Committee Meetings and Council Meeting Agenda

October 15-16, 2008

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Wednesday, October 15

Fish Committee - 11am - Parlor A

• Quarterly Review (150k PDF) of Within-year Project Funding Adjustments
• Update (70k PDF) on Hatchery Scientific Review Group (HSRG)

Power Committee - 8:30am - Parlor B

• Preliminary outline (90k PDF) of the Sixth Power Plan (Morlan)
• Representing (200k PDF) electricity resources in the portfolio model (Schilmoeller)
• Preliminary draft (110k PDF) fuel price forecasts (Morlan)
• Preliminary cost and availability (600k PDF, updated 10/13) of conservation potential in the commercial sector (Grist)
• Cost and availability (220k PDF, updated 10/16) of gas-fired generation (King)
• Introduction (200k PDF, updated 10/13) to providing ancillary services (Galbraith)
• Discussion (80k PDF) of proposed contract on the cost of climate regulation

The Council will meet in Executive Session on Wednesday, October 15, at 12:30pm
to discuss matters related to civil litigation.

Council Meeting - 2:30pm - Parlors A and B

	2:30 - 2:45pm	Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs:  Rhonda Whiting chair, fish and wildlife committee; Melinda Eden, chair, power committee; and Dick Wallace, chair, public affairs committee.
1.	2:45 - 3:15pm	Council decision on step review of the Hood River Production Program (HRPP) Master Plan:  Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation.	download 160k PDF
	3:15 - 3:30pm	Break
2.	3:30 - 4pm	Presentation on invasive flowering rush in the Columbia River System: Virgil Dupuis, Salish Kootenai College; and Peter Rice, University of Montana.	download 60k PDF
3.	4 - 4:30pm	Presentation by the Clark Fork Coalition on its recently released report on climate change in the Clark Fork watershed, “Low Flows, Hot Trout: Climate Change in the Clark Fork Watershed.” The coalition (www.clarkfork.org) was formed in 1985 and is dedicated to protecting and restoring the Clark Fork River basin.

5pm:  Public hearing on the Council’s draft fish and wildlife program, Council document 2008-11.

Thursday, October 16 - Continuation of Council Meeting - 8:30am

4.	8:30 - 9am	Presentation by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation on implementing water transaction evaluation recommendations: Andrew Purkey of the Columbia Basin Water Transaction Program and Christina Kakoyannis of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in Washington D.C. will present an overview of how the program has responded to the independent program evaluation completed in September 2007.
5.	9 - 9:30am	Overview of 2008 Fish Runs:  Jim Ruff, manager, mainstem passage and river operations; and Bill Tweit, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife	download 970k PDF
6.	9:30 - 10am	Update on hearings, comments and draft Fish and Wildlife Program amendment schedule:  Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager; Lynn Palensky, program planning and special projects coordinator; and John Harrison, information officer.	download 70k PDF
	10 - 10:15am	Break
7.	10:15 - 10:45am	Briefing on revised fuel price forecasts and assumptions:  Terry Morlan, director, power division.	download 100k PDF
8.	10:45am	Council Business: Approval of minutes Decision (60k PDF) on proposed contract on the cost of climate regulation

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: 10/13/2008  10am