1:30 – 1:45pm

Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs:  Bill Booth, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Tom Karier, chair, power committee; and Rhonda Whiting, chair, public affairs committee.

1:45 – 2:15pm

Remarks by Claire Fulenwider, Executive Director of NEEA.

2:15 – 2:45pm

Status report on Northwest Energy Efficiency Taskforce work plan:  Ken Canon, Executive Director, Industrial Customers of Northwest Utilities

2:45 – 3:30pm

Presentation on MERR and preliminary discussion of MERR comments: Nancy Leonard, fish, wildlife and ecosystem monitoring and evaluation manager

3:30 – 3:45pm

Break

3:45 – 4:15pm

4:15 – 4:45pm

IEAB planning discussion:  Terry Morlan, director, power division; and Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division

4:45pm

Council Business:

• Adoption of minutes
• Council decision to release draft budget (300k PDF) for public comment
• Council decision on renewal of Conservation Resource Advisory Committee Charter (90k PDF)
• Council decision on renewal of Generating Resources Advisory Committee Charter (90k PDF)
• Discussion (90k PDF) of possible request to ISAB to review use of barbed hooks
• Council decision to approve a comment letter to the Bonneville Power Administration regarding the agency's post-2011 conservation framework

8:30 – 8:45am

Council decision on Project Reviews:  Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation.

Accord Project – Project #2008-471-00, Upper Columbia Nutrient Supplementation

8:45 – 9:30am

Presentation by PGE on Boardman coal plant alternatives:  James Lobdell, Vice President, Power Operations and Resource Planning, PGE.

9:30 – 10am

Council decision on Step 3 review of Project # 2003-023-00, Chief Joseph Hatchery Program:  Mark Fritsch.

10 – 10:15am

Council decision on Fast Track Proposals:  Lynn Palensky, program planning and special projects coordinator; and Mark Fritsch.

10:15 – 10:30am

Break

10:30 – 11:45am

Discussion of matters related to the project review process and Fish and Wildlife Division Workplan (follow-up to the April 19 Fish and Wildlife Committee meeting): Bill Booth, Idaho Council Member and chair of fish and wildlife committee; and Tony Grover.

• Discussion of timing of categorical and geographic reviews and coordination with other Fish and Wildlife program implementation activities.
• Discussion regarding certain elements of the Monitoring Evaluation Research and Reporting (MERR) plan during the upcoming Research Monitoring and Evaluation (RM&E) and Artificial Production (AP) Categorical reviews.
• Discussion and guidance to direct the fish and wildlife division to draft a Council letter offering policy guidance to the Independent Science Review Panel for use during the RM&E and AP categorical review.
• Discussion of the potential to conduct all geographic reviews in one group.
• Discussion of alternatives for future program solicitations for new work.

11:45am – Noon

Discussion on Council response to HSRG recommendations: Peter Paquet, manager, wildlife and resident fish.

Noon

Update on multi-year action plan development: Patty O'Toole, program implementation manager.