PROPOSED

Salmon Recovery Funding Board Meeting Agenda

October 16 and 17, 2008

Room 172, Natural Resources Building, Olympia, WA 98504

Times: Opening sessions will begin as shown; all other times are approximate.

Special Accommodations: If you need special accommodations to participate in this meeting, please notify us by October 9, 2008 at 360/902-3086 or TDD 360/902-1996.

Public Comment: If you wish to comment at the meeting, please fill out a comment card and provide it to staff. Please be sure to note on the card which topic you will address. The Chair will call on you during the discussion of that topic. 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.

Thursday, October 16, 2007
9:00 a.m.	Item #	1	Call to Order Opening and Welcome Determination of Quorum Review and Approval of Agenda	Chair
	Item #	2	Approval of July 2008 Meeting Minutes	Chair
9:10 a.m.	Item #	3	Update on 2008 Grant Round and Review Panel Check-In Presentation, Board Discussion, Public Comment	Brian Abbott
9:30 a.m.	Item #	4	Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office (GSRO) Report Presentation, Board Discussion, Public Comment	Chris Drivdahl
	Item #	5	Large Woody Materials Conference Report Presentation, Board Discussion, Public Comment	Lloyd Moody
10:30 a.m.			BREAK
10:45 a.m.	Item #	6	Council of Regions Report Presentation, Board Discussion, Public Comment	Steve Martin
11:15 a.m.	Item #	7	Lead Entity Advisory Group Report Presentation, Board Discussion, Public Comment	Richard Brocksmith
11:45 a.m.	Item #	8	Allocation Task Force Update Presentation, Board Discussion, Public Comment	David Troutt
12:15			LUNCH
12:45 p.m.	Item #	9a	Strategic Planning Overview Presentation and Board Discussion Relationship of planning, projects, and monitoring in adaptive management cycle General policy and budget implications	Jim Fox
1:00 p.m.		9b	Programmatic Funding Practices Presentation and Board Discussion Staff report and follow-up analysis, including feedback from regions and lead entities	Brian Abbott
1:30 p.m.		9c	Infrastructure Capacity for Salmon Recovery Presentation and Board Discussion Overview and general findings Core functions supported by SRFB LEAG and RCO survey findings	Megan Duffy
2:00			BREAK
2:15	9c, cont.		Infrastructure Capacity for Salmon Recovery Presentations and Board Discussion Regions’ capacity and needs Lead entities’ capacity and needs Sponsors’ capacity and needs	Julie Morgan/Alex Conley Richard Brocksmith Brian Abbott & Sponsor Representatives
3:45 p.m.			BREAK
4:00 p.m.			Public Comment and Comment Regarding Item #9
4:30 p.m.			Strategic Planning Wrap-up and Board Discussion of Item #9 Presentation and Board Discussion Summary of presentations and next steps Board discussion of presentation and direction to staff re: strategic plan	Jim Fox
5:30 p.m.			ADJOURN MEETING
Friday, October 17, 2008
9:00 a.m.			RECONVENE MEETING	Chair
	Item #	10	Management Status Report a. Director’s Report b. Recreation & Conservation Office Quarterly Work Plan Update c. Berk Report Update	Kaleen Cottingham
	Item #	11	Project Management Report and Review of Select Projects Presentation, Board Discussion, Public Comment	Brian Abbott
	Item #	12	Dabob Bay Waiver/Match Issue Presentation, Board Discussion, Public Comment Board Action: Consider Approval of Waiver	Brian Abbott
10:00 a.m.			BREAK
10:10 a.m.	Item #	13	Updates on Budget and Available Funds Presentation, Board Discussion, Public Comment a. Budget b. Overview of available funds for programmatic activities and 2008 grant round	Mark Jarasitis Jim Fox
10:30 a.m.	Item #	14	Contract Renewal for Department of Ecology Intensively Monitored Watersheds Presentation, Board Discussion, Public Comment Follow-up report on Lower Columbia IMW Discussion of DOE contract renewal Board Action: Consider Approval of Contract Renewal	Jeff Breckel, LCFRB Bill Ehinger, Dept. of Ecology
11:10 a.m.	Item #	15	Contract Renewal for Department of Fish and Wildlife Smolt Monitoring Presentation, Board Discussion, Public Comment Board Action: Consider Approval of Contract Renewal	Tim Smith, WDFW
11:30 a.m.	Item #	16	Policy Summit Report Presentation, Board Discussion, Public Comment	Julie Morgan
Noon	Item #	17	2009 Board Meeting Schedule and Work Plan Presentation, Board Discussion, Public Comment Board Action: Consider Approval of Schedule and Work Plan	Rebecca Connolly
12:15 p.m.			ADJOURN MEETING        Next Regular Board Meeting:  December 11 & 12, Olympia