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Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
1300 NW Wall St., Suite 200, Bend, OR 97701-1960
(541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.org
MINUTES OF WORK SESSION
DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009
Present were Commissioners Tammy Baney, Dennis R. Luke and Alan Unger.
Also present were Erik Kropp, Deputy County Administrator and Susan Ross,
Property & Facilities. No members of the media or other citizens were present.
Chair Baney opened the meeting at 1:30 p.m.
1. Discussion of Spay & Neuter Grants.
Erik Kropp said that there was $2,000 last year that came in, and the amount
was matched by the Board through lottery funds. Redmond Humane Society
and Bend Spay & Neuter received the funds last year.
This year there is $2,157 available, with matching funds through general funds
non -departmental. The Board agreed to the match and the distribution of the
funds to the two previous providers.
2. Review of Economic Development Grant Requests.
• Sisters School District — Luthier Program
This program cultivates knowledge in youth on how to build guitars in
cooperation with Breedlove Guitars. Commissioner Luke agreed to grant
$500.
• Heritage Theatre Company — Community Arts & Meals
Chair Baney said that Bend Community Center has received a lot of County
support this year already. Commissioners Unger and Baney agreed to grant
$250 each, for a total of $500.
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California Lutheran University Center for Economic Research &
Forecasting — CERF Project
Commissioner Unger asked why this is not being handled through EDCO or
similar organizations. Chair Baney stated that the information obtained
through the CERF Project last year was actually more accurate than what
has been provided by other groups. She said that EDCO should take the lead
on getting accurate numbers on Central Oregon.
Commissioner Luke said that County policy might not allow attendance at
the seminar. Chair Baney asked for Mr. Kropp to learn why there seems to
be two economic forecasts for the same area.
3. Request for Letter of Support from Upper Deschutes Basin Fire Learning
Network.
LUKE: Move approval.
UNGER: Second.
VOTE: LUKE: Yes.
UNGER: Yes.
BANEY: Chair votes yes.
4. Update on Solicitation of Interest for Redmond Office Space.
This item was discussed under executive session, real estate negotiations, ORS
192.660(2) (e).
5. Update of Commissioners' Meetings and Schedules.
In regard to Chair Baney's attendance at a recent DEQ meeting, she reported
that the EQC said they want a monthly update from DEQ on progress on the
south County groundwater issue. They were clear that there has been enough
input from the community.
Commissioner Unger attended the recent homeless update. Bruce Abernethy
did a good job of keeping everyone on track. There was not that much
participation from the other counties.
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6. Other Items.
None were discussed.
Being no further items addressed, the meeting adjourned at 3:10 p. m.
DATED this 26th Day of October 2009 for the Deschutes County Board
of Commissioners.
ATTEST:
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Recording Secretary
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Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
1300 NW Wall St., Suite 200, Bend, OR 97701-1960
(541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.org
WORK SESSION AGENDA
DESCHLTTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
1:30 P.M., MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009
1. Discussion of Spay & Neuter Grants
2. Review of Economic Development Grant Requests:
• Sisters School District — Luthier Program
• Heritage Theatre Company — Community Arts & Meals
• California Lutheran University Center for Economic Research &
Forecasting — CERF Project
3. Request for Letter of Support from Upper Deschutes Basin Fire Learning
Network
4. Update on Solicitation of Interest for Redmond Office Space
5. Update of Commissioners' Meetings and Schedules
6. Other Items
PLEASE NOTE: At any time during this meeting, an executive session could be called to address issues relating to ORS 192.660(2) (e), real
property negotiations; ORS 192.660(2) (h), pending or threatened litigation; or ORS 192.660(2) (b), personnel issues
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TO: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
FROM: DAVE INBODY
SUBJECT: FY 2010 SPAY AND NEUTER GRANTS
DATE: 10/20/2009
CC: DAVE KANNER, ERIK KROPP
Background
Beginning in November 2007, the Deschutes County Dog License and Pet ID Application provided for
licensees to contribute additional funds to spay and neuter programs in Deschutes County. These funds are
offered in the form of grants to non-profit organizations in Deschutes County offering spay and neuter
services. In November 2008, the first spay and neuter grants were awarded to the Bend Spay and Neuter
Project and the Humane Society of Redmond totaling $4,000. These grants were funded by $2,000 from
licensee contributions and a $2,000 match from the Board of Commissioners through the Video Lottery
Fund. Applications were reviewed by two members of the Dog Board, Judith Parker and Laurel Pierson,
and Dave Inbody, Assistant to the County Administrator.
Funding Objectives
This grant has the following three primary objectives:
1. Expand spay and neuter services in Deschutes County in an effort to reduce the number of
unwanted dogs and cats in the county
2. Provide promotion or education associated with spay and neutering services
3. Outreach to provide services for those who would not otherwise undertake the procedures due to
financial constraints or physical limitations.
Eligibility for Grants
Requirements for applicants to the community grant program:
• The applicant must be a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
• The organization must be located in Deschutes County.
• The proceeds from the grant must be utilized in support of Deschutes County residents.
• All proceeds must be used for expenses associated with direct spay and neuter services or spay and
neuter education or promotion.
FY 2010 Grants
In FY '09, contributions from dog licensees and pet ID applicants totaled $2,157.25. If the Board chose to
match that contribution, as it did last year, total of $4,314.50 would be available for spay and neuter.
The criteria for selection will be the following:
1. Stability and solvency of the organization
2. Ability of funds to provide leverage for receipt of additional funding
3. Program connection to grant funding objectives
A press release will be used distributed soliciting grant applications. This release will also appear on the
website. Additionally, letters of notification will be sent to last year's recipients, as well as the Humane
Society of Central Oregon and all known veterinarian clinics and hospitals in Deschutes County.
Economic Development Fund
Discretionary Grant Program
Organization: Sisters School District
Organization Description: The Sisters School District is responsible for educating
approximately 1,300 students at four facilities.
Project Name: Sisters High School Luthier Program
Project Description: This is a program, established in 2005, in which more than 60
students are taught how to build custom guitars. Many graduates of the program now
work full time building guitars. Materials are donated by Breedlove Guitar and the
instruction is provided by local residents.
