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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1991)
JR COLL . 06 JtAV-i c31 a v q w ) THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE GRAND RONDE COMMUNITY OF OREGON ft JUNE 1991 Chairman's Report By Mark Merrier Community development efforts are now in full swing with the pending construction of the Community Center this summer and the current planning for the clinic. Additionally, we are looking at the creation of housing for elders in the first phase, and then for single and multi-family units later on. Recent developments have given us the opportunity to include a dental operation in the new Community Center. This function is currently planned as a three (3) chair operation, staffed by a full time dentist and other support staff. The creation of this facility will relieve some of the burden from the Chemawa clinic in Salem and give our members more immediate access to dental care. Some of the challenges we are facing in our develop ment effort include the expansion of existing utilities to accommodate our growth in the future. The most ' critical area is the Grand Ronde sewer which is under going some changes and improvements for the future. Late last year our operations manager, Greg Archuleta, the tribal planner, John Mercier and the economic development director, Mitch Conley wrote and submitted a grant to the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) for the development of our tribal codes and ordinances for land use, building, environ mental, tax and commercial codes. We were recently notified that the grant was funded for a two (2) year project beginning in June of 1991. The first year funding is for $98,000 which includes an associate planner and secretarial support for research, wordprocessing and office coordination. The completion of these codes will provide us the basis for regulating our development in the coming years and will provide for the long term stability and controlled growth of our community. 1 TRIBAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS SEPTEMBER 7, 1991 & hi Jf (i-tm rajs y . m hif c?4i "i fi !i Tribal Timber: Past, Present, Future By Brent Merrill This is the final part of a three part scries about the Tribal Forestry Program. Part one detailed the history and beginnings of the forestry program and part two investigated the impact that issues such as old-growth, the spotted owl and forest fires could and have had on the Tribe. Part three of this scries will focus on the forestry program's current activities and what is planned for the future. The forestry program at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is entering into the new age. Futuristic ventures like experimental pruning and cone collection, for improving the quality of trees that will be planted for future generations, are just some of the current activities the program is involved in. Taking the forestry department to the cutting edge of new technology is nothing new for head forester Cliff (Continued on page 5.)
