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Quil Ceda Village Council Meeting
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February
04, 2003
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9:00
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Village Council Meeting: Roll Call
President
Stan Jones Sr. – Here
Council Member Herman Williams Jr. – Here
Council Member Calvin Taylor – Here
Quorum established. President Stan Jones Sr. opened the Village
Council Meeting
Staff & Visitors Present:
Mel Sheldon
Jr., BOD, QCV Ex-Officio, Treasurer
Marie Zackuse, BOD, QCV Ex-Officio, Secretary
Steve Gobin, Interim QCV General Manager
Mike Taylor, QCV Attorney
Lena Hammons, TGA Director
Linda Williams, TTT Planning Commissioner
Tom McKinskey, Special Projects Manager
Kyle Taylor-Lucas, G.A. Policy Analyst
Judy Gobin, TTT Board Administrative Manager
Chief Jay Goss, TTT Police Chief
Nina Reece, Village Finance & Revenue
Tom Gobin, Village Utilities Superintendent
Foley Cleveland, TTT Special Projects
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1) Approval of Agenda
Motion
made by Cal Taylor to approve the Quil Ceda Village Agenda as presented.
Seconded
Questions?
3 For 0 Against
Motion carries
2) Approval of Minutes
*January 7, 2003
*January 21, 2003
Motion made by Cal Taylor to approve the Quil Ceda Village
Minutes of January 7, 2003 and January 21, 2003.
Seconded
Questions?
3 For 0 Against
Motion carries
Old Business:
3) Marysville Fire District 12-Fire Station Proposal
*Update regarding Quil Ceda Village and Marysville Fire District
12
Discussion: Peter Mills and team are working with Leroy Fryberg.
Where do we want to be for future? Five options presented from
Marysville do not meet the scope of where the Tribe wants to be.
If Tulalip is paying for everything now, we want to look at having
our own district and providing the staff to man the Fire district.
Staff asked to add this as the 6th option. A good location is
at the north end of the Village Park near the WSP. Creating our
own district and taking care of the reservation is what we are
striving for. Staff is recommending continuing the existing agreement
with MFD 12 until the Tribe has the time to work out a plan for
our own Fire and Safety District. Staff is asked to work carefully
on future road designs. Emergency vehicles need to be getting
through the traffic when responding to emergencies.
4) Foreign Trade Zone Boot Camp Update
*Council and Staff report on FTZ Boot Camp
Discussion: Conrad Edwards and Council Member Cal Taylor attended
the Foreign Trade Zone Boot Camp in Sand Diego, CA. Foreign Trade
Zone is heavily regulated and the Tribe will need to take a close
look at the regulations. A company has software available that
has the regulations and can help us with our application process.
The department of Commerce and the US Customs both has something
to say about Foreign Trade Zones. The manufacturing of tobacco
products in Foreign Trade Zones on Reservations will require a
lot of research. The Tribes attorneys will need to get involved
with this if the Tribe wishes to explore it. FTZ are very complex
and will require some legal review and research. Many pitfalls
have to overcome in working with NAFTA.
How do the Tribes intend to finance this? What are the staffing
requirements? Other agencies that the Tribes will need to get
involved with include but are not limited to: BIA, Customs, Port
of Everett & Seattle, Dept of Interior, Dept of Agriculture,
Food & Drug, FCC, ATF, US Fish and Wildlife just to name a
few. Due diligence and a high standard of operations is necessary
for staff to succeed. Hauling, product movement must be considered.
Employment opportunities can be incredible. 8,500 manufacturing
jobs could create 68,000 ancillary jobs. This could change the
entire region. The Tribes have property that can accommodate manufacturing.
Staff recommending that the Tribe takes a serious look at this.
We need to take this slowly but diligently. The application process
will take approximately 18 months to complete. Debra Bray and
Jeff Watkins began the process several years ago. Staff can’t
learn enough. The Tribe will need at least three people to administrator
and market the FTZ. Someone needs to go to all the conferences.
Conrad will bring back a budget to the next Village Council Meeting.
Staff will set up a meeting with the Choctaw from Kansas and bring
back request for authorization to travel to the next meeting.
5) Quil Ceda Village Visioning Retreat
*Quil Ceda Conference Center
*February 7 & 8, 2003, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
*Recommendations from Quil Ceda Village Council regarding agenda
items.