Project Period: December 7, 2009 to June 30, 2010
Amount of Request: $500 (Total Budgeted Expenses T $21,500; Funds raised =
$16,650)
Previous Grants: None
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
1300 NW Wall St, Bend, OR 97701-1960
(541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - wwwig,501,410_,orz
DESCHUTES COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND
DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION
Direct Application to:
Commissioner Tammy Baney
Commissioner Dennis R. Luke
Date:
Project Name:
Project Beginning Date:
Amount of Request:
Applicant/Organization:
Address:
Commissioner Alan Unger
All Three Commissioners
Project End Date:
Date Funds Needed:
Tax ID #:
City & Zip:
Telephone:
Contact Name(s):
Fax:
Alternate Phone:
Email:
On a separate sheet, please briefly answer the following questions:
1. Describe the applicant organization, including its purpose, leadership structure, and activities.
2. Describe the proposed project or activity,
3. Provide a timeline for completing the proposed project or activity.
4. Explain how the proposed project or activity will impact the community's economic health.
5. Identify the specific communities or groups that will benefit.
6. Itemize anticipated expenditures*. Describe how grant funds will be used and include the
source and amounts of matching funds or in-kind contributions, if any. If the grant will
support an ongoing activity, explain how it will be funded in the future.
Attach:
Proof of the applicant organization's non-profit status.
* Applicant may be contacted during the review .process and asked to provide a complete line item budget,
Tammy Baney: Amount: Signature:
Dennis Luke: Amount: Signature:
Alan Unger: Amount: Signature:
Sisters High School Luthier Program
ii z is Organization: Si tern School District r
The Sisters School District is a unified school district responsible for the
education of approximately 1,300 students at four facilities. Sisters School
District #6, is one of the most successful and highly acclaimed school districts of
its size in the state of Oregon - not only for academics, activities and sports, but
also for community, parent, and business partnership support.
In addition to the academic programs offered at Sisters High School, many
students are involved in a variety of co -curricular programs, such as applied
technology projects, construction, creative art projects, drama productions,
Habitat for Humanity, honor society, intern programs, math & history
competitions, musical productions - choral and instrumental, science projects and
competitions, student government, work experience and year book. Athletic
activities funded by the district are football, volleyball, soccer, cross country,
basketball, wrestling, swimming, skiing, track, baseball, softball, golf, tennis and
cheerleading. All of these sports programs are augmented by fundraising efforts
in addition to district funds.
Sisters Superintendent of Schools is Elaine Drakulich, Sisters High School
Principal is Bob McCauley, Dan Saraceno is the High School Counselor and Tony
Cosby is the Industrial Arts Instructor.
Progra.* see attached "A"
line: Guitar Building Class begins Winter Semester and is completed by
end of school year.
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Individual students and adults that participate in the Luthier Program.
Businesses in Central Oregon needing a workforce with technical experience
using complex machinery.
Musicians in need of instrument repair.
Sisters High School Luthier Program
Community resource development -Local cil:izens with remarkable skills providing
expertise to the school system. ( New resources as well as known)
Cross generational community interaction. Integrating retired engineers and
craftsmen working with Sisters area youth in a positive win/win situation.
Development of future fine craftsmen and luthiers in a community dedicated to
economic development through the arts.
Iternii o ; itu See attached " B"
The program will always require support from the Sisters School District for
instructional space and teacher time and will continue to be dependent on
Breedlove Guitar Company for their help with materials and expertise. The
program hopes to begin to generate more product for sale and will begin to add
a new line of Ukeleles next year.
Repair services for guitars and other stringed instruments may generate
additional income for the program.
The Luthier Program will be applying for a three year grant from Oregon
Community Foundation for Vocational Education during this next funding cycle,
support for the program continues to be strong within the Sisters area thanks to
the generosity of the music and arts community.
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Addendum "A"
SISTERS HIGH SCHOOL LUTHIER PROGRAM
SISTERS SCHOOL DISTRICT #6
525 E. Cascade, Sisters OR 97759
541 549 8521
Tax ID #93-6000398
Superintendent Elaine Drakulich
Program Contacts:
Dan Saraceno* Sisters High School Counseling Department and
Heart of Oregon Director
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Tony Cosby- Sisters High School Industrial Arts Teacher
541 549 4045
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Bill MacDonald-- Sisters High School Master Luthier
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Brad Tisdel- Sisters Folk Festival
541 408 0200
Kathy Deggendorfer- The Roundhouse Foundation
541 420 96695
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Sisters High School/Community Luthier Program
The Sisters community is coming together to support our unique High
School Luthier Program and they are asking the Oregon Community
Foundation to help. Begun four years ago by Jayson Bowerman,
Breedlove Guitar Company, and Tony Cosby, industrial arts teacher
from Sisters High School, it is one of only two Luthier programs
offered at the High School level in the United States. Over the last
four years, the program has enabled students to build over 80 custom
guitars, developed an incredible work ethic in the students, taught
over 60 students to operate highly technical machinery and bolstered
the self esteem of every participant.
Sisters is a unique community. Art and music play a vital role in how
we define ourselves, our schools and our community as a whole. We
strive to make a place for our young people to succeed, whether they
are alternative students learning job skills or a highly motivated
student on the path to become an orthopedic surgeon. The Sisters
High School Luthier Program works because of our dedicated
teaching staff and the support of the Sisters community. It works
because we ask the most of our students and they rise to the level
demanded of them.
The Program has been offered for the last four years. The initial year,
Jayson Bowerman and Tony Cosby taught the class. In the second
year, a parent and fine woodworker, Bill MacDonald, began to
volunteer his time and was later offered a stipend of $800 per month
through a grant from Heart of Oregon. His time in the classroom
became so valuable that Mr.Cosby now calls Bill our "Master Luthier".
Unfortunately the generous funding for Bill's position from Heart of
Oregon ran out at the end of the last school year. It is now up to the
community to retain Bill in order to assure the continued quality of the
Luthier Program. We would like to fund Bill's position and add some
curriculum development funds to strengthen the position between the
guitar budding program and the Americana Project and to work toward
developing a Middle School Ukelele building program! Start them
early!!
Community Partners:
This connection with Breedlove and Bowerman has proved to be the
mainstay of this program. Incredible donations of time and materials
from Breedlove Guitar make the Sisters High School Luthier Project a
top-quality program. It is estimated that over $5000 worth of materials-
fretboards, necks, electronics and other materials are donated by
Breedlove every year. Beyond that is the technical resource --
Breedlove has made their time and expertise available at any time for
the Sisters Luthier Project. And the program gives back to them...
several graduates of the Sisters Luthier Program now work full time at
the guitar company. Breedlove has agreed to continue their support of
the Program.
