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658 By consensus, Vice Chair Westerberg volunteered to continue serving as Vice Chair, with the <br />659 understanding that there may be a gap in coverage over the summer months when he was out of town, <br />660 unless there was a compelling need for his attendance at Board meetings during those months. <br />661 <br />662 Discuss Establishing Operational By -Laws for the GLWMO Board of Managers <br />663 Mr. Petersen advised that he was still gathering information and model By -laws on behalf of the Board <br />664 for their review and consideration; and beyond the rules authorized by the JPA for the organization; and <br />665 suggested deferring this item to a future agenda. <br />666 <br />667 Discuss Establishing Time Limits for Public Comments <br />668 At the request of Chair Eckman, Mr. Maloney advised that the City of Shoreview allotted three (3) <br />669 minutes per speaker and Mr. Schwartz advised that the City of Roseville allotted five (5) minutes per <br />670 speaker. <br />671 <br />672 Chair Eckman noted the intent of establishing time limits for public comments was to be respectful of the <br />673 Board's limited time and agenda items. <br />674 <br />675 Discussion among Board members included whether significant public comment was anticipated as the <br />676 Plan was finalized. <br />677 <br />678 This item was deferred for further consideration at a future meeting. <br />679 <br />680 Action Step <br />681 Ms. Correll distributed three (3) bench handouts, attached hereto and made a part hereof, consisting of an <br />682 FOR memorandum dated May 18, 2011 to the GLWMO Board entitled, " GLWMO Internal Comments <br />683 on DRAFT Watershed Management Plan;" an FOR memorandum dated May 17, 2011 to Brooke Asleson <br />684 of the MPCA entitled, "Revised GLWMO Watershed Restoration and Protection Plan;" and a DRAFT <br />685 "Executive Summary of the Plan" dated May 19, 2011, all for Board review before their Special meeting <br />686 on May 26, 2011. <br />687 <br />688 Mr. Petersen expressed his concern that these DRAFT documents were being distributed to the public in <br />689 attendance, particularly the Executive Summary since they were related to a still - internal draft Plan. <br />690 <br />691 Chair Eckman requested that all recipients designate "May 19, 2011 DRAFT on their Executive Summary <br />692 to avoid confusion or a perception that this was a final document. <br />693 <br />694 Discussion included distribution of paper copies to the Shoreview and Roseville branches of the Ramsey <br />695 County Library, as well as each respective representative City Hall; posted on the website; how to get <br />696 sufficient notice to the public; and other media to use to provide awareness to the general public. <br />697 <br />698 Chair Pro -tern Eckman recognized audience member Roberts for additional comment, with Mr. Roberts <br />699 noting the number of Lake Owasso Association members totaling over 200 people, some with e -mail <br />700 access but other relying on regular mail, and how to communicate with those members as effectively as <br />701 done with the BARR engineering study meeting that was well - attended. <br />702 <br />703 Chair Eckman expressed her disappointment with the poor attendance representation from Lake Owasso <br />704 for the third Stakeholder meeting. <br />705 <br />706 <br />707 <br />14 <br />