The Bishop Indian Tribal Council has finalized The lease agreement with The health clinic, with water and sewer charges being paid out of The lease payments. Payments of past due lease payments at The new rate, back to May of 1997 to present. After 8 years The Bishop Tribe would pay off our share of The construction costs for The expansion of The old clinic building. The Bishop Tribe will be responsible for interior and exterior routine maintenance. Installation of water meters, as funds become available.
Funding is in The process for repairing of sewer lines for The first year.
Department of Water and Power of Los Angeles informed The Tribe that no land would be available near The existing sewer treatment plant of ESCD for a possible tribal treatment plant. Continue to work on wastewater problem. The Bishop Tribe has rejected The water rights agreement. In response to Mr. Hayes, I informed him that The negotiations were in The quantification stage, and there were only principles of agreement at this point. So how could The Tribe reject an agreement if there were only principles of agreement.