Chehalis Basin Partnership Meeting Notice and Agenda

DATE:                   Friday May 23, 2008

TIME:                     9:30am to 12:30p.m.

LOCATION:         Chehalis Tribe “Lucky Eagle” Casino (Directions on Back)          

A.  General Partnership Business	Estimated start time	Discussion Lead
1.  Welcome, introductions and roundtable comments	9:30 am	Chair Bonnie Canaday
2.  Discuss and adopt draft meeting summaries for March 28^th meeting	9:40 am	Chair

ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING:

· Amend or Accept Meeting Summary

B.  Special Projects and Presentations	Implements WMP or DIP?	Estimated Start Time	Discussion Lead
1.  Watershed Facilitator-interview outcome	WMP and DIP	9:45am	Randy Lehr
2. Update Regarding Watershed Plan Implementation. Groundwater Characterization	DIP IM 1.2	10:00am	Matt Ely, USGS
3. Student Presentations from representatives of Simpson Elementary School, Rochester and the Summer Watershed Leadership Program. Student Logo Contest	WMP Action 32	10:45am	Kathy Jacobson, Chehalis Basin Educational Consortium
4. A Progress Review of Water Quality Monitoring in the Chehalis Basin	WMP Actions 31, 32, 33, 34, 40, 41, and 45	11:30am	Randy Lehr

ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING:

• Concurrence regarding hiring process for the watershed facilitator
• Direction from the CBP regarding next steps for the groundwater characterization project.
• Select a logo art contest winner!!!

C. Closing comments, Discuss agenda for June Meeting      12:15pm

D. Chair Adjourns Meeting                                                                       12:30pm

DIRECTIONS

From I-5 - Take Exit 88.  Go West on Route 12 toward Rochester.  Drive through Rochester and continue 8 miles west until you see the signs for the Chehalis Tribal Center/Lucky Eagle Casino (Anderson Road).   Turn left onto Anderson Road and go straight until you reach the stop sign at the intersection of 188^th Ave. SW.  Turn left on 188^th Ave SW to the Chehalis Lucky Eagle Casino.

From Route 8 - Take Route 12 exit.  Drive through Oakville and continue east 5 miles until you see the signs for the Chehalis Tribal Center/Lucky Eagle Casino (Anderson Road).   Turn right onto Anderson Road and go straight until you reach the stop sign at the intersection of 188^th Ave. SW.  Turn left on 188^th Ave SW to the Chehalis Lucky Eagle Casino.

Useful Web Sites

http://www.co.grays-harbor.wa.us/info/pub_svcs/ChehalisBasin/Index.html	Documents produced for the CBP are available here
http://salmon.scc.wa.gov/LFInquiry.html?id=22	A summary of the Chehalis Basin Limiting Factors Analysis is available here, along with information on how to order the complete report.
http://www.iac.wa.gov	Salmon Recovery Funding Board
www.crcwater.org	This is an excellent site that provides a lot of information and links to other sites.  It posts the Chehalis Basin Partnership meeting agendas and summaries
http://wa.water.usgs.gov/projects/chehalis/	Chehalis Basin site sponsored by USGS
http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/Public_Template/Display/More_Hot_Topics.cfm?recno=68	Centralia Flood Damage Project

Attachments included with this mailing:

· Meeting Summaries for April 25, 2008 CBP meeting, March 13, 2008 Water Quality meeting, and April 3, 2008 STC meeting

· Memo to the Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority