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Strategic Planning and the Future
In the Fall of every year, at
the beginning of the process
for developing the budget for
the next year, the Tribal
Council will prepare Directions
for Action. Its purpose is to
give more specilic direction to
Divisions about the Tribe's
priorities for the next fewyears.
Though it will provide more
detail about actions to be taken
in the next calendar year, it
will also describe a longer-run
(H-.5 year) program of strategics
and specific actions for Tribal
development. The long-run
program will be described first
to provide a context for the
next calendar year. The
guidance may apply to all
Divisions in general or to any
Division in particular. It
provides a bridge from the
general principles of the
Strategic Plan to the specilic
facilities, programs, policies,
and actions that arc funded in
the annual budget. In
describing the general types of
actions or specilic actions that
the Council wishes any of the
Divisions to lake, it will also
describe 1 low ll lat action relates
to the principles and objectives
of the Strategic Plan. This
document will be prepared
and adopted by the Tribal
Council each year, though it
may carry over many of the
actions from the previous
year's Directions for Action.
For 199.5 the Directions for
Action memo contains all of
the above guidance,
recognizing we arc in a
compressed time frame for
the adoption of the 1 99.5 Tribal
Budget. We realize the process
will be unfamiliar this year,
however, it is the Tribal
Council's expectation that
tribal stall' utilize the specilic
guidance in this memo when
developing Division strategics
and actions.
STRATEGIES AND
ACTIONS FOR THE
NEXT FIVE YEARS
1 .Develop a complete site use
plan for all tribal lands
including necessary soils
analysis, infrastructure,
development costs and
scheduling.
2. Creatc a comprehensive
land use and a facilities
construction plan based on
the information developed in
the site use plan and the
planning strategics of the
Strategic Plan.
3. Establish aland acquisition
plan which identifies strategic
acquisitions consistent with
Strategic Plan goals.
4. Redesign program services
and opportunities based on
member information and
analysis.' Include a process
for performance
management of program
services and delivery systems
for all tribal services which
incorporates continuous
quality improvement for
services and benefits.
.5. Focus on development of
Spirit Mountain Resort from
opening through stable
operation.
6. Design and develop a
strategy for capital and
financial investments.
7. Identify and develop
community partnerships that
contribute to the
development of the tribal
community.
STRATEGIES AND
ACTIONS FOR 1995
1 .Prior to any stall" additions,
conduct a complete analysis,
based on service delivery
needs, cost, infrastructure
availability and safely.
2. Dcvclop a silc use plan for
all tribal lands. .
3. Dcvclop a comprehensive
feasibility analysis for tl le tribal
health clinic prior to design
and construction plans.
4. Conducl an impact analysis
of Spirit Mountain Resort on
tribal services, growth,
governance and
infrastructure.
,5.Inilialc ashort and longterm
investment strategy for tribal
revenues.
6. Develop priorities for
capital projects based on
Strategic Plan goals and
direction.
7. Conduct a complete
analysis and evaluation of all
existing tribal services and
programs.
HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS
FOR 1995
Reevaluate services
offered to Tribal members
What does this
mean? Divisions must gather,
evaluate, and present
information describing who
uses the services they provide,
how clfcctivc users and stall"
believe those services to be,
what alternative sources for
those services Tribal
members may have available,
what options are available for
providing sendees (including
options in which the Tribe
might purchase the services
from other providers), what
services
are essential and what services
might be eliminated or
reduced, what mix of services
would be most cosl-cffcclivc.
The Self-Governance
Compact and Indian Sell-
Delcrminalion Accord
provides the Tribe the
opportunity to redesign
services for members,
however, such redesign
should be based on a
comprehensive needs
analysis and service delivery
strategy.
How does this
direction relate to the
Strategic Plan? Section IV
of the Plan directs all
Divisions to evaluate the need
for services.
Construction priorities
are the Gaming Facility,
Water Systems
Improvement, Forestry
office relocation and
coordination of Nanitch
Sahallie improvements
and basic infrastructure.
What does this
mean? The Tribe is making
a huge investment in the
Gaming Facility. The quicker
it is operating, the quicker
the Tribe can begin to profit
from it. No facility
development has higher
priority. Moreover, the
project is so large in scope,
that the Tribe must not
ovcrcxlcnd itself in other
directions. No other facilities
will be started before the
Gaming Facility is completed
with the exception of those
identified above. Basic
infrastructure that is fully
funded and docs not ailed
the future pattern of
development of the Tribal
Center may be pursued.
Thus, the water storage facility
is a priority, but new buildings
and roads at the Tribal Center
should be deferred at least
until next year.
An implication of this locus
is that Spirit Mountain
Corporation must, as part of
the development of its Plan
of Action and budget,
coordinate and provide
information to Divisions to
determine gamingimpacls on
the community. Divisions
should use this information
to develop and identify
strategies and resources for
meeting these impacts.
How does this
direction relate to the
Strategic Plan? Section III
of the Plan says to grow
cautiously, focusing on the
Gaming Facility.
Maintain basic services
What does this
mean? The focus of capital
investments on the Gaming
Facility does not mean that
the services provided by other
Divisions necessarily must be
reduced. Most services will
continue unaffected into the
next year.
By the summer of 199.5,
however, Divisions should
have completed their
evaluations of service needs,
options, and cosl
cllecliveness, and should be
prepared to suggest changes
(services to be added, services
to be restructured, services to
be eliminated) during the
planningbudgclingprocessin
the fall of 199.5.
How does this
direction relate to the
Strategic Plan? Section II
of the Plan stales that the
overarching mission of Tribal
government is to provide
services lo Tribal members
to make them capable
individuals. Section IV of the
Plan directs all Divisions lo
evaluate the need for services.
Section III of the plan directs
all Divisions lo consider the
cosl-elfeclivcness of the
services ihey provide, how
those services are paid for,
who benefits, and what groups
should be entitled lo specilic
benefits.