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Lewis River Relicensing Negotiating Group Meetings
 
 
Negotiating Group Meeting - October 1, 2003
 
Negotiating Group Meeting - September 10-11, 2003
 
Negotiating Group Agenda - September 5, 2003
 
Negotiating Group Meeting - August 19, 2003
 
Negotiating Group Meeting - July 15-16, 2003
Goals: Make progress on aquatics issues including reintroduction. Discuss proposed work plan and modify it if necessary.
Negotiating Group Retreat - June 25-27, 2003
Goal: Complete Aquatics Package
Negotiating Group Meeting - June 18, 2003
Goals: Continue making progress on aquatics and non-aquatics issues to lay the foundation for a policy level agreement on all major issues at the June 25-27 retreat.
Negotiating Group Meeting - June 4-5, 2003
Goals: Reach tentative agreement on the complete Terrestrial Resources package; reach tentative agreement on socioeconomic recommendations from the Licensees and USFS; continue narrowing and making progress on aquatics issues to lay the foundation for an "agreement in principle" on aquatics issues at the June 25-27 retreat.
Negotiating Group Retreat - May 21-23, 2003
Goals: Continue making progress on the aquatics issues and, where possible, reach agreement on strategies or options for moving forward; reach tentative agreement on the Terrestrial Recommendation Package and other non-aquatics issues.
Negotiating Group Meeting - May 14, 2003
Goals: Hear updates on the work of small groups; continue to make progress on issues, and reach tentative agreements where possible.
Negotiating Group Meeting - May 1, 2003
Goals: Confirm ground rules for confidentiality; reach tentative agreement on recommendations from the Terrestrial Subgroup; continue to make progress on issues identified at last week?s retreat, and reach tentative agreements where possible.
Negotiating Group Retreat - April 23-25, 2003
Goals: 1) Reach tentative agreement on criteria for reintroduction into Merwin and/or Yale, identifying areas in which we need further technical input; 2) Reach tentative agreement on the purposes, structures and decision-making processes of the Oversight Committee and Aquatics Habitat Fund; 3) Hear fish population goal recommendations and, if possible, reach agreement on goals and use of goals; 4) Continue making progress on the aquatics pi?ata by narrowing the issues and, where possible, reaching agreement on strategies or options for moving forward.
Negotiating Group Meeting - April 2-3, 2003
Goals: Advance progress of the Negotiating Group?s discussions at the March retreat by having a more detailed, specific dialogue about key issues, and continuing to narrow their scope.
Negotiating Group Meeting - March 14, 2003
Goals: To hear aquatics small group briefing on development of strawfish production goals, including methodology and product; provide guidance to the aquatics subgroups; and hear recommendations from the Mediation Team on PDEA Alternatives.
Negotiating Group Meeting - February 28, 2003
Topics: Consultants briefing and transmittal of Fish Plan and EDT.
Negotiating Group Meeting - February 5, 2003
Goals: agree on aquatics resource management goals; review and discuss the mediation team?s proposed sequence of issues and process for addressing aquatics; learn the status of other on-going activities.
Negotiating Group Meeting - January 23, 2003
Goals: 1. Approve DNR joining the Negotiating Group; 2. Review and discuss recommendations of the Socioeconomic Subgroup; 3. Discuss PDEA Alternatives; 4. Hear "Fish 101" briefing and aquatics issues roll out.
Negotiating Group Meeting - December 12, 2002
Goals: Reach agreement on tentative recommendations of the Recreation-Socioeconomic Subgroup; hear status reports on the PDEA Alternatives, the convening of the Legal Group, and the ARG.
Negotiating Group Meeting - November 14-15, 2002
Goals: Discuss and fully explore the possible range of Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (PDEA) alternatives; hear and discuss the mediation team?s assessment of the settlement agreement process; reach agreement on the tentative recommendations of the Flood Management Subgroup; hear the presentation of preliminary recommendations from the Recreation-Socioeconomic Subgroup.
Negotiating Group Meeting - October 31, 2002
Goals: Reach tentative agreement on recommendations to address flood management issues; be briefed on and review the status of aquatics discussions in preparation for a fuller discussion in mid-November; receive updates on the progress of the Recreation-Socioeconomic and Terrestrial Subgroups.
Negotiating Group Meeting - September 5, 2002
Goals: Learn about (and celebrate) the successful resolution of the Day Use Fees Mediation; gain an understanding of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission and the role of the WUTC and other state public utility commissions in cost recovery of Lewis River settlement measures; direct how terrestrial issues should be addressed and how options should be developed and presented to the Negotiating Group; learn about the progress of the Recreation and Flood Management Subgroups.
Negotiating Group Meeting - August 8, 2002
Goals: Agree on the structure for addressing flood management issues, discuss and reach a better understanding of cultural resources issues, discuss the process to prepare the PDEA, progress reports on Aquatics Resource Group and recreation-socioeconomics and day use fees discussions.
Negotiating Group Meeting - July 11, 2002
Goals: Formally agree on the Mediation Agreement; present, discuss and reach an understanding of each party's interests, and identify the Negotiating Group's mutual and different interests; direct how recreation and socioeconomic issues should be addressed, and how options should be developed and presented to the Negotiating Group; discuss and reach an understanding of power operations.
Negotiating Group Meeting - June 27, 2002
Goals: Reach agreement on the ground rules to guide the Negotiating Group's decision-making process (Mediation Agreement); discuss a framework to approach settlement negotiations; review and discuss the Critical Path.
Negotiating Group Meeting - May 30, 2002
Topics: Ground rules, Mediation Team's work plan, Aquatics Resource Group work.
Negotiating Group Meeting - May 15-16, 2002
Topics: Swift 2 canal failure, selection of mediator/facilitator, 2001 Technical Studies Status Report.
Negotiating Group Meeting - April 18, 2002
Topics: Reports on March 13th kick-off meeting decisions, representatives, and statements of interest; facilitation/mediation selection process; status report on settlement schedule, critical path, and ground rules.
 
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