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Toledo Bend BI-State Alliance
Meeting Minutes
February 26, 2001
The meeting was called to order by Larry Kelly.
Introductions were conducted.
Minutes of the January Meeting will be read at the next meeting in March.
The treasurer report indicated that the bank balance was $2221.48.
New members were voted in.
Regional Water Planning report was given by Bill Heugel.
The next meeting is scheduled for April.
DEDA report was given by Charles English.
Mission statement and development goals were read. Ground water modeling projects and the financial impact of the lake was compared to that of lake Fork.
SRALA meeting report
The SRALA board of directors voted to include the lake level project as one of their 10 top issues. They will be hiring an attorney to review the Power Sales Agreement in order to get an unbiased opinion. Larry Kelly will be allowed to present our views on the power sales agreement to him.
A discussion of the paper prepared by Larry Kelly relating the gallons of water in the lake to Acre Feet and water used for generation was conducted. All that had reviewed the data felt it was valuable. This information will be passed to our legislators and should be used to inform residents of the lake.
FERC Meeting
The first meeting on the collaborative process was held Feb 6,2001. The need for a confidentiality agreement was presented by Cleco. Without such an agreement they would not participate. The purpose of the agreement is to make it clear that no information will be presented out of context and that information which is present cannot be used in a lawsuit. Once the agreement is signed the members of the collaborative effort from the TBBSA will not be able to communicate the progress to the TBBSA until a proposed solution is reached in the closed meetings with the stakeholders. At that time the proposed approach will be presented to the TBBSA members for approval or disapproval.
Larry Kelly had an attorney examine the agreement. He made one suggestion which will be presented at the next FERC meeting.
According to Larry Kelly a similar agreement has been signed by participants in other FERC collaborative efforts. However it has not been called a confidentiality agreement.
A motion was made seconded and passed that Bill Lewis, Jack Clark and Larry Kelly be our representatives to the FERC collaborative process and that they have the authority to negotiate with other stake holders to come to a consensus for presentation to the TBBSA.
AT the present time the stake holders include:
SRAs, Cleco, Entergy, FERC,LA Wildlife and Fisheries, TP&W, TNRCC, Forestry Service, Newton County, Sabine Action Coalition, Marine Owners Assoc. Other Stakeholders can be voted in at any time by the existing group.
The next FERC meeting will be March 20, 2001. The confidentiality agreement must be in prior to March 1.
SRA LA
The SRALA has joined the TBBSA position to stop routine generation at 168ft MSL.
Goals of the TBBSA
A discussion of the goals associated with the lake level was conducted. As presented the goals are:
1. Adjust the guide rule curve of power distribution through May, June, July, August and September.
2. The first 67,500 MW generated should be counted as primary power.
3. Shift some primary power generation into January.
4. Stop routine generation at 168 ft MSL.
With these 4 changes the TBBSA would have most of what we have wanted.
Larry stressed the need for us to communicate with the individual SRA board members so they understand what it is we want and why.
The next SRA board meeting will be at the dam at Lake Fork.
A motion was made seconded and passed that changes be made to the by laws to allow officers to serve longer terms.
A motion was made seconded and passed that the TBBSA pay the expenses for Larry and Uta to attend the LAWF meeting the first part of March.
The SRA has approved the use of their land for the fish hatchery to be located below Toledo Bend Dam. The next step in the process is for the TP&W to obtain the funds for the project. $8M was quoted as the amount required.
A motion was made seconded and passed that the meeting be adjourned.
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