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412 Chair Ferrington and Member Manzara thanked Mr. Goodnature and Mr. Petersen for their 413 assistance throughout the RFP process. 414 415 DNR Grant Application 416 Member Manzara noted the need for discussion on whether to pursue DNR grant funding as 417 introduced by Mr. Petersen. 418 419 Chair Ferrington noted the critical timeframe for this grant; and recommended that the Transition 420 Subcommittee of he and Member Manzara talk to Mr. Goodnature and Mr. Petersen to determine 421 if it was realistic to submit an application for this grant. Chair Ferrington noted that he was 422 willing to commit his time in pursuing the grant, given that pursuing phosphorus reductions in 423 area lakes was one of his priorities. Chair Ferrington suggested that individual Board members 424 e-mail their comments related to pursuit of this grant to the Subcommittee. 425 426 Mr. Petersen advised that he had abstracted a course of action, and expressed his willingness to 427 share his preliminary work with individual Board members via e-mail, at the Board's direction. 428 429 Ms. Bloom reminded the Board of the process for e-mail communication by individual Board 430 members to a central contact, Mr. Petersen, to offer their comments and assistance; however, she 431 cautioned the need to avoid any discussion of the topic among members that could be perceived 432 as serial meetings outside an open public meeting, in accordance with Minnesota Open Meeting 433 Law. 434 435 Member Manzara suggested that, rather than having Chair Ferrington commit additional time in 436 pursuing this grant, that Member Westerberg, based on his expertise as a water chemist, and she 437 as incoming Board Chair, establish a Special Task Force of two (2) to work cooperatively with 438 Mr, Petersen and Mr. Goodnature on the grant application. Member Manzara asked that Mr. 439 Petersen provide grant criteria and his preliminary information to individual Board members at 440 his earliest convenience. 441 442 Chair Ferrington noted that, after January 1, 2011, he would no longer be a Board member 443 anyway, and by consensus Member Manzara's recommendation was approved. 444 445 Third Generation Watershed Management Plan Communication Subcommittee 446 Member Eckman reiterated her previous preference for Member Von De Linde to serve with her 447 as a contact team with EOR staff' in preparing for the first stakeholder meeting for development 448 of the Third Generation Watershed Management Plan. 449 450 Member Manzara noted past Board action to appoint Member Eckman, but appointment of no 451 one else to serve as a secondary liaison with Member Eckman to provide communication and 452 serve as a contact with EOR. 453 454 Member Von De Linde volunteered to serve in this capacity. 455 456 As incoming Board Chair, Member Manzara recommended Member Von De Linde's 457 appointment. 10