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Flood Diversion Board of Authority—June 11, 2015 1 <br />FLOOD DIVERSION BOARD OF AUTHORITY <br />JUNE 11, 2015—3:30 PM <br /> 1. MEETING TO ORDER <br />A meeting of the Flood Diversion Board of Authority was held Thursday, June 11, 2015, at <br />3:30 PM in the Fargo City Commission Room with the following members present: Cass <br />County Commission representative Darrell Vanyo; Cass County Commissioner Mary Scherling; West Fargo City Commissioner Mike Thorstad; Fargo City Mayor Tim Mahoney; Fargo City Commissioner Melissa Sobolik; Fargo City Commissioner Mike Williams; Cass <br />County Joint Water Resource District Manager Mark Brodshaug; and Moorhead City Council <br />Member Nancy Otto. Clay County Commissioner Kevin Campbell was absent. Also present <br />was ex-officio member Gerald Van Amburg, Buffalo-Red River Watershed District. Staff members and others present: Cass County Administrator Keith Berndt; Clay County <br />Administrator Brian Berg; Moorhead City Manager Michael Redlinger; Fargo City Engineer <br />April Walker; and Mark Nesbit, Chamber of Commerce Business Leaders Taskforce. <br /> 2. MINUTES APPROVED <br />MOTION, passed <br />Mr. Mahoney moved and Ms. Otto seconded to approve minutes from the <br />May 14, 2015, meeting as presented. Motion carried. <br /> 3. AGENDA ORDER Keith Berndt asked if the board would be willing to allow public comments from Clay Dietrich <br />and Jim Nyhof prior to the executive session. <br />MOTION, passed <br />Mr. Mahoney moved and Ms. Otto seconded to approve the order of the agenda with the addition of public comments from Clay Dietrich and Jim Nyhof prior to the executive session. Motion carried. <br /> <br />4. ADMINISTRATIVE/LEGAL UPDATE <br />Public comments on stoppage of Oxbow home construction <br />Clay Dietrich, Owner of Dietrich Homes and President of the F-M Homebuilders’ Association, discussed the issues facing home builders currently working with Oxbow residents whose <br />homes are on hold because of the injunction issued to stop work on the Oxbow Hickson Bakke <br />(OHB) levee. He said custom home builders have scheduled the entire summer to work on <br />homes and will have to be laid off. There are 20 homes that were slated to be completed <br />before winter time. He estimates approximately 1,000 staff including construction workers and subcontractors are affected by the work being halted. He said his company needs to know in <br />the next one or two weeks in order to make contingency plans for its construction schedule <br />and employees. <br /> <br />Jim Nyhof, Oxbow City Mayor, said he finds it difficult to believe that the judge’s injunction ruling was intended to harm innocent people that are not party to the lawsuit. He said <br />regardless of the outcome, there is going to be a ring dike around Oxbow to provide long-term <br />flood protection for Oxbow and the surrounding areas. He said it is important to move forward <br />on infrastructure in Oxbow, which includes the replacement homes, golf course and roads. <br />