Council Meeting

July 15 - 16, 2003
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Tuesday, July 15, 2003

Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting - 8:30 a.m. - He-He Butte Room

Project funding recommendations:

  • Discussion of detailed mainstem implementation workplan (110k PDF)
  • Program implementation topics (70k PDF):
    • Status report on establishing Fiscal Year 2004, 2005 project budgets
    • Bonneville's development of response to mainstem/systemwide recommendations
    • Status report on Fiscal Year 2003 actual costs against Council's February recommendations
    • Bonneville program support budgets
  • Status report on subbasin planning
  • Report on demonstration of selective fisheries technology
  • Discussion and recommendations of project implementation issues
     
    Project scope issues:
    • ISRP review of Idaho Supplementation Studies in response to Council's Mountain Snake recommendations (packet memo and ISRP report)
    • Recommendation for additional work on regional data management (70k PDF)
    • ISRP review of Umatilla Fish Hatchery Monitoring and Evaluation in response to Council's Plateau recommendation (packet memo and ISRP report)
  • Comments on ISAB supplementation report (10k PDF)
  • Status report on wildlife crediting

Power Committee - 9 a.m. - Paiute Room

  • Update on Natural Gas situation
  • Report on CHP workshop and possible action items
  • Public comment and committee recommendations for discount rate for power plan
  • Discussion of Council's authority vis-a'-vis Bonneville and power
  • Presentation on 'Bonneville at the Crossroads' -- an internal Bonneville response to the 'Lessons Learned'
  • Discussion of restarting the regional dialog on Bonneville's future role in power supply

Council Meeting - 2 p.m. Tuesday- Paiute Room

 

2 - 2:15

Reports from Fish and Wildlife and Power Committee chairs: Ed Bartlett, chair, fish and wildlife committee; and Jim Kempton, chair, power committee; Report on Columbia Basin Trust: Tom Karier, Washington Council Member.Packet downloads
1.2:15 - 3Presentation from the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation: Bobby Brunoe, natural resources general manager; Terry Luther, fish and wildlife manager; Mark Berry; project manager at Pine Creek; and Chris Brun, monitoring project leader. 
2.3 - 3:30Update on water marketing: Gail Achterman, executive director; Deschutes Resource Conservancy; and Bruce Aylward, manager of the Deschutes Water Exchange. 
3.3:30 - 4:30Briefing on SN CRAC power rates and implementation plans: Paul Norman, VP, Bonneville Power Administration. 
4.4:30 - 4:45Update from Business Practices Committee on fish and wildlife project implementation: Patty O'Toole, program implementation manager; Bill Hutchinson, Idaho Department of Fish and Game; Rod Sando, Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority; and Therese Lamb, Bonneville Power Administration.download (10k PDF)

5 p.m. - The Executive Committee will meet in Executive Session to discuss internal personnel matters.

Wednesday, July 16, 2003

8 a.m. - The Council will meet in Executive Session in the Paiute Room to discuss matters related to civil litigation.

8:30 a.m. - Continuation of Council Meeting - Paiute Room

5.8:30 - 9Council decision on findings for Mainstem Amendments: John Shurts, general counsel.Packet downloads
6.9 - 10Presentation by the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. Olney Patt, Jr., executive director, CRITFC. 
7.10:15 - 10:45Presentation by federal agencies on revised BiOp implementation plan: Jim Athern, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and Suzanne Cooper, Bonneville Power Administration.download (10k PDF)
8.10:45 - 11:30Briefing on summer spill analysis and operations: Bruce Suzumoto, manager, special projects; and John Fazio, senior power systems analyst.download (40k PDF)
9.11:30 - 11:45Council decision on subbasin work plans: Lynn Palensky, subbasin planning coordinator and Peter Paquet, manager, wildlife and resident fish.Idaho contract (30k PDF)
NWHI (20k PDF)
 11:45Briefing on implementation of Council's name change: Larry Cassidy, Washington Council Member. 

Public Affairs Committee - Noon - The Council Room

10.1 - 2Update on assignments from the Northwest Governors' letter: Doug Marker, director, fish and wildlife division; Dick Watson, director, power division.download (40k PDF)

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2 - 2:30Presentation on state/tribal/federal collaboration on regional monitoring and evaluation: Steve Waste, manager, program analysis and evaluation; and Dave Powers, US Environmental Protection Agency.download (230k PDF)
12.2:30 - 3Council decision on project funding recommendations: Mark Fritsch, fish production coordinator.
  • Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery construction of additional raceways [download (490k PDF)]
  • Walla Walla screening - Milton Ditch proposal [download (75k PDF)]
  • Hood River Production Program - construction of additional residence at Parkdale site [download (30k PDF)]
  • Recommendation for additional work on regional data management [download (70k PDF)]
 
13.3:30 - 3:45Public comment on Fiscal Year 2005 and Revised Fiscal Year 2004 Council Budget (Council document 2003-05). 
14.3:45 - 4Council business:
  • Approval of minutes
  • Approval of letter clarifying interim use of Libby loss assessments
  • Council decision on appointment to Fish Passage Center Oversight Board [download (20k 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.