Council Meeting

August 18 - 19, 2010
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The Davenport Hotel 10 South Post Street
Spokane

Please note:  The Power Committee will meet Thursday, August 12 at 1pm, via GoToMeeting.  Space will be available at the Council Central Office in Portland to participate.

Thursday, August 12

Power Committee – 1pm via GoToMeeting (https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/442495552) 

  • Briefing (250k PDF) on River Management Joint Operating Committee climate change analyses
  • Report (60k PDF, updated 8/12) on Wind Integration Forum conference on international wind experience
  • Bonneville’s post-2011 conservation - Phase II discussions (60k PDF)
  • Recommendation (170k PDF) for Council contribution to pilot program to explore providing balancing services with demand response
  • Negotiated agreement (400k PDF, updated 8/12) on federal residential appliance standards
  • Update (60k PDF, updated 8/12) on California Senate Bill 722 re California RPS standards

The Fish Committee will meet August 18 in Spokane;
the Council Meeting will be held August 18 and 19 in Spokane.

Wednesday, August 18

Fish and Wildlife Committee – 8:30am – Elizabethan Room

  • Status report on categorical review
  • Update on Wildlife Crediting Forum
  • Phase II of MERR revisions
  • Update (640k PDF) on the Anadromous Salmonid Monitoring Strategy (ASMS) document
  • Status update on Subbasin management plan updates and Multi-year Action Plans
  • Project Reviews:
    • Quarterly Review of Within-year Project Funding Adjustments for Implementation
    • Accord Project: Project 2009-004-00, Monitoring Recovery Trends in Key Spring Chinook Habitat Variables and Validation of Population Viability Indicators

 Council Meeting – 1:30pm – Elizabethan Room

 

1:30 – 1:45pm

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

1.

1:45 – 2pm

Council decision on project reviews:  Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation.

2.

2 – 2:15pm

Status report on categorical review:  Lynn Palensky, program planning and development coordinator.

3.

2:15 – 2:45pm

Presentation on fish habitat monitoring in Washington:  Ken Dzinbal, executive coordinator for the Washington Forum on Monitoring Salmon Recovery and Watershed Health; Marnie Tyler, Washington state Council staff; and Jennifer O’Neal, TetraTech.

 

2:45 – 3pm

Break

4.

3 – 3:30pm

Update (updated 8/16) by the Nez Perce Tribe on hatchery operations: Dave Johnson and Becky Johnson, Nez Perce Tribe.

Thursday, August 19

Continuation of Council Meeting  – 9am – Elizabethan Room

5.

9 – 9:30am

Presentation from Columbia Colstor, Inc. on its industrial energy efficiency actions:  Joel Sandberg, energy manager.

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(60k PDF, updated 8/18)

6.

9:30 – 10am

Presentation on the Northwest Gas Association Outlook: Dan Kirschner, executive director.

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(2.3mb PDF, updated 8/18)

7.

10am

Council business:

    • Approval of minutes
    • Decision (70k PDF) on Council contribution to pilot program to explore providing balancing services with demand response.
    • Financial disclosure statements

 

Note:  The Public Affairs Committee will meet at the close of business on Thursday, August 19 in the Roosevelt Room.  The Executive Committee will meet in Executive Session to discuss internal personnel matters at the close of business on Thursday, August 19, in the Elizabethan Room.

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.

To participate by phone in any of the meetings, please call the Council’s central office for the phone-in number.