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Commission Minutes-February 22, 2005 2862 8. NATIONAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT WEEK PROCLAMATION, April 10-16. 2005 MOTION, passed Mrs. Sorum moved and Mr. Bennett seconded to proclaim the week of April 1 0-16, 2005 as National County Government Week. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 9. PERMIT FOR RAFFLE, Approved for Sand hills Archers. Inc. MOTION, passed Mrs. Sorum moved and Mr. Bennett seconded to approve a raffle permit for the Sand hills Archers, Inc. to be held February 26, 2005, at the Sandhills Archery Park in West Fargo, North Dakota. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 10. CONTRACT APPROVAL, Lease of flood lot MOTION, passed Mrs. Sorum moved and Mr. Bennett seconded to approve the following contract submitted by respective department head, subject to the state's attorney approval, and authorize the chairman to sign: Hilary Gietzen for lease of flood lot in Reed Township. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 11. F-M CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Introduction of Public Affairs Coordinator David Martin, President and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Fargo Moorhead, was present to introduce Kelli Poehls, who joined their staff on January 1, 2005, as Public Affairs Coordinator. Ms. Poehls provided information on her background and said she looks forward to working with Cass County and other chamber entities. 12. CASS COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, Adopt plan; amend policy manual; first readina of ordinance pertainina to Chapter Six; set date for second readina/adoption Keith Berndt, County Engineer, and Mike Zimney, County Planner, were present to discuss updating the Cass County Comprehensive Plan. A draft of the revised plan was previously presented to commissioners, and a motion was made at the February 7,2005 commission meeting to set the ordinance first reading for today. Mr. Berndt said the plan would be used by the county to manage growth within those areas outside of extra-territorial jurisdictions; and he believes the plan promotes positive and sustainable growth. He said it promotes good planning so that growth occurs in a manner in which it does not become a future burden on taxpayers. Mr. Vanyo said the request before the board today is to approve the comprehensive plan and first reading of proposed Ordinance #2005-1, which pertains to Chapter Six: Goals, Objectives, and Policies. He invited comments from commissioners first, and Mr. Bennett noted an exclusion of two of the county's rivers in the flow chart on page 9. Mr. Berndt said the oversight will be corrected. Hearing no other comments from the commission at this time, the chairman invited comments from the audience. David Wyum, West Fargo, said there has been a lot of good thought and effort put into this plan; however, as a real estate broker and also a developer in this county, he feels it could be used as a vehicle to stop development outside of the three larger cities in the county, those being Fargo, West Fargo and Casselton. He suggested referring the plan back to the county planning commission for additional review.