Spilyay Tym oo, W arm Springs, O regon
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Voc Rehab program
offers employment help
The W arm Springs Vocational,
Rehabilitation program has been
helping tribal members for twenty
years.
The program offers vocational
counseling, guidance and training;
diagnostic examinations and proce
dures; assistive devices such as arti
ficial limbs and wheel chairs; and
tools, equipment and licenses.
Voc Rehab can provide transpor
tation to clients, job direction, and
help w ith resumes, am ong many
other services.
T h ese services becom e even
more im portant during difficult eco
nomic times. The goal o f Voc Re
hab is to improve employment o f
tribal members with disabilities.
If you think you have a qualify
ing disability, and would like to see
if Voc Rehab can assist you, please
call or come by the office.
The phone number is 541-553-
4952, or 553-3415. T he program
o ffice is lo c a te d at 4217 “A”
Holliday Street, in thè industrial
park area. These are examples o f
disabilities that qualify an individual
for service:
Amputation, blindness, hearing
problems, learning disability, ortho
pedic problems, seizure disorders,
spinal cord or head injury, alcohol
or drug issues, or any other physi
cal or mental condition that limits
one’s ability to work.
A n ap plicant should w ritten
documentation o f the physical or
mental condition, and m ust experi
enced a problem in obtaining, main
taining or advancing in employ
ment, caused by the disability. Ap
plicants m ust be members o f a fed
erally recognized tribe, and must
reside on the Warm Springs Reser
vation.
For those who qualify, Voc Re
hab invites you to stop by or call
for more information.
O cto b er 30, 2013
Spooky Nite Out
Yvonne Iverson/Spilyay
Halloween costumes on display at the Community Center during Spooky Indian Nite Out.
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Tribal Council resolutions
Wind farm
Whereas the C o n fe d e ra te d
Tribes o f the Warm Springs Reser
vation o f O regon (“Tribe”) desires
to enter into a business relationship
with Enerfin Energy Company, Inc.
(“Enerfin”) in which the Tribe may
allow Enerfin to develop and oper
ate a wind farm energy project (the
“P roject”) on the W arm Springs
R eservation (the “R eservation”);
and
Whereas the Tribe and Enerfin
have agreed to proceed with a fea
sibility investigation for purposes o f
determ ining the viability o f the
Project to the mutual satisfaction o f
the Tribe and Enerfin; and
Whereas the Tribe and Enerfin
desire to enter into the Letter o f
Intent, in substantially similar form
as attached Exhibit A (the “L O I”),
in order to proceed with the feasi
bility investigation for the Project;
and
Whereas the Tribe desires to
grant Enerfin access to the Reser
vation for purposes o f conducting
the feasibility investigation on the
terms and conditions as set forth in
the LOI; now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Twenty-
Sixth Tribal Council o f the Confed
erated Tribes o f the Warm Springs
Reservation o f O regon, pursuant
to Article B, Section 1 (1), o f the
Tribal Constitution and By-Laws,
that the Tribal Council approves the
L O I and au th o rizes th e T ribal
Council Chairman or his designee
to execute the LOI; and,
Be it further resolved by the
Tribal Council, that the Secretary-
T reasu rer/C E O is authorized to
grant Enerfin access to the Reser
vation for the purposes set forth in
the LOI. (Resolution no. 11,800)
funds to construct a new building;
now, therefore;
Be it resolved by the Twenty-
Sixth Tribal Council o f the Confed
erated Tribes o f the Warm Springs
Reservation o f O regon, pursuant
to Articles V and V III o f the Tribal
Constitution and By-Laws o f the
Confederated Tribes o f the Warm
Springs Reservation o f O regon,
that the Children’s Protective Ser
vices be G ranted a fifty (50) year
lease in the Agency area on tribal
land described herein; and,
Be it further resolved that Ron
Hager, CPS Director, be authorized
to sign the lease on behalf o f the
Children’s Protective Services; and,
Be it further resolved that the
lesser, th e C o n fed erated T ribes
upon approval o f the lease, waives
any charge for the original term o f
the lease; and,
Be it further resolved that the
C onfederated Tribes reserves the
right to grant rights-of-way over,1
under and across the lease premises,
such as provision to be written into
and made a part o f the lease terms;
and,
Be it further resolved that ex
cept as otherwise provided for in
the lease agreement, that Confed
erated Tribes reserves the right to
cancel the lease upon thirty (30) days
written notice to lessee, in the event
that the lease premises is needed for
Tribal community development or
land exchange purpose, or for such
other substantive reason cancella
tion may be deemed necessary by
the Tribes, such a provision to be
written into and made a part o f the
lease terms; and,
Be it further resolved that the
C hairm an o r V ice-Chairman and
S e c re ta ry -T re a s u re r/C E O are
hereby authorized to execute the
necessary docum ents for and on
behalf o f the Confederated Tribes.
