Chehalis Basin Partnership Meeting Notice and Agenda

DATE:                   Friday June 27, 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 May 23^rd 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 Festival Update-September 27, 2008 at the Morrison Riverfront Park in Aberdeen. Recruit Volunteers	WMP and DIP	9:45am	Janel Spaulding, Chehalis Basin Watershed Facilitator
2. Anatomy and Outcomes of the December Storm Presentation-Mass Wasting in the Basin	WMP and DIP	10:00am	Tim Walsh, DNT
3. Clarifying Water Rights and Uses	DIP Strategy 3	11:00am	Kahle Jennings City of Centralia  and Jerry Louthain, HDR
4. Watershed Plan Implementation and the Role of Grays Harbor College	WMP Actions 8, 31, 32, 33, 34, 40, 41, and 45	11:30am	Randy Lehr, Grays Harbor College
5. Request from the Water Quality Committee Comment on letter to Grays Harbor County regarding the draft Critical Protection Area Code		12:15pm	Terry Willis, Water Quality Committee Chair and Janel Spaulding, Watershed Facilitator

ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING:

• Volunteers to help out at the watershed festival
• Input regarding presentation related to water rights.
• Direction regarding the draft letter to Grays Harbor County-due by June 30^th .

C. Chair Adjourns Meeting                                                                       12:30pm

Please plan to stay after the meeting for cake and conversation with Randy Lehr.  This will be his last meeting. 
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 May 23, 2008 CBP, May 1, 2008 STC, and May 8, 2008 Water Quality Committee.

· Letter to Citizen Advisory Committee from Janel Spaulding.