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Committee Meetings and Council Meeting Agenda

May 12-13, 2009

Marcus Whitman Hotel
6 West Rose Street
Walla Walla, Washington (map)
509-525-2200  fax 529-9282

To participate in any of the meetings, call our central office, 800-452-5161, for the call-in number.

Thursday, May 7

Power Committee Web Conference 9:00 - 11:00am

• Report (520k PDF, updated 5/12) on portfolio analysis
• Action plan discussion (60k PDF)
• Status (60k PDF) of Direct Use of Natural Gas contract
• Discussion (60k PDF) of individual chapter drafts
• Revisions (100k PDF) to geothermal assumptions

Tuesday, May 12

Power Committee - 8:30 - 11:30am

• Discussion (340k PDF, updated 5/12 5/13) of portfolio analysis results
• Accounting for costs and rate effects (170k PDF, updated 5/11)
• Capacity and flexibility (120k PDF, updated 5/12) in the power plan
• Discussion (120k PDF, updated 5/12) of plan focus and executive summary emphasis
• Treatment (60k PDF) of smart grid

Fish and Wildlife Committee - 8:30 - 11:30am

• CBFWA presentation (60k PDF) on draft Status of the Resource Report
• Update (70k PDF) on Categorical Reviews, including BPA FY 2010 budget discussion
• Multi-year action plans (130k PDF)
• Preview (1mb PDF) of www.cbfish.org (aka Taurus) by Ben Zelinsky; and Matt Deniston, Bonneville Power Administration
• Monitoring and Evaluation facilitated technical workshop (60k PDF)
• Project Reviews and quarterly review of within-year adjustments:
  • Step Review: Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program (70k PDF), Project # 2003-023-00
  • Accord Project: Restore Potlatch River Watershed (60k PDF), Project #2002-061-00
  • Quarterly Review:
    • Deferred fourth quarter 2008 within-year project funding request (120k PDF) for Project 2007-127-00, Reestablish Connectivity and Restore Fish Habitat in the East Fork of the South Fork Salmon River Watershed
    • Council decision (100k PDF) on Quarterly Review of Within-year Funding Adjustments for Implementation
    • Change in process (70k PDF) on adoption of within-year adjustments

Council Meeting - Renaissance Room - 1pm

1.	1 - 1:15pm	Welcome to Walla Walla by Lieutenant Colonel Michael J. Farrell, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District.
	1:15 - 1:30pm	Invocation by Jay Minthorn, Board of Trustees, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
	1:30 - 1:45pm	Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chair:  Rhonda Whiting chair, fish and wildlife committee; Melinda Eden, chair, power committee; and Dick Wallace, chair, public affairs committee.
2.	1:45 - 2:30pm	Council decision on project reviews and quarterly review of within-year adjustments:  Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation. Step Review: Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program (70k PDF), Project # 2003-023-00 Accord Project: Restore Potlatch River Watershed (60k PDF), Project #2002-061-00 Quarterly Review: Deferred fourth quarter 2008 within-year project funding request (120k PDF) for Project 2007-127-00, Reestablish Connectivity and Restore Fish Habitat in the East Fork of the South Fork Salmon River Watershed Council decision (100k PDF) on Quarterly Review of Within-year Funding Adjustments for Implementation Change in process (70k PDF) on adoption of within-year adjustments
	2:30 - 2:45pm	Break
3.	2:45 - 3pm	Discussion of possible M&E workshop: Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division.	download 60k PDF
4.	3 - 3:30pm	Presentation by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and discussion of First Foods program:  Eric Quaempts, director, CTUIR Department of Natural Resources.
5.	3:30-4pm	Presentation regarding energy-efficiency issues facing small consumer-owned utilities: Mike Charlo, electricity superintendent, Milton-Freewater City Light and Power
6.	4pm	Council business: Approval of minutes Council decision to release Fiscal Year 2011 and revised Fiscal Year 2010 budget for public comment Council decision to release Council’s draft annual report to the Northwest governors on expenditures of the Bonneville Power Administration for public comment Estuary science and policy exchange discussion Update on status of findings for the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

The Public Affairs Committee will meet at the close of business on Tuesday, May 12.

Wednesday, May 13 - Continuation of Council Meeting - 8:30am

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8:30am

Council work session on development of the Sixth Power Plan Power Plan approach and results (150k PDF) Vision (70k PDF) for the Sixth Power Plan Major action plan items (110k PDF) Model Conservation Standards (MCS) presentation (110k PDF) Discussing outstanding questions (80k PDF) from Council Members Discussion (60k PDF) on draft plan and Council Member feedback

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: 5/13/2009  10am