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Flood Diversion Board of Authority—December 17, 2015 1 <br />FLOOD DIVERSION BOARD OF AUTHORITY DECEMBER 17, 2015—3:30 PM <br /> <br /> 1. MEETING TO ORDER <br />A meeting of the Flood Diversion Board of Authority was held Thursday, December 17, 2015, at <br />3:30 PM in the Fargo City Commission Room with the following members present: Cass County Commission representative Darrell Vanyo; Cass County Commissioner Mary Scherling; West Fargo City Commissioner Mike Thorstad; Fargo City Mayor Tim Mahoney; Fargo City <br />Commissioner Mike Williams; Cass County Joint Water Resource District Manager Rodger Olson; Clay County Commissioner Kevin Campbell; and Moorhead City Council Member Nancy Otto. Also present was ex-officio member Gerald Van Amburg, Buffalo-Red River Watershed District. <br /> Staff members and others present: Cass County Administrator Keith Berndt; Interim Fargo City <br />Administrator Bruce Grubb; Moorhead City Manager Michael Redlinger; Clay County Administrator <br />Brian Berg; Cass County Engineer Jason Benson; Fargo City Director of Engineering Mark Bittner; Fargo City Engineer April Walker; Moorhead City Engineer Bob Zimmerman; Bruce Spiller, PE, <br />CH2M; Colonel Dan Koprowski, St. Paul District Commander, Corps of Engineers; Aaron Snyder, <br />Branch Chief for Project Management & Development, Corps of Engineers; and Terry Williams, Project Manager, Corps of Engineers. <br /> 2. FY2016 ENERGY AND WATER FUNDING BILL Mr. Vanyo briefly discussed a news release from Senator John Hoeven regarding a year-end <br />omnibus funding bill for FY2016. The bill includes funding for the Army Corps of Engineers to select <br />up to six new construction starts—five of the starts must be for navigation or flood control and one must be for environmental restoration. Congress will consider the bill on Friday and if passed, the <br />Corps of Engineers would go through the selection process to choose the projects. 3. MINUTES APPROVED <br />MOTION, passed Mr. Mahoney moved and Mr. Williams seconded to approve the minutes from <br />the November 12, 2015, meeting as presented. Motion carried. 4. AGENDA ORDER <br />MOTION, passed Mr. Mahoney moved and Mr. Williams seconded to approve the order of the agenda. Motion carried. <br /> 5. MANAGEMENT UPDATE <br />Program management consultant (PMC) report <br />Bruce Spiller provided an update on activities over the last month including work on in-town levees <br />and the bid schedule for 2016; ongoing construction on 24 homes in Oxbow; asbestos abatement and demolition of Park East Apartments; demolition of one home in Oxbow and moving of one <br />home in Oxbow; development of procurement documents for the Public-Private Partnership (P3); <br />and negotiation of the Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) with the Corps. <br />Corps of Engineers report Col. Koprowski said that General Bostick is impressed with the teamwork between the local sponsors and the Corps of Engineers on this project. He said the Corps continues to collaborate <br />on alternate financing and the split delivery plan. Also, the Corps is ready to assist the MN DNR on responses to public comments associated with the EIS process.