Council Meeting

December 13 - 16, 2004
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Council Central Office 851 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100
Portland

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Monday, December 13 and Tuesday, December 14

Fish and Wildlife Committee - 3pm - Monday; 8am - Tuesday - Large conference room

  • Review of public comments on 29 Track I (green) subbasin plans proposed as amendments
  • Decision (160k PDF) to recommend adopting Track I (green) subbasin plans as amendments
  • Discussion and recommendation of schedule to release revised Track II (blue) subbasin plans as draft amendments for public comment
  • Review/discussion of public comments on subbasin planning process issues
  • Discussion of project selection process for Fiscal Year 2006
  • Recommendation on specific project issues:
    • Confirmation of project scope: Lower Columbia River Ecosystem Monitoring and Data Management, Project 2003-007-00 (download 70k PDF)
    • Within-year adjustments (download 90k PDF):
      • Oregon Fish Screen Project, Project 1993-066-00
      • John Day Watershed Restoration Program, Project 1998-018-00

Power Committee - 3pm - Monday; 8am - Tuesday - Small conference room

The Executive Committee will meet in executive session on Tuesday, December 14
at 5pm to discuss internal personnel matters.

Council Meeting

Wednesday, December 15

 

8 - 8:30am

Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs:  Ed Bartlett, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Jim Kempton, chair, power committee; and Larry Cassidy, chair, public affairs committee.

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1.

8:30am - Noon

Council decision on adoption of Fifth Power Plan:  Dick Watson, director, power division; and John Shurts, general counsel.

  • Review of comments
  • Proposed changes/modifications to draft
  

 

1:15 - 1:30pm

Presentation and Award of Appreciation by the Nature Conservancy of Oregon: Catherine Macdonald - Conservation Director for Oregon.

  
2.

1:30 - 2:15pm

Presentation by Independent Scientific Advisory Board on Reservoir Operations/Flow Survival Symposium:  Representative from the ISAB.

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60k PDF
3.

2:15 - 3:15pm

Council decision to adopt 29 Track I (green) subbasin plans as amendments:  John Shurts; John Ogan; and Lynn Palensky, subbasin planning project manager.

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160k PDF
4.

3:30 - 4pm

Update on release of revised Track II (blue) subbasin plans as draft amendments for public comment:  John Shurts, John Ogan, Lynn Palensky.

  
5.

4 - 5pm

Review/discussion of public comments on subbasin planning process issues:  Doug Marker, director, fish and wildlife division; and John Ogan, senior counsel.

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130k PDF
6.

5 - 5:45pm

Briefing on revised Biological Opinion for the federal Columbia River hydropower system:  Chris Toole, Acting Assistant Regional Administrator, NOAA Fisheries; and John Shurts.

  
7.  

5:45pm

Council Business:

  • Approval of minutes
  • ISAB and ISRP appointments - download (70k PDF)
  • Renewal of IEAB Charter
  • Appointment of new IEAB members and approval of contracts
  • Council contracting policies
  

Thursday, December 16

 

8am - Noon

Continuation of Council decision on adoption of Fifth Power Plan:  Dick Watson.

  • Proposed changes/modifications
8.

1:30 - 2pm

Council decision on specific fish and wildlife project issues:

  • Confirmation of project scope: Lower Columbia River Ecosystem Monitoring and Data Management, Project 2003-007-00 (download 70k PDF)
  • Within-year adjustments (download 90k PDF):
    • Oregon Fish Screen Project, Project 1993-066-00
    • John Day Watershed Restoration Program, Project 1998-018-00
9.  

2 - 2:30pm

Status report on long-term fish and wildlife program funding agreement: Doug Marker.

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.

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