See minutes (90k PDF)

Committee Meetings and Council Meeting Agenda

February 13-14, 2007

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, February 13  -  Committee Meetings

Fish and Wildlife Committee - 8:30am - Large conference room

• Decision (140k PDF) on first quarter within-year funding adjustment requests
• Discussion (90k PDF) of agenda for Fish and Wildlife Program science-policy conference and staff-led evaluations
  • Request to comment (110k PDF) on Council ocean paper
• Report (70k PDF) on schedule for NOAA Hatchery Reform Project
• Discussion (100k PDF) of staff tagging review
• Presentation (80k PDF) of PISCES data on wildlife project operation and maintenance costs

Power Committee - 8:30am - 13^th Floor Conference room

• Costs and Prospects for new nuclear reactors (1.6mb PDF) (Jim Harding, Harding Consulting, 45 minutes)
• Discussion (480k PDF) of Short-Term Electricity Forecasting Model and  preliminary results (Massoud Jourabchi, 45 minutes)
• Review work plan (90k PDF) for the Resource Adequacy Forum (John Fazio, 20 minutes)
• Report (70k PDF) on regional dialogue process (Terry Morlan, 15 minutes)
• Report (70k PDF) on demand response process (Ken Corum, 15 minutes)
• Discussion (70k PDF) of recommendations of the Wind Integration Action Plan (King, 30 minutes)

Council Meeting - 1:30pm - Large and small conference rooms

	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	Recommendations of the Wind Integration Action Plan:  Jeff King, senior resource analyst.	download 300k PDF
2.	2 - 2:30pm	Demonstration of Northwest Environmental Data Network (NED) Portal:  Peter Paquet, manager, wildlife and resident fish; Stewart Toshach, NOAA Fisheries; and Tom Pansky, Bonneville Power Administration.	download 3.8mb PDF
3.	2:30 - 3pm	Panel discussion and Council decision on availability of study fish for a 2007 Snake River fall Chinook transportation evaluation:  Jim Ruff, manager, mainstem passage and river operations.	download 350k PDF

The Council will meet in Executive Session at the close of the Council Meeting on Tuesday, February 13, to discuss litigation.

Wednesday, February 14

Council Meeting - 8:30am - Large and small conference rooms

4.	8:30 - 9:30am	Discussion of Bonneville decision on Council Fiscal Year  2007-2009 recommendations:  Doug Marker, director, fish and wildlife division; Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager; and Greg Delwiche, Bonneville Power Administration.	download 60k PDF
5.	9:30 - 9:45am	Council decision on first quarter within-year funding adjustment requests:  Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation.	download 140k PDF
6.	9:45 - 10am	Update on 2007 runoff forecast and power supply outlooks:  Jim Ruff; and John Fazio, senior power systems analyst.	download 550k PDF
7.	10:15 - 10:45am	Briefing on adult salmon return forecasts:  Pete Hassemer, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, will present information and details regarding run status updates, 2007 spring Chinook forecast, and a review of the 2006 Chinook salmon return.	download 2mb PDF
8.	10:45 - 11am	Possible Bonneville budget update:  Mark Walker, director, public affairs division.	download 90k PDF
9.	11 - 11:30am	Briefing on Council external financing:  Steve Crow, executive director, and  Sharon Ossmann, administrative officer; Tom Eckman, conservation resources manager; and Erik Merrill, ISRP/ISAB coordinator.	download 70k PDF
10.	11:30 - 11:45am	Update on Fish Passage Center Litigation:  John Shurts, general counsel.	download 240k PDF
11.	11:45am - Noon	Discussion of agenda for Fish and Wildlife Program science policy conference and staff-led evaluations:  Doug Marker; and Lynn Palensky, program planning and special projects coordinator. Request to comment on Council ocean paper	download 90k PDF
12.	Noon	Council Business: Approval of minutes

The Executive Committee will meet at 1pm on Wednesday, February 14, to discuss internal personnel matters.

The Public Affairs Committee will meet at 1pm on Wednesday, February 14.

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: 2/5/2007  1pm