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review by BWSR, providing additional time for the GLWMO review after the due date in July 2011; and how the review process by BWSR would impact grant applications in 2011; the importance of meeting the plan approval deadline of July 31, 2011; subsequent grant applications for 2012; and the Chair's preferred timing for distribution of the RFP by September 1, 2010 to allow firms sufficient time for response. Mr. Maloney suggested, based on his experience with engineering consultants, that allowing 2 -4 weeks for response to the RFP was sufficient. Chair Ferrington, refocusing on the size of the RFP, noted that his current draft consisted of three pages, and specifically limited proposal sizes to no more than eleven (11) pages; and advised that he would prepare a revised timeframe for review by the Board at the August 26, 2010 meeting. Additional discussion included ensuring sufficient public comment on the plan as part of the consultant costs; interactions between the Board and consulting firm and timeframes for that interaction, and minimal times needed for dissemination to stakeholders for comment. Mr. Maloney recommended that the product be defined, based on legal requirements in mind, with a need to seek public comment on the plan's content; with the format of the plan conforming to the structure outlined and dictated by State Statute; consideration of how the public factors into the planning process; need for the consultant to understand the proscribed process for reviewing the plan whether iterative or sequential; and expectations of consultants to respond to the proposal as indicated, while allowing for some creativity on their part based on their expertise and addition that increase value of the plan based on their experience with the plans of other WMO's. Chair Ferrington noted that this advice from Mr. Maloney was almost verbatim to the Chair's conversation with Ms. Lewis at BWSR. Mr. Maloney suggested that the Board rely heavily on the advice of the BWSR for structure, content and review of the draft plan by stakeholders. Agenda Items for the August 26, 2010 Special Meeting Approve final RFP Discuss distribution and dissemination of the RFP Prepare list of companies for receipt of the RFP, with the Chair having available a fairly comprehensive list of companies Plan a special workshop in September to talk about the Use Attainability Analysis report Clean Water Legacy Grant Opportunities deferred from tonight's agenda Mr. Petersen distributed a letter proposal for the GLWMO to review before planning an application for a BWSR Shoreland Improvement Grant in Fiscal Year 2011; Mr. Petersen requested action on that item at the August 26, 2010 meeting. Discussion included how Barr Engineering recommendations related to the potential future Grant application; and the importance of how the Lake Owasso weed report fit into those future discussions about grant opportunities and Barr's fourteen (14) recommendations. 14