Agenda:
November 2, 2011
POWDER BASIN WATERSHED COUNCIL
Monthly Public Meeting @ 5:30 p.m.
Baker City School District 5J (2090 Fourth Street)

AGENDA

5:30 CALL TO ORDER
Recognition of Guests / Commissioners Comment / Unscheduled Public Input
Approval of Minutes: 09/07/11


GENERAL BUSINESS

5:40 Watershed Status Reports [INFORMATION-DISCUSSION-DECISION]
• Powder Basin [Small Grant Program; Basin Municipalities; Monitoring Program; Strategic Plan Implementation, Agency Reports]
• Brownlee Subbasin [Eagle Valley SWCD; Brownlee Reservoir Assessment;]
o Pine Creek [Floodplain Plan Development; Oliver Ditch proposal, 5 Point Diversion]
o Snake Tributaries
• Burnt River Subbasin [Burnt River SWCD; Burnt River Irrigation District]
o North Fork [NFBR Stream Restoration Project]
o South Fork
o Main Stem
• Powder River Subbasin
o Upper Powder River [Baker Valley SWCD; SVDTs, UPRWAP]
o Powder River - Baker Valley [BVSWCD; BVID; Kirkway Project- Table for agenda]
o Powder River - Powder Valley [BVSWCD; PVWCD]
o Lower Powder River [KtSWCD; EVSWCD; LPRIrrigators]

6:15 Kirkway Construction (Project Implementation) – Kathi Vinson

6:45 PBWC Work Plan
1. Approval of Goals 2 & 3 (as mailed with September Minutes
2. Review/Revision of Goal 1 – Watershed Conservation and Management Initiatives
• The goal of Watershed Initiatives is to improve the quality and capacity of watersheds in the three subbasins comprising the Powder Basin.
• Objective A: Establish a system to monitor the health of a stream system in each of the three subbasins by end of 2013.
• Objective B: Implement two projects designed to restore the diversity and complexity of a priority stream in each subbasin over the next five years.
• Objective C: Improve water retention and storage in one stream system by 2015.

7:10 PBWC Board of Directors Report [INFORMATION]
• Treasurer’s Report – Eric Schoenfeld
• Council Development and Management (Goal 4 WCSP)

7:30 Adjourn