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Council Meeting

Council Meeting

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 to Wednesday, September 14, 2016

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Tuesday, September 13

Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting – 8:30am – Terrace Room East

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  • Follow-up discussion about program action effectiveness and monitoring: AEM, ISEMP and CHaMP (60) (PO,MF,NL)
  • Recommendation on the Urgent BOG request regarding the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program (30) (MF,TG)
  • Update on Northern Pike (30)(Horton)
    • Montana AIS Coordination meeting
    • Update from the Spokane Tribe
  • Cost Savings Workgroup Update (Staff)
  • Update on Emerging Priorities Implementation (Staff)
    • O&M Update – hatcheries and fish screens
    • Research Plan
    • Update on draft staff white paper examining fish passage at high-head dams
    • North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society Meeting upcoming events

Power Committee – 9:30am – Terrace Room West

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  • Background on GENESYS model (60) (JF,JO)
  • GENESYS Redevelopment Update (15) (BK,JF,JO)
  • Generation Resources Development Update (30) (GC)
  • Power Division Work Plan Update (15) (BK,CM)

Council Meeting – 1:30pm – Terrace Room East

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  1:30 – 1:45pm Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs:  Jennifer Anders, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Tom Karier, chair, power committee; Jim Yost, chair, public affairs committee.
1. 1:45 – 2:15 Presentation by Inland Power and Light: Chad Jensen, Chief Executive Officer.
2. 2:15 – 2:45 Update from Upper Columbia United Tribes (UCUT): DR Michel, Executive Director; and John Sirois, Committee Coordinator, Upper Columbia United Tribes; Stacy Horton, Washington staff; and Laura Robinson, program implementation and liaison specialist.
3. 2:45 – 3:15 Briefing on natural gas extraction and hydraulic fracturing: Ben Kujala, interim director, power division; and Steve Simmons, senior economic analyst.
  3:15 – 3:30 Break
4. 3:30 – 4:15 Panel on Upper Columbia Spring Chinook:  Stacy Horton, Washington staff; Melody Kreimes, Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board (UCSRB) Executive Director; Greer Maier, UCSRB Science Program Manager; Andrew Murdoch, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Eastern Washington Science Division Manager; Tom Dresser, Grant County Public Utility District, Manager of Fish, Wildlife, and Water Quality; and Tom Kahler, Douglas Public Utility District, Fisheries Biologist.

The Executive Committee will meet in closed session to discuss personnel matters at the close of business on Tuesday, September 13.

Wednesday, September 14

Continuation of Council Meeting – 8:30am – Terrace Room East

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5. 8:30 – 9:15am Summer conditions wrap up – lessons learned and management decisions to prevent/reduce summer fish mortalities: Lynn Palensky, Council staff; Michael Garrity, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife; Paul Kline, Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game; Tom Rein, Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife; Dan Feil, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Trevor Condor, NOAA Fisheries; and Paul Wagner, Fish Passage Advisory Committee Co-Chair, NOAA Representative.
6. 9:15 – 9:45 Update on the O&M Strategic Plan and demonstration of mapping tool: Bill Booth, Idaho Council Member; Jeff Allen, Idaho staff; Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation; and Nancy Leonard, fish, wildlife and ecosystem monitoring and evaluation manager.
  9:45 – 10:00 Break
7. 10:00 – 10:30 Overview of Avista Electric Vehicle Charger Pilot Program:   Rendall Farley, Manager, Electric Transportation.
8. 10:30 – 10:45 Council decision on the use of cost savings funds for Northern Pike control in Lake Roosevelt:  Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division.
9. 10:45 – 11:15 Council decision on the urgent BOG request regarding the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program:  Mark Fritsch; Steve Williams, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission; and Bryan Mercier, Bonneville Power Administration.
10. 11:15

Council Business:
    Public comment on any issue before the Council