Peter Mills is putting together Visioning Retreat Agenda. November
retreat packet is finished and available for Council and Staff
review.
Discussion: Draft agenda will be put together by this afternoon
for the retreat. The packet contains some very fine information
that has been presented by several Tribal departments. Who are
the guests that will be attending? Council member asking that
the guests be limited to BOD and key staff of Quil Ceda Village
and Government GM along with Casino GM. Council Member believes
staff needs to be there, the more that can contribute the better.
Need to separate the Visioning Retreat from the Allocation Retreat.
Staff could all attend on Friday and the BOD decides on who needs
to be there for Saturday.
New Business:
6) Quil Ceda Village Police Report
Discussion: TTT Chief of Police providing a report on criminal
activity within the Village. Police department is busy. Criminal
activity includes commercial burglary at the retail center; the
Espresso stand was robbed with the individual being apprehended;
Wal-Mart shoplifter was apprehended by Tribal Police. Shoplifters
have been caught trying to return stolen items which have also
resulted in arrests for drug possession; car prowls continue to
be a problem within the parking lots. Tribal Police Officers are
not available to take care of speeding on local streets due to
understaffing. People like to race on the Village streets late
at night. There have been numerous arrests within January for
drug activity. The Police Department is staying very busy and
active. Chief is working with the County and the Casino regarding
law enforcement plan, natural disaster plan, medical plan, and
emergency management plan. Parking lots are targets for criminal
activity and Police Department is working to minimize this as
the new Casino opens. Staff will set up a meeting to discuss safety
concerns within the Village with tenants. The Retail Center funding,
within the allocation plan, may be able to help with costs of
a camera system. It would be beneficial to have a satellite location
here at the Village for the Police Department at Quil Ceda Village.
7) Community Transit Route 222
*Locate new Transit stop 50’ near side of Wal-Mart driveway.
*Security Issues
Discussion: Additional Stop for Transit allowing more access for
bus riders. QCV will look into having more visibility around the
park to deter transients and other problems.
8) 116th Street I-5 Overpass widening project/Casino Hotel
Expansion
*FYI-Need for funding.
Discussion: Need to continue to keep these projects in the draft
allocation plan. How did figure for 116th Street double? The report
came back from consultant engineer that gave us this figure. It
is the Tribe who will fund this entire project. No funding will
come from State or Federal sources. Staff needs an info piece
in the See-Yaht-Sub regarding the need for 116th Street overpass
exchange. We need to inform the community about addressing the
traffic issues. With all the development, a possible new school,
etc., traffic must be able to get from one destination to the
next “safely”.
9) Quil Ceda Village Budget Amendments-FYI
A) Quil Ceda Village
(I) Landscaping services for Retail Center
Contract looks good but remove the part about contract automatically
renewing.
Motion made by Cal Taylor to approve the contract with
Select Landscaping for retail center with amendments.
Seconded
Questions
3 For 0 Against
Motion carries.
(II) Village Pool Car
(III) Utilities Start-Up Costs; Maintenance Manual; Consultants
Discussion: Four additional costs will need to be funded.
The MBR plant will need to have a contingency plan to assist
with plant startup assistance. A policy manual needs to be developed.
The plant is designed to need 100,000 gallons of flow. We don’t
know what the Casino volume will be. It appears that the plant
will need to be feed with biological matter. This is an additional
cost to maintain the flow levels to allow the plant to operate.
As the park has more tenants this will not need to continue.
UV and Chlorine needs are additional costs that are necessary
for re-use water lines.
B) Business Park
(I) Increase Consultant for Architectural/Surveying services.
C) Government Affairs
(I) Salary & Benefits for 4th legislative Policy Analyst
position
Will talk with the full board about current positions. TGA
needs a letter from the Tribe regarding Casino Legislative Policy
Analyst. If the position reports to Government Affairs but the
Casino pays for the position, the expenses for this position
need to be billed monthly to the Casino or the entire budget
should be moved to Government Affairs.
(II) Policy Analyst Pool Car
10) Quil Ceda Village General Manager Salary
*Closed Session
11) Next regular Council Meeting, February 18, 2003 at
9:00 a.m.
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________________________________________ Nina Reece, Village Recorder
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