The Sisters School District believes in the Luthier Program. They
consider it a great use of resources and have even allowed the
development of an adult Luthier Program in the school shop during the
summer. They are behind the curriculum and know it adds to the
richness of the educational experience provided in Sisters.
Local arts organization,The Sisters Folk Festival, and private funds -
The Roundhouse Foundation, Starview Foundation and JT Bowerman
Foundation have all come on board to offer support for the Luthier
Program.
The City of Sisters and Deschutes County both have economic
development funds to whom we have made modest requests for
funds. We feel this is appropriate because we are creating a trained
work force capable of understanding and operating quite advanced
machinery used in aeronautics, furniture building and even dental
fabrication. Hayden Homes Fund is also being asked to provide a
nominal contribution...students who build guitars can do finish work on
fine cabinetry as well!
The program will contribute 2-3 custom guitars for sale annually.
Income from the sale of these guitars will go back to support the
program and move it toward sustainability.
Custom guitars sold to support a custom educational experience!
ADDENDUM `B'
Budget:
Expense:
Materials $7500
Shop costs ( covered by School Dist) $4000
Master Luthier Stipend $8000
Scholarship Student Guitar Costs $1000 **
Curriculum Development $1000
Total $21,500
Income:
Sisters School District-- inkind $4000*
Breedlove Guitar Co inkind $5000*
Sisters Folk Fest(sale of guitar at auction) $1800*
Bowerman Fund $1000*
Heart of Oregon $ 500*
Lois Ball (individual) $ 100*
Starview Foundation $ 250*
Roundhouse Foundation $1000*
Deschutes County request $ 500
City of Sisters request $ 250
Custom Guitar Sales $3000*
OCF Request $4100
Total $21,500
* confirmed.
* * the basic cost for materials for a student guitar is $200. We make the opportunity
available to any student by providing a materials scholarship.
SISTERS SCHOOL DISTRICT *5
525 E. Cascade Ave. • 5 t Cs, Oregon 97759
(541) 549-8521 • Fax (541) 549-8951
October 12, 2009
To Whom It May Concern:
RE: Tax Exempt Status of Sisters School District
The Sisters School District tax identification number is 93-6000398.
The Sisters School District is tax exempt under Section 170(c)(1) of the Internal
Revenue code. That section excludes state and local governments from federal
income taxation. The automatic exemption for state and local governments from
federal taxation is Section 170 of the Internal Revenue code precludes the
Sisters School District from requesting a determination letter from the Internal
Revenue Service. Therefore, we are not a Section 501 (c) (3) tax exempt entity.
The Internal Revenue Code does not require that the Sisters School District file
Internal Revenue Service Form 990 for its activities as a local government.
If you have any further questions regarding the tax exempt status of Sisters
School District, please forward those questions to:
Sandy Tartaglia, Business Manager
Sisters School District
525 E. Cascade Ave
Sisters, OR 97759
Sincerely,
Sandy Ta glia
Business Manager
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Economic Development Fund
Discretionary Grant Program
Organization: Heritage Theatre Company
Organization Description: This organization works has produced 15 theatre productions
and offers various programs to the community. Some of these programs include the Arts -
at -the -Heart History Program (350 youth performers have participated) and acting
workshops for 300 intergenerational students. This organization has also partnered with
other organizations, such as featuring a different social service organization at each of 10
sellout performances of "Nickel & Dimed," coordinated with St. Charles Medical Center
to raise $2,000 for Sara Fisher Breast Health Foundation for sellout performance of "The
Waiting Room," and partnered with the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show on the musical
"Quilters" to raised $2,750 for the Sisters Family Action Network.
Project Name: Community Arts and Meals
Project Description: In conjunction with Bend's Community Center (BCC), the
Community Arts & Meals program offers visual, fabric and theatre arts classes for
families, adults, teens and children experiencing homelessness and poverty in
coordination with the service of meals. This program will take place at the BCC facility.
Art exhibits, sales and performances by members of these classes will help educate the
community regarding low cost housing issues, as well as generate income for the students
and the program.
Project Period: January 18, 2010 to May 15, 2010
Amount of Request: $1,500 (Budgeted expenses = $18,379 cash, $8,760 in-kind)
Previous Grants: None
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
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DESCHUTES COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND
DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION
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Commissioner Tammy Baney
Commissioner Dennis R. Luke
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Project Name:
Project Beginning Date:
Amount of Request:
Applicant/Organization:
Address:
Commissioner Alan Unger
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Project End Date:
Date Funds Needed:
Tax ID #.
City & Zip:
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On a separate sheet, please briefly answer the following questions:
1. Describe the applicant organization, including its purpose, leadership structure, and activities.
2. Describe the proposed project or activity.
3. Provide a timeline for completing the proposed project or activity.
4. Explain how the proposed project or activity will impact the community's economic health.
5. Identify the specific communities or groups that will benefit.
6. Itemize anticipated expenditures*. Describe how grant funds will be used and include the
source and amounts of matching funds or in-kind contributions, if any. lf the grant will
support an ongoing activity, explain how it will be funded in the future.
Attach:
Proof of the applicant organization's non-profit status.
* Applicant may be contacted during the review process and asked to provide a complete line item budget.
Tammy :Baney: Amount: Signature:
Dennis Luke: Amount:Signature:
Alan Unger: Amount: Signature:
Community Arts & Meals
Heritage Theatre Company October 12, 2009
Bend's Community Center
1.. Describe the applicant organization, including its purpose, leadership structure, and activities.
Mission: Heritage Theatre Company (HTC) exists to engage the Central Oregon
community in a shared pursuit of understanding and celebrating humanity through the ages; and,
to serve as a catalyst for community participation in building a better world today.
Structure & Leadership: HTC has three board members representing expertise in
education, marketing, and accounting. The founder and executive director, Janet Kingsley, has
extensive experience in arts administration and teaching. She served as program chair on the
executive committee of the founding board of directors for the Tower Theatre and was hired as
the development assistant for their $4.4M capital campaign. She has written winning grants for
several local organizations and, in addition to her work with HTC, has developed performing arts
education programs for the Off-Broadway Apple Corps Theatre in NYC and a public magnet
school for the gifted and talented in Elizabeth, NJ. She is completing her final course toward a
master degree in arts administration through Goucher College, MD. Janet is a licensed Oregon
music teacher with theatre training in NYC who has been a teacher and director of music and
drama for most of her life. Janet will serve as the Arts Program Director for the "Community
Arts & Meals" project.
