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Committee Meetings and Council Meeting Agenda

Council Central offices
851 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100
Portland, OR 97204
503-222-5161  fax 820-2370

To participate in any of the meetings, call our central office, 800-452-5161, for the call-in number.

The Council will meet in Executive Session on December 12 and 13 from 8am to 5pm each day in Portland, Oregon, for the purpose of a retreat to discuss Council organization, structure, and procedures.

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Fish Committee - large conference room - 8am

• Funding recommendations (100k PDF) for Updated Proposed Action (UPA) habitat proposals
  • Project #2005-004-00 UPA Whitehall Wells
  • Project #2005-003-00 UPA Entiat 4-Mile Wells
  • Project - UPA Little Bridge Creek Fence
• Funding adjustment (70k PDF) for evaluation of Libby and Hungry Horse dam operations
• Discussion (380k PDF) of major project review process (Step Review)
• Update (360k PDF) on project selection process
• Discussion of the Fish Passage Center

Power Committee - 13th floor conference room - 8am

• Update on Gridwest progress
• Briefing (80k PDF) on Regional Dialogue
• Adequacy Forum Report (60k PDF)
• Status (60k PDF) of IGCC and carbon sequestration technology
• Effects (60k PDF) of renewables, cogeneration and conservation on carbon emissions and fuel use.

Council Meeting - large conference room - 10:30am

	10:30 - 10:45am	Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs:  Rhonda Whiting, chair, fish and wildlife committee. Tom Karier, chair, power committee; and Larry Cassidy, chair, public affairs committee.
1.	10:45 - 11:45am	Briefing on Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking and Survival Project 2003-114-00, The Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Array (POST): Results from 2004-2005 and a Roadmap for the Future:  Dr. David Welch, Kintama Research Corp, Malaspina University Project 2003-009-00, Canada-USA Salmon Shelf Survival Study: results from 1998-2005 and future directions:  Dr. Marc Trudel/Canada Department of Fisheries and Ocean.	Welch (1.5m PDF) Trudel (1m PDF)
2.	1 - 1:45pm	Council Decision on concluding Step review of the Johnson Creek Artificial Propagation Enhancement, Project #1996-043-00:  Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation.	download (320k PDF)
3.	1:45 - 2:30pm	Status report on data management projects and demo of data portal:  Peter Paquet, manager, wildlife and resident fish; and a representative from the Bonneville Power Administration	download (300k PDF)
4.	2:30 - 3pm	Briefing on litigation issues:  John Shurts, general counsel.
5.	3 - 3:15pm	Presentation of the 2005 Bob Olsen Memorial Pacific Northwest Conservation Eagle Award from the Northwest Energy Coalition:  Sara Patton, Northwest Energy Coalition.
6.	3:30 - 4pm	Update on critical habitat designations for bull trout: Lynn Palensky; and Scott McCarthy, Chief of Listing - Region 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.	download (80k PDF)
7.	4 - 4:15pm	Update on Fish Passage Center:  Doug Marker, director, fish and wildlife division.
8.	4:15 - 4:30pm	Briefing on Regional Dialogue on the future role of Bonneville:  Terry Morlan, director, power division.	download (60k PDF)
9.	4:30 - 4:45 pm.	Update on regional transmission issues:  Wally Gibson, manager, system analysis and generation.	download (60k PDF)
10.	4:45pm	Council business Approval of minutes Retirement plan update

The times listed for specific agenda items and the order of those items are approximate and are subject to change.

Public comment will be taken after each agenda item as time allows.

Last updated: 12/13/2005  9am