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VOL 6 NO 6
Comprehensive Plan—
People’s input sought
At the request of the Tribal
C o u n cil, the L and Use
Planning Committee is now
coordinating the process of
updating the 1969 Comprehen
sive Plan. This plan will
provide a general policy
framework for Tribal Council
decisions on the use and
development of resources for
the next 20 years. It is designed
to resolve conflicts and to
achieve compatibility between
different kinds of resource use
such as r u r a l h o u s in g ,
agriculture, livestock, wildlife,
water, and timber. The updated
Comprehensive Plan can be
thought of as an overall
umbrella under which more
specific planning takes place.
These more specific plans,
including recreation, housing,
timber management and range
management plans, will need to
be coordinated with the general
The Agency R oot Feast was held A pril 5. Nearly 400 people attend the annual ceremony. See page 3 policies set forth in the
fo r the Simnasho R oot Feast celebration.
Comprehensive Plan.
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Behrend
A key element in the plan is
tribal member involvement.
The plan can only be developed
through the active participa
tion of all tribal members.
Because many future decisions
A $746,000 grant application honored, “a hardship would project in a Ju ly , 1979 by the Tribal Council will
for the Deschutes Domestic have resulted to the Tribes referendum vote and work is
Water System that had been because we already had to progressing pretty much on
frozen when the Reagan readvertize for bids to meet schudule, according to tribal
Administration took over, is ED A req u irem ents,” said s o u r c e s . S o m e o f th e
working its way though the Tribal planning director Ray transmission lines are in and
Rangila. That rebidding took the treatment plant at the Dry
process again.
additional time and money on Creek intake site is underway.
The reservoirs are nearly
The Economic Development the part of the Tribes.
Administration grant applica
The $8 million water project completed.
tion was one of 62 in the nation is being funded by a $2.8
that was “unfrozen” and the million FmHa loan and a $1.29
Completion of the long-
only such ap p licatio n in million grant, an IHS grant for awaited domestic water system
O regon to receive EDA $400,000, the EDA grant for is anticipated in early 1982. The
commitment since the freeze.
$746,000, and with $2 million new water system will serve the
If the longstanding EDA of tribal money..
Warm Springs Agency area
cpmmitment had not been
Voters approved the water and Kah-Nee-Ta.
Water system money “unfrozen”
be based on the policies in the
C om prehensive plan, the
needs and desires of tribal
members will be considered
during all phases of the
planning process. This will
make the Comprehensive plan
a valid statement of tribal goals
and objectives.
To facilitate tribal member
involvement in the planning
process, the Land Use Planning
Committee has prepared a
slide-tape presentation on the
Comprehensive Plan update.
This slide-tape presentation
provides an orientation to what
the plan is all about, as well as
how every tribal member may
become involved. The Land
Use Planning Committee will
present the slide-tape program
to all interested groups and
in d iv id u a ls. A se n e s of
meetings with other tribal
committees and administrative
groups is already in progress.
Tribal members may also
request the slide-tape program
be shown at individual homes.
This provides an opportunity
f o r tr ib a l- m e m b e rs to
participate in the planning
process who are not involved
with an o rganization or
committee.
Community General Council
has been rescheduled
for
Tuesday May 12,1981
T ribes award hydro contract to A.S.C.
by Donna Behrend
F o llo w in g G o v e r n o r
Atiyeh’s signature to side-step
s ta te le g i s l a t i o n w h ic h
prevented the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs from
acquiring a $15 million state
loan, the Tribes awarded
A.S.C. constructors, Incorpo
rated the contract to complete
the Warm Springs hydroelec
tric project.
A lth o u g h
A .S .C .’s bid
e x c e e d e d th e e n g in e e rs
expectations by $2 million,
their bid at $11,726,000, was
about $3 million lower than the
three other bidders.
According to Jerry Dibble,
consulting engineer, the tribes
had a few concerns about
A.S.C’s bid. “Their bid was
high, they were outside the
construction schedule and their
bid was unbalanced. But after
consulting with A.S.C. we feel
more comfortable with them
now that all terms have been
met.”
D ibble continued, “ We
i asked them to verify their bid.
They have agreed to the terms
of contract and they have
agreed to meet the construction
schedule. The wage rate meets
the union schedule.”
I
The Tribal Council was
delighted at the April 1 meeting
when informed that legislation
was being passed that would
enable them to assume the $15
million low interest loan. The
tribe will pay bond interest and
th e s t a t e d e p a r t m e n t ’s
adminisrative costs, as well as
the principal on the loan.
The tribes annual interest
rate will probably be under
11% as compared to an
estimated 15% for a loan on the
private lending market. Dibble
estimated the savings to be
about $600,000 annually.
According to engineers, the
downstream wall of the rereg
dam needs strengthening.
Work on the strengthening of
the wall as well as lengthening
the wall about 50 feet to
accomodate a downstream
coffer dam will be some of the
first projects to be worked on
before installation^ of the
powerhouse.
Groundbreaking ceremonies
will be held April 22 beginning
at 10 a.m. at the dam site. All
tribal members and their
families are welcome. Work is
scheduled to being by mid-
May. Anyone interestd in
working for A.S.C. on the
hydroproject is encouraged to
contact Lizzie Rhoan at the
Madras Employment Office at
475-6101 o r th e tr ib a l
personnel office. However, no
hiring will be done until the
middle of May A.S.C. is an
open shop contractor.