Activities: HTC has produced 15 theatre productions; has developed outreach
performances with 350 youth performers reaching audiences over 3,000 through its Arts- at -the -
Heart History program; and has had 300 intergenerational students in its acting workshops. HTC
has been able to extend its program reach, audience and financial capacity through partnerships
with other organizations including featuring a different social service organization with each of
the ten sell-out performances of "Nickel & Dimed;" coordination with St. Charles Medical
Center for sell-out performances of "The Waiting Room" raising $2,000 for Sara Fisher Breast
Health Foundation; and, increased marketing and history education reach through a partnership
with Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show for the musical "Quilteis" raising $2,750 for Sisters FAN.
Partner Organization: HTC's fiscal capacity for fundraising and providing the social
service component of "Community Arts & Meals" is greatly increased through a partnership
with Bend's Community Center (BCC). BCC has contacts in the community which have
garnered $170,326 in support since September 2008. BCC is both an events rental facility and a
social service provider that runs the largest food kitchen in Central Oregon, offers employment-
related training to youth and adults, and provides basic goods and services to at -risk, low-income
residents. BCC's multi -roomed facility enables a rotating schedule of arts activities and meals
for several groups simultaneously. BCC's Executive Director Taffy Gleason, 2009 recipient of
the Citizen of the Year award from the Bend Chamber of Commerce, will be responsible for the
social services arm of the program. The BCC board president, Bend's past city councilor and
mayor, Bruce Abernethy, has provided board leadership for Bend's community issues since 1995
and has worked as project or program director for Habitat for Humanity, Bend Community
Action Team, Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council and the Commission on Children and
Families. He is the director of Grants & Resource Development for Bend La Pine Schools.
2. Describe the proposed project or activity.
Community Arts & Meals a program of visual, fabric and theatre arts classes for families,
adults, teens and children experiencing homelessness and poverty that will interface with meals.
The program will take place on weekdays and Sundays at BCC's multi -room facility that has
already established a Sunday meal serving 200 and will supply additional meals for after-school
classes. This initial program of a long range plan will be implemented over a 15 week period
starting in January 2010. Culminating art exhibits, sales and performances will raise public
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Community Arts & Meals Heritage Theatre Company October 12, 2009
Bend's Community Center
compassion and action toward low cost housing and will generate income for students and the
program. The program is based on the best practices of 14 models across the country including:
P: ear in Portland, a recreation and arts program for unaccompanied youth ages 15 — 24; Art from
the Streets in Austin, an income-generating visual arts & food program for adults; The ACE
program of the Broward County School System in Florida, and Destiny Theatre Productions in
Philadelphia whose teens garnered $12,000 in scholarships from Broadway Dreams. For
elementary age children, models range from Drawbridge in seven counties of California to Heart
to Heart Art in Spokane.
3. Timeline: Community Arts & Meals: initial fifteen week session
• September — December
LI fundraising
C1 community building (schools, existing model programs, social service orgs.
artist/teachers)
• November — December
Ci contracts to teachers
[1 student enrollment through contact with Family Access Network, school
principles, shelters, Neighbor Impact and numerous other social service
organizations, low-income apartment complexes, Bend's Community Center
El Mailing and December 4 fundraising event at BCC
• January 18 : first week of classes in a 15 week session
• Week of May 10
Arts Exhibits & Sales
[1 Craft Sale
[1 Performances at BCC and in Public Spaces
4. Explain how the proposed project or activity will impact the community's economic health.
Homelessness encompasses a broad range of social, economic, political and educational
concerns. People experience homelessness due to family violence, a family death, an uninsured
crisis illness, an uninsured prolonged illness, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, school failure,
mental illness, release from incarceration, release or run away from foster care, low job skills,
and/or a limited education compounded by the current recession. The common effects among
this highly individualized population are hunger, poverty, isolation, high stress and low self-
esteem. Through participation in a sustained arts program, people who are experiencing
homelessness can gain a sense of self: self-value, self-confidence and self-efficacy. Common
feelings of isolation can be addressed through the sense of belonging to a specific, welcoming
space and through the social nature of arts processes and sharing a meal.
Youth: The program is an investment in the futures of the children and teens who have
the least opportunities. Over the past ten years, an extensive number of arts education studies
have verified that "arts-rich" students outperform "arts-poor" students in virtually every measure
of student achievement (attendance, academics & cognitive) and attitude (self esteem and life
skills) and that arts are particularly beneficial to at-risk children and teens. A comparison study
of out-of-school programs further determined that the inherent roles, risks and rules of art-
making are the reason that arts programs are the most effective out-of-school programs
compared to civic, academic and sports. During the same time period, sociologists have
determined that children and youth in crisis maintain their resiliency through a variety of
protective factors that include strong role models, the development of students' pro-social and
communication skills, sense of achievement and recognition of achievement, hope, high
Deschutes County Economic Development Fund Application 2
Community Arts & Meals Heritage Theatre Company October 12, 2009
Bend's Community Center
expectations, discovery of special areas of interest and talent, and parental interest in their work.
Community Arts & Meals will be working from the assumption that the arts enable ALL of these
protective factors.
Children and teens love to do arts because the arts involve the body, heart and mind. We
fully expect that students will: 1) develop trusting relationships with teachers and staff and each
other; 2) achieve a high level of age appropriate arts skills and will experience joyful, meaningful
and reflective art -making toward the development of their interests and talents; 3) experience a
world of various cultures through arts; 4) participate at a higher academic and behavior level
during their school day due to a kindled self -value and renewal of hope; 5) gain increased
communication skills through the improvisatory and problem -solving work of drama and the
storytelling capacity of visual arts; and, 6) develop life skills of dependability, self- confidence,
sociability, self-management and task completion through arts processes and the rules, roles &
risks of working toward the culminating art exhibits and performances.
