Coordinating Group: Meetings & Calls

Coordinating Group Meeting Minutes
September 16, 1999, Salt Lake City

PRESENT: Bill Auberle, chair; Chris Shaver, Kevin Golden, Al Zemsky, Jan Miller, Dan Johnson, Shawn Kendall, Ursula Kramer, Jerry Pardilla, Dan Olson, Rose Lee, Project Managers John Leary and Bill Grantham.

ABSENT: Barry Aarons, vice-chair.

VISITORS: Kathy Van Dame, Pete Lahm, Dianne Nielson, Ruth McCormick, Pat Murdo, Sara Laumann, Amy Zimpfer, Dan Clark.

WORK PLAN DEVELOPMENT

* Note that this is a work plan for regional haze deliverables, not an overall WRAP work plan.

* Coordinating Group will review before wider distribution.

* Ursula and Dan Johnson will work to involve other states in the review. Post on web site with description of process for adoption and review.

* John Leary and Bill Grantham will draft Section 2.5 on project administration.

* Jan Miller has stylistic changes for Section 2.2.

* All changes need to be sent to John Leary shortly.

* Timeline

9/27: John Leary and Bill Grantham will send draft of Section 2.5.

9/28: Shawn will send out draft of Section 3.

9/27: John and Bill G will send out all of Section 2.

10/4: Draft of complete Work Plan to Coordinating Group.

10/7: Late afternoon. Coordinating Group conf call to review.

10/12: Distribute new draft to Planning Team.

10/28: Comments due.

11/1-2: Planning Team meeting in SLC.

11/8: Final draft to Coordinating Group.

11/19: Final Coord Group approval.

BUDGET AND STATUS WITH EPA

WRAP is presently about $150,000 in debt.

EPA expects to release $500,000 shortly, and is sending a letter suggesting that WRAP apply for the $150,000 that is available for FY00.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

Ask WRAP to approve Andy Ginsburg to the IOC to replace Greg Greene.

COMMUNICATION MANUAL

Reference to minority reports should be taken out and Forum Guidelines should be used to replace that concept. Many participants don't seem to have the Forum Guidelines. Express great appreciation to Pat Murdo for her work; this is exceptionally fine conceptually. The Manual will be posted for use while the last few details are worked out.

COMMITTEE REPORTS TO BE GIVEN TO THE WRAP 9/16-17.

Various forums will be reporting. Dan Olson and Rose Lee will report for the Northern Air Managers, and are prepared to explain that NAM exists only to refer issues to appropriate forums and therefore don't need stakeholders at the NAM level. Their budget primarily is to augment the forum budgets of forums and committees if needed to ensure northern issues are addressed.

The Communication Committee estimates about $7000 will be needed to upgrade the Web site; John Leary says $10,000 is included for that.

ROLE OF THE COORDINATING GROUP

Bill Auberle reported that he has been spending about 16 hours/week on Coordinating Group issues, particularly concerns from stakeholders who perceive problems and believe Coordinating Group has authority to fix them. He noted that he has heard concerns from every stakeholder group inside and outside WRAP. We need to take time to assess where we are, where we intended to be, and what's next, and this review needs to be done quickly. There isn't a common theme except for 2 issues

* Structural issues--who's in charge?

* Impatience--lots of time and money in this and what's been accomplished?

Ideas put forward

* Other regional bodies are being formed and look to us as a model.

* Specifically, the National Park Service is putting in lots of effort, but the forums sound like there is not really state buy-in. WRAP members need to decide if they really will use WRAP products. Maybe WRAP should put most effort into technical products and let states and tribes do policy?

* Maybe a workshop for state and tribes to get everyone up to speed.

* Add this issue to WRAP agenda for discussion.

* Include Public Advisory Board in the discussion--Coordinating Group has little private sector input.

* There is value in including stakeholders and GCVTC veterans.