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Wednesday, November 13, 2002

Council Meeting - Bay 4 Meeting Room - 9 a.m.

1. 

9 - 9:30 p.m.

Presentation by the Columbia Basin Trust:  Update on Trust activities in the transboundary area and elsewhere in the Canadian Columbia River Basin:  Josh Smienk, Trust Chair; Garry Merkel, Trust Vice Chair; Don Johnston, Trust CEO.

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item 1 (10k PDF)

Note:  The Council Meeting will adjourn after the Columbia Trust item and reconvene in the afternoon when the committee meetings end.

Fish and Wildlife Committee - Bay 4 Meeting Room - 9:30 a.m.

  • APRE Status Report
  • Response to Bonneville's proposed policy for funding projects on federal lands
  • Update for start-of-year budget for Fiscal Year 2003
  • Update on Hatchery Genetic Management Plans (Bonneville and NOAA Fisheries staff)
  • Within-year project implementation issues:
    • PTAGIS
    • Update on status of Walla Walla Screens
  • Update on subbasin planning issues:
    • Subbasin assessments
    • ISRP review standards
    • Subbasin planning schedule

Power Committee - North Cape Bay Meeting Room - 9:30 a.m.

  • Discussion of draft Council recommendations for the future role of Bonneville in power supply
  • Discussion of draft electricity market price forecast issue paper
  • Discussion of draft demand response draft issue paper
  • Discussion of comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on standard market design

Council Meeting - Bay 4 Meeting Room - 1 p.m.

2.

1- 1:30 p.m.

Briefing and submission of the Clearwater Subbasin Plan:  George Enneking, chair; Clearwater Policy Advisory Committee; Janet Hohle and Ira Jones, co-coordinators, Clearwater Focus Program. 

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3.

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Presentation by the Corps of Engineers on project survival studies:  Rock Peters, Kevin Crum, Tim Wik and Rebecca Kalamasz, Corps of Engineers.

item 3 (10k PDF)
4.

2:45 - 3:15 p.m.

Presentation by the Corps of Engineers and the Bonneville Power Administration on proposed configuration and operational changes at mainstem dams:  Therese Lamb, Bonneville Power Administration; and Rock Peters, Corps of Engineers.

item 4 (15k PDF)
5.

3:15 - 3:30 p.m.

Council decision on fish and wildlife projects:

o    PTAGIS

item 5 (30k PDF)
6.

3:30 - 4 p.m.

Council decision on comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Proposed Rulemaking on Standard Market Design: Dick Watson, director, power division.

item 6 (20k PDF)
7. 

4:00 - 4:15 p.m.

Status report on Council provincial review recommendations: Dr. Tom Karier, Washington State Council Member.

item 7 (10k PDF)
  5:00 p.m. Public hearing on draft mainstem amendment document  

Thursday, November 14, 2002

Council Meeting - Bay 4 Meeting Room - 9:30 a.m.

  8:00 - 8:30 a.m. The Executive Committee will meet in Executive Session to discuss internal personnel matters Packet downloads
  8:30 - 9:30 a.m. The Council will meet in Executive Session to consider matters protectible under the internal personnel matters exception and to discuss matters related to civil litigation  
8.

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Discussion of draft Council recommendations for the future role of Bonneville in power supply:  Dick Watson, director, power division; and Mark Walker, director, public affairs division.

item 8 (10k PDF)
9.

10:45 - 11:45 a.m.

Presentation by ISRP on mainstem/systemwide project review:  Dr. Rick Williams, chair, ISRP.

item 9 (10k PDF)
10.

1 - 1:45 p.m.

Presentation by Chelan County PUD and Grant County PUD spill evaluation studies:  Chuck Peven, Chelan County PUD; and Stuart Hammond, Grant County PUD.

item 10 (10k PDF)
11.

1:45 - 2:30

Presentation by Chelan County on PUD Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP):  Shaun Seaman; Tracy Yount and Roger Purdom: Chelan County PUD.

item 11 (70k PDF)
12.

2:30 - 3 p.m.

Discussion of Council budget process report to Congress:  Steve Crow, executive director; and Jim Tanner, administrative officer.

item 12 (10k PDF)
13. 

3 p.m.

Council Business:

  • Approval of minutes (download 60k PDF)
  • Approval of subbasin planning contracts (download 130k PDF)
  • Approval of proposed letter to Bonneville seeking tribal scholarship funding (download 15k PDF)
  • Request for ISAB review of flow and flow augmentation questions (download 15k PDF)
  • Request for approval of APRE/HGMP contract work (download 30k PDF)
  • Renewal of Independent Economic Advisory Board charter (download 25k PDF)
  • Appointment of four new members of the IEAB and approval of four-year contracts for the new members (download 20k PDF)