Adults: Testimonies of pro -social, life -skill, life -changing, income -making and artistic
outcomes are abundant from existing arts programs for homeless adults. Outcomes for adults
include 1) an increased sense of belonging in a nurturing space devoted to exploration of creative
processes, 2) development of arts skills for self-expression and personal meaning;
3) development of arts skills transferable to the job market (construction, painting, fabric crafts,
computer marketing skills) 4) practice in and increased life skills (dependability, self-confidence,
task completion, positive social interaction, communication skills); 5) empowerment through
participation in advocacy for housing and education about poverty; 6) income generated from the
sale of arts and crafts products and revenue from theatre performances.
The Bend community -at -large will gain an increased awareness of the causes and
effects of poverty and homelessness through the program's public presentations, press,
fundraising events and its coordination with other community non -profits. Through awareness,
the community will increase both compassion and action toward increased low-cost housing.
5. Identify the specific communities or groups that will benefit.
The Situation: Applying the McKinney-Vento definition of a homeless child to the
intergenerational population, the Homeless Leadership Coalition of Central Oregon has
determined through a one night survey that there were 2,237 homeless persons in Central Oregon
in January 2009. (HUD statistics include only shelter and street population. Since rural
communities across the country do not have many shelters, a large portion rural homeless are
"doubled -up" with other families. The McKinney-Vento definition includes those who are
"doubled -up. ") Approximately 80% of the homeless in Deschutes County are families. 79% of
the families have an adult who is working. The most recent survey by the OR Dept. of Ed.
identified 709 homeless students in the Bend La Pine schools during 2008-09. According to
local press, there has been a simultaneous growth in hate crimes upon the homeless.
Targeted Participants: The target participants are the 200 low-income and transient
single adults and families who are already in the habit of attending Bend's Community Center
for the Sunday meal and the low-income students and homeless students of neighborhood
schools. Teen classes are scheduled for Monday after school increasing access to nearby
students: Marshall Alternative High School is diagonally across the street; Bend Senior HS is six
blocks away. The classes for elementary students will be held on Wednesday afternoons, the
public schools' early release day. The Wednesday program time was suggested by the Homeless
Liaison of Bend La Pine Schools as being much needed by work -seeking and working parents.
Juniper Elementary School has a bus stop within a block of BCC. HTC staff will meet the
Juniper students at the bus stop. Students from schools without bus access will also be invited.
Deschutes County Economic Development Fund Application 3
Community Arts & Meals Heritage Theatre Company October 12, 2009
Bend's Community Center
Families & drivers will be invited to join students after the Monday and Wednesday classes for
supper. We anticipate full capacity of 30 elementary students on Wednesdays for rotating theatre
& visual arts. Based on early survey results, we expect participation from at least 50 adults and
30 teens in the visual arts, fabric arts and theatre classes; and, 20 family members weekly for 6
sessions of Sunday Stories with Arts for families with young children.
6. Budget: Deschutes County funds will be used to support arts costs of the program.
Budget Category
Description or Source
Cash
In Kind
EXPENSES
Arts Program Director
20 hrs. x 15 wks. x $15
2, 000
2, 500
Contracted Artist/Teachers
6 artist/teachers for I0 wkly. classes x 15 wks.
6, 560
Space rental
Bend's Community Center @ half rate
3, 660
Marketing
Ads, flyers, printed program, tickets, postage
900
970
Insurance
Gales Creek
750
Art &office supplies
@ $2 per class for visual & fabric arts + $300
total for theatre arts + $109 office
1, 609
1, 740
Food costs
Staff, space, food, food supplies
2, 900
3, 550
TOTAL EXPENSES
$18, 379
$8, 760
Projected REVENUE
Sales
Spring performances, exhibits, commission &
visual art & craft sales for arts costs
575
Contracted Services
(art program director's hours @ 11+
donated hrs. per wk x $15 x 15 wks)
2,500
Business Support
BCC & HTC affiliates for ads, printing,
arts supplies for arts costs
1, 500
2,210
BCC & HTC affiliates for food costs
500
2,500
Government Support
OAC: Arts Build Communities for arts costs
3, 500
Deschutes County Economic Development
for arts costs
1, 500
OCH: Opportunity grant for arts costs
1, 000
Private Support
Net for donor mailing for arts costs
3, 435
Net for December event for arts costs
3, 469
Art supplies from artists and guilds
500
Food & custodial staff @ 105 hrs. x $10
1,050
Bend Community Found.
Food & arts costs
1, 500
Samuel Johnson Found.
Food costs
1, 400
TOTAL REVENUE
$18, 379
$8, 760
All cash income is projected. The OAC grant was submitted on 10/2. The OCH grant was submitted
10/14. 1'he fundraising event and mailing are in progress. Most of the in-kind is secured. HTC and BCC
trustees are confident of reaching revenue goals.
"Community Arts & Meals" will continue annually with two 15 week school year sessions and one
shorter summer session. The program will depend on support from individuals, community, state,
federal, private foundations and fundraising events with a small amount of income generated from the
sale of student art reproduced on T-shirts and calendars and from a small commission from the sale of the
teen & adult art and performance revenue.
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Community Arts & Meals
Heritage Theatre Company October 12, 2009
Bend's Community Center
Arts Classes and Meal Schedule for "Community Arts & Meals" January 18 — May 14
Community Arts &
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"Building a strong community by
providing space for special events and
a resource for basic needs, job training
and volunteer opportunities"
BCC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization
Taffy Gleason, Director
ph: 541-312-2069
fax: 541-312-2084
1036 NE 5th Street
Bend, OR 97701
em: info@bendscommunitycunter.org
web: www.bendscommunitycenter.org
October 14, 2009
Dear Commissioner Baney,
I have been working with the homeless and the needy in Central Oregon for seven years. To date
Bend's Community Center has been focused on providing basic necessities, food, clothing, job
training, outdoor survival gear and other amenities that help the low-income to achieve a higher
standard of healthy living.
Over the years, I've also seen a hunger and a need I wasn't able to fill — helping the homeless
and low-income express their emotions through various art forms. Many of our "regulars" bring
in rough pieces of art as a thank you for helping them; others come in with songs or poems,
examples of hand crafted jewelry, wood carvings, etc. The need to create, to have a voice, to
express their inner selves is, I believe a stronger drive in this group of people than in people who
have a higher standard of living and access to the various forms of personal expression.
It has been a goal for several years to create a local version of the successful Art in the Streets
program out of Texas. That program provides free art supplies to the homeless and hosts an
annual art how where all the proceeds of the art sales go directly to the homeless.
