Chehalis Basin Partnership Meeting Notice and Agenda

DATE:                 Friday October 28, 2005

TIME:                  9:30am to noon

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

A. General Partnership Business 9:30 a.m.

1. Welcome, introductions and roundtable comments              (5)                    Chair
2. Identify special issues of concern and adjust agenda            (5)                    Members/Chair
3. Current River Flow Report                                                      (10)                  Kahle Jennings
4. Chehalis Basin Watershed Festival                                       (10)                  Chanele Holbrook-                                                                                                                              Shaw

ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THIS SECTION:

¨ None

B. Presentation Projects 10:00 a.m.

1. Informational Presentation by the Nisqually River Foundation	(45)	Justin Hall, Director
2. Chehalis Basin - Legislative Requests Progress Report	(15)	Lee Napier
3. Watershed Plan Implementation-Phase IV · Task 2-Contacting Group A Water Systems	(15)	Lee Napier
4. Watershed Council Action Grant	(15)	Lee Napier and Steve Craig
5. Nomination of Chair and Vice Chair-suggested approach from the STC	(10)	Mark Swartout

ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING:

¨ CBP accepts or modifies draft letter to Group A Water Systems in the Chehalis Basin.

¨ CBP provides accepts or rejects the proposal to submit a grant application to the Department of Ecology for the Watershed Council program.

¨ Direction from the CBP regarding the nomination of a chair and vice chair.

C. Chair Adjourns Meeting noon.

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

www.co.grays-harbor.wa.us look under “Departments” and “Public Services”	Documents produced for the CBP are available here
www.scc.wa.gov (click on the “resources,” then the “e-library,” then “Salmon Habitat Limiting Factors”)	A summary of the Chehalis Basin Limiting Factors Analysis is available here, along with information on how to order the complete report.
www.wa.gov/iac/salmonmain.html	Salmon Recovery Funding Board
www.nws.usace.army.mil/pm/centralia/ www.nws.usace.army.mil/pm/chehalis/	U.S Army Corps of Engineers sites for the two Chehalis Basin flood control projects
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

Attachments included with this mailing:

· Meeting Summaries for the CBP, STC, and Water Quality Committee

· Draft letter to Group A Water Systems

· Copy of Help Choose Water Quality Priorities in the Western Olympic Region