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Flood Diversion Board of Authority—June 9, 2016 1 <br />FLOOD DIVERSION BOARD OF AUTHORITY JUNE 9, 2016—3:30 PM <br /> <br />1. MEETING TO ORDER A meeting of the Flood Diversion Board of Authority was held Thursday, June 9, 2016, at 3:30 PM in the Fargo City Commission Room with the following members present: Cass County Commission <br />representative Darrell Vanyo; Cass County Commissioner Mary Scherling; West Fargo City Commissioner Mike Thorstad; Fargo City Mayor Tim Mahoney; Fargo City Commissioner Mike Williams; Fargo City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn; Cass County Joint Water Resource District <br />Manager Rodger Olson; Clay County Commissioner Grant Weyland; and Moorhead City Council Member Nancy Otto. <br />Staff members and others present: Cass County Administrator Keith Berndt; Clay County Administrator Brian Berg; Fargo City Director of Engineering Mark Bittner; Fargo City Engineer April <br />Walker; Moorhead City Engineer Bob Zimmerman; Tom Dawson, Chairman, Chamber of Commerce <br />Business Leaders Taskforce; Bruce Spiller, CH2M Hill; Colonel Dan Koprowski, outgoing St. Paul District Commander, Corps of Engineers; Colonel Samuel L. Calkins, incoming St. Paul District Commander, Corps of Engineers; Aaron Snyder, Branch Chief for Project Management & <br />Development, Corps of Engineers; Terry Williams, Project Manager, Corps of Engineers; Judy DesHarnais, Deputy of Programs and Project Management, Corps of Engineers; and Michael Bart, Chief of Engineering and Construction, Corps of Engineers. <br /> Colonel Koprowski will be leaving the St. Paul District for his next assignment on June 30th. Mr. Vanyo <br />thanked Col. Koprowski for his efforts and welcomed Colonel Samuel Calkins as the new St. Paul <br />District Commander for the Corps of Engineers. <br />2. MINUTES APPROVED <br />MOTION, passed Ms. Otto moved and Mrs. Scherling seconded to approve the minutes from the <br />May 26, 2016, meeting as presented. Motion carried. 3. AGENDA ORDER <br />MOTION, passed Mrs. Scherling moved and Ms. Otto seconded to approve the order of the agenda. Motion carried. <br /> 4. MANAGEMENT UPDATE <br />Program management consultant (PMC) report <br />Bruce Spiller provided an update on activities over the last month including attendance at a Public Private Partnership (P3) conference; advertisement of bids for the 2nd Street South flood control <br />project; release of the financial plan; and participation at P3 Industry Day on June 7th which had 150 <br />attendees and included 8 one-on-one meetings. He said priority areas for June and July include approval of the Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) by member entities, and approval and signing of the Project Partnership Agreement (PPA). <br /> He also provided an update on in-town levee work, Park East Apartments and Howard Johnson <br />property demolitions, El Zagal Phase 2 levee construction, and Mickelson levee extension <br />construction. <br />Corps of Engineers report <br />Colonel Koprowski provided an update of activities by Corps of Engineers staff which includes approval of the final plans and specifications for the diversion inlet control structure; anticipated <br />completion in July of the Determination of Adequacy by the MN DNR for the Final MN EIS, which <br />confirmed the federal findings that the only viable alternative is the one that includes what Minnesota