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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
November 21, 2018
Veterans Day Parade, Warm Springs, November 11, 2018
Jsyson Smith photos
Resolution of Tribal Council
Commissary
project
Whereas the Tribal Council is
the governing body of the Con-
federated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon;
and,
Whereas the Tribal Council rec-
ognizes the need for Historic Pres-
ervation of buildings and sites of
historic significance on the CTWS
Reservation of Oregon; and,
Whereas the Tribal Council
manages the economic affairs of
the CTWS and recognizes the need
to strengthen the small business
economy of the Reservation; and,
Whereas the Twenty-Seventh
Tribal Council was informed that
the previously approved Resolu-
tion No. 4650 approved by the
Fourteenth Tribal Council, passed
on May 27, 1976, recommended
that the Old Commissary Build-
ing, a two-story, 4,927 square foot,
wood frame building located
downtown dating from the late
nineteenth century, along with nine
additional sites on the Reservation,
be recommended for Historic
Preservation; and,
Whereas The Warm Springs
Downtown Development Plan of 2005,
commissioned by the Twenty-Sec-
ond Tribal Council and prepared
Veteran George Aguilar Sr.
(left), and Miss Warm Springs
Thyreicia Simtustus (above).
by the Mitchell Nelson Group
LLC, calls for the CTWS to take
steps to clear a new site for Com-
missary Building, move the build-
ing, develop structural and archi-
tectural plans for a new founda-
tion and renovate interior, seek
and obtain funding to move and
renovate the building, and estab-
lish a committee that will provide
ongoing oversight and program-
ming of activities and mainte-
nance; and,
Whereas the Twenty-Seventh
Tribal Council passed on the De-
cember 5, 2017, Resolution
12,404 assigning the War m
Springs Community Action Team
(WSCAT) a 10-year renewable
lease of the Commissary Build-
ing, from January 1, 2018 – De-
cember 31, 2027 to move, reno-
vate, and preserve the historic in-
tegrity of the Old Commissary
building, and to manage the build-
ing as a small business incubator;
and,
Whereas the Twenty-Seventh
Tribal Council directed that the
Warm Springs Community Action
Team, in partnership with the Sec-
retar y-Treasurer/CEO of the
Tribal Council and her designee,
take further steps necessary to de-
velop the Commissary Building, in-
cluding fundraising to pay for mov-
ing and renovating the building,
overseeing design and construction
processes necessary to complete
the project, and ensuring that ap-
propriate, fair processes exist to de-
termine who will utilize the space;
and,
Whereas the Tribal Council is
directing the Secretary-Treasurer/
CEO and her designee to apply for
the 2018-2019 funding from the
Spirit Mountain Community
Fund’s Oregon Tribal Grants Pro-
gram on behalf of WSCAT; now,
therefore,
Be it resolved by the Twenty-
Seventh Tribal Council of the Con-
federated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon,
pursuant to Article V, Section 1
(f),(l),(n), and(s) of the Tribal Con-
stitution and By-Laws, that the
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs, with the Secretary-Trea-
surer/CEO of the Tribal Council
and his or her designee, apply for
$100,000 in funding from the Spirit
Mountain Community Fund’s 2018
Oregon Tribal Grants Program to
move, renovate, and oversee de-
sign and construction processes
necessary to complete the project,
and to work with the Warm Springs
Community Action Team to ensure
all grant funds are used for capital
improvements on the Old Com-
missary Building.
Resolution 12,525