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Commission Minutes--April1 , 2002 2426 WHEREAS, climatologists have concluded that the current wet cycle may continue for the next ten or more years; and ,--- WHEREAS, Devils Lake has already risen 24 feet since 1993, flooding about 75,000 deeded acres and requiring a public investment of nearly $400 million to build dikes, relocate hundreds of homes, maintain the region's transportation system and protect other infrastructure; and WHEREAS, Devils Lake, at its current elevation of 1,447.1 feet above mean sea level, is less than 12 feet below its natural spill elevation to the Sheyenne River at which point it will cover almost 300,000 acres---about 250,000 acres or 390 square miles more than it did in 1993; and WHEREAS, erosion at Tolna Coulee, Devils Lake's natural outlet, could release up to 2 million acre-feet of water, about four times the volume of the 1997 flood at Lisbon, from Devils Lake to the Sheyenne and Red Rivers; and WHEREAS, analysis by the State of North Dakota and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including a federal EIS, is showing that construction of a carefully managed outlet from the western portions of Devils Lake to the Sheyenne River can be effective in helping to protect the health, safety and economic well being of the Devils Lake region at minimal risk to downstream interests. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Cass County Board of Commissioners, at a meeting ,--- held on April 1, 2002, does hereby express its support for the implementation of a plan approved by the State of North Dakota to help control flood damages in the Devils Lake Basin and protect property, water quality and other values of the Sheyenne and Red Rivers; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we pledge to work with the people of Devils Lake, the State of North Dakota, and the federal government to attain relief from this ongoing flood disaster as soon as practicable. Dated at Fargo, North Dakota, this 1 st day of April, 2002. 6. NORTH DAKOTA INSURANCE RESERVE FUND, Proxv vote at annual meetina MOTION, passed Mr. Meyer moved and Mrs. Sorum seconded to authorize the chairman to sign the proxy vote for the North Dakota Insurance Reserve Fund annual meeting to be held May 15, 2002, at the Radisson Inn, Bismarck, North Dakota. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 7. INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, Interim olan of action MOTION, passed Mr. Meyer moved and Mrs. Sorum seconded to approve the Information Services interim plan as outlined in the memorandum from Chairman Wieland dated March 19,2002. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. ,---