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Master This Comment Date Who Made Comment List # Tables # 60 51 Another, and more significant area of concern is boater safety. Though Lake Owasso is one of the largest fully recreational lakes inside the 694 -494 loop, it is still less than 400 August 22, 2011 Michael Malvey acres. It is also very active. Compressing that activity into a smaller area will greatly impact safety. This in turn could endanger relationships like that between Lake Owasso residents and the Courage Center. It could very well mean the end of their weekly skiing sessions. 61 52 On a more personal note, I fear the restriction in usable area will make it more difficult to attain the annual permit to place the slalom course. My wife is a former state August 22, 2011 Michael Malvey slalom champion and our kids (ages 7 and 4) are now active skiers. This summer they both began working on slalom and barefoot skiing. My wife and I would be very unhappy to see that opportunity taken away from them. The shape of the lake and type of shoreline make Lake Owasso one of the best for skiing. Condense the traffic and that benefit goes away. 5 years ago we made a decision to move out of our house on the south side of Lake Owasso. We considered homes on Bald Eagle, White Bear and Owasso. We had good reason to move onto White Bear (family, Mahtomedi School District), but we chose to live in Shoreview because of Lake Owasso. The considerable negative impact as a result of this restriction is clear, but it's important to address the supposed need and method in which it is being implemented as well. 62 53 It would seem that the data presented by GLWMO does not support the need to take such drastic measures. The data is showing improvements in Secchi transparency, Total August 22, 2011 Michael Malvey phosphorus and Chlorophyll since 2005. The first sentence in Implementation Activity 1.9.a, "Given the recent trend of improved water quality in Lake Owasso,..." emphasizes this point perfectly. To this point GLWMO has not defined the following: What are the requirements used to determine which areas should be restricted? What are the specific zones to be impacted? What is the difference in total area of restricted use? How will the restriction be enforced to ensure the study has a proper control? Restriction should not be a "goal ". It's a sad day when the goal of an action is to take access away. If such a plan is implemented, define the criteria for which the restrictions may be lifted. Set a reasonable review period (10 years is not!) with the intended goal of each review to lift the restriction. If no such criteria exist, then this proposal has no merit. Certainly the intent to make this a permanent solution should not even be considered! 64 54 I understand the Grass Lake Watershed Management Organization exists primarily to manage water quality and is not (nor should it be) focused on property values, boat August 22, 2011 Michael Malvey traffic, etc. However, decisions are not made in a vacuum. A decision of this significance cannot be made responsibly without considering the effects on the "real world" and is at best irresponsible. 65 55 It has come to my attention that there is a draft plan in consideration that proposes no -wake or no- boating zones on Lake Owasso. August 23, 2011 Sara Ashman I live just off Lake Owasso and regularly enjoy boating on the Lake with my family (Swimming, Tubing, Water skiing, etc.). Given the majority of watercraft activity on Lake Owasso is a form of family recreation; a no- wake /no- boating zone would hamper /limit all family recreational activities, potentially even swimming. Spending time boating on the lake is a fabulous MN summertime activity; to think that this would "taken away" for local residents around the lake is extremely unfortunate and would dramatically impact many families summertime activities and memories. I do hope the GLWMO finds other means to reduce the phosphorous levels in the lake that does not dramatically impact local residents to such a negative degree. 66 56 My name is Jane Schroeder. My husband and children and I have lived on Lake Owasso for 8 years. We are in the process of rebuilding our home and frankly, this proposed August 23, 2011 Jane M. Schroeder plan for our lake has us deeply concerned to the point that we are refraining from giving the builder the go- ahead! Specifically what has us alarmed is in pages 109 -116 pertaining to a no- wake /no- boating clause. Grass Lake Watershed Management Organization — 2011 Watershed Management Plan Response to Comments: 60 -dav review period 9/19/2011 Page 7