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Commission Minutes--February 7,2005 2857 14. FARGO CASS COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Growth Initiative Fund bylaws amended; board appointments Brian Walters, President of the Fargo Cass County Economic Development Corporation, was present on behalf of his board of directors to review organizational structure changes to the Growth Initiative Fund (GIF) bylaws and memorandum of understanding. He also suggested formal reappointment of Cass County's two representatives, Mary Johnson and Mick Hammerstrom, on the GIF board of directors. MOTION, passed Mr. Pawluk moved and Mr. Wagner seconded to approve amendments to the Fargo Cass County Economic Development Corporation Growth Initiative Fund Bylaws, as presented by Brian Walters, Executive Director; and to reappoint Mary Johnson for a three-year term and Mick Hammerstrom for a one-year term on the Fargo Cass County Economic Development Corporation Growth Initiative Fund Board of Directors representing Cass County. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 15. VECTOR CONTROL, Buildina revisions Mr. Berndt said the architect for a new vector control facility prepared a revised floor plan and cost estimate, which incorporates additional space for engineering material testing and survey equipment storage, at an added cost of about $60,000, for a total building estimate of $595,559. Mrs. Sorum said she feels the building cost is too high since vector control is a seasonal program. MOTION, passed Mr. Wagner moved and Mr. Pawluk seconded to approve the revised floor plan and solicitation of bids for the construction of an addition to the highway department building and for the construction of a chemical storage facility for the vector control program. On roll call vote, the motion carried with four members voting "Aye" and Mrs. Sorum opposing. Also present for the building discussion were Angela Balint, Cass County Vector Control Director, and Brian Feldhake, newly hired vector supervisor. 16. CASS COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, Scheduled for ordinance first readina Mr. Berndt and Mike Zimney, County Planner, were present to discuss Cass County's Comprehensive Plan, which is a blueprint outlining future land development in the county. Current and former Cass County Planning Commission members and county staff, mostly Mr. Zimney, have been involved in updating the plan, according to Mr. Berndt. He said the public has had an opportunity to comment on the comprehensive plan on a number of occasions, most recently in Casselton on December 13, 2004; and many state and local agencies have contributed to the updates. According to an introduction contained in the county's comprehensive plan, the Cass County Planning Commission began discussing an update in the Fall of 2003 due to increased growth in the county, seeing a need to examine controlled development, and because of the time span since the plan was last updated. By the Fall of 2004, the County Planning Commission had developed a working draft of the comprehensive plan update and distributed it to townships, cities, state and local agencies and groups in the county.