AGENDA, May 7 - 8, 2009

USGS Western Fisheries Research Center Main Conference Room 6505 NE 65th St., Seattle, WA 98115 Note: Opening session will commence as shown; all other times are approximate. If you need special accommodations to participate in this meeting, please notify us at 360-725-5463 or TDD 1-800-833-6388.
DAY 1
9:00 a.m.	PANEL BASICS Welcome Review agenda Approval of October 7, 2008, Meeting Summary November 18 & 19, 2008, Meeting Summary	Joel Baker
9:15 a.m.	PUGET SOUND PARTNERSHIP AGENCY UPDATES Staffing/reorganization update 2009 Legislative outcomes Budget update DOCUMENT: Partnership Science-Policy Work Groups (PDF)	Lynda Ransley
9:45 a.m.	ACTION AGENDA IMPLEMENTATION Science Policy Work Groups National Estuary Program review of Action Agenda and science-related comments DOCUMENT: Partnership SciencePolicy Work Groups (PDF)	Martha Neuman
10:15 a.m.	STATE AND FEDERAL PUGET SOUND FUNDING OF SCIENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES State Puget Sound Science Funding Spending Plan for FFY08 Funds FFY09 Process for this Cycle Expectations for FFY10 and Beyond DOCUMENT: Performance Management Products for November 1, 2009 (PDF) DOCUMENT: Proposed Performance Management Timeline for November 1 (PDF)	Jim Cahill
10:45 p.m.	PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
11:00 a.m.	ACTION AGENDA PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT Discuss role of the Science Panel in Partnership Performance Management	Staff
12:15 p.m.	WORKING LUNCH (Provided for Science Panel Members)
12:45 p.m.	ACTION AGENDA PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED) Review of near-term overall products, process, and timeline Intermediate outcomes process	Staff
1:30 p.m.	DISCUSSION ON APPROACHES FOR EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING ESRP SRFB	Panel
2:30 p.m.	PARTNERSHIP ECOSYSTEM INDICATORS Reporting in November 2009 Science Panel expectations and next steps Draft Work Plan on Phase 2 Clarify Roles of Science/Policy Work Groups, Science Panel, and other advisory groups DOCUMENT: Table A: Review of candidate ecosystem indicators for 2009 reporting by the Puget Sound Partnership (PDF) DOCUMENT: Table B: Ecosystem indicators reported 1998 to 2007 by the Puget Sound Action Team (PDF)	Staff
4:00 p.m.	STRATEGIC SCIENCE PLAN Status and next steps to complete the Plan	Jan Newton
5:00 p.m.	RECESS FOR EVENING
5:15 p.m.	USGS RECEPTION AND LAB TOUR FOR SCIENCE PANEL MEMBERS
DAY 2
8:30 a.m.	RECONVENE MEETING Review day one	Joel Baker
8:45 a.m.	PUGET SOUND SCIENCE UPDATE	Mary Ruckelshaus
9:15 a.m.	INITIAL PEER REVIEW PROCESS Steps for Water Quality Modeling Review Process	Joel Baker
10:00 a.m.	WASHINGTON INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL BRIEFING Presentation Links to Science Panel and Action Agenda DOCUMENT: WISC Presentation (PDF) DOCUMENT: Grant Highlights (PDF)	WISC Chair Chris Christopher
10:30 p.m.	BIODIVERSITY COUNCIL’S SCIENCE RELATED ISSUES Presentation Links to Science Panel and Action Agenda	Lynn Helbrecht
11:00 a.m.	OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR PUGET SOUND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS Presentation DOCUMENT: Evidence for Upwelling of Corrosive "Acidified" Water onto the Continental Shelf (PDF) DOCUMENT: Ocean Acidification: The Other CO2 Problem (PDF)	Dick Feely
12:00 p.m.	PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
12:15 p.m.	WORKING LUNCH (provided for Science Panel members)
1:00 p.m.	SEAFLOOR MAPPING Presentation DOCUMENT: Seafloor mapping and habitat characterization of the Salish Sea (PDF) DOCUMENT: Seafloor mapping on the U.S. West Coast (PDF) DOCUMENT: Strategic Plan Washington State Seafloor Mapping Program (PDF) DOCUMENT: Washington State Seafloor Mapping Workshop Proceedings (PDF)	Mapping Team
2:00 p.m.	CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON ITEMS NOT COMPLETED ON DAY 1 OR DURING MORNING SESSION
3:00 p.m.	ADJOURN Next meeting: June 24, 2009, Work Session, Pierce College

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