PRRIP Goverance Committee Agenda

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Depletions Plan including redline and clean versions for review. If parties have comments they should be sent to Mike Purcell. Concern was raised that this topic was not brought forward as a full action item with documentation before the meeting. Program responsibilities regarding Cottonwood Ranch Brian Barels provided an overview of the Cottonwood Ranch development and enhancement efforts. There is a 6-phased plan that was approved by FERC after review and approval by the Cottonwood Ranch Management Oversight Committee. The FERC license agreement provides that once the Program begins, the Program becomes responsible for costs of previous development and management as well as future efforts. It is understood that the Program does not have federal authorization, and therefore cannot fund management/maintenance actions at this time. Brian explained that NPPD is willing to move forward with the 2007 portion of the development plan and conduct the maintenance activities with the understanding that NPPD will be reimbursed. The existing agreement also provides for reimbursement for the work through 2006. At the time reimbursement is requested NPPD will provide a detailed accounting will be provided for all work done on Cottonwood Ranch as provided for by the FERC License Agreement. Brian noted that NPPD is still operating within the original cap of 1.3 M in 1997 dollars. The action items considered by the GC were, 1) reimburse NPPD for work through 2006, about $800K, with invoice to be submitted when payment due, 2) 2007 maintenance activities ($75K) and improvements (unknown), 3) Identify GC representative to Oversight Committee. The expectation is that NPPD will be reimbursed within 1 year of federal authorization. The GC agreed with items one and two, with proper documentation, and appointed the Executive Director to sit on the Oversight Committee. It was noted that there may be a need for a more formal agreement with NPPD at some point on exactly what the Program's rights are in regards to Cottonwood Ranch, as identified in the Land Plan. NPPD will draft this agreement for the GC to consider when appropriate. Districts Monitoring Brian Barels reviewed the Districts monitoring efforts that they have been conducting since the licenses were provided. According to the licenses, the biological monitoring plan needs to be coordinated with the Program through consultation with GC within 6-months of Program initiation. Brian recommended that the Executive Director be appointed to the Monitoring Oversight Committee (different than the oversight committee identified above), to provide necessary coordination with the monitoring plan. GC appointed the Executive Director to the Monitoring Oversight Committee. Brian noted that if inembers of the GC have comments on the current monitoring plan that they can be sent directly to him, but in the future the coordination will be with the Executive Director. Program Executive Director The GC reviewed and edited the selection process. Proposed questions to be asked of the candidates should be submitted to Dale Strickland by April 13 with a cc to Clayton Derby. The Selection Committee will meet via conference call on April 16 to develop a list of 5 questions each candidate will be asked. Dale will send a letter to the five candidates discussing the This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the committee before approval. Page 2 of 4