Glen Canyon Dam Technical Work Group 

Final Agenda 

Arizona Department of Water Resources 

Verde Conference Room, 2nd Floor 

3550 N. Central Avenue 

Phoenix, Arizona 85012 

WebEx Information 

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Phone #: 866-917-3895 Passcode: 6622891 

Date: 6/20/2014 

TIME Tuesday, June 24, 2014 

TOPIC 

TAB 

9:30 Welcome and Administrative: John Jordan, TWG Chair 

Introductions and Determination of Quorum (16) 

1. Approval of April 8-9, 2014, Meeting Minutes 

2. Review of Action Items 

3. Ad Hoc Group Updates 

4. Old Business 

5. New Business: John Jordan, Shane Capron 

 TWG Chair and Vice Chair Elections for FY15 (10/1/14 to 9/30/15) 

 Upcoming TWG Meetings for 2014: October 28-29, 2014 (webinar?), 

January 27-29, 2015. 

Agenda 

Meeting Minutes 

Action Items

9:52 Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan EIS Update: Glen 

Knowles, Reclamation 

 Presentation (15 min) 

 Q&A and discussion (15 minutes) 

LTEMP 

10:35 BAHG Chair Report: Shane Capron, BAHG Chair

 Revision of GCDAMP 2010 GCDAMP Budget Process Paper (5 min) 

 Update from BAHG Conference Calls (5 min) 

 Discussion of FY15-16 Budget Issues: Shane Capron (10 min) 

 Q&A and discussion (5 minutes)

Budget 

11:20 

 

Science Advisors Report: Dr. David Garrett, Dr. Kitchell and Dr. Wohl (1 hour)

 Presentation and review of Science Advisors’ comments on the Triennial 

Budget and Work Plan 

12:30 

(1:00) 

LUNCH 

1:30 

 (1:20) 

FY 2015-17 Triennial Budget and Work Plan Discussion: Glen Knowles, Dr. 

Jack Schmidt, GCMRC 

 BOR Budget and Work Plan: Glen Knowles (60 minutes) 

 GCMRC Budget and Work Plan Overview: Jack Schmidt (20 minutes) 

Budget

2:50 

(:10) 

BREAK 

3:00 

(1:50) 

FY 2015-17 Budget and Work Plan (continued): 

 Project 2: Dave Topping, phone (20 mins) 

 Project 3: Paul Grams, phone (30 mins) 

 Project 13: Lucas Bair (30 mins)

 Project 10: Ted Melis (30 mins) 

Budget 

4:50 

(:10) 

Public Comment 

5:00 Adjourn 

 
Glen Canyon Dam Technical Work Group 

Final Agenda 

Arizona Department of Water Resources 

Verde Conference Room, 2nd Floor 

3550 N. Central Avenue 

Phoenix, Arizona 85012 

WebEx Information 

https://ucbor.webex.com/ucbor/j.php?MTID=mf6164f80f829a31b52b574b97479465d 

Phone #: 866-917-3895 Passcode: 6622891

Date: 6/20/2014 

TIME Wednesday, June 25, 2014 

TOPIC 

TAB 

8:15 Welcome and Administrative: John Jordan, TWG Chair 

Introductions and Determination of Quorum (16) 

 Unresolved issues from yesterday’s meeting 

Agenda 

08:30 TWG Chair and Vice Chair Elections: Glen Knowles 

8:50 Basin Hydrology, Operations, and 2015 Hydrograph – Katrina Grantz, 

Reclamation 

Information, discussion, and possible action 

 Presentation (15 minutes) 

 Q&A, discussion, and feedback (15 minutes)

Proposed motion language: TWG recommends to AMWG to recommend to 

the Secretary of the Interior, approval of the DOI-DOE Proposed 

Hydrograph for Water Year 2014 as defined in the attached Water Year 2014 

Hydrograph TWG Motion.

Hydrology 

9:40 FY 2015-17 Triennial Budget Discussion: Shane Capron, Glen Knowles, Scott 

VanderKooi (continued) 

 Project 6: Bill Persons, phone (30 mins) 

 Project 7: Charles Yackulic, phone (30 mins) 

 Project 8: David Ward, phone (30 mins) 

 Project 9: Mike Yard, phone (45 mins) 

Budget

12:15 L U N C H 

1:30 FY 2015-17 Triennial Budget Discussion: Shane Capron, Glen Knowles, Scott 

VanderKooi (continued) 

 Project 12: Helen Fairley (15 mins) 

 Project 5: Scott Vanderkooi (30 mins) 

 Project 11: Daniel Sarr (30 mins) 

 Project 4: Joel Sankey, phone (30 mins) 

 Discuss TWG motion on TWP: Shane Capron and John Jordan (45 mins)

Proposed motion language: The TWG recommends that the AMWG 

recommend for approval, the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management 

Program Triennial Budget and Work Plan—Fiscal Years 2015-2017 (Draft 

June 6, 2014) to the Secretary of Interior.

3:00 

(:10) 

Public Comment 

3:10 Adjourn 

Next Meeting: 

(Tu-We) October 28-29, 2014