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858 859 Chair Eckman closed public comment at 5:20 p.m.; expressing the GLWMO Board's appreciation for 860 resident attendance and the thoughtful feedback. 861 862 Mr. Bester asked the Chair for recognition to provide an additional comment, which was granted by Chair 863 Eckman. 864 865 Joe Bester 866 Mr. Bester addressed the FOR memorandum, Page 13, Item 8, as it related to the survey and 867 interpretation of 70% or greater respondents to their use of the lake, opining that this attempted to try to 868 downplay or minimize the recreational aspects of Lake Owasso; suggesting that it was only used for 869 swimming and visual amenities. Mr. Bester noted that his own response had been that he was a water 870 path user; however, he also watched the sunset every day; and opined that everyone uses the lake in 871 multiple ways, with none of them dominant over another activity. Mr. Bester opined that, whether 872 boating or not, the FOR report appeared to try to minimize the recreational aspects of the lake with such 873 misleading wording. 874 875 Chair Eckman once again closed public comments at 5:22 p.m. 876 877 Review and Approve Written Response to the 10 Year GLWMO Plan 878 Member Miller suggested that the DRAFT Plan be amended to address the comments of Mr. Roberts 879 specifically related to Page 15 of the Executive Summary as well as the Implementation Table (Table 33) 880 under "Lake Owasso Projects." Member Miller opined that if the "No Wake" section were removed from 881 the body of the Plan, they needed to be removed from those other places as well for consistency; and 882 suggested that amendment be made to his proposed Resolution dated September 7, 2011 and entitled, "A 883 Resolution to Address Concerns over the "No Wake" Proposal in the Grass Lake's Third Generation 884 Watershed Management Plan." Whether the proposed resolution was too binding on future WMO 885 Boards, Mr. Miller sought feedback from other Board members; however, he personally spoke in support 886 of the Resolution as drafted, with the amendment to Page 15 of the Executive Summary and 887 Implementation Table 33. 888 889 Chair Eckman suggested inserting the word "safe" in the second "WHEREAS" statement, related to 890 "[safe] recreational uses of the lake. 891 892 Member Miller concurred with that suggestion as an additional amendment. 893 894 Motion 11 -09 -09 895 Member Miller moved, and Member Von De Linde seconded approval of the following Resolution: 896 897 A Resolution to Address Concerns over the "No Wake" Proposal in the 898 Grass Lake Water Management Organization's Third Generation Watershed Management Plan 899 900 WHEREAS, the Grass Lakes Water Management Organization ( GLWMO) is concerned with 901 maintaining recreational uses of lakes within its jurisdiction; and 902 903 WHEREAS, the extent and intensity of public comment against the proposed "No Wake" study 904 on Lake Owasso indicates that this action could hinder [safe] recreational uses of the lake; and 905 906 WHEREAS, while the BARR Lake Owasso Use Attainability Analysis (UAA) indicated that 907 boat motors should be considered for their effects on water quality, this analysis did not indicate 18