(Resolution no. 11,801)
CPS building
and
Whereas the Tribe is willing to
grant a lease agreement in substan
tially similar fo rm to E x h ib it C
(“Lease”) for the construction and
operation o f thé system; and
Whereas a waiver o f sovereign
immunity is a necessary inducement
for PG PV to enter into the contem
plated transactions; now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Twenty-
Sixth Tribal Council o f the Confed
erated Tribes o f the Warm Springs
Reservation o f O regon, pursuant
to Article B, Section (1) (1) o f the
Tribal Constitution and By-Laws,
that the Tribal Council approves the
Agreement and the Lease and au
thorizes the Tribal Council Chair
man, Vice Chair, or Secretary-Trea-
surer/C E O to execute the Agree
m ent and lease in substantially simi
lar form as attached Exhibit B and
Exhibit C; and
Be it further resolved by the
Tribal Council that the Secretary-
T reasu rer/C E O is authorized to
ex ecu te fu rth e r ag reem en ts o r
documents reasonably necessary for
the financing, construction, and op
eration o f the System at the Site;
and
Be it further resolved by the
Tribal Council that the Tribal Coun
cil grants a waiver o f the Tribe’s
sovereign immunity for the limited
purposes o f the Agreement as au
th o rized by W STC C h ap ter 30.
decking an inventory o f logs dur
ing the remainder o f 2013 will al
low for a more orderly and expedi
tious resumption o f full operations
in 2014; and,
Whereas C hapter 615 o f the
Warm Springs Tribal Code is the
Second Restated Plan o f Operations
fo r W S F P I, an d it d ire c ts th e
WSFPI CEO with respect to mill
operations, including the directive
to reduce the du ration o f sh u t
downs, to provide for an expedi
tious resumption o f processing, and
to seek to maintain employment as
set forth at Article II, Section L o f
the Plan o f Operations; and,
Whereas the Operations Agree
m en t o f Ju n e 9, 2009 betw een
W SFPI and V anport requires the
W SFPI C E O and Mill M anager
Vanport to operate the mill in ac
cordance with the Plan o f O pera
tions including Article II, Section L
referenced above; and,
Whereas the Tribal Council is
advised that in order to secure this
inventory it is necessary to harvest
logs in excess o f the 2013 AAC, and
therefore, advance the harvest o f
tim ber planned to be part o f the
2014 AAC cut; and,
Whereas the Tribal Council de
sires to develop a log inventory that
will reduce the duration o f any mill
shut-down while staying within the
annual allowable cut volume o f 38"
m m b f ap proved by R esolutions
11.532 and 11,533 for b oth 2013
and 2014; and,
Whereas WSFPI purchases tim
ber from the Tribe by formal con
tractual agreements. (See Section
5.a. o f the Tim ber Allocation and
Sales Agreement adopted by Reso
lution 11,533). In order to operate
the mill consistent with its Plan o f
Operations while also acting consis
tently with the Resolutions 11,532
setting the allowable cut volume and
11.533 approving the Tim ber Allo
cation and Sales Agreement, specific
additional terms for the formal con
tractual agreements are required for
W SFPI purchase o f tim ber from
the Tribe; now therefore,
Be it resolved by the Twenty-
Sixth Tribal Council o f the Confed
erated Tribes o f the Warm Springs
Reservation o f O regon, pursuant
to Article V, Section 1 (1), o f the
Tribal Constitution and By-Laws,
that any and all formal contractual
agreements under Section 5.e. o f
the T im ber A llocation and Sales
Agreement for WSFPI harvest and
purchase o f Tribal timber harvested
in 2013 to be charged to the 2014
AAC includes the following special
terms:
1. All' logs will be scaled as set
out in the Tim ber Allocation and
Sales Agreement.
