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356 Mr. Norton advised that he had received information on tonight's Public Hearing through the lake 357 association, alerting the need for residents to review a specific portion of the Plan related to Lake Owasso. 358 Even through all of that, Mr. Norton advised that he had received no direct communication from the 359 GLWMO on the process; and had only received comments from individuals on the lake association about 360 issues and problems they had with the Plan, not on the process from the get -go. Mr. Norton opined that it 361 would have been nice to have more information available to the public on what the GLWMO was about, 362 what the Plan encompassed, and the schedule for discussion; and what public comment was being 363 solicited. Mr. Norton recognized that the GLWMO Board may not have a sufficient budget to allow 364 direct communication to its constituents; however, he noted that there were only a few hundred people on 365 each lake in the WMO, and volunteers may have been able to get additional notices out. 366 367 Unidentified audience member (off microphone) 368 The speaker suggested that, if the GLWMO website allowed sign -up for receipt of information via e -mail, 369 it would be an inexpensive way to receive responses and involvement from the public. 370 371 Mr. Petersen advised that the GLWMO Board attempted to keep its website up -to -date as much as 372 possible given budget and staff constraints; and suggested that the public needed to meet the WMO half - 373 way and access the website as well. 374 375 Audience member Jill Roberts, (off - microphone) 376 Ms. Roberts noted that the GLWMO website needed to be kept up -to -date with upcoming agendas well 377 before a meeting date; and opined that this was not occurring; and opined that there was a big lack of 378 communication. Ms. Roberts also expressed her frustration about the way the meeting was being run 379 tonight with the public being unable to hear from the GLWMO Board; noting that it was not as if the 380 GLWMO Board didn't have time to prepare since they knew about the meeting date for some time, 381 382 Additional comments, Nito Quitevis, 450 Horseshoe Drive 383 Mr.Quitevis concurred with Mr. Norton's comments regarding the importance of communication; and 384 opined that the responses given by Mr. Petersen on the process followed was a prime example to 385 everyone in the room of how government gets jammed down throats. Mr.Quitevis noted that when 386 people offer their input, even when not fully aware of what the GLWMO was doing, references continue 387 to be made about "procedure," and no matter what public input was received, the procedure would 388 continue to move forward without considering that input, and regardless of whether the government body 389 was plowing up ground that had already been plowed, and regardless of the performance record of the 390 GLWMO. Mr.Quitevis opined that there was no accountability of the malfeasance done to -date. Mr. 391 Quitevis noted that the majority of those attending tonight did not understand the Plan; however, as long 392 as the WMO stayed within the parameters of the system, it would continue to get jammed down throats, 393 with people paying for lake property soon finding themselves shut off from using the lake. Mr.Quitevis 394 cited the proposed "No Wake Zone" on Lake Owasso as a good example, and questioned where that 395 would have gone if the WMO had shut off the lake to public use, but sticking to the Plan according to the 396 system. Mr. Quitevis advised that these were the issues to be discussed; and opined that it was a well - 397 known fact that if you didn't use a lake, it would die, as the oxygen level would not remain health. Mr. 398 Quitevis stated that history was very important, and those not paying attention to history would repeat the 399 same mistakes. Mr. Quitevis noted that there weren't a lot of people in attendance tonight, due to not a 400 lot of people being aware of the meeting and unable to monitor what the GLWMO was doing. However, 401 Mr.Quitevis noted that the people attending are stating that they need to talk to the GLWMO Board; and 402 while a 200 plus page Plan was problematic, those attending tonight's Public Hearing were very 403 concerned about their water resources. Mr. Quitevis questioned what was being done about the 404 homeowner on Rice Street fertilizing a lawn and that runoff going into the storm sewer gutters and into 405 Lake Owasso. Mr. Quitevis stated that he could monitor this and see dumb things offered by people 8