Page 2 MARCH 16, 1979
Possible Fire Sub-Station Sites Identified
by Sandy Rangila
Possible sites for future fire
department sub-stations were
toured and evaluated Thursday,
March 8, in preparation for
presentation at an upcoming
public hearing set for March 20.
Visited and currently under
consideration by the task force
were four sites — Simnasho, the
Simnasho-Highway 26 Junction,
Kah-Nee-Ta, and an open area
near West Island Road.
Although the task force pro
ject team identified West Island
Road and Simnasho as the best
locations for a sub-station, their
recommendations are not final.
According to tribal planner Uren
Leonard, the task force’s find
ings represent only a base from
which to proceed. “It’s just
something to go from,” he
explained.
The public will have an
opportunity to offer suggestions
for rural fire protection and
comment on the site recom
mendations at a special public
hearing set for Tuesday, March
20. “We want to get the people’s
input,” said Leonard. The meet
ing will be held at the Simnasho
Longhouse at 7 p.m. that even
ing.
The four sites were evaluat
ed on the basis of ease of access,
land availability, response time,
projected operational costs,
availability of utilities, possibili
ties for expansion, their impact
on communities, problems
related to soil condition, and the
number of houses to be served.
Using a point system, on the
basis of three considerations the
area along West Island Road
came out on top, the Simnasho
site was rated second, the Sim-
nasho-Hwy 26 location was third,
and the Kah-Nee-Ta site was
last.
But when considering hous
ing conditions, projected three-
year development, volunteer
availability and insurance rating
value, the Simnasho location
came out ahead of He He and
West Island Road.
Planners and task force
members are quick to point out
that any site selection would be
pending Tribal Council approval.
Fire truck response times to
rural homes at Simnasho, Schoo-
lie and Sidewaiter Flat were
calculated for each of the sites
evaluated. The response times
were figured for both the best
and worst road conditions.
FROM THE SIMNASHO -
HWY 26 JUNCTION, the re
sponse times are as follows: To
Simnasho, which has 17 homes, it
would take 15 minutes under
good road conditions and 25
under the worst conditions. To
Schoolie (11 homes), 20 minutes
on good roads and 30 minutes
under bad condtions. To Sidwal-
ter (23 homes), 10 minutes under
good conditions and 15 minutes
on bad roads.
FROM THE SIMNASHO
SITE, response time to Simnasho
would be 2 minutes under good
conditions and 4 minutes if roads
are bad. To Schoolie, 10 minutes
would be the best time and 20 the
worst. To Sidwalter,, the quick
est response would be 28 min
utes, and under the worst-condi
tions, 45 minutes.
FROM WEST ISLAND
ROAD, response time to Simna
sho would be 8 minutes and
under bad conditions, 15 min
utes. To Schoolie it would take 20
minutes under good conditions
and 30 minutes under the worst
conditions. To Sidwalter, 15 min
utes on good roads and 25
minutes under bad road condi
tions.
Task force members urge all
those interested in rural fire
protection to be present at the
Simnasho Longhouse, March 20,
for the public meeting which
begins at 7 p.m.
Members of the task force
project team include representa
tives from the Land Use Plan
ning Committee, the Fire and
Safety Committee, the tribal
planning and grants office, the
housing department, IHS, and
BIA facilities manager, Bill
Cassel.
Public Hearing Notice
ON LOCATION - Possible sites for rural fire sub-stations were toured
and evaluated by a special task force march 8. Looking over the area
near HeHe are Neda Greene (Land Use Planning), Dale Parker
(planning). Art Tassie (grants office), and assistant fire chief Dave
willia ms.
Spilyay photo by Rangila
Topic - Rural Fire Protection
Where - Simnasho Longhouse
When - Tuesday, March 20,7:00 p.m.
Making Way For The Future .
by Sandy Rangila
It looked like Spring cleaning
on the reservation last week
when the final phases of two
clearance projects neared their
finale.
Both the old Hollywood dist
rict and the Greensville area
have undergone a major transi
tion in the past few years — an
upheaval resulting from the
acquisition of the old houses, the
relocation of former occupants,
and then the actual clearance of
the homes.
Last week, the remaining
evidence of those two communi
ties was bulldozed away, scraped
into tidy piles, and burned.
All but the tar-paper roof of
Delford Johnson’s old Hollwood
house had been dismantled and,
when an east wind finally came
up last Thursday, that roof, too,
gave way to the future.
The final phase of the HUD
(Housing and Urban Develop
ment) block grant program spec
ifies returning the soil or land to
a stable state after clearance.
Rejuvination of the Greensville
area will probably -include seed
ing with grass and some tree
planting for protection fo the soil,
explained construction engineer
official Bill Bennatt.
This j* not a landscaping
project, «Ws tribal planners.
But the prdBpect of grass and
trees along the Shitike where
Greensville used to be has given
fuel to rumors of a park there.
“It would be ideal,” says
some. “It’s looking really nice,
now.” But nothing final has been
determined yet for Greensville,
although a community park has
not been ruled out.
“Our task has just been a
general cleaning job of the
areas,” noted Bennatt. Meetings
to discuss the future of Greens
ville will be coming up soon.
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SHORT HOUSE - The roof of Delford Johnson’s old Hollywood house
went up in flames just behind the Longhouse March 8 during the final
clean-up stage of the HUD clearance program.
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FUTURE PARK? - Witness to the burning and clearance of the other old houses at Greensville, Laura
Crowe’s vacated home (in the background) finally succumbed to the future on March 12.Now that the soil
is being leveled and seeded for return to a Stable state, speculation mounts as to whether or hot the area
will be developed into a community park.
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