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MEETING AGENDA
April 28, 2015

Best Western Plus, 507 E Main St.

Dayton, WA

6 PM

1. Please join my meeting, Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 6:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time.

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Meeting ID: 752-204-757

Note: Opening session will begin as shown, all other times are estimates

6:00 / Verify Quorum, Introduction of Guests and Public Comment
Action / Consent Agenda – approve 2 items with one action
1.  March 2015 expenses as follows:
(HCSR)RCO: $16,595.26 (HCFW)LE: $ 5,311.40
(HCB6)BPA6: $30,603.73
2.  March 24, 2015 meeting notes
Action / Agenda Review and Approval
Discussion / Walla Walla drought declaration and WWWMP response plan
Discussion / Lead Entity project pre-application overview
Action / 2014-2015 HCSR (Board’s administrative funding contract) unspent funds assessment and decision to allocate some unspent funds (~$27,000) on funding a PIT array upgrade on the Tucannon River
Discussion / Discussion of 2015-2016 contracts, work plan and budget
Discussion / High priority fish and habitat monitoring needs that were developed and approved in 2014
Action / A decision to allow Lead Entity habitat funds to be used to fund monitoring is needed. If yes, then guidelines/direction/etc. for sponsors and review process needs to be considered.
Discussion / Wooten floodplain management plan update
Discussion/Action / Letter from local legislators to WDFW and response from WDFW to our legislators. Follow up from SRSRB to be considered with possible action.
Discussion / Budget status on current HCSR and HCFW administrative contracts
Discussion / WRIA 35
Discussion / Meeting reminders:
1.  LE meetings (May 12 to discuss final draft applications; June 17-19 tours; July 23 final ranking meeting)
2.  May 27-29 SRFB/RCO/Lead Entities/Regional Board’s salmon conference in Vancouver, WA
Action / 5:00 / Approve May 26, 2015 meeting in Walla Walla at the WEC Building, 500 Tausick Way, starting at 6 pm.
Handouts: (1) March 24, 2015 Meeting Notes, (2) March 2015 Monthly expenses/budgets, (3) Priority Monitoring needs spreadsheet, (4) budget reports for 2014-2015 HCSR and HCFW, (5) Legislator’s letter to WDFW and (6) WDFW response to Legislator’s letter

Voting Board Members: Perry Dozier, Yancey Reser, Stuart Durfee, Dick Ducharme, Mike Talbott, Roland Schirman, Brian Shinn, Jerry Hendrickson, Brad Johnson, Justin Dixon, Bill Bowles, Del Groat, Jon Jones, Gary Ryan, Art Swannack,Confederated Tribe of Umatilla Indian Reservation