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CALL TO ORDER-
SPECIAL MEETING:
ROLL CALL:
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE:
TransmissIOn Agreement
wIth BonnevIlle Power
AdrmmstratIOn
ADJOURNMENT:
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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
Port Angeles, Washington
September 27, 2006
Mayor Rogers called the specIal meetmg of the Port Angeles CIty Council to order at
4:35 p.m.
Members Present.
Mayor Rogers, Deputy Mayor Williams, CouncIlmembers
Braun, Headrick, and Petersen.
Members Absent.
Councilmembers Munro and Wharton.
Staff Present.
Acting Manager / Attorney Bloor, Clerk Upton, G. Cutler,
and S. McLain.
Pubhc Present:
None.
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was led by CouncIlmember Petersen.
TransmzsslOn Agreement with Bonnevzlle Power Administration
Deputy Director of Power Systems McLam introduced representatives of the
BonnevIlle Power Administration, Mr. Tom Noguchi, Transmission Account
Executive, and Marcus Chong, Contract Specialist, both of whom were present to
answer any questIOns raIsed by the Council. Deputy DIrector McLam presented for the
CouncIl's conSIderatIOn the electrical transmissIOn servIce agreement with the
BonneVIlle Power Administration. The CIty'S current transmission agreement expIres
as of September 30, 2006, and It is necessary to have a new agreement m place pnor
to the end of the month. The proposed servIce agreement utIlIzes the CIty's reservation
priority rights under the current Open Access Transmission Tariff, and It gIves Port
Angeles translTIlssion rights over the BP A system for the next 30 years.
Deputy DIrector McLain advised the CouncIl that the UtilIty AdVISOry COmmIttee had
met in special session Just prior to the CouncIl meetmg and had forwarded a
recommendatIOn for approval. Bnef dIscussion followed as to the benefits of entenng
mto a 30-year agreement, and Deputy Director McLain indIcated the CIty will be
protected from competing applIcatIOns for the transmiSSIOn system. Councilmember
Braun moved to authorize the Mayor to sign the Service Agreement for Network
Integration Transmission Service with the Bonneville Power Administration. The
motion was seconded by Councilmember Headrick and carried unanimously.
The meetIng was adjourned at 4:41 p.m.
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Becky 1. Up , 1 clerk I
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