I am excited to now be embarking on that path with the assistance of Janet Kingsley, Executive
Director for the Heritage Theatre Company, a local nonprofit with a strong background in art
classes and theatre.
BCC and Heritage Theatre Company have created a program called Community Arts & Meals,
designed to provide art classes and shows, theatre productions, concerts and other art forms, for
and by the homeless and low-income of Central Oregon.
Our intent is to feed their souls as well as their bellies, to provide a nurturing atmosphere for
kids, teens and adults, who want to find their voice through various art forms. We believe that
by fostering the talents of our local low-income, they will also create a deeper sense of self
worth, pride and ultimately an outlet by which they can educate our community about their lives,
hopes, needs, dreams and challenges through art.
Janet and I are very excited to be offering this to our community of low-income and homeless
people. We look forward to providing this important outlet to help them fulfill more of their
needs as well as their dreams.
Sincerely,
Taff -Gleason, Executive Director
Bend's Community Center
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Bend, Oregon 97701-2599
September 30, 2009
To Whom it may concern,
On behalf of the eleven Family Access Network (FAN) Advocates in Bend, I
would like to endorse the Arts Build Communities application from Heritage
Theatre Company and Bend's Community Center to create a Neighborhood Arts
& Meals program.
The Family Access Network is a unique collaboration between local schools and
many community agencies and organizations. Our tag line is "Helping with the
other kind of Homework" and our school-based Advocates help to identify
homeless and low-income students who may face "barriers" at home that make it
difficult to be successful at school (i.e. lack of housing, clothing, food, etc.) The
FAN Advocates are knowledgeable about community resources and provide
important connections and referrals for the students (and their families).
We believe the Neighborhood Arts & Meals program will be a wonderful addition to
the list of activities that our homeless and at -risk students can do with peers and/or
with their family. Bend's Community Center is centrally located to many of our high -
poverty schools (e.g. Juniper Elementary, Pilot Butte Middle School and Bend High
School). The variety of classes - performing and visual arts, painting, craft making,
drama improvisation, dance and song, etc. - will literally provide something for
everyone. Healthy meals will be served at many of the activities. The classes will
culminate in a public art exhibit, a crafts market and/or a performance in the spring
which will provide an important chance for public recognition.
We are constantly looking for innovative programs that are able to provide high
quality instruction and programming to our most students. The Neighborhood
Arts & Meals program is such an offering and we hope you will look favorably
upon their request. Please feel free to contact me at 322-5492 if you have any
questions about FAN.
Sincerely,mo{
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Dana Arntson
Bend -La Pine FAN Coordinator
Internal Revenue Service
Date: October 29, 2007
HERITAGE THEATRE COMPANY
JANET STEIN
20851 W VIEW DR
BEND OR 97702-2843 512
Dear Sir or Madam:
Department of the Treasury
P. O. Box 2508
Cincinnati, OH 45201
Person to Contact:
R Clemons ID# 17-57072
Customer Service Representative
Toll Free Telephone Number:
877-829-5500
Federal Identification Number:
93-1246299
This is in response to your request of October 29, 2007, regarding your organization's tax-
exempt status.
In March 2000 we issued a determination letter that recognized your organization as
exempt from federal income tax. Our records indicate that your organization is currently
exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the internal Revenue Code.
Our records indicate that your organization is also classified as a public charity under
section 509(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Our records indicate that contributions to your organization are deductible under section
170 of the Code, and that you are qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises,
transfers or gifts under section 2055, 2106 or 2522 of the internal Revenue Code.
If you have any questions, please call us at the telephone number shown in the heading of
this letter.
Sincerely,
AA, 17(
Michele M. Sullivan, Oper. Mgr.
Accounts Management Operations 1
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
P. O. BOX 2508
CINCINNATI, OH 45201
APR 2 8 2000
Date:
BENDS COMMUNITY CENTER
1036 NE FIFTH ST
BEND, OR 97701-0000
Dear Applicant:
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Employer Identification Number:
93-1269614
DLN:
17053089811048
Contact Person:
SHAWNDEA KREBS ID# 31072
Contact Telephone Number:
(877) 829-5500
Public Charity Status:
509(a) (2)
Our letter dated April 2004, stated you would be exempt from Federal
income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and you would
be treated as a public charity, rather than as a private foundation, during
an advance ruling period.
Based on the information you submitted, you are classified as a public charity
under the Code section listed in the heading of this letter. Since your
exempt status was not under consideration, you continue to be classified as
an organization exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the
Code.
Publication 557, Tax -Exempt Status for Your Organization, provides detailed
information about your rights and responsibilities as an exempt organization.
You may request a copy by calling the toll-free number for forms,
(800) 829-3676. Information is also available on our Internet Web Site at
www.irs.gov.
If you have general questions about exempt organizations, please call our
toll-free number shown in the heading.
Please keep this letter in your permanent records.
Sincerely yours,
Robert Choi
Director, Exempt Organizations
Rulings and Agreements
Letter 1050 (DO/CG)
Economic Development Fund
Discretionary Grant Program
Organization: California Lutheran University Center for Economic Research and
Forecasting (CERF)
Organization Description: CERF uses advanced statistical and modeling procedures to
forecast economic activity. Currently, forecasts are developed for the United States,
California, Oregon, Central Oregon and Ventura County. CERF also offers economic
consulting services to private and public organizations.
Project Name: Central Oregon Economic Forecast Project
Project Description: This grant funds will be used to purchase local data, hire speakers,
and rent a venue for the annual Central Oregon Forecast Presentation in January 2010.
CERF will provide Deschutes County with 12 tickets to the presentation, invitations to
the speaker dinner before the event and quarterly updates to the Central Oregon Forecast.
Project Period: December 1, 2009 to December 1, 2010
Amount of Request: $3,000 (Estimated total cost = $30,000)
Previous Grants: None
Last year a grant for $1,000 ($1,000 Baney) was given to the UC -Santa Barbara
Economic Forecast Project. Bill Watkins, the executive director of the California
Lutheran University CERF, recently left UC -Santa Barbara where he headed up the
Economic Forecast Project.
CENTRAL OREGON ECONOMIC FORECAST PROJECT
History of Project
Center for Economic Research and Forecasting Project's (CERF) primary research activities are
the collection, verification, and analysis of statistical data and providing insights about the changing
business and economic environment. From the assessment of this data, the CERF builds state-of-the-
art economic models of the economy and provides forecasts of future economic activity in the local
area. This information is presented as an annual event the last week of January.
