Karuk Tribe
Council Meeting Minutes
April 22, 2010
The meeting was called to order at 5:02pm by Arch
Super, Chairman.
Roll Call
Present
Arch Super, Chairman
Florrine Super, Secretary
Leeon Hillman, Treasurer
Roy Arwood, Member
Sonny Davis, Member
Alvis Johnson, Member
Wilverna Reece, Member
Quorum is established.
The mission statement was read aloud by Verna Reece,
Member.
Approval of the Agenda for April 22, 2010
Florrine Super moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve the Agenda for April 22, 2010. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
1) Approval of
the Minutes for March 25, 2010
Florrine super moved and
Sonny
Arch took the opportunity to
thank
2) Swearing in
of Newly Elected Council Members
Philip Albers Jr. and Dora
Bernal were duly sworn into their newly elected Council seats. Phil will be the Vice Chairman through
November 2010 and Dora will serve as the Orleans District Representative
through 2013. Phil is from
3) Old Business
None at this time.
4) Patrick
Cleary, Humboldt District Candidate
He is one of four candidates
for the June 8, 2010 election for the Humboldt County District 5 Board of
Supervisor’s Seat. He provided them some
very brief information regarding his experience and qualifications for the
seat. He prides himself with being able
to calm very contentious situations and build bridges between people. He runs several radio stations in the coastal
region. He pledges to work with the
outlying areas and not forget they are there.
Sonny asked if he is in support
of the fishing initiatives if the dams are removed. He believes that the dams need to be
removed. He feels that fishing is a
large part of who they are in this area; he has worked with coastal fishermen
to protect their interests as well. He
states it is in everyone’s best interest to have a healthy fishery.
5) Ryan
Sundberg,
Not present.
6)
She is present on behalf of
the US Census Bureau; she has met with them several times and discussed the
issue of under-counting of Karuk Tribal Members. She states the next phase of the Census is
the follow up on the households who did not mail back their surveys by going
door to door.
She states nationally there
is a response rate of 70%; in Yreka it was 78%
She suspects that many
households did not receive a form
7) Ashley Allgier,
She is present to represent
herself and her partner Eli Hensher-Aubrey to request assistance from them to
take their project to State History Day in
8) Eric
Cutright, Information Technology
He welcomed the new Council
members; he states their computers and cell phones are on order and he
anticipates having everything by Monday; he requested they contact him with a
date and time they are available to meet with him in Happy Camp.
He provided an update on the
broadband applications that the Tribe has supported to expand and improve
internet access in
He provided a brief overview
of each of the applications the Tribe supported so that the audience is aware
of what they propose to offer to the community.
His question to Council is
regarding the fourteen applications that are not relevant. Should they provide no comment or should they
provide negative comments regarding the fact that they claim to support the
Tribe for the additional ranking points however
Phil asked what type of impact
the comments from the Tribe will have on the funder. He states that he knows all Tribal
Results: He will prepare a draft letter for the Planning
Meeting.
9) Youth
Leadership Council
Florrine requested that the
Orleans Youth Council Members present int
10) April
Attebury, Tribal Court
Her only action item is
approval of the Circles of Care brochure that was distributed. She has reserved two tables for the Community
Connect Fair in Happy Camp on May 6 at 12pm and would like to distribute the
brochure at that event. She states the
only change made was to change the beginning date from 10/1/2008 to October
2008 and capitalization of youth under the listed purposes. She also added Rivkah’s name to the brochure. Alvis states it would be nice to have
information about their services distributed to the High School to coordinate
with their awareness activities they have been doing.
Phil thinks it would be nice
to have the language accents correct on Yav Pa
Florrine Super moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve the brochure with changes for printing and
distribution. 8 haa, 0 puuhara, 0
pupitihara.
Leeon Hillman moved and Sonny
11) Amos Tripp
He would like to address the
Council regarding the concerns he continues to have regarding not only the
Brush Dance but the Tribe’s mission overall.
