TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT TEAM

BOR: Pat McGrane\Lori Postlethwait

NMFS: Paul Wagner\Chris Ross     BPA: Scott Bettin\Robyn MacKay

USFWS: Howard Schaller\Bob Hallock\Susan Martin

OR: Christine Mallette     WA: Jim Nielsen    ID: Steve Pettit

MT: Jim Litchfield    COE: Cindy Henriksen\Rudd Turner\Dick Cassidy

Joint IT/TMT Meeting

March 7, 2001     0900 - 1200 hours PST

Custom House    Portland, Oregon

Room 118 

All members are encouraged to call Donna Silverberg with any issues or concerns they would like to see addressed. Please e-mail her at dsilverberg@cnnw.net or call her at (503) 248-4703.
 
 

AGENDA

 1. Welcome, introductions.

 2. Review current system conditions.

·        Reservoir operation and water supply (COE, BOR)

·        Power system status (BPA)

·        Chum emergence status (WDFW)

·        Fish status (NMFS)

 3. Review operations requests.

 4. Develop recommended operations.

 5. Continue developing a 2001 system operation strategy.

·        Present additional proposals (WA, OR)

·        Discuss and seek areas of agreement on proposals to date

·        balance of summer vs. spring flow (conclude discussion)

·        Vernita Bar

·        transport -- Snake River and McNary

·        spill

·        end of June, end of August elevations, by project

·        research, monitoring, and evaluations

·        fish facilities

 6. Review Water Management Plan.

·        Main Report (draft dated 2/26/01)

·        Appendix 4, TMT Guidelines

 7. Update:  NPPC requests for TMT decision rationale (Silverberg).

 8. Other.

·        Set agenda for next meeting.  Next TMT meeting on 21 March.

Meet-me number is 503-808-5190.  Questions about the meeting may be referred to Cindy Henriksen, (503) 808-3945, or Rudd Turner, (503) 808-3935.