Committee Meetings and Council Meeting
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Committee meeting

Fish Passage Center Oversight Board meeting

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 to Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Hampton Inn
495 Capitol Blvd.
Boise, Idaho (map)
208-331-1900

Monday, July 9:  1pm, Tour of Idaho Power Langley Gulch gas powered combined-cycle power plant.

Tuesday, July 10

Fish and Wildlife Committee - 8am - Payette Meeting Room

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  • Project Review
    • Step Review: Crystal Springs Planning and Operations/Maintenance, Project #2008-906-00.  Crystal Springs Fish Hatchery and Programs for Snake River Chinook Salmon and Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (updated 7/10)
    • Quarterly Projects: Within-year project funding adjustments for implementation
  • Update on planning for geographic reviews
  • Overview of Sturgeon Plan - Tom Rien, ODFW
  • Update on Subbasin Dashboards
  • Hatchery Supplementation Considerations, Tom Flagg and Barry Berejikian, NOAA Fisheries, Manchester Lab
  • Overview of the August 2012 Predation Workshop (updated 7/10)
  • Update on quagga mussel prevention (updated 7/10)
  • Final recommendations for resident fish, data management and coordination projects
  • Update on ocean research
  • Program Evaluation Structure: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Reporting about Fish, Wildlife, and Habitat (updated 7/10)

Power Committee - 9am - Boise Meeting Room

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  • Revised short-term electricity loads and forecast 2008-2017
  • Natural gas price forecast update
  • Mid-term Assessment update
  • Impact of California once-thru cooling regulations on Southwest market: Rob Diffely, Bonneville
  • Update on Bonneville Energy Efficiency Issues:  Josh Warner, Bonneville

Council Meeting  - 1:30pm - Payette Meeting Room

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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.

 

1:45 - 2pm

Public comment on any issue before the Council

 

1.

2 - 3:30pm

Council decision on Resident Fish, Data management and Coordination projects: Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division; and Lynn Palensky, program development.

2.

3:30 - 4pm

Presentation by the Upper Snake River Tribes:  Billy A. Bell, Chairman Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe - USRT Commission Chair; Charisse Soucie, Chairperson Burns Paiute Tribe – USRT Commission Member; Nathan Small, Chairman Shoshone-Bannock Tribes – USRT Commission Member; and Terry Gibson, Chairman Shoshone-Paiute Tribes – USRT Commission Member.  Postponed for a later meeting.

 The Public Affairs Committee will meet at the close of business on Tuesday, July 10, in the Boise Meeting Room.

 Wednesday, July 11

Continuation of Council Meeting - 8:30am - Payette Meeting Room

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8:30 - 9am

Report on Idaho Power Company’s wind integration study:  Mark Stokes, manager of power supply planning, Idaho Power Company. (updated 7/10)

4.

9 - 9:30am

Briefing on Idaho regional transmission issues:  Marsha Smith, Commissioner, Idaho Public Utilities Commission.

5. 

9:30 - 10am

Briefing on Sixth Power Plan mid-term assessment:  Charlie Black, director, power division. (updated 7/10)

 

10 - 10:15am

Break

6. 

10:15 - 10:45am

Annual Report on Regional Technical Forum: Nick O’Neil, RTF manager; and Gillian Charles, energy policy analyst. (updated 7/10)

7.

10:45 - 11:15am

Briefing on progress in Lemhi River watershed:  Don Olson, Rancher, Chairman of the Upper Salmon Basin Watershed Project Advisory Board; Hans Koenig, Upper Salmon Basin Watershed Program, Project Coordinator; and Mike Edmondson, Office of Species Conservation, Project Manager. (updated 7/10)

8.

11:15 - 11:45am

Update on activities and projects with the Columbia Basin Trust:  John Harrison, information officer; John Shurts, general counsel; and Peter Paquet, manager, wildlife and resident fish.

9.

11:45am

Council Business

  • Approval of minutes
  • Council decision to adopt Fiscal Year 2013 budget and Fiscal Year 2012 revisions
  • Council decision to adopt the Report to Governors for Fish and Wildlife Expenditures for 2011
  • Amendment to Council contract with Jeff King

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