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Flood Diversion Board of Authority—April 10, 2014 1 <br />FLOOD DIVERSION BOARD OF AUTHORITY <br />APRIL 10, 2014—3:30 PM <br /> 1. MEETING TO ORDER A meeting of the Flood Diversion Board of Authority was held Thursday, April 10, <br />2014, at 3:30 PM in the Fargo City Commission Room with the following members <br />present: Cass County Commissioner Vern Bennett; Cass County Commissioner <br />Ken Pawluk; West Fargo City Commissioner Mike Thorstad; Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker; Fargo City Commissioner Tim Mahoney; Fargo City Commissioner Brad Wimmer; Cass County Joint Water Resource District Manager Rodger Olson; and <br />Moorhead City Council Member Nancy Otto. Clay County Commissioner Kevin <br />Campbell was absent. Also present was ex-officio member Gerald Van Amburg, <br />Buffalo-Red River Watershed District. Staff members and others present: Cass County Administrator Keith Berndt; <br />Moorhead City Manager Michael Redlinger; Clay County Administrator Brian Berg; <br />Fargo City Director of Engineering Mark Bittner; Fargo City Engineer April Walker; <br />Moorhead City Engineer Bob Zimmerman; Cass County Engineer Jason Benson; Bruce Spiller, CH2MHill; Tom Dawson, Chamber of Commerce Business Leader Task Force for Permanent Flood Protection; Brett Coleman, Project Manager, <br />Corps of Engineers; and Terry Williams, Project Manager, Corps of Engineers. <br /> <br />2. MINUTES APPROVED MOTION, passed Mr. Thorstad moved and Mr. Wimmer seconded to approve <br />minutes from the March 13, 2014, meeting as presented. <br />Motion carried. <br /> 3. AGENDA ORDER MOTION, passed <br />Mr. Wimmer moved and Ms. Otto seconded to approve the order <br />of the agenda. Motion carried. <br /> 4. MANAGEMENT UPDATE Program management consultant (PMC) report <br />Bruce Spiller provided an update on activities over the last month including ongoing <br />design work on the Oxbow/Hickson/Bakke (OHB) levee; work on the in-town levee <br />designs in coordination with the new Fargo City Hall building; and on-going process with the Minnesota EIS (Environmental Impact Statement). He said levee permitting and acquisitions are underway for the OHB levee with bids to be opened <br />May 6th and anticipated construction to begin July 1st. <br /> <br />Corps of Engineers report Brett Coleman provided an update of activities by Corps of Engineers staff including continued work on the Maple River aqueduct physical modeling; continued <br />coordination and support provided to the Minnesota DNR during their EIS process; <br />participation in weekly meetings on the OHB levee; and continued coordination on <br />the in-town levee design. The Corps continues to await federal authorization for the project.