Council Meeting

February 13 - 14, 2007
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Council Central Offices 851 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100
Portland

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Tuesday, February 13  -  Committee Meetings

Fish and Wildlife Committee - 8:30am - Large conference room

  • Decision (140k PDF) on first quarter within-year funding adjustment requests
  • Discussion (90k PDF) of agenda for Fish and Wildlife Program science-policy conference and staff-led evaluations
  • Report (70k PDF) on schedule for NOAA Hatchery Reform Project
  • Discussion (100k PDF) of staff tagging review
  • Presentation (80k PDF) of PISCES data on wildlife project operation and maintenance costs

Power Committee - 8:30am - 13th Floor Conference room

  • Costs and Prospects for new nuclear reactors (1.6mb PDF) (Jim Harding, Harding Consulting, 45 minutes)
  • Discussion (480k PDF) of Short-Term Electricity Forecasting Model and  preliminary results (Massoud Jourabchi, 45 minutes)
  • Review work plan (90k PDF) for the Resource Adequacy Forum (John Fazio, 20 minutes)
  • Report (70k PDF) on regional dialogue process (Terry Morlan, 15 minutes)
  • Report (70k PDF) on demand response process (Ken Corum, 15 minutes)
  • Discussion (70k PDF) of recommendations of the Wind Integration Action Plan (King, 30 minutes)

Council Meeting - 1:30pm - Large and small conference rooms

  1:30 - 1:45pm Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chair:  Rhonda Whiting chair, fish and wildlife committee; Jim Kempton, chair, power committee; and Larry Cassidy, chair, public affairs committee.  
1.  1:45 - 2pm Recommendations of the Wind Integration Action Plan:  Jeff King, senior resource analyst. download
300k PDF
2. 2 - 2:30pm Demonstration of Northwest Environmental Data Network (NED) Portal:  Peter Paquet, manager, wildlife and resident fish; Stewart Toshach, NOAA Fisheries; and Tom Pansky, Bonneville Power Administration. download
3.8mb PDF
3. 2:30 - 3pm Panel discussion and Council decision on availability of study fish for a 2007 Snake River fall Chinook transportation evaluation:  Jim Ruff, manager, mainstem passage and river operations. download
350k PDF

The Council will meet in Executive Session at the close of the Council Meeting on Tuesday, February 13, to discuss litigation.

Wednesday, February 14

Council Meeting - 8:30am - Large and small conference rooms

4.  8:30 - 9:30am Discussion of Bonneville decision on Council Fiscal Year  2007-2009 recommendations:  Doug Marker, director, fish and wildlife division; Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager; and Greg Delwiche, Bonneville Power Administration. download
60k PDF
5. 9:30 - 9:45am Council decision on first quarter within-year funding adjustment requests:  Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation. download
140k PDF
6. 9:45 - 10am Update on 2007 runoff forecast and power supply outlooks:  Jim Ruff; and John Fazio, senior power systems analyst. download
550k PDF
7. 10:15 - 10:45am Briefing on adult salmon return forecasts:  Pete Hassemer, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, will present information and details regarding run status updates, 2007 spring Chinook forecast, and a review of the 2006 Chinook salmon return. download
2mb PDF
8. 10:45 - 11am Possible Bonneville budget update:  Mark Walker, director, public affairs division. download
90k PDF
9. 11 - 11:30am Briefing on Council external financing:  Steve Crow, executive director, and  Sharon Ossmann, administrative officer; Tom Eckman, conservation resources manager; and Erik Merrill, ISRP/ISAB coordinator. download
70k PDF
10.  11:30 - 11:45am Update on Fish Passage Center Litigation:  John Shurts, general counsel. download
240k PDF
11. 11:45am - Noon Discussion of agenda for Fish and Wildlife Program science policy conference and staff-led evaluations:  Doug Marker; and Lynn Palensky, program planning and special projects coordinator.
  • Request to comment on Council ocean paper
 download
90k PDF
12. Noon Council Business:

Approval of minutes

  

The Executive Committee will meet at 1pm on Wednesday, February 14, to discuss internal personnel matters.

The Public Affairs Committee will meet at 1pm on Wednesday, February 14.

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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