Council Meeting

February 17 - 19, 2004
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Hilton Garden Inn 7699 W. Spectrum Street
Boise

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Fish and Wildlife Committee - 8:30am - The Garden Room

  • Artificial Production Review and Evaluation (APRE) issue paper (30k PDF) outline
  • Bonneville contract management standards. Representatives from Bonneville will present information on Bonneville's contract management standards and recent improvement efforts. Ann Scholl, from Bonneville conducted a contracting management review for the contracts in the Fish and Wildlife program in 2003 and will present her findings.
  • Subbasin planning adoption process update (70k PDF)
  • Recommend revisions (380k PDF) to Fiscal Year 2004 fish and wildlife implementation budget
  • Discussion (50k PDF) of proposed capital management plan
  • Mainstem amendment implementation (40k PDF)
  • Northeast Oregon Hatchery (NEOH) status (40k PDF)
  • Fish screening status (80k PDF)

Power Committee - 10am - Les Bois Room

  • Review of portfolio analysis
  • Review of Demand Response section of Chapter 3 (Description of the resources)
  • Future role of Bonneville
  • Model Conservation Standards

Council Meeting - 3pm - The Garden Room

3 - 4pm

Briefing from the Bonneville Power Administration on its financial condition:  Jim Curtis, chief financial officer, Bonneville Power Administration.

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4pm  The Power Committee will meet in Executive Session in the Les Bois Room.

4pm  If necessary, the Fish Committee will continue its meeting in the Garden Room.

Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 8:30am

Council Meeting - The Garden Room

8:30 - 9am

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.

  

9 - 9:45am

Council decision on revisions to Fiscal Year 2004 fish and wildlife implementation budget: Patty O'Toole, program implementation manager; and Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation.

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9:45 - 10:30am

Briefing on the portfolio analysis for the Fifth Power Plan:  Dick Watson, director, power division; and Michael Schilmoeller, senior power systems analyst.

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10:45 - 11:30am

Presentation on baseline electricity price forecast:  Jeff King, senior resource analyst.

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updated Mar 4

1 - 1:30pm

Update on subbasin planning schedule: Lynn Palensky, subbasin planning project manager; and John Ogan, senior counsel.

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1:30 - 2:30pm

Status report on long-term funding agreement: John Ogan; and Doug Marker, director, fish and wildlife division;

  

2:30 - 3:30pm

Status of summer spill operation decisions and Libby/Hungry Horse decisions: Doug Marker; and Bruce Suzumoto, manager, special projects.

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3:45 - 4:15pm

Report on monitoring and evaluation plan: Dr. Richard Williams, Chair; and Dr. Nancy Huntly, Independent Scientific Review Panel.

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report

4:15 - 4:45pm

Status and update on the regional water outlook: John Fazio, senior power systems analyst.

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4:45 - 5:30pm

Update on the future role of Bonneville: Dick Watson.

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Thursday, February 19, 2004

Executive Session - The Garden Room - 8am

The Council will meet in Executive Session to discuss matters pertaining to civil litigation. 

Council Meeting - The Garden Room - 9am

9 - 9:30am

Update on the petition dealing with Upper Snake River projects under ESA:  Michael Bogert, office of Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne.

9:30 - 11:30am

Discussion of Council personnel policies:  Steve Crow, executive director; Sharon Ossmann, business manager; John Shurts, general counsel; and Bill Hannaford, senior counsel.

11:30am

Council Business:

  • Approval of minutes
  • Subbasin planning contracts: Klickitat (30k PDF)

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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