FY 1999 proposal 199601900

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199601900 Narrative Narrative

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal titleSecond-Tier Database For Ecosystem Focus
Proposal ID199601900
OrganizationBonneville Power Administration (BPA-EWI)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
NameDavid Askren
Mailing address905 NE 11 St, P.O. Box 3621 [Mail Code EWI-4] Portland, OR 97208-3621
Phone / email5032305624 / draskren@bpa.gov
Manager authorizing this project
Review cycleFY 1999
Province / SubbasinSystemwide / Systemwide
Short descriptionProvide single-point, Internet-based access to a subset of fishery, hydraulic, project-operation, and environmental information useful in monitoring and evaluating regional efforts to recover threatened or listed anadromous species.
Target species
Project location
LatitudeLongitudeDescription
Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agencyAction #BiOp AgencyDescription

Section 2. Past accomplishments

YearAccomplishment

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project IDTitleDescription
9105100 Monitoring and Evaluation Statistical Support [UW] Critical - 9105100’s “RealTime” statistical juvenile salmon migration timing models require input presently only available from 9601900 services. Models are used during migration season in support of weekly hydrosystem operations.
8910700 Statistical Support for Salmonid Survival Studies [UW] Critical - 9601900 integrates regionally-distributed data sets for input to 8910700 survival analyses.
8910800 Monitoring and Evaluation Modeling Support [UW] Critical - 8910800’s CRISP juvenile salmon hydrosystem survival model requires input presently available only through 9601900 services. Model is used during migration season in support of weekly hydrosystem operations.
940330 Fish Passage Center [FPC] Critical - FPC provides passage indices, transport numbers, and hatchery release data to be integrated into second-tier database
9008000 Columbia Basin PIT-tag Information System [PSMFC] Critical - PSMFC provides PIT-tag tagging and detection information to be integrated into second-tier database
9207104 In-season Operations Technical Management Team (TMT) Support-Corps funded. Critical - 9601900 integrates primary data from Corps of Engineers, PSMFC, and FPC for retrieval, processing, and presentation to TMT to support weekly hydro-operation decision. 9207104 prototyped Internet TMT support systems now used by Corps.
8810804 StreamNet (aka CIS) StreamNet is the FWP data archive which could (but does not) provide the integration of historical and inseason observations provided by this proposal.

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

Task-based budget
ObjectiveTaskDuration in FYsEstimated 1999 costSubcontractor
Outyear objectives-based budget
ObjectiveStarting FYEnding FYEstimated cost
Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase

Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

Task-based budget
ObjectiveTaskDuration in FYsEstimated 1999 costSubcontractor
Outyear objectives-based budget
ObjectiveStarting FYEnding FYEstimated cost
Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase

Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

Task-based budget
ObjectiveTaskDuration in FYsEstimated 1999 costSubcontractor
Outyear objectives-based budget
ObjectiveStarting FYEnding FYEstimated cost
Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase

Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Task-based budget
ObjectiveTaskDuration in FYsEstimated 1999 costSubcontractor
Outyear objectives-based budget
ObjectiveStarting FYEnding FYEstimated cost
Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget
ItemNoteFY 1999 cost
Personnel 12 month salary for database administrator and coordinator/web programmer. $90,000
Fringe If this is a “value-added” service to entity with database admin, subtract 6-month salary ($26,000) $21,000
Supplies $13,000
Capital If this is “value-added” service using existing computer resources, subtract $40,000. $40,000
Subcontractor Columbia Basin Research, University of Washington; Fish Passage Center; StreamNet [Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission] $0
$164,000
Total estimated budget
Total FY 1999 cost$164,000
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds$0
Total FY 1999 budget request$164,000
FY 1999 forecast from 1998$0
% change from forecast0.0%
Cost sharing
OrganizationItem or service providedAmountCash or in-kind
Other budget explanation

Schedule Constraints: 4/1/1999 - All services of Objectives 1 and 3 to be functional to serve information during juvenile outmigration


Reviews and recommendations

This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.

Recommendation:
Date:
May 13, 1998

Comment:

Criteria 1: Technical Criteria - Yes

Criteria 2: Objectives Criteria - Yes

Criteria 3: Milestones Criteria - Yes

Criteria 4: Resources Criteria - Yes:


Recommendation:
Do Not Fund
Date:
May 13, 1998

Comment:

Duplicates FPC and StreamNet
Recommendation:
Adequate
Date:
Jun 18, 1998

Comment:

This is an adequate proposal rated in the upper midrange of the set. The proposal does not clarify why the problems inherent in the primary databases are not fixed instead of adding a second tier (this proposal). There is little explanation of how the 2nd tier is done. The objectives are not the same in table and text. The work is not so much collaborative as competitive, but this is all laid out and stated in terms of the need to cooperate. This project seems to be the result of frustration with other projects not doing what was expected.
REVIEW:
NW Power and Conservation Council's FY 2006 Project Funding Review
Funding category:
expense
Date:
May 2005
FY05 NPCC start of year:FY06 NPCC staff preliminary:FY06 NPCC July draft start of year:
$264,075 $264,075 $264,075

Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website