - Award Construc
tion Contracts.
April 1982 - C om plete Con
struction, Test, and Start Up.
Council Okays
Two-Year Priorities
With the understanding that ate lists had been drawn up.
There is also a separate list
the list is not ironclad and can
be a ltered , the T ribal Council devoted to stu d ies, som e of
June 21 approved the T rib es’ which are now underw ay and
two-year development priorities. others which are being planned.
This is the first time that the
p riorities h ave been broken
down into three groupings —
Municipal and Community, Eco
nomic and Natural Resources,
and Health, Education, Social,
and Cultural.
It is also the first year that
tribal planning and the council
have develop ed the priorities
together. Previously, two separ
Proposed for this fall is a
referendum calling for approval
on the Criminal Justice Center,
the Community Learning Cent
er, and a new d om estic w ater
system to serve Warm Springs
and Kah-Nee-Ta.
The follow ing is a list of
two-year development priorities
•approved by the Tribal Council:
Two Year Development Priorities
Municipal and Community
Filling of the new Simnasho reservoir began on June 22, but after a leak was discovered crews ran the
water from it into the other new reservoir at Schoolie Flat.
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On Thursday, June 22, water
from the new Simnasho-Schoolie
Flat water system started flow
ing into the recently constructed
reservoir at Simnasho at a rate
of 80 gallons per minute.
But by the next day, it had
become apparent that water was
also flowing out of the reservoir
through a lea k in one of the'
lower seam welds.
“This is something that just
never happens,” said Don Rohde
of Tenneson Engineering. “It’s
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happen on th is p articu lar pro
ject,” he remarked.
C rew s are now in fhe pro
c e ss of d raining the 100,000-
gallon Simnasho Reservoir and
pumping the water from it to the
other new reservoir at Schoolie
Flat. They are using the booster
pumps to transfer the water, so
it’s not a matter of wasting any
water, according to Rohde.
R ohde sa id that the re se r
voirs w ould both h a v e to be
drained and ch lorin ated an y
w ay, so it d o esn ’t even rea lly
represent any loss of time.
Reservoir crews have been
notified o f the leak and w ill
begin repair work on the seam
after it h a s been drained com
pletely dry.
On the b righ ter sid e of the
pipeline news, Rohde said that a
“change order” has been turned
in to r e p la ce the old one-inch
pipes going to individual homes.
This will not cost any additional
money since it is still within the
budget. Costs have run less than
anticipated, allowing this kind of
a bonus.
A lso, by m id -Ju ly, a ll the
hom e hookups should be com
pleted, enabling residents to en
joy th at lon g-aw aited strong
flow of tap-water this summer.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Complete Criminal Justice Facility
Develop Deschutes/Warm Springs Domestic Water System
Complete Community Center Flood Control
Expand Landscaping Program
Complete perimeter and Cemetery fencing
Complete preliminary design and budget for:
A. Connunity Center and Park Completion
B. Administration Building Addition
C. North End Fire Protection
D. Warm Springs Sewer system improvement
Economic and Natural Resources
1.
2.
3.
4.
Develop Deschutes/Warm Springs Irrigation System
Develop further Housing
A. Community and Rural subdivisions
B. Employee Apartment/Duplex complex
C. Expand Mobile Home Park
Complete Kah-Nee-Ta priority Improvements (EDA # 1)
Complete preliminary design and budget for:
A. Hydropower plant (if feasible)
B. Shopping Center (EDA #2)
C. Tribal Garage relocation and/or improvements
D. WSFPI improvements (EDA #3)
Health, Education, Social, Cultural
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Complete Community Learning Center
Complete Alcohol Treatment Center and Residential Facility
Longhouse improvements
Clinic expansion and improvements
Complete preliminary design and budget for:
A. Nursing Home'(if feasible)
B. Youth Camp
1978
1.
2.
3.
4.
Educational Needs Assessment
WSFPI Development Plan
Logging Road Plan
Hydropower Feasibility