Council Meeting

April 08 - 10, 2003
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Council Central Offices 851 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100
Portland

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Tuesday, April 8, 2003

Fish Committee - 8:30 a.m. - small conference room

  • Discussion of Fiscal Year 2003-2005 project selection decisions for mainstem/systemwide projects (packet item, 30k PDF)
  • Recommendation for Bonneville's request for expedited decisions on projects to meet Biological Opinion monitoring and evaluation requirements (packet item, 20k PDF; and ISRP report 2003-6)
  • Review and recommendations on reallocations for Fiscal Year 2003 fish and wildlife project accrual limits (packet item, 20k PDF)
  • Review of status of planning for Fiscal Year 2004 fish and wildlife program implementation budget and associated Bonneville policies for capitalization and use of ?carry-over? funding (packet item, 10k PDF; and Wright letter, 25k PDF)
  • Bonneville request for funding of Phase II of Hatchery Genetic Management Plans (packet item, 110k PDF)
  • Status report on staff issue paper on future project selection processes (packet item, 20k PDF)

Power Committee - 8:30 a.m. - large conference room

  • Briefing and discussion of revisions to the draft demand and fuel price forecasts
  • Panel and discussion on the opportunities for and obstacles to renewable resources
    • Rachel Shimshak, Renewables Northwest Project
    • Terry Hudgens, President and CEO, PPM Energy Inc.
    • Robert Klein, Group Energy Risk Director for Scottish Power
    • Larry Felton, Power Resources Engineer, Okanogan PUD
    • Elliot Mainzer, Manager, Pricing and Transaction Analysis, BPA
    • Ken Westrick, President and CEO, 3 Tier Group
  • Panel and discussion on the opportunity for and the obstacles to the supply to the NW of co-generated power from Alberta Oil Sands Development
    • Oil sands development — will it happen?
      • Bob Taylor, Assistant Deputy Minister, Oil Development Division, Alberta Department of Energy
      • Murray Nelson, Executive Advisor to Deputy Minister on Electricity, Alberta Department of Energy
    • Electric Generation at the oil sands
        • Doug Shaigec, Trans-Canada Pipelines
      • Accessing Electricity Supply from Alberta
        • Brad Thomson, Northern Lights Transmission
  • Presentation and discussion of the role of conservation in the region's power supply and the preliminary conservation supply for the 5th Power Plan

Council Meeting - 2 p.m. - large conference room

  2 - 2:15 p.m. Reports from Fish and Wildlife and Power Committee chairs: Ed Bartlett, chair, fish and wildlife committee; and Jim Kempton, chair, power committee
2:15 - 5 p.m. Council decision on mainstem amendments to the 2000 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program: Doug Marker, director, fish and wildlife division; and John Shurts, general counsel.

Wednesday, April 9, 2003

Continuation of Council Meeting  - 8:30 a.m. - large conference room

 8:30 - 9:15 a.m. Council decision on reallocations of Bonneville project funding:
9:15 - 9:30 a.m. Council decision to release issue paper (60k PDF) for comment on proposed master plan for Coeur d'Alene tribal artificial production facility: Mark Fritsch, fish production coordinator
9:45 - 10:15 a.m. Council decision on proposed contracting for subbasin planning work plans and update on subbasin planning: Lynn Palensky, subbasin planning coordinator.
10:15 - 11:15 a.m. Presentation (1.2mb PDF) by Independent Scientific Advisory Board on tributary habitat restoration report - Dr. Robert E. Bilby; Dr. Peter A. Bisson, members ISAB.
11:15 - 11:45 a.m. Council decision (10k PDF) to release issue paper for comment on proposed master plan for Coeur d'Alene tribal artificial production facility: Mark Fritsch, fish production coordinator.
1:30 - 2 p.m. >Presentation on role of conservation in power supply and future potential: Tom Eckman, conservation resources manager.
2 - 2:30 p.m. Status of report on planning for Fiscal Year 2004 fish and wildlife program implementation budget and associated Bonneville policies for capitalization and use of 'carry-over' funding: Doug Marker (packet item, 10k PDF; and Wright letter, 25k PDF)
  2:30 p.m. Council decision on mainstem amendments to the 2000 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program.

The Executive Committee will meet in Executive Session at 5 p.m. on Wednesday,
April 9, 2003, to discuss internal personnel matters.

Thursday, April 10, 2003

The Wildlife Crediting Subcommittee will meet at 8 a.m. in the Large conference room.

Continuation of Council Meeting - 9 a.m. - Large conference room

 9 - 9:30 a.m. Presentation (10k PDF) on federal agency budgets for Columbia Basin fish and wildlife restoration: Doug Marker and Mark Walker.
9:30 - 10 a.m. Update on Bonneville Power Administration financial condition: Jim Curtis, chief financial officer, Bonneville Power Administration.
10 - 10:45 a.m. Presentation on contract management and other natural resource programs: Rod Sando, executive director, Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority; Don Friberg, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Debra Wilhelmi and Jim Fox, State of Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board.

We will discuss the recently established Business Practices Committee initiated under the auspices of the CBFWA. Don Friberg (US Fish and Wildlife Service), Debra Wilhelmi and Jim Fox (State of Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board) will present the Project Information System (PRISM) and the Federal Aid System.
10:45 - 11:30 a.m. Presentation by Bureau of Reclamation regarding legislation for authority to perform work on non-project lands: J. William McDonald, regional director, Pacific Northwest Region, Bureau of Reclamation.
  11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Council decision on mainstem amendments to the 2000 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program.
12:30 p.m. Council business: 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.