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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.
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TRIBAL COUNCIL
ELECTIONS
SEPTEMBER 7, 1991
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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
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