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Committee Meetings and Council Meeting Agenda

December 12-13, 2006

Council Central offices
851 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100
Portland, Oregon (map)
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.

Tuesday, December 12

Fish Committee - 8:30am

• Recommendation (160k PDF) on within-year project funding request: 198806400 - Kootenai River Native Fish Restoration and Conservation Aquaculture
• Recommendation (90k PDF) on funding request from the Climate Impacts Group
• Discussion (430k PDF, updated Dec 12, 6pm) of next Fish and Wildlife Program amendment process
• Recommendation (540k PDF, updated Dec 12, 6pm) to initiate innovative proposal solicitation
• Presentation (1.8mb PDF, updated Dec 12, 6pm) by Upper Columbia United Tribes on wildlife project operation and maintenance costs

Power Committee - 8:30am

• Fifth Plan Biennial Assessment interim reports:
  • Conservation implementation (20k PDF)
  • Demand Response (30k PDF)
  • Utility IRPs (330k PDF)
  • Energy policy changes (40k PDF)
  • Review of assessment findings (70k PDF)
• Recommendation (270k PDF) on resource adequacy pilot capacity standard
• Recommendation (70k PDF) on funding request from the Climate Impacts Group
• Status report (80k PDF) on Wind Integration Action Plan

Council Meeting - 1:30pm

	1:30 - 1:45pm	Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chair:  Rhonda Whiting chair, fish and wildlife committee; Jim Kempton, chair, power committee; and Larry Cassidy, chair, public affairs committee.
1.	1:45 - 2pm	Council decision on resource adequacy pilot capacity standard:  John Fazio, senior power systems analyst.	download 340k PDF
2.	2 - 2:45pm	Presentation on juvenile life history diversity of fall Chinook salmon in the Snake River Basin: Billy Connor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Ken Tiffan, U.S. Geological Survey; and Bill Muir, NOAA Fisheries.	download 620k PDF
3.	3 - 3:30pm	Presentation on Wave Energy:  Justin Klure, Oregon Department of Energy.	download 890k PDF

The Council will meet in Executive Session at 3:30pm on Tuesday, December 12,
to discuss internal personnel matters.

Wednesday, December 13 - Continuation of Council Meeting - 9am

4.	9 - 9:30am	Council decision on within-year project funding request:  Doug Marker; and Mark Fritsch 198806400 - Kootenai River Native Fish Restoration and Conservation Aquaculture	download 130k PDF
5.	9:30 - 10am	Presentation by the Energy Trust of Oregon: Margie Harris, Executive Director.	download 70k PDF
6.	10:15 - 11:15am	Briefing on Fish and Wildlife Program data management and reporting: Confirm next steps for Status of the Resource report:  Lynn Palensky, subbasin planning project manager; Review of availability of current fish and wildlife population reports:  Steve Waste, manager, program analysis and evaluation; and Peter Paquet. Presentation of proposed Streamnet data priorities: Peter Paquet, and Bruce Schmidt, Streamnet	download 250k PDF
7.	11:15 - 11:30am	Update on accomplishments to date of Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership:  Jen Bayer, coordinator.	download 90k PDF
8.	11:30 - 11:45am	Update on accomplishments to date of Collaborative Systemwide Monitoring and Evaluation Program:  Dave Marmorek, ESSA Technologies; and Tom Iverson, CBFWA.	download 510k PDF
9.	11:45am - Noon	Update on Fish Passage Center transition:  John Shurts, general counsel.	download 70k PDF
10.	1:30 - 2pm	Presentation on Black Rock Reservoir proposal:  Charlie DeLaChapelle, Vice Chair; Tom Carpenter, Treasurer; and Chuck Klarich, Member, Yakima Basin Storage Alliance.	download 940k PDF
11.	2 - 2:30pm	Briefing on analysis of operation and maintenance of Program wildlife acquisitions:  Patty O'Toole, program implementation manager; Peter Paquet, manager, wildlife and resident fish.	download 70k PDF
12.	2:45 - 3:15pm	Summary of Fifth Plan Biennial Assessment findings:  Terry Morlan, director, power division.	download 70k PDF
13.	3:15pm	Council business: IEAB member appointments (90k PDF) IEAB Task on O&M costs (90k PDF) IEAB Task to Review Revenue Stream (90k PDF) Decision (90k PDF) on a funding request from the Climate Impacts Group Approval of minutes

There is a reception at 6pm at the Hilton Hotel, 921 S.W. Sixth Avenue, in the Broadway Rooms, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Northwest Power Act. All are invited.

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.

To participate by phone in any of the meetings, please call the Council’s central office for the phone-in number.

Last updated: 12/12/2006  6pm