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AGENDA – Tuesday, March 1st      
 
 

 
 
Timeframe 
 Topic 
 
9:00 - 9:10 
 Welcome  
 
 
 Will Stelle, NMFS 
 
9:10 - 9:15 
 Agenda Overview  
 
 
 Nancy Tosta, Facilitator 
 
9:15 - 10:00 
 Panel 1: Setting the Context/Identifying the Players  
 
 
 David St. John, Puget Sound Partnership 
 
 
 Steve Landino, NMFS 
 
 
 Mark Carey, FEMA 
 
 
 Jim Weber, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission 
 
 
 Eric Johnson, WA State Association of Counties 
 
 
 Josh Baldi, WA Department of Ecology 
 
10:00 - 10:15 
 Importance of Floodplains 
 
 
 George Pess, Northwest Fisheries Science Center 
 
10:15 - 10:45  
 Break 
 
10:45 - 11:30 
 Panel 2:  Identifying Channel Migration Zones 
 
 
 Bill Zachmann, WA Department of Ecology 
 
 
 Hans Hunger, Pierce County Surface Water Management 
 
 
 Byron Rot, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe 
 
 
 Questions/Discussion 
 
11:30 - 12:45 
 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN 
 
12:45 - 1:45 
 Panel 3:  Using Existing Tools to Meet National Flood Insurance Biological Opinion Objectives 
 
 
 Tim Gates, WA Department of Ecology 
 
 
 Larry Wasserman, Swinomish Tribe 
 
 
 Tom Rowe, Snohomish County 
 
 
 Questions/Discussion 
 
1:45 - 2:00 
 Break 
 

  
Timeframe 
 Topic 
 
2:00 - 3:00 
 Panel 4:  Implementation Strategies and Engaging Communities  
 
 
 Steve Bleifuhs, King County, River and Floodplain Management Section 
 
 
 Paul Roberts, City of Everett 
 
 
 David Troutt, Nisqually Tribe, Department of Natural Resources 
 
 
 Questions/Discussion 
 
3:00 - 3:45 
 Critical Path Forward 
 
 
 Will Stelle, NMFS 
 
 
 Ken Murphy, FEMA 
 
 
 Terry Williams, Tulalip Tribe, Fisheries and Natural Resources 
 
 
 Martha Kongsgaard, Puget Sound Partnership 
 
 
 Next steps 
 
 
 Nancy Tosta, Facilitator 
 

 
AGENDA – Tuesday, March 1st 
 
 

AGENDA – Wednesday, March 2nd 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Timeframe 
 Topic 
 
9:00 - 9:15 
 Review of Day 1 and Expectations for Day 2 
 
 
 Nancy Tosta, Facilitator 
 
9:15 - 10:00 
 Overview of Compliance Options 
 
 
 John Graves, FEMA 
 
 
 Questions/Discussion 
 
10:00 - 10:15 
 Break 
 
10:15 - 11:55 
  Panel 5:  Considering Options and Approaches  
 
 
 Linda Scott, City Planning, Carnation 
 
 
 Jana Hanson, Community and Economic Development Department, Mt. Vernon 
 
 
 Allan Giffin, Planning and Community Development, Everett 
 
 
 Paula Cooper, Whatcom County Department of Public Works 
 
 
 Questions/Discussion 
 
11:55 - 12:00 
 Introduction to afternoon session 
 
 
 Nancy Tosta, Facilitator 
 
12:00 - 1:00 
 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN 
 
1:00 - 2:30 
 Breakout Sessions: What will it take to achieve compliance? 
 
2:30 - 3:30 
 Closing Panel and Discussion 
 
 
 Mark Carey, FEMA 
 
 
 Steve Landino, NMFS 
 
 
 David St. John, Puget Sound Partnership 
 
 
 Next Steps  
 
 
 Nancy Tosta, Facilitator