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Committee Meetings and Council Meeting Agenda

August 14-15, 2007

The Davenport Hotel
10 South Post Street
Spokane, Washington (map)
509-455-8888

Tuesday, August 14

Power Committee - The Early Bird Room - 8:30am

• Discussion (80k PDF) of the CO₂ Footprint of the NW Power System (King, Morlan)
• Discussion (70k PDF) of Bonneville’s final Long-Term Regional Dialogue Policy (Morlan)
• Report (450k PDF) on Integrated Resource Plans of regional utilities (Schilmoeller)
• Progress report (140k PDF) on the long-term demand forecasting model (Jourabchi)
• Report (70k PDF) on the Pacific Northwest Demand Response Project (Corum)
• Advanced Metering Opportunities (70k PDF) - Bob Crump, and Gary Nieborsky, Kootenai Electric Cooperative, Inc.
• Comments (200k PDF) on the achievable conservation savings report and proposed response (Eckman, Grist)
• Comments (280k PDF) on revised fuel price forecast and proposed response (Morlan)
• Update (140k PDF) on the Power Division work plan (Morlan)
• Updates: Wind Integration Forum

Fish Committee - The Elizabethan Room - 8:30am

• Follow-up Fiscal Year 2007-2009 actions:
  • Project 1991-019-01 (140k PDF), Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake
  • Update (130k PDF) on Lake Roosevelt Kokanee program review
• Update (90k PDF) on status of Snake River Fall Chinook transportation evaluation
• Program amendment preparations (120k PDF)
  • Science Policy Exchange
  • Staff-led evaluations
  • Report by Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority on Program amendments
  • Update on biological objectives group
• Update (70k PDF) on regional coordination actions
• Draft innovative project recommendations (130k PDF)
• Third quarterly Review (160k PDF) - Within-year project funding adjustments
• Conceptual design (90k PDF) for the next project review process
• Follow-up actions (130k PDF) from the Predator Control Panel discussion

Council Meeting - The Elizabethan Room - 1:30pm

	1:30 - 1:45pm	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.	1:45 - 2:15pm	Report on Regional Dialogue policy and Residential Exchange Program:  Mark Gendron, Bonneville Power Administration.	download 70k PDF
2.	2:15 - 2:45pm	Council decision for 3rd Quarterly Review - Within-year Project Funding Adjustments: Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation.	download 160k PDF
3.	3 - 3:30pm	Presentation on Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership Ecosystem Monitoring - Water Quality and Salmon Sampling Report:  Debrah Marriott and Jill Leary, LCREP.	download 70k PDF
4.	3:30 - 3:45pm	Update on Environmental Protection Agency’s national commitment to the Columbia River Basin: Elin Miller, regional administrator, EPA.	download 70k PDF
5.	3:45 - 4pm	Update on adult fish runs: Cindy LeFleur, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.	download 70k PDF
6.	4 - 4:15pm	Public comment on revised fuel price forecasts (Council document #2007-10).	download 70k PDF
	4:15 - 4:30pm	Open public comment on any subject before the Council.

The Executive Committee will meet in executive session at the close of business on Tuesday, August 14.

 The Public Affairs Committee will meet at the close of business on Tuesday, August 14.

Wednesday, August 15

The Council will meet in Executive Session at 8am to discuss matters related to civil litigation

Continuation of Council Meeting - The Elizabethan Room - 9am

7.	9 - 9:30am	Council decision on follow-up Fiscal Year 2007-2009 actions: Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation. Project 1991-019-01, Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake Update on Lake Roosevelt Kokanee program review	download 220k PDF
8.	9:30 - 10am	Panel on Fish and Wildlife program amendment process:  Jaime Pinkham, watershed manager, and representatives from the member tribes of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, will share their perspectives on the upcoming amendment process.
9.	10 - 10:30am	Panel on Fish and Wildlife program amendment process:  Mary Verner, Executive Director of the Upper Columbia United Tribes, will share perspectives on upcoming amendment process on behalf of the UCUT member tribes. Mary may be joined by members or staff from the Coeur d'Alene, Kalispel, Kootenai, Spokane and Colville Confederated tribes.
10.	10:45 - 11:15am	Panel on Fish and Wildlife program amendment process:  Representatives from the Upper Snake River Tribes (the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe, the Shoshone-Paiute Tribe and the Burns-Paiute Tribe) will share their perspectives on the upcoming amendment process.
11.	11:15 - 11:45am	Panel on Fish and Wildlife program amendment process:  Brian Lipscomb, Executive Director of the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority, and representatives of CBFWA member organizations will share perspectives on the upcoming amendment process.
12.	11:45am - Noon	Update on Chief Joseph Hatchery (Step 2): Joe Peone, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.	download 940k PDF
13.	1:30 - 1:45pm	Report from Columbia River Hatchery Science Review Group on Lower Columbia Hatchery Reviews and Recommendations: Peter Paquet, manager, wildlife and resident fish.	download 130k PDF
14.	1:45 - 2pm	Briefing on follow-up actions from Predator Control Panel discussion: Peter Paquet; Jim Ruff, manager, mainstem passage and river operations; and Mark Walker, director, public affairs division	download 130k PDF
15.	2 - 2:15pm	Presentation on Black Rock Reservoir proposal:  Ted Strong and a representative of the Yakima Basin Storage Alliance Board will update the Council on the status of the proposed Black Rock Reservoir.
16.	2:15 - 2:30pm	Update on Washington Department of Transportation fish passage program:  Barb Aberle, Washington Department of Transportation.	download 70k PDF
17.	2:30 - 2:45pm	Summary of CO2 Footprint Paper and approval of release for comment: Jeff King, senior resource analyst.	download 80k PDF
18.	2:45pm	Council business: Council approval of achievable energy conservation savings paper (60k PDF). Council approval of draft sixth annual report to the Northwest Governors on expenditures of the Bonneville Power Administration. Council approval of recommendations from the Fish Passage Center Oversight Board regarding By-Laws and membership. Discussion of ISAB and ISRP appointments and renewals. Annual disclosure of members’ outside earned income and notice of availability of financial disclosure forms. Approval of minutes of July 2006 meeting.

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: 8/9/2007  3pm