Committee Meetings and Council Meeting

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Eagle,

Idaho

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(All times in Mountain Daylight Time)

Power Committee – 3pm – Eagle River Meeting Room

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Committee member questions and comments on chapters provided to date (TE and staff)
Discussion of draft action plan items and resource strategy (if time allows)

Power Committee – 8:30am – Eagle River Meeting Room

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Continuation of committee member questions and comments on chapters provided to date (if needed)
Committee member questions and comments on resource strategy and action plan (TE and staff, 120 min)

Fish and Wildlife Committee – 9am – River’s Edge Meeting Room

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Update on the Yankee Fork habitat restoration progress by Shoshone-Bannock Tribe (JA)
Committee recommendation on a habitat reach assessment for blocked area mitigation (TG and staff)
Continued discussion of recommendations to implement program priorities (TG and staff)
Eulachon workshop summary (LP)

Council Meeting – 1:30pm – Eagle River Meeting Room

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	1:30 – 1:45pm	Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs: Bill Bradbury, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Pat Smith, chair, power committee; and Jennifer Anders, chair, public affairs committee.
1.	1:45 – 2:30pm	Presentation on the historic Ceremonial Chinook Fishery that was held by the Shoshone-Paiute Tribe this summer on the Duck Valley Reservation: Jeff Allen, Idaho Council office staff; Buster Gibson, Vice Chairman of the Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute Tribe, Jinwon Seo, Fish and Wildlife Director, Shoshone-Paiute Tribe, and Sam Sharr, Anadromous Fish Coordinator, Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
2.	2:30 – 3:30pm	Council decision on recommendations for implementing Fish and Wildlife Program emerging priorities for 2016 and 2017: Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division; and staff. Hatchery Assessment for the O&M Strategic Plan Email to EPA’s regional Toxics Reduction Working Group regarding toxics mapping Letter to federal agencies regarding invasive mussels.

The Public Affairs Committee and the Executive Committee will meet at the close of business on Tuesday, September 15.

Continuation of Council Meeting – 9am – Eagle River Meeting Room

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3.	9 – 9:30am	Presentation on pumped storage: Tim Culbertson, Manager, Columbia Basin Hydropower.
4.	9:30 – 10am	Presentation on Idaho Power Demand Response: Pete Pengilly, Customer Research and Analysis Leader, Idaho Power Company; andQuentin Nesbitt, Energy Efficiency Program Leader, Idaho Power Company.
	10 – 10:15am	Break
5.	10:15 – 10:45am	Presentation by panel of local utilities: Jo Elg, General Manager, United Electric Cooperative; Rick Knori, Director of Engineering, Lower Valley Energy; and Bryan Case, General Manager, Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative.
6.	10:45 – 11:45am	Council Members’ questions and comments on Resource Strategy and Action Plan: Tom Eckman, director, power division; and power division staff.
7.	11:45am	Council Business: Approval of minutes Renewal of ISRP member terms Recommendation for software development support contract for Fiscal Year 2016 Recommendation for contract for website development Release draft of Council Annual Report to Congress for a 90-day public comment period

Public comment on any issue before the Council

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