Introduction
Welcome to the Central Oregon Economic Forecast. The primary researchers have years of experience
providing accurate, impartial, and unbiased economic forecasting and research. Last year we expanded
to Oregon and we presented hundred's of time -series and cross-sectional data on the United States,
California, Oregon, and Central Oregon in a hypermedia CD.
Our next annual Central Oregon Economic Forecast will be the last week of January 2010.
You may ask why we include California data in a Central Oregon publication. California and its economm
have dramatic impacts on Central Oregon and its economy. Recently, those impacts have been mostly
negative. We try to include data and analysis on any economy that significantly impacts a subject
economy. It is part of what we do.
CERF does some other things differently. We assume that you can read charts and tables. Therefore,
we don't waste your time reading them to you. We don't go endlessly on saying things like "this chart
shows that x has declined." We don't feel a need to comment on every chart and table we present.
Instead, we present a series of essays on the major trends. We might refer to a chart or a trend in
presenting our analysis, but you won't find pages of chart reading in our publications.
Services and Products Available
Annual United States and Oregon Economic Outlook Seminars with Digital Publication
MEET OUR CERF TEAM:
BILL WATKINS, PHD
Bill Watkins is CERF's Executive Director and Associate Professor of economics at CLU. Watkins
formerly served at the Executive Directors of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Economic
Forecast Project. In his nine-year tenure, he expanded the project's publications and geographic scope
and enhanced the organization's reputation. He also has served as an economist with the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve Systems in Washington, DC, and a commercial banker.
DAN HAMILTON, PHD
Dan Hamilton, Director of Economics at CERF, began working with economic forecast models in 1997
while at Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates (now know as Global Insight). He served as
Director of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Economic Forecast project, where
he built a variety of forecast models in Eviews, including models for the United States, California and
Oregon.
KIRK M. LESH, MBA
Kirk M. Lesh is CERF's Senior Economist. In addition to his work at CERF, Lesh is completing his doctorate at the
University of California, Santa Barbara. Prior to CLU, Lesh was the Real Estate Economist at the University of
California Santa Barbara, Economic Forecast Project, where he prepared and presented annual real estate
forecasts for several communities. Before entering the PhD program, Lesh worked as a manager of finance for
several companies in Orange County.
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4) Explain how the proposed project or activity will impact the community's economic
health.
CERF's forecast provides relevant, timely, and accurate data. As an example, CERF's
forecast of Central Oregon's unemployment rate was dismal but extremely accurate.
Businesses use the data to shape their short run strategic plans. The data provides
guidance as to emerging opportunities and area of weakness. Policy makers use the
data to shape future economic policy. Economic policies regarding taxes and land use
can be evaluated using CERF data.
5) Identify the specific communities or groups that will benefit.
CERF's Central Oregon Forecast includes Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson Counties.
Public and private organizations operating in these counties benefit from the forecast
and accompanying data. The City of Bend and the City of Redmond used CERF data
during their budgeting process for the current fiscal year.
6) Itemize anticipated expenditures. Describe how grant funds will be used and include
the source and amounts of matching funds or in-kind contributions, if any. If the grant
will support ongoing activity, explain how it will be funded in the future.
Grant funds will be used for a variety of purposes including, but not limited to,
purchasing local data, hiring speakers, or renting the venue. CERF has estimated that it
will cost $30,000 to prepare and present its 2010 Central Oregon Forecast.
As the Central Oregon Forecast is an ongoing activity, CERF solicits financial sponsorship
from local businesses and governments. The level of sponsorship varies from year to
year but generally remains very strong. Most of the sponsors for the Central Oregon
Forecast have remained loyal to CERF despite difficult economic times. Due to the
efforts of an advisory board that remains essentially intact, CERF has added five new
sponsors to the 2010 Central Oregon Forecast.
Sponsorship can be monetary or in-kind. Typically, in-kind sponsorship comes from local
media. CERF recognizes them as sponsors in return for free advertising. Monetary
sponsors are usually local businesses and governments that benefit from the forecast
and data provided by CERF.
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October 5, 2009
Tammy Baney
Dennis Luke
Alan Unger
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
1300 NW Wall Street
Bend, Oregon 97701
Dear County Commissioners,
Enclosed, please find a request for $3,000 grant to assist the Central Oregon Economic Forecast
Project.
Much has happened since our initial event last January. The community and business leaders have
recognized the need for academic economic information on Central Oregon. Several of the local
cities have used the information in forecasting and budgeting. Many of the conditions Dr. Watkins
commented on in January, proved to be very accurate.
There is an annual event, which is held the same week each year and has become the premier
business event of the year.
By the end of November the Central Oregon Forecast Project will launch an Oregon specific website.
It is under construction now and will be updated frequently.
The 2010 Program will include:
• Dr. Bill Watkins: Economist CERF, United States, Oregon and Central Oregon Forecast for
2010.
• Gary Findley: "Publisher of the Findley Report" A financial institution analyst.
• JH Speaks: Economist USC "Mr. Speaks was with Country Wide Home Loans. He will
address the state of the US financial system.
In addition to the approximately 200 pages of economic information distributed on a CD to each
conference attendee; a quarterly private update will be given to sponsors of $1,500 or more.
It appears that most of our sponsors are retuming this year and so far we have commitments from 5
new sponsors; including a lead sponsor as $5,000. As a $3,000 sponsor you will receive 12 tickets to
the event valued at $95 each, as well as an invitation to the always popular "Speaker Dinner" the
evening before the event.
do know that several County staff attended last year's events with favorable comments. The
information provided by the Forecast is a useful, reliable tool, helpful to both the public and privat,;
sectors.
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Letter of Agreement and Principles of Restoration
This Letter of Agreement represents the interest of Fire Learning Network Participants, a non -chartered
group, to advance the mission of the Upper Deschutes Basin Fire Learning Network and to honor the
agreements that are collaboratively developed. Participants include federal and state agencies, local
governments, local community groups, conservation organizations, and forest products industries.