He read the mission statement aloud and states that he sometimes
believes they fail
One example is the slide that
occurred near Somes Bar; the families with property located near there were
never contacted by the Tribe regarding the environmental and cultural concerns
they may have as land owners
He states it is not only
because he lives out of the area because other members who live locally have
not been spoken to either. They also
were told by Caltrans that there are efforts to place land into the National
Register of Historic Places in this area and he feels that members who live and
participate in ceremonies in this area should be contacted regarding the
activities of the Tribe and what they are doing.
Fishing rights at the Falls
have been discussed as well and who will be allowed to fish. He states that Fishing Rights are owned by
families and Fishing Days are run by families, not the Tribe. He is not trying to be critical and hopes it
is not taken that way, he hopes that his feedback will just remind them that
they work for everyone and need to communicate with them.
He congratulated the two new Council
members. Dolores asked about Fishing
Rights being owned by families and if they have always been owned by the same
families and can that ever change? He
states it is not a fishing right
He congratulated them on
being a part of dam removal
Leeon asked Bob to let them
know where they are with the Fishing issues at the Falls. Amos states his primary concern is regarding
how any actions they take will impact Fishing Days and traditional use at that
location. Bob states the intent behind
the Ordinance was to allow for the int
Bob states he has a long list
of items he needs to follow up on with the Council as amendments to the
Ordinance that have been gathered by speaking to members in the communities and
getting feedback from them; he also needs to revisit establishment of the
Natural Resources Committee. Amos states
he is glad they are working on it
12) Ruth
Rouvier, Language
She has one action item for
tonight’s meeting. She is again
requesting funding to cover lodging for the consultant working on the video
project with the youth
She states that the
continuation application for next year’s funding has been submitted and
received; she expects to hear from them in six months. The 2nd quarterly report for Year
2 has been submitted. The Film Festival
has been scheduled for Thursday, May 20 to present the videos that the youth
have prepared through the project. It
will be held in
She pointed out information
at the end of her report regarding a newly formed collaborative with UC Berkeley
and the Language Program. They have
secured funding for a summer internship for a Linguistics Undergraduate Student
to work with their Language Program. She
would like to know if they want to enter into a formal agreement or MOU/MOA or
keep it informal.
Phil has spoken to them quite
extensively regarding this and explained what they plan to work on
together. Andrew at UC Berkeley would
like to work with the Tribe and the speakers to develop a document that can be
understandable and used to teach and further the language. He agrees a formal document would be
beneficial as well.
Consensus: For Ruth to draft the agreement and bring it
back to Council for approval.
The word of the month is ásip
“bowl
Florrine states that the Head
Start Policy Council would like to invite Ruth to their next meeting to plan on
how they can get the speakers into the Head Start Centers to work with the
kids. The meeting will be May 18, 2010
in Happy Camp at 10am, it is a Tuesday.
She states maybe they can rotate months between the speakers to keep it
going and allow them to hear different speakers.
Verna Reece moved and
Sonny
13) Robert
Attebery, Low Income Assistance Program
He is present to review his
written report. He does not have any
action items for open session this evening.
He believes based on the budget that they are helping many Tribal
Members with necessary services they need.
He states they are making
progress on the Earl Aubrey project
14) Dion Wood,
Tribal Employment Rights
Dion was present to review
his written report.
He states they certified 40
individuals through the recent monitor training; they plan to hold another
training in June to train those who were not able to attend this session. He brought photos for them to look at from
the training. He states everyone was
very excited and there was a good mix of people from all of the communities. They did an evaluation at the end of the session;
the only bad feedback was that there were too many people making it hard to get
one-on-one assistance. He thanked Laura
He spoke to NEW regarding funding
that can augment the computer centers. They have to identify that they received
JOBS funding in 1995
He is stalled on the
Workforce Protection Act due to the fact that they need to determine if they
will adopt OSHA or a Tribal OSHA (TOSHA) as other Tribe’s have done. Leeon asked how that works since there is
Federal and State OSHA with different guidelines. Dion states they would adopt their own
standards and all employees would fall under that rather than State or Federal
Verna asked who oversees the
Monitors to see that they do what they are supposed to do. Dion states there are no monitors for the
monitors
NCIDC has confirmed that
funding will be available for Summer Youth workers this year
He will be working to
coordinate Math and Science Camps in the schools this Summer to get the youth
more comfortable. For their Childcare
ARRA monies they will be augmenting the library at the
He reviewed the upcoming
meeting/training dates with the Council.
