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609 Additional discussion included ongoing access to member cities GIS user group, with Member 610 Miller advising that he had a fair amount of experience with GIS, and could perform some of the 611 work in -house to reduce costs and depending on the nature of specific projects, with Mr. 612 Petersen directed to reduce that budget to $2,500 in aggregate; with Ms. Correll suggesting 613 breaking it out in the Implementation Plan consistent with the Third Generation Plan. 614 615 Further discussion included the sufficiency of the $3,300 monthly retainer for technical 616 assistance from an engineering consultant depending on GLWMO specifics for those services 617 that would serve to define actual costs; separate listing and budget for "annual water and 618 phosphorus budget as suggested by Member Westerberg; and including a "Major Events" 619 column with a cost of $70,000 for firm development of the Major Plan Amendment #14 and 620 "Volunteer Monitoring and Equipment." 621 622 Ms. Correll clarified that the budget would reflect all items relative to the $300,000 final budget 623 for the next three (3) years. 624 625 Education 626 Chair Eckman provided to Board members her comments in red to Ms. Correll's draft (no copy 627 available), opining that the most important thing was to change behaviors and cultures through 628 developing relationship with individual champions, cities; and working cooperatively with others to 629 achieve goals. 630 631 Member Westerberg noted that a Citizen Advisory Group (CAG) would eliminate the proposed combined 632 group; with Ms. Correll advising that BWSR feedback indicated that the Technical Advisory Group and 633 the CAG be kept separate. 634 635 While seeming to be an ambitious implementation program, Ms. Correll noted that there were things 636 identified in it that she would need to add to the Plan; and other things that would need to be implemented 637 in the final seven (7) years of the ten (10) year Plan, including coordinating how to measure increased 638 levels of stewardship. 639 640 Additional discussion included future hiring of an FTE on a contract basis for communication; someone 641 to build a relationship with the media; and working with the current provider/host or create a Request for 642 Proposals (RFP); determining the capability of the current GLWMO Board website; with Member 643 Westerberg opining that this should be a high priority; and a timeline for delivery by FOR of the next 644 draft of the Third Generation Plan, anticipated at the regular December meeting after meeting with 645 member cities. 646 647 Misc. 648 Members Westerberg and Von De Linde volunteered to attend the upcoming Lake Owasso Vegetation 649 Management Plan meeting scheduled for November 29, 2011 in the Burr Oak Room at the Roseville City 650 Hall. 651 652 Mr. Petersen advised that he had confirmed with Roseville City staff the availability of audio /video 653 recording for the November 17, 2011 Public Hearing, with the GLWMO Board meeting immediately 654 prior to the Hearing in the Willow Room from 4:00 — 6:00 p.m., then moving to upstairs to the City 655 Council Chambers at the Roseville City Hall. 656 657 Adiourn 13