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Commission Minutes—December 16, 2013 4242 8. ROAD DEPARTMENT, Grant application and agreement for County Highway 28 multi- use path Jason Benson, County Engineer, was present to discuss a grant application for the 2015 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP), which is administered by the North Dakota Department of Transportation. The project for consideration would construct a multi-use path on the east side of County Highway 28 adjacent to land owned by the Red River Valley Fair Association. He said the county owns and maintains the highway from Main Avenue to 13th Avenue at Drain 21/West Fargo city limits, which serves as the primary access to the fairgrounds, parking lot and campground. The path will provide a safer roadway for bike and pedestrian traffic. Mr. Benson spoke with Bryan Schulz, General Manager of the Red River Valley Fair Association, about the project. He said a Memorandum of Agreement between the county and fair association has been drafted which provides a 50% cost share toward construction expenses. The estimated cost of the path is $319,253 or $59,626.50 per each entity. He said Cass County will also cover administrative and engineering costs. Mr. Peterson asked about improvements that would allow people to cross the road from the east to the west side of the fairgrounds property. Mr. Benson said a fence will be constructed between the west side of the path and Highway 28 to direct people to a designated crossway. MOTION, passed Mr. Bennett moved and Mr. Peterson seconded to approve the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) application and Memorandum of Agreement between Cass County and the Red River Valley Fair Association for a multi-use path on Cass County Highway 28 from Main Avenue to 13th Avenue. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 9. SOCIAL SERVICES, Approve position for self-declared day care providers program Chip Ammerman, Social Services Director, was present. He said the North Dakota Department of Human Services notified their department in October about new federal requirements for the self-declared day care providers program. The new requirements become effective January 1, 2014, and include the addition of two home visits per year per provider. Mr. Ammerman said currently self-declared providers are reimbursed at the same monthly rate as day care licensing rates of $18.61 per case per month; beginning July, 2014, this will increase to $19.36 per case per month in addition to $15 per case for yearly registration. He said there are not sufficient staff resources to meet the new standards, and he is requesting to add a .8 FTE Human Service Aide II Grade E. The position will be funded in part through state dollars. He said there is $2,900 difference between the cost of the salary and available resources to fund the position. MOTION, passed Mr. Bennett moved and Mrs. Scherling seconded to approve the .8 FTE Human Service Aide (HSA) II Grade E position as proposed for the self- declared day care providers program. Discussion: Mr. Peterson thanked Chip Ammerman and Jerry Skjonsby for their work on reducing the salary expense that resulted in a very minimal impact to the budget. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.