Council Meeting

June 14 - 16, 2005
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Council Central offices 851 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100
Portland

Tuesday, June 14

The Council will meet in Executive Session at 8:30am on Tuesday to discuss participation in civil litigation.

Power Committee - 9:30am - Small conference room

  • Briefing/Discussion on the Strategic Plan for conservation
  • Progress check on division work plan 
  • Update on the Resource Adequacy process
  • Briefing on Transmission Issues
  • Briefing on Northwest Transmission Assessment Committee Wind Group
  • Recommendation for approval of proposed contracting
  • Briefing on the Columbia Basin Groundwater Management Area

Fish Committee - 9:30am - Large conference room

  • Update on recommendations on Fiscal Year 2006 project review
  • Design (100k PDF) of Fiscal Year 2007-2009 project selection process
  • Discussion and recommendation on within-year project funding adjustments for implementation
    • Lower Granite Adult Trap O & M project scope
    • Other Bonneville funding adjustment recommendations

2:30pm - Council Meeting - Large and small conference rooms

  2:30 - 2:45pm Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs:  Rhonda Whiting, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Tom Karier, chair, power committee; and Larry Cassidy, chair, public affairs committee.  
1. 2:45 - 3:30pm Report on Columbia Systemwide Monitoring and Evaluation Project (CSMEP): David Marmorek, ESSA Technologies, Inc.; and Frank Young, Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority. download
350k PDF
2. 3:45 - 4:30pm Update on fish and wildlife project funding partnerships including cost sharing: Lynn Palensky, subbasin planning project manager; John Shurts, general counsel; and John Ogan, senior counsel. download
130k PDF
3. 4:30 - 4:45pm Council decision on adoption of John Day subbasin plan: Lynn Palensky; and John Ogan. download
80k PDF

The Executive Committee will meet at 5pm on Tuesday, June 14, in the Public Affairs Conference Room to discuss Council policies and procedures.

The Council will meet in Executive Session at 8:15am on Wednesday, June 15, in the Large Conference Room to discuss Council internal personnel matters.

Wednesday, June 15 - 9am - Continuation of Council Meeting

4. 9 - 9:30am Presentation on salmon recovery by City of Portland: Mary Wahl,  Director of Watershed and Environmental Management, City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services. download
100k PDF
5. 9:30 - 10:45am Presentation from the Washington Governor's Salmon Recovery Office and the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board on habitat and population indicators and objectives: Chris Drivdahl, Washington Governor's Salmon Recovery Office; Ken Bierly and Greg Sieglitz, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board; John Shurts; and Steve Waste, manager, program analysis and evaluation. download
70k PDF
6. 11am - Noon Presentation on recovery goals and criteria by NOAA Fisheries and Technical Review Team: Rob Walton, NOAA Fisheries; and Tom Cooney, NOAA Fisheries. download
70k PDF
7. 1:30 - 2pm Council decision on within-year project funding adjustments for implementation:  Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation.
  • Lower Granite Adult Trap O & M project scope
  • Other Bonneville funding adjustment recommendations
 download
130k PDF
8. 2 - 2:30pm Council decision on ISRP appointments and a report on appointments of ISAB members: Erik Merrill, ISRP/ISAB coordinator; and Steve Waste, manager, program analysis and evaluation. download
180k PDF

 
9. 2:30 - 3pm Council decision on final report to Congress on Artificial Production Review and Evaluation: Bruce Suzumoto, manager, special projects. download
120k PDF
10. 3:15 - 3:45pm Presentation by Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority on the fish and wildlife program implementation accomplishments report: Rod Sando and Tom Iverson, CBFWA. download
70k PDF
11. 3:45 - 4:15pm Update on recommendations for Fiscal Year 2006 fish and wildlife project review: Patty O?Toole, program implementation manager.

Download memo (150k PDF), Accomplishments/Goals report (2.4m PDF), Subbasin Planning responses (1.2m PDF), or see all project responses

  

At 4:30pm there will be a brief retirement celebration for Dick Watson, director of the power division.

Thursday, June 16 - 8am - Continuation of Council Meeting

12. 8 - 8:30am Council business:
  • Approval of minutes
  • Approval of proposed contracts
  
13. 8:30 - 9am Update on harvest and adult returns update: Peter Hassemer, Idaho Department of Fish and Game; Dick Stone, Pat Frazier and Robin Ehlke, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. download
320k PDF
14. 9 - 9:30am Discussion of implications of federal court ruling on 2004 FCRPS Biological Opinion: John Shurts.  
15. 9:30 - 10am Briefing on StreamNet project: Bruce Schmidt, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.  

 

 10:15 - 10:30am Briefing on and demonstration of Council's web site: Eric Schrepel, technical and web data specialist.  

 

 10:30am Public comment on draft Council budget for Fiscal Year 2007 and Fiscal Year 2006 revisions (Council document 2005-08).  

The times listed for specific agenda items and the order of those items are approximate and are subject to change.