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Committee Meetings and Council Meeting Agenda

November 13-14

The Coeur d’Alene Resort
1st Street and Sherman Avenue
Coeur d’Alene, ID (map)
208-765-4000  fax 664-7276

Tuesday, November 13

Power Committee - 8:30am  - North Cape Bay Room

• Schedule and Issues (60k PDF) for 6^th Power Plan (Terry Morlan)
• Regional Dialogue report (70k PDF) (John Saven, Northwest Requirements Utilities)
• Discussion (190k PDF) of Electricity Price Forecast paper (Jeff King and Maury Galbraith)
• Agreement (60k PDF) with Bonneville on conservation accounting under regional dialogue policy (Tom Eckman)
• Recommendation (240k PDF) on final CO₂ footprint paper and response to comments (Jeff King)
• Proposed approach (90k PDF) for Council evaluation of Bonneville resource acquisition consistency (Terry Morlan)

Fish Committee - 8:30am - Bay 4 Room

• Committee discussion (60k PDF) of CSMEP
• Update (140k PDF) on Fish and Wildlife Program Amendment process
• Update (1.1mb PDF) on status of Snake River Fall Chinook transportation evaluation
• Data management workplan (520k PDF)
• Quarterly Review (130k PDF) of Within-year Project Funding Adjustments for Implementation: 4th Quarter Summary
• Follow-up action (240k PDF) for Fiscal Year 2007-2009 projects
  • Lake Roosevelt Kokanee Program Review
  • Umatilla Subbasin Project Review 
• Update (120k PDF) on the North American Salmon Stronghold Partnership
• Status report (180k PDF) on regional coordination definition

Council Meeting - 1:30pm - North Cape Bay Room

	1:30 - 1:45pm	Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs:  Rhonda Whiting chair, fish and wildlife committee; Jim Yost, chair, power committee; and Larry Cassidy, chair, public affairs committee.
1.	1:45 - 2:30pm	Presentation on the Columbia Basin Water Transaction Program evaluation: Jared Hardner, Hardner & Gullison Associates, LLC; and Andrew Purkey, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.	download1 2.6mb PDF download2 260k PDF
2.	2:30 - 2:45pm	Council decision for Fourth Quarter Within-year Project Funding: Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation.
3.	2:45 - 3pm	Council decision on follow-up actions for Fiscal Year 2007-2009 projects: Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation.   · Lake Roosevelt Kokanee Program Review   · Umatilla Subbasin Project Review
4.	3:15 - 4pm	Council decision to approve final CO2 footprint paper:  Jeff King, senior resource analyst.	download 220k PDF
5.	4:00 - 4:15pm	Council decision to approve release of Electricity Price forecast paper for public comment:  Jeff King.	download 160k PDF
6.	4:15 - 4:45pm	Comments by the Honorable Butch Otter, Governor of Idaho.
7.	4:45 - 5pm	Council decision on Bonneville resource consistency determination process:  Terry Morlan, director, power division.	download 80k PDF
8.	5 - 5:15pm	Briefing to compare hydro operations in NMFS' 2004 FCRPS Biological Opinion and the draft 2008 FCRPS Biological Opinion:  Jim Ruff, manager, mainstem passage and river operations; John Fazio, senior power systems analyst.
	5:15pm	Public comment on any item before the Council.

Please note:  The Council fish and wildlife staff will be available at the close of business on Tuesday, November 13 in the Bay 4 Room to answer any questions about the Fish and Wildlife Program amendment process.

Wednesday, November 14

Continuation of Council Meeting - 8:30am - Bay 4 Room

9.	8:30 - 9am	IEAB Investigation of Wildlife O&M Costs:  Roger Mann.	download 310k PDF
10.	9 - 9:15am	IEAB Report on Alternative Strategies for Habitat Protection:  Roger Mann.	download 170k PDF
11.	9:15 - 9:30am	Briefing on Residential exchange agreement: Terry Morlan, director, power division.
12.	9:30 - 9:45am	Council decision on agreement with Bonneville on conservation accounting under regional dialogue policy: Tom Eckman, conservation resources manager.	download 520k PDF
13.	10am - Noon	Panel discussion by NOAA and the Federal action agencies on the draft Federal Columbia River Power System and Upper Snake River Biological Opinions: Bob Lohn, Bruce Suzumoto, NOAA Fisheries; Witt Anderson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Karl Wirkus and Kate Puckett, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Sarah McNary, Greg Delwiche, Bonneville Power Administration.
14.	1:30 - 2pm	Update on Fish and Wildlife Program amendment process: Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager; and Lynn Palensky, program planning and special projects coordinator.
15.	2 - 2:15pm	Update on pinniped task force recommendations: Jim Ruff.
16.	2:15 - 2:30pm	Update on data management workplan: Peter Paquet, manager, wildlife and resident fish.
17.	2:30pm	Council business: Approval of minutes

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: 11/13/2007  9am