Bi-Monthly Meeting November 20 th , 2013 Sandy Senior Center - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Bi-Monthly Meeting November 20 th , 2013 Sandy Senior Center

Meeting Agenda � Council Development 6:30-7:15 pm � Learning Moment 7:15-7:45 Kelly Warren, Natural Resources Department, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs � Council Project Updates 7:45 – 7:55 pm � Emerging opportunities/issues 7:55 - 8:10 pm � Events 8:10-8:20pm � Other business – public comment 8:20 pm

Council Development � Review/adopt minutes � Finances and Budget update – Marilyn Peterson � Fiscal Agent transition – Update � New Council Member nominees � Office infrastructure review � USFS Partnership Agreement � MHCC partnership � Sandy School District

Council Development, cont . � OWEB Updates � Happy Creek Completed � Considering Sandy Basin Vegetation Restoration Coalition lead

OWEB 2015 Council Support Checklist � Action Plan Adopted � Written Polices on: - not using litigation - identify broad and diverse board interests - identify broad and diverse participants - GAAP accounting - Open and inclusive – meeting notices, documentation available on request, open meetings � Bylaws - Mission of inclusive, collabortive, voluntary restoration - Board establishment - Broad, diverse board representation - Council eligibilty, removal procedure - Officer selection, terms, removal procedure - Powers and responsibilities of board, officers, committees - Organizational structure, meeting frequency, decisionmaking - Bylaw amendment procedure

Update: Sandy Delta Planting

Update: Camp Collins � Permitting process underway � Landowner agreements � OWEB grant agreement to be finalized

Update: Troutdale/Eastwinds � First Charette, November 19 th � Next Charette, December 10 th

Update: Salmon Carcass Distribution ~1200 coho from Sandy Hatchery Lost Creek Campground & Still Creek Bridges

Sandyriver.org Update: Web 2.0 Social Media, here we come: Please follow us! � Facebook.com/pages/SandyWatershed � Twitter @SandyWatershed

Emerging Issues/Opportunities: O&C Lands Potential timber management designation – Wyden bill

Emerging Opportunities: Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Listing Last reported at the Sandy Delta in 2009 Proposed “threatened” status, with the Sandy Delta as key potential habitat for recovery NO !!

Emerging Issues/Opportunities : � Portland Water PUD – Council participation in campaign to maintain Portland Water Bureau management of water supply? http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/ 2013/11/06/23741/ � Sandy Salmon Confluence – potential Corps of Engineers feasibility study - BLM planning FY2015 request for acquisition funds for floodplain lot acquisitions

2014 Events � Next Restoration Expo � 64+50 Record Flood commemoration � February 8 Plant-It Delta II

Next Meetings: January 27, March 24 Join us tonight for a holiday toast!