Verna Reece moved and
Sonny
15) Jaclyn
Goodwin, Grant Writer
She is present to review her
written report; she states she does not have any action items this evening.
She thanked them for the
funding for the youth trip to UC Davis and Cal Berkeley for Cal-Day; it was
great. There were 15 kids who attended
and they met with different groups at the schools encouraging them to attend
college and feel comfortable there. She met
Tom and Jennifer who Ron Reed has been working with on youth projects and other
cultural projects.
She is working on the library
enhancement grant for the People’s Center with Helene, it currently is too
small to actually be a library and they will be using those dollars to enhance
and expand that, the funding can be up to $150,000 to purchase a cataloging
system and scheduling storytelling activities for the youth to come and hear
readings.
She is working with Ron on
the
Jaclyn encourages anyone who
is aware of funding that can help with youth projects or ideas for obtainable
projects to contact her and get her the information so that she is ready to
apply for them when there are tight deadlines and be organized so that she can
maximize the funding she can apply for to fund those needs.
Leeon asked more about the youth
trip; she states the kids were very well behaved and it went very well. He thanked all of the staff who made that
possible. Emilio states he appreciates
the help too.
Leeon Hillman moved and Sonny
16) Erin
Hillman, Administrative Programs and Compliance
She distributed a copy of the
updated Hazard Mitigation Plan to all of the Council Members
She has a copy of the
contract review process policy and changes as modified with input from the
management team for approving vendor contracts.
The request form is also included.
There were wording changes as suggested by the staff as well to better
reflect their process. Dion has been
formally added to the process as he has an interest in employment and TERO tax
issues in contracting. It can be approved
at a future meeting once she returns from travel so they have time to review
the document.
May 10
She continues to seek
obtaining their CSD funding directly from the Federal Government rather than
through the State. Currently all of the
Tribes either go through the State or through NCIDC. She is trying to limit the level of reporting
required for that funding.
She asked if they have any
questions. Arch inquired about the FEMA
agreement
Alvis Johnson moved and
Florrine Super seconded to approve
17) Sami
Difuntorum, Housing
She has one action item for
this evening. She states the Indian
Housing Plan submitted after yesterday’s Quarterly Meeting has already been
returned from HUD as the Fire Ecology Barracks have been deemed an ineligible
activity. That will be deleted in the
amount of $200
Verna Reece moved and
She states the NAHASDA
Cooperative Agreement meeting has been scheduled for Friday
She states she has been
reelected to the National Board for another two year term representing
Florrine asked if anyone inquired
about the vehicle accident at Housing and the fact that Yreka Police would not
go to Housing and take a report. She has
not heard of that particular incident but has heard of instances with weapons when
they would not respond either. Florrine
states YPD told the parties that they don’t do traffic violations and would not
respond
Scott asked if the City is liable
when they do not respond; she believes that the agreement specifies that they
will provide law enforcement at the same level as other residents receive
outside of housing. He states that
because it is a PL 280 state they are required to respond. Bob states beyond PL 280 they have a responsibility
to respond
Leeon asked if Housing has
earthquake insurance
Dion asked about the mural in
Happy Camp and why it was painted over after they said at the design meetings
it would be preserved. She states she
has heard comments that community members did not want to keep the mural. She recalls that it was discussed with
Council at a Planning Meeting when they were discussing the rehabilitation of
that building and that they wanted to replace it with a more Tribally
appropriate mural.
Elsa asked about the policy
regarding job announcements and why they are hiring three people for
Phil Albers moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Sami’s report. 8 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
18) Helene
Rouvier, People’s Center
She distributed her report as
she was on travel last week.
She has one action item which
is Contract 10-C-077 with Bay Alarm to monitor the fire alarm installed at the
People’s Center. The initial equipment
is $125 and then $50 per month for monitoring until the agreement is cancelled. It has been reviewed for approval. The monitoring company contacts the fire
department and then the monitoring company contacts law enforcement and the
Tribal staff designated which are Fred and Helene.
