Chehalis Basin Partnership Meeting Notice and Agenda

DATE:                   Friday November 17, 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	(10)	Chair Bonnie Canaday
2.  Identify special issues of concern and adjust agenda	(10)	Chair/Members
3.  Nomination of officers (Chair and Vice Chair)	(15)	Chair

ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING:

· Nominate a Chair and Vice Chair

B. Special Projects                                                             Estimated time          10: 05 a.m.

1.  Legislative Briefings (Senate and House)	(45)	Lee Napier
2.  Watershed Plan Implementation a) Work plan for 2006 b) Follow up to assignment to discuss DIP amendment c) Update RE:  Hydraulic Continuity scoping (WMP #2)	(45)	Lee Napier and Mark Swartout

ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING:

· Guidance from the CBP

C. Monthly Partnership Reports                                       Estimated time          11:35 a.m.

1.  Monthly Flow Report	(10)	Kahle Jennings
2.  Watershed Festival Highlights Slide show by Jim Hill	(10)	Chanele Holbrook Shaw

D. Open Comments                                                           Estimated time          11:55 a.m.

E. 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

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

Attachments included with this mailing, but at a later date:

· October meeting summary for CBP

· November meeting summaries for the STC, WQ, and HWG

· Monthly Flow Report (electronic distribution)

· Letter from Bonnie Canaday supporting Coordinated Water Quality Monitoring proposal by Grays Harbor College