Monday, November 1
9am – Power Committee via Webinar
Please note: Space will be available at the Council’s central office in Portland for the Power Committee meeting.
Join the meeting: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/502125433, or by conference call:
800-786-1922, guest code 58779614#, meeting ID: 502-125-433
- Status update (60k PDF) on overgeneration and negative electricity prices (King)
- Status report (2mb PDF) on the resource adequacy for 2015 (Fazio)
- Status report (50k PDF) on 2011 RTF funding (Grist, Eckman)
- Analysis (710k PDF) of water heater controls to provide combinations of peak load reductions and reserves for wind and load balancing (Corum)
Tuesday, November 9
Fish and Wildlife Committee – 8:30am – Council Central office
- Project level discussion (4mb PDF, updated 11/9) of Willamette BiOp – led by Mindy Simmons, USACE
- Overview of efforts
- Adult traps and Artificial Production, proposed facilities
- Juvenile Passage issues
- Habitat work
- Overview of the mission and scope of Columbia Riverkeeper. Brett VandenHeuvel, Executive Director
- Project Reviews- Mark Fritsch
- Accord Project: Project #2008-800-00, Montana Resident Fish Habitat Acquisition
- Quarterly Project: Quarterly Review of Within-year Project Funding Adjustment for Implementation
- Update on RM&E and Artificial Production Categorical Review
The Power Committee will meet in a lunch retreat on Tuesday, November 9, at
11:30am to discuss matters of Committee organization and procedures.
Council Meeting – Large and small conference rooms – 1:30pm
| 1:30 - 1:45pm | Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs: Bill Booth, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Tom Karier, chair, power committee; and Rhonda Whiting, chair, public affairs committee. | |
1. | 1:45 - 2:30pm | Update by Bonneville Power and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Columbia River Treaty studies: Steve Oliver, Bonneville Power Administration; Jim Barton, U.S. Entity Co-Chair, Columbia River Treaty Operating Committee; and Matt Rea, Program Manager, Columbia River Treaty Studies, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. | download 880k PDF updated 11/9 |
2. | 2:30 - 3pm | Update on Columbia River Treaty Symposium: Aaron Wolf, Oregon State University. | download 70k PDF |
| 3 - 3:15pm | Break | |
3. | 3:15 - 4:15pm | Presentation on Hatchery Science and Policy Developments: Bill Bosch, Yakama Nation; and Paul Lumley, Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. | download 1.5mb PDF updated 11/9 |
4. | 4:15pm | Discussion and Possible Endorsement of the Willamette Wildlife Agreement: Karl Weist, Oregon staff member; Lorri Bodi, Acting Vice President for Environment, Fish and Wildlife of the Bonneville Power Administration and Chris Wheaton, Northwest Region Manager for ODFW. | download 4mb PDF updated 11/9 |
The Public Affairs Committee will meet at the close of business on Tuesday, November 9.
Wednesday, November 10
Continuation of Council Meeting – 8:30am
5. | 8:30 - 9am | Council decision on project reviews: Mark Fritsch Accord Project: Project #2008-800-00, Montana Resident Fish Habitat Acquisition Quarterly: Quarterly Review of Within-year Project Funding Adjustment for Implementation | |
6. | 9 - 9:15am | Update on the RM&E and Artificial Production Categorical Review: Lynn Palensky, program development; Mark Fritsch,manager, project implementation; and Erik Merrill, ISRP/ISAB Coordinator. | download 130k PDF |
7. | 9:15 - 9:30am | Update on Draft Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Reporting (MERR) Plan: Nancy Leonard, fish, wildlife and ecosystem monitoring and evaluation manager. | download 1.5mb PDF |
8. | 9:30am | Council Business: Approval of minutes |
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.
To participate by phone in any of the meetings, please call the Council’s central office for the phone-in number.