The   Windsor  Town Council went on record last week as opposing any plans by the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians for a residential development just outside town limits that would violate the county's general plan.
    While tribal leaders say they have no firm plans for a project, neighbors have organized opposition to the Lytton Band's conceptual plans for a 50-unit housing development on a 50-acre site along Windsor River Road, just west of the town limits.
    Last week, neighbors asked the Windsor Town Council to approve a resolution opposing any project that would not adhere to the county general plan, and which opposed creating any new reservations or rancherias that did not adhere to the general plan standards.
    Instead, the council agreed to send a letter to county supervisors stating its support of the county's general plan and their concern with a proposed development adjacent to the town limits.
    Neighbors of the project fear the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians could ask the town to extend sewer and water services for the project, and if the town refused, would then build its own sewer treatment ponds.
    Tony Cohen, an attorney representing the Lytton Band, said "there is no project. There is a site where the tribe would like to build a project... the tribe is not asking the town for sewer and water ... not asking to build ponds. Those options have not been explored."
    The tribe is awaiting the approval of its operation of an East Bay casino project, which would fund the Windsor housing plan. A separate application with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to attain tribal status for the Windsor land has yet to be filed.
But neighbors fear that once that application is filed, there is limited time to contest it. Debby Bailey, a neighbor of the potential project, said the project "will affect every aspect of my life.”
She said the town passing a resolution is important "so we will have a response ready. Remember, we will only have 30 days."