Fish Passage Center Oversight Board meeting
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Committee meeting

RTF PAC Meeting

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 to Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Council central offices
851 S.W. Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100
Portland, Oregon

 January 15-16, 2013

Monday, January 14

Fish Passage Center Oversight Board - 1:30pm

GoToMeeting or conference call 800-786-1922, code 17928867, meeting ID: 827-313-953

Tuesday, January 15

Fish and Wildlife Committee - 8:30am - large conference room

GoToMeeting or conference call 800-786-1922, code 25249455, meeting ID: 342-930-648

  • Follow-up on previous Council recommendations
    • Technical Service Work Plan recommendation
    • Presentation on Regional Sturgeon Framework
    • Check-in on Estuary Synthesis Report
    • Project #2011-003-00, Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Program (WWMP)
  • Fish and Wildlife Program Amendment process
  • Overview of RM&E programs and 2013-2014 Initiatives, (Jason Sweet, Bonneville; Chris Jordan and Phil Roni, NOAA).
    See also submitted materials (35mb ZIP)
  • Project Reviews: Project #2008-301-00, Habitat Restoration Planning, Design and Implementation within the boundaries of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, lower Deschutes River, Oregon
  • Discussion of IEAB proposed Task 121 - update Quagga mussel economic impact report

Power Committee - 8:30am - small conference room

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  • Regional Portfolio Model Review Panel Presentation of results - RPM Review Panel
  • Discuss a strategy to gather data and develop updated profiles of consumers’ electricity uses.
  • Mid-Term Assessment draft report - CB
  • Briefing on resource adequacy after coal plant retirements
  • Update on Genesys Model enhancements and review of contract

Council Meeting - 1:30pm - large/small conference rooms

GoToMeeting or conference call 800-786-1922, code 76142266, meeting ID: 929-434-920

 

1:30 - 1:45pm

Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs: Phil Rockefeller, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Jim Yost, chair, power committee; and Bill Bradbury, chair, public affairs committee.

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1:45 - 2:30pm

Remarks (updated with transcript 1/24) by Steve Wright, CEO, Bonneville Power Administration

 

2:30 - 2:45pm

Break

2.

2:45 – 3:15pm

Briefing on PIT-Tag Reach Survival Estimates for 2012: Steve Smith, NOAA-Northwest Fisheries Science Center.

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3:15 - 3:45pm

Briefing on Bonneville Power Administration new Annual Project Reporting Template: Russell Scranton and Jason Sweet, Bonneville Power Administration.

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3:45 - 4:15pm

Council decision on Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) projects: Peter Paquet, manager, wildlife and resident fish.

 The Executive Committee will meet in executive session at the close of business
on January 15 to discuss internal personnel matters 

Wednesday, January 16

Continuation of Council Meeting - 9am - large/small conference rooms

GoToMeeting or conference call 800-786-1922, code 76142266, meeting ID: 927-636-024

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9 - 9:30am

Report on changes in Northwest Residential Electricity Rates: Dick Adams, Executive Director, Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee.

6.

9:30 - 10am

Briefing on resource adequacy after coal plant retirements: John Fazio, senior power systems analyst.

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10 - 10:30am

Briefing and primer on system flexibility: Charlie Black, director, power division.

 

10:30 – 10:45am

Break

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10:45 – 11:45am

Public comment on Mid-Term Assessment draft report

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11:45am

Council Business

  • Approval of minutes
  • Approval of the 2012 Annual Report to Congress
  • Approval of IEAB Task Order re Quagga Mussels
  • Election of Officers

The Fish and Wildlife Committee will meet in closed session at the close of Council business on Wednesday, January 16.

Public comment will be taken on any issue as time allows.

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