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Committee Meetings and Council Meeting Agenda
June 12 and 13, 2007
Kootenai River Inn
7169 Plaza Street
Bonners Ferry, Idaho (map)
208-267-8511 fax 267-3744
To participate in any of the meetings, call the Council’s central office, 800-452-5161, for the call-in number.
Please note: The Power Committee will meet via teleconference on Thursday, June 7, 2007. Please see the agenda below.
Tuesday, June 12
Fish Committee - 8:30am - Ktunaxa Room
- Follow-up FY 2007-2009 actions (100k?PDF) - Project 1995-057-02, Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation Project
- Program amendment preparations (90k?PDF)
- Science Policy Exchange
- Staff - led evaluations
- Report by CBFWA on Program amendments
- Update (250k?PDF) on regional coordination actions
- Budget update (70k?PDF) for Fiscal Year 2008 start of year
- Update (100k?PDF) of innovative project proposals
- Fish Passage Oversight Board nominations (80k?PDF)
- Council recommendation (70k?PDF) for the ISRP review of the Habitat Evaluation Procedure, Project 2006-06-00
- Status (70k?PDF) of research fish for the Snake River Fall Chinook transport evaluation
Council Meeting - 1pm - Ktunaxa Room
| 1 – 1:15pm | Welcome to the Kootenai Valley: Gary Aitken, Sr., Kootenai Tribal Councilman; Dan Dinning, Boundary County Commissioner; and Darrell Kerby, Mayor of Bonners Ferry. | ||
| 1:15 – 1:30pm | Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs: Rhonda Whiting chair, fish and wildlife committee; Jim Kempton, chair, power committee; and Larry Cassidy, chair, public affairs committee. | ||
| 1. | 1:30 – 1:45pm | Council decision on follow-up FY
2007-2009 actions: Mark Fritsch, manager, project
implementation
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download 100k?PDF |
| 2. | 1:45 – 2:15pm | Progress Report of the ISAB Supplementation Workgroup: Peter Galbreath, CRITFC, and Steve Waste, manager for program analysis and evaluation. | download 210k?PDF |
| 3. | 2:15 – 3pm | Presentation on potential Impact of Human Population on Fish and Wildlife Restoration in the Columbia River Basin: Susan Hanna, ISAB review lead; and Steve Waste. | download |
| 4. | 3:15 – 3:45pm | Update on Lake Pend Oreille Kokanee spawning bed damage: Chip Corsi, Regional supervisor, Idaho Department of Fish and Game; and Beth Reinhart, project manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. | download 70k?PDF |
| 3:45 – 4:15pm | Open public comment on any subject before the Council. | ||
| 4:30 pm | Hatchery tour (Sue Ireland of Kootenai Tribe is setting up) |
Wednesday, June 13
The Public Affairs Committee will meet at 8am in the Ktunaxa Room.
Continuation of Council Meeting - 8:30am - Ktunaxa Room
| 5. | 8:30 – 9am | Overview of Kootenai River Ecosystem Management Program and 2007 Libby Dam Sturgeon Operations: Sue Ireland, Kootenai Tribe of Idaho; Greg Hoffman, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. | download 70k?PDF |
| 6. | 9 – 9:30am | Briefing on Bonneville residential exchange issue: John Shurts, general counsel. | download 60k?PDF |
| 7. | 9:30 – 9:45am | Update on FY 2008 start-of-year projects: Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager. | |
| 8. | 10 – 11am | Briefing on Proposed Action for the BiOp: John Shurts. | download 90k?PDF |
| 9. | 11 – 11:30am | Council decision on Fish Passage Center Oversight Board nominations: Jim Ruff, manager, mainstem passage and river operations. | download 80k PDF |
| 10. | 11:30 – Noon | Update on Willamette Wildlife Crediting Issue: John Shurts; Patty O’Toole; and Greg Delwiche, Bonneville Power Administration. | download 70k?PDF |
| 11. | 1:30 – 1:45pm | Council recommendation for the ISRP review of the Habitat Evaluation Procedure, Project 2006-006-00: Mark Fritsch; and Karl Weist, Oregon Council staff member. | download 70k PDF |
| 12. | 1:45 - 2:45pm | Fish and wildlife program amendment section-by-section overview: John Shurts. | download 80k?PDF |
| 13. | 2:45pm | Council Business
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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.
Power Committee Agenda
Thursday, June 7, 2pm
Via Conference Call
Call the Council’s central office for phone number and
security code:
(503) 222-5161 or (800) 452-5161.
1) Report and presentation (290k?PDF) on WECC transmission planning and adequacy assessment. (Gibson, 2-2:30pm)
2) Approval release of paper (200k?PDF) on achievable conservation potential for public comment (Eckman 2:30-3pm)
3) Discussion (80k?PDF) on residential exchange issues and the Regional Dialogue (Walker, Shurts, 3-3:30pm)
Note: There will be space provided at the Council Central office, 851 S.W. Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100, Portland, Oregon, to participate in the Power Committee meeting.
Last updated: 6/7/2007 10am