Mission:
Operating under the self directed mission of Accelerating the restoration of fire -adapted systems while
protecting communities from fire, the team has developed 2 general goals;
1) Implement ecosystem restoration strategies and fuels reduction at ecologically meaningful scales: an i
2) Foster innovation and transfer lessons learned to other projects, scientists and decision makers. As a
fundamental step in achieving these goals the Upper Deschutes Basin team wants to develop a common
vision or desired condition for the entire Deschutes Basin Landscape utilizing the best available science
and incorporating values through collaborative partnerships.
What participation means:
The Fire Learning Network incorporates the interests of multiple stakeholders, and uses the best available
science to try to find a balanced desired condition that promotes the resilience and sustainability of our
fire -adapted forests. Fire Learning Network participation and involvement on federal projects does not
necessarily reflect endorsement of that project by all participants.
We agree to:
• Work collaboratively on multiple phases of forest restoration projects:
o Develop a common desired condition and vision for our forest.
o Identify priority areas for forest restoration.
o Participate in federal project planning in priority areas.
o Engage and support multiparty monitoring.
• Actively participate in the Fire Learning Network Collaborative through its meetings, committee;,
field tours and other activities.
Together, we have developed these Principles of Restoration:
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders at the front-end of project planning in an open, transparent
process.
• Restore natural processes and function within the biophysical setting's natural range of variability .
• Plan restoration projects with landscape scale objectives, with project treatments placed on the
landscape in a strategic way.
• Prioritize treatments so that placement can benefit multiple values; incorporate fire risk and threats,
biodiversity, old-growth maintenance and development and wildlife attributes.
• Incorporate lessons learned into adaptive management strategies as validated by monitoring.
• Integrate ecological restoration with public values and funding feasibility.
• Incorporate best science to ensure biodiversity is restored and ecosystem resilience and resistance
to natural disturbances is sustainable.
• Make by-products of forest restoration treatments available for utilization in ways that support
local businesses and workers and that build local capacity to implement further restoration work
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Terminology
Adaptive Management :A type of natural resource management in which decisions are made as part of an ongoing process
Adaptive management combines planning, implementing, monitoring, research, evaluating, and incorporating new knowledge
into management approaches based on scientific findings and the needs of society. Results are used to modify future
management methods and policy. (AZ Guiding Principles)
Biodiversity : The variety of life forms and processes including complexity of species, communities, gene pools, and
ecological functions (Rickleffs, 1986, Ecology).
Biophysical Settings (BpS): Represents the vegetation that may have been dominant on the landscape prior to Euro -American
settlement and is based on both the current biophysical environment and an approximation of the historical disturbance regime.
It is a refinement of the Environmental Site Potential layer; in this refinement, we attempt to incorporate current scientific
knowledge regarding the functioning of ecological processes — such as fire — in the centuries preceding non -indigenous hum in
influence. (Landfire 2007)
Ecologically sustainable :Emphasizing and maintaining the underlying ecological processes that ensure long-term
productivity of goods, services, and values without impairing the productivity of the land. (Source: ICBEMP Draft EIS)
ALSO: Meeting the needs of the current generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their nee ds.
Ecological sustainability entails maintaining the composition, structure and processes of a system, as well as species diversit y
and ecological productivity. The core element of sustainability is that it is future -oriented. (Committee of Scientists Report,
1999.)
Economic feasibility: The ability to obtain the financial resources necessary to conduct restoration projects on the ground. 1: is
anticipated that these resources may come from congressionally appropriated funds, the commercial value of byproducts
removed during restoration, and/or private philanthropy. An assessment of economic feasibility will include both a project
budget and anticipated sources of funding to carry out the work proposed. (MT Guiding Principles)
Ecosystem Function: The interactions among organisms and interactions between organisms and their environment. (SER
2004)
Ecosystem Process: Ecosystem Function (SER 2004) and the actions or events that link organisms and their environment,
such as predation, mutualism, successional development, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, primary productivity, and
decay. Natural disturbance processes often occur with some periodicity (From Webster's dictionary, adapted to ecology).
Ecosystem Resilience: The ability of a system to regain structural and functional attributes that have suffered harm from stross
or disturbances. Resiliency is one of the properties that enable the system to persist in many different states or successional
stages. (SER 2004)
Ecosystem Resistance: The ability of a system to maintain its structure and functional attributes in the face of stress and
disturbances. (SER 2004).
Ecosystem Restoration: The intentional process which initiates the recovery of an altered ecosystem to a state of ecologica;.
integrity. (MT Guiding Principles)
Ecosystem/Ecological Integrity: The condition where an ecosystem maintains its characteristic diversity of biological and
physical components, spatial patterns, structure, and functional processes within its approximate range of historic variability or
the reference condition. These processes include: disturbance regimes, nutrient cycling, hydrologic functions, vegetation
succession, and species adaptation and evolution. (SER 2004) Ecosystems with integrity are resilient and sustainable.
Forest Ecosystem Health: (often used interchangeably with integrity) A condition where the parts and functions of an
ecosystem are sustained over time and where the system's capacity for self -repair is maintained, allowing goals for uses,
values, and services of the ecosystem to be met (AZ Guiding Principles).
Historic Range of Variability: The range of variability of a given metric (for example, tree density, grass and forb diversit);,
insect outbreak levels) during a time when natural processes were intact.
Landscape Scale: The scale, or size of a landscape, that incorporates the natural processes, function and biodiversity at a
sustainable level. A landscape consists of a mosaic of two or more ecosystems that exchange organisms, energy, water and
nutrients. (SER 2004)
References:
AZ (Arizona) Guiding Principles. From Arizona Forest Health Advisory Counci. 2003. Guiding principles for forest ecosystem restoration and
community protection. www.governor.state.az.us/fhc/documents.
Committee of Scientists Report. 1999.
LANDFIRE. (2007, January - last update). [Homepage of the LANDFIRE Project, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service; U.S. Departmr nt
of Interior], [Online]. Available: http://www.landfire.gov/index.php [2007, February 8]..
MT (Montana) Guiding Principles: Altemus, J. et al. September 2007. Restoring Montana's National Forest Lands: Guiding Principles and
Recommended Implementation. www.montanarestoration.org.
Ricklefs, R.E. 2001. Ecology. Harper and Collins, New York.
SER (2004). Society for Ecological Restoration International Science and Policy Working Group. 20004. The SER International Primer on
Ecological Restoration, Version 2. Society for Ecological Restoration Science and Tucson: Society for Ecological Restoration
International. http://www.ser.org/
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