Phil asked if there are
policies in place regarding what happens to the items in the Center and how to
prevent damage from the fire department if there is a fire. She states that is part of their disaster
preparedness planning to meet with the first responders to discuss those types
of things but that has not taken place yet.
Leeon Hillman moved and
Phil Albers seconded to approve Contract 10-C-077. 8 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
She reviewed the remainder of
her report briefly. They visited
She announced that the
Basketweaver’s Gathering is this weekend in Happy Camp and she has funding for
a Fall Gathering once the NEA Grant extension is approved. She states she has received requests for that
event to take place.
April 30
She has been working on
reorganization in the Center and highlighted the classes being held in the
Center for Men
She has several grants
pending and a couple they are finishing up.
She has been requesting extensions for the grants that she was hired in
the middle of. Alvis suggests that she
invite Bradley Marshall from
Verna Reece moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Helene’s report. 8 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
19) Rick Hill
Jim’s written report was
included.
Rick was present to request
approval of procurement with Resource Management in the amount of $36
He distributed a request to
approve procurement to have LACO Associates do Environmental Assessment work
for an addition to the Yreka facility for storage. The cost will be $6
Verna Reece moved and Phil
Albers seconded to approve the procurement with LACO Associates in the amount
of $6
Leeon Hillman moved and
Sonny
20) Leaf
Hillman, Natural Resources
Leaf was present to review
the report for Natural Resources.
The first action item is
Contract 10-C-073 with Aquatic Ecosystems Sciences
Florence Conrad moved and
Sonny Davis seconded to approve Contract 10-C-073 with Aquatic Ecosystems
Sciences
The second action item is
approval of Resolution 10-R-045 authorizing submission of a funding agreement
between Pacificorp and the Karuk Tribe in the amount of $165
His third item is a document
previously approved that was missing a signature. Arch signed the document.
He has two additional items. The first is a request from Susan Corum to be
issued a blackberry
They are looking at ways to
implement the same type of arrangement for Toz Soto as his participation will
be more necessary in the coming years prior to the determination. He hopes to obtain an additional biologist
once they can identify funding to provide supervision to that department while
Toz focuses on the preparation necessary for dam removal.
Leeon Hillman moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve issuing a blackberry to Susan Corum. 8 haa
His last request is out of
the area travel for himself and Craig to DC next week to both attend the
Workgroup Appropriations meetings and to meet with staff regarding the Thompson
Legislation which will be int
Alvis Johnson moved and
Phil Albers seconded to approve travel for
Florrine states at the Head
Start Policy Council Meeting they also spoke about having Natural Resources
come into the classroom to work with the kids.
She asked who she should talk to regarding scheduling that for the 3 and
4 years olds. Phil states that the Yurok
Tribe has allowed staff to go the charter school to do presentations and hands-on
activities in the Centers in all three sites.
Leaf states that Jeanette does work in the elementary schools and that
may be something she could speak to her about.
Phil suggests working with Emilio and developing an actual schedule
Verna Reece moved and
21) Scott Quinn,
Land and Transportation
He was present to review his
written report. He has no action items.
He just returned from the
Fred has obtained the permit
to allow for snow removal on
He states that they installed
some speed bumps in the Orleans Housing to assist with speeding issues in the
Elder’s community. He thinks they need
to install a sign indicating it is Elders Housing and potentially putting up a
cement boundary to block the road and keep them from driving through. He has quotes for cement barriers that are 8’
long and the cost is not that high. They
can also put some of the really big boulders from the slide there. They could also prevent some of the partying
that occurs on the cul-de-sacs that are not developed yet by blocking the area.
The Senate Indian Affairs
staff called to follow up on the Tribe’s request for off reservation fee to
trust applications
He has one item for their
review
He again presented the
revised war bonnet logo which was modified to create a draft Karuk Seal to be
used for official purposes. He has
requested approval a couple of times but it has been tabled both times. He explained what the changes/updates were. They suggest that there be a contest and it
is suggested that there be more input from membership before they approve it as
an official seal. It would not replace
the flag; it would be a seal separate from the flag.
