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Committee Meetings and Council Meeting Agenda

November 12-13, 2009

Council Central offices
851 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100
Portland, Oregon (map)
503-222-5161  fax 820-2370

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Thursday, November 12

Power Committee – 8:30am – Large conference room
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• Summary (120k PDF, updated 11/12) of analysis and results
• Proposed (60k PDF) plan changes by chapter
• Proposal (100k PDF, updated 11/12) for achieving carbon targets at lowest cost
• Update (75k PDF) on wind renewable energy credits and power exports to California

Fish and Wildlife Committee  - 10a.m. – Small conference room
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• AFEP Project (70k PDF):  Jim Ruff, manager, Mainstem passage and river operations
  • Acoustic Telemetry Evaluation of Dam Passage Survival and Associated Metrics at John Day, The Dalles, and Bonneville dams
• Project reviews and within-year adjustments:  Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation
  • Quarterly Review (110k PDF): Within-year Project Funding Adjustments for Implementation
  • Accord Project (70k PDF): Project #2008-306-00, Deschutes River Fall Chinook Research and Monitoring
• Update (70k PDF) on Anadromous RM&E monitoring progress

Council Meeting – 1:30pm – Large and Small conference rooms

	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.
1.	1:45 – 2:15pm	Council decision on project reviews and within-year adjustments: Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation. Quarterly Review Within-year Project Funding Adjustments for Implementation Accord Projects Project #2008-306-00, Deschutes River Fall Chinook Research and Monitoring
2.	2:15 – 2:30pm	AFEP Project  Acoustic Telemetry Evaluation of Dam Passage Survival and Associated Metrics at John Day, The Dalles, and Bonneville dams:  Jim Ruff, manager, Mainstem passage and river operations.	download 70k PDF
	2:30 – 2:45pm	Break
3.	2:30 – 4pm	Working session on Draft Sixth Power Plan Issues:  Terry Morlan, director, power division. Summary of comments received on the draft plan Summary of significant changes for the final plan	download 60k PDF

Friday, November 13

Continuation of Council Meeting – 9am

4.	9 – 9:45am	Report on conservation achievements for 2008:  Tom Eckman, conservation resources manager; and Charlie Grist, senior analyst.	download 390k PDF
	9:45am – Noon	Continuation of working session on Draft Sixth Power Plan Issues:  Terry Morlan.
5.	Noon – 12:15pm	Update on the Wildlife Crediting Forum:  Peter Paquet, manager, wildlife and resident fish.	download 60k PDF
6.	12:15 – 12:30pm	Council decision on initiating Fish and Wildlife Program amendment process to add the proposed subbasin plans for the Bitterroot and Blackfoot subbasins:  Lynn Palensky, Program Planning and Special Projects Coordinator; and Kerry Berg, Montana staff member.	download 130k PDF
7.	12:30pm	Council Business ISRP peer review group appointments Release of Annual Report to Congress for public review 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.

Last updated: 11/2/2009  1pm