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PROPOSED Salmon Recovery Funding Board Meeting Agenda
October 16, 2009 Room 172, Natural Resources Building, Olympia, WA 98504
Time: Opening sessions will begin as shown; all other times are approximate.
Order of Presentation: In general, each agenda item will include a presentation, followed by board discussion and then public comment. The board makes decisions following the public comment portion of the agenda item.
Public Comment: If you wish to comment at a meeting, please fill out a comment card and provide it to staff. Please be sure to note on the card if you are speaking about a particular agenda topic. The chair will call you to the front at the appropriate time.
You also may submit written comments to the Board by mailing them to the RCO, attn: Rebecca Connolly, Board Liaison at the address above or at rebecca.connolly@rco.wa.gov.
Special Accommodations: If you need special accommodations to participate in this meeting, please notify us by October 9, 2009 at 360/902-3086 or TDD 360/902-1996. |
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OPENING AND WELCOME |
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9:00 a.m. |
Call to Order · Determination of Quorum · Review and Approval of Agenda (Decision) · Approval of August 2009 Meeting Minutes (Decision) · Approval of September 2009 Special Meeting Minutes (Decision) |
Chair |
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MANAGEMENT AND PARTNER REPORTS (Briefings) |
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9:05 a.m. |
a. Director’s Report b. Financial Report c. Follow-up on 2157 Assessments d. RCO Work Plan Update |
Kaleen Cottingham
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General Public Comment: Please limit comments to 3 minutes |
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9:30 a.m. |
2. Salmon Recovery Management Reports a. Grant Management and Project Presentations b. Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office c. Update on Monitoring Forum d. Budget Update: Lead Entity Support |
Brian Abbott Phil Miller Ken Dzinbal Rachael Langen |
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10:15 a.m. BREAK |
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10:30 a.m. |
a. Council of Regions Report b. Lead Entity Advisory Group Report c. Board Roundtable: Other Agency Updates |
Steve Martin Richard Brocksmith SRFB Agency Representatives |
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OTHER BOARD BUSINESS (Briefings and Decisions) |
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11:15 a.m. |
4. Dates and locations for 2010 (Possible Decision) |
Rebecca Connolly |
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11:30 a.m. |
5. Early Round Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration (PSAR) Grant Awards (Possible Decision)
a. RCO# 09-1446A, State Parks, Kiket Island (Skagit Watershed Council Lead Entity) b. RCO# 09-1379C, Stillaguamish Tribe, Klein Farm (Stillaguamish Lead Entity) c. RCO# 09-1482A, Whidbey Camano Land Trust, Skagit Bay (Island County Lead Entity) d. RCO# 09-1277R, Tulalip Tribe, Qwuloolt Estuary (Snohomish Lead Entity) |
Brian Abbott |
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Noon |
Working Lunch (provided for board members) |
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12:20 p.m. |
6. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Small Grant Program (Possible Decision) |
Cara Rose, NFWF |
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1:00 p.m. |
7. Monitoring Forum Recommendations on SRFB-Funded Monitoring (Briefing) |
Ken Dzinbal |
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2:30 p.m. |
Continuation of Item 7: Monitoring Contracts (Briefing and Possible Decisions)
Possible Board Decisions: a. Intensively Monitored Watersheds b. Effectiveness Monitoring c. Fish-in/Fish-Out Monitoring d. Proposal for Rapid Assessment Nearshore Protocols
Briefing and Discussion: e. Implementation Monitoring f. Process for allocating remaining monitoring funds |
Ken Dzinbal Paul Cereghino |
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4:00 p.m. BREAK |
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4:15 p.m. |
8. Discussion of Upcoming Policy Changes (Briefing)
a. Scope changes for acquisition projects b. Puget Sound Partnership Alignment c. Acquisition Criteria d. Changes to Manual 18 for 2010 Grant Cycle
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Dominga Soliz Brian Abbott |
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5:30 p.m. |
ADJOURN
Next Meeting: December 10-11, 2009, Olympia, WA |
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