AGENDA, April 29 - 30, 2008

Leadership Council Opening and Introductions

• Welcome
• Overview of agenda
• Approve January 28 & 29, 2008 Meeting Summary
• Adopt Science Panel Members Terms
• Resolution 2008-01 Initial Terms for Science Panel Members (PDF)

Leadership Council Member Updates on Activities

Executive Director’s Report

• General update on what is happening with the Puget Sound Partnership

Action Agenda Status and Update

• Updated Schedule and Process
• Outline of today’s process
• Action Agenda Status Summary (PDF)
• Action Agenda Timeline (PDF)
• Action Agenda Draft Outline (PDF)

Action Agenda: What is the status of Puget Sound’s health and biggest threats to it

• Present Risk Analysis Draft
• What is the status of Puget Sound's Health? What are the biggest threats to it? (PDF)

Public Comment Period

LUNCH – provided for Leadership Council

Action Agenda: Topic Forums Overview, Status, and Next Steps

• What is the status and what are the threats
• What do we need to move from where we are today to a healthy Puget Sound by 2020
• Topic Forum Overview, Status, and Next steps (PDF)

Action Agenda: Where Do We Start

• Overall approach
• Capital projects approach
• Approach to Establish Strategic Direction and First Steps. (PDF)
• Proposed Guiding Principals for Action Agenda Strategic Direction (PDF)
• Draft Leadership Council Decision-Making Schedule for the Action Agenda (PDF)
• Proposed Process and Schedule for Development of State and Federal Capital Budget Proposals for the Puget Sound Partneship (PDF)

Staff

Action Agenda – Topic Forum – Human Well-Being - Ensuring Economic Prosperity

• AWB letter (PDF)

Communication and Public Outreach Program

• Volunteer Coordinator
• AWC and WSAC efforts
• Preliminary summary of written comments recieved (PDF)

Public Comment Period

Recess for the evening

Leadership Council Reconvene
   · Recap of Day 1, and
   · Overview of Day 2

Accountability and Adaptive Management

• Adaptive framework for evaluating progress that allows us to:  (1) hold various components of the system accountable and (2) revise implementation strategies
• Where we are in developing an accountability system (i.e., a system to help us understand Partners' progress in completing Action Agenda activities); proposed approach for developing this system
• Where we are in developing an adaptive management system (i.e., a system to develop and use information to support revisions to implementation strategies)
• Where are we in developing an information management system to support these functions?
• Proposed Process and Schedule for the Development of Puget Sound Monitoring Program (PDF)
  

Scott Redman and Mary Beth Brown

Integrated Approach to Indicators and Monitoring

• Proposed Action Agenda content on indicators, benchmarks, and monitoring
• LC’s role in developing the relevant Action Agenda content and carrying through with implementation
• Tone and tenor of evaluating progress through benchmarking
• Steps forward for Action Agenda subsequent work plan
• Approach to Established Report-Level Indicators (PDF)

Strategic Science Program Briefing

• Leadership Council’s thoughts on this process
• Direction to staff on follow up

Funding Strategy

• Work Plan and Approach
• Action Agenda Financing Strategy (PDF)

Draft Spending Plan for Federal Funding

• Proposal
• Briefing Fed FFY08 Spending Plan (PDF)

David Dicks, Tom Eaton, Jim Cahill

Public Comment Period

Adjourn
   · Next meeting June 12 & 13, 2008
   · Location TBD