Chehalis Basin Partnership Meeting Notice and Agenda

DATE:                 Friday January 27, 2006

TIME:                  9:30am to noon

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

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

1.  Welcome, introductions and roundtable comments	(5)	Chair
2.  Identify special issues of concern and adjust agenda	(5)	Chair/Members
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. Special Projects                                                                Estimated time            10:00 a.m.

1. Report on the GIS Summit	(15)	Steve Craig
2. Watershed Plan Implementation-Phase IV Work Plan Presentation/Development of Work Plans Watershed Council Action Grant	(60)	Lee Napier and John Kliem
3. Salmon Recovery Family Forestry Fish Passage Program Strategy update	(15)	Lee Napier

ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING:

· Accept list of prioritized projects for the Family Forestry Fish Passage Program

C. Open Comment

Any remaining issues identified in agenda item A2                                              Audience

D. 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 & Habitat Work Group

· Monthly flow report