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teleconference program and lasted approximately 20 minutes. Tribal Council Chief of Staff Stacia Hernandez said more than 50 people were logged in at the meeting’s beginning. Reibach said his small staff of four people handle a variety of issues for the Tribe, including ongoing cleanup of the Portland Harbor superfund site, realty and land acquisitions, self-governance with the Department of the Interior and special projects. For instance, he said that the Tribe recently negotiated a contract with Verizon …

. “Unfortunately, that has not been our experience. The practices of the Willamette Falls Trust have not improved.” In response to the Tribe’s withdrawal, the Willamette Falls Trust Board of Directors said it will always welcome the Grand Ronde community and hold a seat open should the Tribe reconsider. It did not address any of the specific concerns detailed in Kennedy’s withdrawal letter. What effect the Tribe’s withdrawal will have on its ownership of the former Blue Heron Paper Mill site in Oregon City …

a property development plan for the new site. The first phase will have 20 single-family homes on 10,000-square-foot lots. The Tribe’s current housing options typically have occupation rates of 94 percent or higher, and lack of available market-rate homes has been a sticking point in Tribal members moving to Grand Ronde and working in the community. Leno and Housing Administrative Program Manager Joan Dugger said that new home ownership opportunities will help fill a void in the local housing …

of addressing invasive plant species issues and provides a step-by-step process to evaluate the best management practices to control them by taking into account site conditions, weather, the target species, etc.; Approved the enrollment of three infants into the Tribe because they meet the requirements outlined in the Enrollment Ordinance and the Tribal Constitution; Approved management plans for the Ahsney and Noble Oaks conservation properties that the Tribe acquired through the Willamette …

Director Lance Loberg and Food Sustainability Program Assistant Patricia LeClaire. 6 years: Housekeeper Jonathan Baker, Senior Help Desk Technician Braden Ebensteiner, Lead Chemical Dependency Counselor Joe Martineau, Help Desk Technician Nathan Hoff and Tribal Police Officer Tokata Tehama. 5 years: Infant/Toddler Site Coordinator Star Weatherall, Staff Attorney Brooks Wakeland and Great Circle Recovery Client Registration Specialist Jesseca Curiel-Taggart. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter …

truly believe that more individuals are staying with our program because of our commitment to a comprehensive and culturally appropriate treatment, and because they know we care about them and their recovery.” Rowe said she is hopeful that the long-awaited Portland MAT clinic will open later this year, pending approval from the city. Tribal Council recently approved more than $2 million to renovate an old dental office on 82 nd Avenue that will be the clinic site. “We are still waiting …

at the former Blue Heron Paper Mill site that the Tribe purchased in August 2019. He was originally scheduled to go on trial in February 2021 but it was delayed multiple times. Mejia was found guilty of first-degree arson, second-degree arson, second-degree burglary, second-degree disorderly conduct and second-degree criminal trespass. The first three are felony convictions. He will be sentenced by Clackamas County Circuit Court Judge Kathie F. Steele on Monday, May 23. According to circuit court …

months for each home. Phase two will have 32 lots and site improvements will begin in spring 2023. The price per square foot ranges from $175 to $230, which is below average. According to homes.com, the average price per square foot of a single family home in Oregon is currently $269. “The homebuilder (Scholten Construction) is working on individual costs for each different design,” Webb said. “This is a very trying and expensive time given the supply chain issues and inflation costs. We …

is constructed; Appointed Tribal Council member Michael Cherry to succeed Tribal Council member Kathleen George on the Spirit Mountain Community Fund Board of Trustees. Both Cherry and George are former directors of the Community Fund; Approved a service line agreement with Portland General Electric to provide electricity to the new men’s transitional housing site on the west side of Grand Ronde Road; Approved an opioid settlement agreement with Johnson & Johnson and three drug distribution companies …

failing stream crossings and modify a berm on the Tribe’s Chahalpam conservation property located in Marion County, as well as a maximum $100,000 Bureau of Land Management grant that would help maintain 62 acres at the site; And approved a construction contract with Perlo Construction of Tualatin to expand the Tribe’s medication-assisted treatment center, Great Circle Recovery, at 1011 N. Commercial St. in Salem. Engineering and Planning Manager Ryan Webb said the work will remodel more …