He states that he has been
discussing a Scenic Byway designation and how that can promote tourism without
causing too many cultural issues in the process. He spoke about the bus service and
encouraging staff to use that system for work purposes.
Phil Albers moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Scott’s report. 8 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Leaf asked if he has heard
from the group that is interested in a solar array on Tribal property and if
they have evaluated the Tribal sites yet.
He states they only looked at
22) Emilio
Tripp, Education
He was present to review his
written report.
He states the Education
Committee met last week and there were some policy recommendations that he
distributed for review that they can consider in the future.
He provided highlights of the
report to the Council. The youth trip to
the colleges went very well
Florrine asked if he knows
when he will replace the Council Member who served on the Education Committee;
they usually appoint a Council Member to serve in that capacity.
He states that he spoke to
the Head Start in
Sonny
23) Robert
Goodwin, Self Governance
His written report was
included; he has several items to update them on in Closed Session.
LACO has stated that they can
use a 2 acre footprint to install a solar array on Tribal land. They would install the equipment and initiate
a contract with the power company for 10 years; they would exit after six years
Erin and Jaclyn brought him
the last ICDBG Grant which was not accepted so that he can go through it.
He asked if they decided who
would be traveling to
Florrine Super moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve travel to Scottsdale
He states that they met with
BOR to discuss the AFA. That could
potentially be a source for additional funding to get Toz freed up for dam
issues.
Consensus: To submit the pre-proposal to the Department
of Commerce regarding the potential for clinic funding as an economic
development activity.
He submitted the proposal to
the Intertribal Fish Commission and it looks good to be funded. He worked with Scott on Caltrans regarding
language needed for the agreement. He
ran into a small issue being contacted by Will Harling regarding the name of the
MCWC facility in
Consensus: To request MKWC rename their building in
Verna Reece moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Bob’s report.
8 haa
24) Laura
Mayton
Written report only
She has one action item which
is putting the painting of the Blue Housing and re-staining of the
Consensus: To put the painting of the Blue House and the
re-staining of KCDC out to bid.
24) Fred
Burcell, Construction
Written report only, no action
items, not present.
25) TJ Day,
Maintenance and Automotive
Written report only, no
action items, not present.
Sonny
26)
She was present to answer any
questions on the written report; there are no action items for open session.
Verna Reece moved and Leeon
Hillman seconded to approve Sara’s report.
8 haa
27) Requests
None at this time.
28) Phone Votes
a)
Request approval
of resolution 10-R-037 authorizing submission of a grant proposal to the
Department of Labor WIA Native American Program funding for two years to
provide workforce development training for youth and adults. Passed.
b)
Request approval
to approve a loan to Tribal Member #1515. Passed.
c)
Request approval
of agreement 10-A-033 between the Karuk Tribe and Siskiyou Telephone in the
amount of $93
d)
Request approval
of out of state travel for Dr. Do
e)
Request approval
of resolution 10-R-032 authorizing ICW Intervention. Passed.
f)
Request approval
of resolution 10-R-033 authorizing ICW Intervention. Passed.
29) Informational
None at this time.
30) Committee Reports
The NCIDC Meeting minutes
were included for their information.
Closed Session from 9:20pm to 12:45am.
Leeon Hillman moved and
Phil Albers seconded to approve Resolution 10-R-044 relinquishing one member
from the Karuk Tribe. 8 haa, 0 puuhara,
0 pupitihara.
Florrine Super moved and
Consensus: To continue discussions regarding the overlap
with the agreement that open community meetings will be held with Karuk Tribal
Members to gather their input prior to a final decision being made.
The KS Wild Meeting is scheduled
for Wednesday
Leeon Hillman moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to for Florrine Super and
Consensus: To modify the wording on the Notice of
Primary Election and redistribute for final approval prior to mailing.
Consensus: To maintain initial decision regarding salary
level and schedule needs for the Vice Chairman position.
Next Council Meeting Date: May
27
Meeting adjourned at 12:47am.
Submitted by,
______________________________
Arch Super, Chairman
Recording Secretary, Sara Spence