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RECEIVED JUN 2 2005 CASS COUNTY COMMISSION ....... LAKE AGASSIZ DEVELOPMENT GROUP 41.7 Main ¡'.venu" . fmgo t,1) 58! 03 Date: June 2,2005 To: Cass County Commission From: Irvin Rustad, LARDC RE: Flood Buyout Administration Fee As a part of the close out process of the Cass County Flood Buyout Project, I am requesting a final administrative draw of$14,000. For your reference I have enclosed a copy of the project check register. Check #485, written in October of2001, was the last time we received funds for administration of the project. Since 2001 all of the buyout activity was focused on either property that was in harms way due to riverbank erosion (Phase lll) or the "Greenway" project that ultimately was deemed not practical. Five properties were purchased and resold during Phase lll. Our standard admin.fee is $1,500 per property for a total of$7,500. We had anticipated that the Greenway Project would go forward and that the standard fee of $1 ,500 per acquisition would be appropriate. However, since the project did not go forward, I am asking the county to consider paying for some of time I spent on the Greenway Project. My activities included assisting with the initial application, and once the application was approved, working with Keith Berndt to develop a priority list for the buyout process. This included numerous meetings with individual property owners to determine their willingness to sell to the county. Once we had the priorities, I proceeded to work through the process of acquiring with several property owners. The final step in the buyout process is drawing the funds from the federal government. It was at this point that we determined that policy changes of the program made it impractical for the property owner to sell or the county to buy. I did not keep a record of the hours I spent on the Greenway Project. I asked Keith Berndt ifhe tracked his time. His response was "no, but probably hundreds". Our standard billing rate per hour is $65. I am asking for $6,500 for time spent on the Greenway Project. I will be at the Commission meeting to answer any questions on this matter. SUGGESTED MOTION: Move to authorize Irvin Rustad, Lake Agassiz Regional Development Corporation, to make a final administrative draw of $14,000 from the 1997 flood buyout funds for work on the greenway project. ---. Telephone: (701) 235-1197 . Fax (701) 235-6706 lake Agassiz Development Group . Local/Regional Planning & Development. Business Loan Progroms . Business Incubator. Small Business Assistance. Housing Development www.lakeagassiz.com