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Spilydy Tymoo, Wdrrn Springs, Oregon Page 11 August 2, 2 0 0 7 Tribal Council ...Council could aim for a November referendum. Photo by U rbana Ross for the Spilyay The area has since been cleaned up. Homeless camp (Continued from page 1) The Warm Springs Police D ep artm en t has received hundreds o f calls about the Rainbow boat launch area over the p ast two years. Jefferson County was receiv-: ing five to six complaints a day about the area. The situation was creating a bad âmagç o f the Confedy erated T ribes and W arm Springs, said Ross. “People were wondering why something wasn’t being done,’’ she said, “and they looked to the tribes and the county for solutions.’’1' Part o f the Solution, sT he said, is to conduct outreach and in tervention with the people who were living at the boat launch. R oss, Fire C h ief D an M artin et," cou n selor C har Herkshan, Sheriff Jack Jones and others brought the concerns to the hotheless people at the launch last month. A publié nbtice was then pbsted say-‘ ing that living at the artilis not permitted. Long term .solutions in clude planning a transitional home and a homeless shelter. T h e m ore inf ¡mediate re sponse would be to ‘cite For trespassing, andexclude from the property any person who attempts to live at the boat launch area* said Ross. ■ (Continued from page 1): The Council Chairman then polled the full, group, asking each member’to state the areas he or, she felt were most impor tant to address. Voicing the sentim ent o f many, one member raised up the Finally, maintaining and advanc survey report and pointed to the ing sovereignty covers land use table o f membership priorities. and the environment, treaty pro “H ere’s our direction right tection and legal interests, and here,” she said. | “Let’s get ‘em tribal culture, traditions, values, done!” and beliefs. ; The full list o f priorities from After further discussion and the brainstorming session in consideration, which took up cluded over 7Ö individual items, . most o f Wednesday morning’s some o f them very specific and session, the Council unani mously passed a Proclamation others much more general. ...... Upon analysis, the initial list (the chairman not vpting) set sorted but into four fundamen ting forth its fundamental goals tal goals embraced by the Coun and a list o f six specific priori cil: to provide better opportu ties that Will gUide the actions nity to the people, to provide o f tribal government over the better support to the people, to next three years. The six priori serve the people through a more ties are: effeepye and accountable gov- ;■ Adoption and active imple ernment, and to maintain and advance the people’s sovereign mentation o f a long-term stra tegic plan for the economy that status. _ Each o f these four goals in will generate significant on-res- turn includes a series o f explicit ervation jobs and revenues priority areas. Better opportu needed to fund other tribal pri nity,, for instance, covers 'ê,ëo^ orities; ‘ Better healthdare, including nomic development, education, and modernization o f technol programs to reduçe substance ogy hid infrastructure. Support abuse on the reservation; Improvement in education, o f the. people addresses areas such as healthcare, stibstanCe vocational training, internships, ab u se,'h ou sin g , and public and youth development; More effective and accoutit- safety. Improvènjents in gôv- erpmentydll mean better com able goVerhirfent and enter munications' bettér .focus on prises; Im p rov em en t in th e’ policy, long-term direction, and strategy, setting and following reservation’s facilities and infra Up oh benchmarks, and reduc structure, including cónstruc- ing administrative bureaucracy. tioti o f tribal member housing; and Preservation and enhance- j ment o f the Tribe’s nattiral, cul- • tural, and sovereign , endow -, ! ments. ’ Bear Springs and other ; business W ith it? main business ç f setting priorities com p lete, Council turned to other topics. Principal amotig these was the potential real estate develop- ment near Bear Springs. Clyde Ham street, G EO o f W arm Springs Ventures, presented an overview and timeline for the project, g Çoundbmembers were very sensitive o f the need to hear from the people before commit- ting significant funds to Bear uave Mciviecnan/opiiyay Alvis Smith Sr. inspects the burnt remains of a trailer that was destroyed by a j suspicious fire. The trailer belonged to Vernon Smith Sr. A reward of $200 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who started the fire. Bi Range, Irrigation, and Agri culture Com m ittee: Reuben Henry, Jacob Frank Sr., Carmela S co tt and E u g en e A ustin Greene Jr. jfr Timber Committee: Grant Cleri^njs^' $ r.', TR^ypçond'' Moody, Ellison David Sr. and Emerson Smith. int« Sales Free towing w/engine or trans replacement from Warm Springs & Madras area Approved Auto Repair Musata»« you , HMircTMhKrtMt 475-6618 j > I ! | j j eluded with an overview o f the ■ many items on'Gôùnçüh plate. V. Afterwards. Cahca said, “J, was pleased with the retreat.-J The Council has given us their priorities :and n ° ^ it’s up to us to set action plans and start c working on them. It’s good to ■ get this kind o f direction early in the term, so we can all work together in advancing the inter- ests o f the membership.” jjb - & 330 S.W. Culver Hwy. Madras, OR 97741 j | ! ognized that more information | must be gathered before anyone j côuld make an informed deci- ] sion, Hamstreet outlined the j required research and said that j Council could aim for a Novem- ; ber referendum. The Secretary-Treasurer c o n -. Cilll’s Repair technicians ! Springs. At the same time, they rec-r^ | Committees ¡^ôjfitiqùéçj frotyi..pàge , Land Use Planning Cojn.- ; mittee: Lyle Katchia, Erland .Suppah, : , A n to in ette Pamperien and Jimmy Tohet i J Free Battery Check & Installation with purchase