Coordinating Group: Meetings & Calls

Group Conference Call Minutes
October 27, 1999

PRESENT: Bill Auberle, Shawn Kendall, Kevin Golden, Barry Aarons, Al Zemsky, Tom Webb, Dan Olson, Ursula Kramer, John Leary, Bill Grantham.

ABSENT: Dan Johnson, Rose Lee, Jerry Pardilla, Chris Shaver.

NEXT MEETING: November 1 at 5:00 PM and continuing through dinner. Meet in Room 101 DEQ Building, 168 N. 1950 West in Salt Lake City. Agenda items include: balancing the current budget, long term funding, WRAP organizational assessment, International Projects Committee discussion, approval of revised WRAP Communication Manual, and state representation on the Initiatives Oversight Committee.

WORK PLAN

Jan and Ursula will distribute a new draft late today. Attached as an appendix will be the full descriptions of work items from the forums and work groups. An updated budget summary and an agenda for Nov. 1-2 will be attached. The cover memo will ask that those forum co-chairs who have not sent updated work plans this week should send them by Friday or bring them in writing on Monday. The cover memo will also note that the requests for funds exceed the money available for the current grant application, and some work will be shifted to future years. The work plan draft will be posted on the web site as well, with suitable introduction indicating it is a draft for discussion next week.

DATA BASE AND TIME LINE

Shawn reported that those items are in progress but slow.

AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER 1-2 MEETING

Ursula, Shawn, Jan and facilitator Marie Alexander will work out a detailed agenda and post it on the calendar. So far, items include presenting a financial overview, sorting out work items and dollars for FY99 and FY00, firming up the time line especially for the Annex, and clarifying how much work is needed to include other Class I areas in the Annex. Tom Webb will be prepared to address the last item from EPA's point of view.

MARKET TRADING FORUM has asked for another $5000 to support their contractor's attendance in Phoenix next week to assist in working out allocation issues. Coordinating Group approved shifting funds to support that.