2. All such logs will be decked
separately from logs harvested as
part o f the 2013 AAC at thè mill
yard.
3. Title to the logs will not pass
from the Tribe to WSFPI until Janu
ary 15th, 2014.
4. Unless otherwise agreed by the
Tribe, these logs are not available
for sale by WSFPI to any entity (it
has no tide) and those logs are not
available for processing or sale by
WSFPI until tide passes on January
15th, 2014.
5. Log prices for the decked in
ventory shall be established as set
forth in the Timber Allocation and
sales Agreement for the first quar
ter o f calendar year 2014.
Be it further resovled, the
W SFPI’s assent tò the five special
term s set forth above is formally
provided by its CEO signature ac
knowledging the, “A greem ent to
Special Terms for the Purchase of
Tribal Tim ber H arvested in 2013
Charged to the 2014 AAC,” and;
Be it further resolved th a t
W S F P I shall c o o rd in a te w ith
Vanport as required by the Opera
tions Agreement, Section 3.2(c), to
plan for decking the logs as set for
the herein. (Resolution no. 11,797)
(Resolution no. 11,799)
Whereas application has been
m ade by R on H ager, C hildren’s
Protective Services (CPS) Director,
for a lease situated on Tribal land
described as:
In the Agency area, located at
the N W 1 /4 S E 1/4N W 1/4N W 1 /4
o f Section 35, Township 9 South,
Range 12 East, Willamette Merid
ian, Jefferson County, Oregon, con
taining 2.5 acres m ore or less, map
attached as Exhibit “A,” metes and
bounds survey, to be attached at a
later date as Exhibit “B;” and,
Whereas the Children’s Protec
tive Services has allocated sufficient
have identified a site, (“Site”) set
forth in Exhibit A, on the Reserva
tion for location o f the System; and
Whereas the Tribe is willing to
allow PG PV to maintain, construct,
and operate the System on the Site
and to participate in the incentive
program; and
Whereas the Tribe w ould re
ceive an income stream during the
term o f a Solar Photovoltaic H ost
ing Agreement, attached as Exhibit
B, (“Agreement”), receive ownership
o f the System upon termination o f
the Agreement, and would build ex
pertise in solar photovoltaic systems;
Solar project
Whereas PG PV LLC (“PG PV ”)
is a developer and operator o f so
lar photovoltaic systems;
Whereas PG PV desires to con
struct, maintain, and operate a so
lar photovoltaic energy system (“Sys
tem”) with an installed capacity o f
n o t m o re th a n 300 kiloW atts
(“kWs”) on the Reservation under
an incentive program run by Pacific
Power w ho is the Tribe’s electric
service provider; and
Whereas PG PV and the Tribe
WSFPI mill
Whereas the Tribal Council is
advised by W SFPI personnel and
staff o n the Branch o f Natural Re
sources that there is a high probabil
ity o f a tem porary mill shut-down
in 2013 that will extend into 2014;
and,
Whereas the Tribal Council is
further advised that harvesting and
Open Wednesday thru Saturday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Ph. 541 -553-1041
At Warm Springs St. & Hollywood Blvd.