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• Activity 1.8a: the value statement that ditch abandonment would provide a better mechanism for future protection is inconsistent with the implication in the goal that the WMO doesn't have an understanding of the ditch system and it conflicts with the county perspective on page 23 to not abandon these public ditches. Provide further information for the basis of this activity. • Activity 1.9a: further information on the proposed reserve fund is needed, including how much the WMO is intending to build into the fund, the process and procedures the WMO will use to consider spending the fund, and what happens to the fund if monitoring data indicates additional management is not needed. + Activity 1.9d -h: evaluating options, monitoring, and creating plans will not intrinsically address phosphorus internal or external loading without associated implementation. • Activity 1.9g: correlate this activity with activity 2.1c and explain why this activity identifies 5 years of monitoring while the implementation plan identifies only 1 year of funding. • Activities 1.9h and a number of similar activities within the individual lakes goals: creation of subwatershed plans as identified in these activities need a specific line item(s) in the budget with a clear schedule for the order in which these studies will be completed. Additionally, development of these plans may identify potential areas of phosphorus loading but will not inherently prevent or reduce phosphorus loads without associated implementation. • Activity 1.9j: provide the criteria for determining and clarify who will determine the cost effectiveness and benefits. • Activities 1.12d, 1.12f, 1.19h, 1.22c, 1.22d, 1.25c, & 1.30c: in consideration that the WMO does not want to regulate, clarify if the recommendations for stormwater management identified through these activities would be above and beyond the WMO's stormwater standards. Additionally, describe the process, procedure, or means by which the WMO will ensure any of the options discussed will be considered or implemented. • Goal 1.18: clarify what this goal is intending to accomplish. • Activity 1.20c: according to the implementation plan table, the proposed barley straw treatment is scheduled for the same period as the treatment on Bennett Lake, in conflict with this activity identifying implementation after Bennett Lake. • 6.3.2 Monitoring and Data Assessment: the plan identifies an issue of multiple entities monitoring as well as identifies a plan for both expanded and more consistent monitoring; however, the plan does not clearly identify who will implement the ongoing monitoring program. • Activity 2.1d: identify the location(s) and parameters to be monitored, and what type of analysis will be completed. • Activity 2.1f and 6.1a: Clarify the purpose, intent, and extent of this database to better determine if the funding allocated is sufficient to achieve the described activity and clarify how such a database will not be redundant with existing databases. • Activity 3.1c: while these are admirable goals, the funding identified is insufficient. • Goal 33: Based on the Land and Water Resource Inventory, flooding does not seem to be an issue in the WMO; and in consideration of the capacity of the WMO, we recommend the WMO reconsider implementation activity 3.3a. We also suggest activity 3.3b be moved to the standards in Table 32. • Activity 3.4.a: guidelines for pretreatment and management techniques for stormwater hot spots already exist. In consideration of the existing land use, identifying infiltration potential is likely to require more site specific information than an `infiltration potential map' with the funding identified would provide. Page 3 of 6