Well, not really true, as they have stated in writing and at the beginning of the mtg, people can submit their concerns at a specific email or snailmanil their concerns. It's like mail in voting basically. This is the same for all of these meetings. It's only a concern gathering mission, and when they say 'we've gotten dozens of letters' in a city of 10's of thousands of people in the surrounding area, it doesn't really seem like a large percentage.